2 dead after small plane crashes at Mansfield airport

Emergency personnel were at the Mansfield Municipal Airport.

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The plane crashed and caught fire around 12:30 p.m. Saturday, according to State Police.

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Special Counsel Robert Mueller told the judge who will sentence Paul Manafort that he ?repeatedly and brazenly violated the law? and that his prison term should take into account the ?gravity? of his conduct.

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/abrahamy_20131010.jpg Bill Weld?s time is now

Is there anything left of the Republican Party that Weld once belonged to? Bless him for trying to find out.

2 Boston police supervisors on leave in connection with payroll probe

The supervisors were placed on leave last week.

Carlisle boy dies in Montana ski accident

A 9-year-old Carlisle boy was killed after hitting a tree in Gallatin County, Mont., authorities said.

Boston, Ma., 02/08/2019, A pedestrian on High Street emerges from the escaping steam from a near by manhole cover as the low winter sun slices through the shadows of downtown streets. Globe staff/Suzanne Kreiter

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A wet winter will continue with a rain storm, and then strong winds

Precipitation mostly in the form of rain will begin tonight and continue into Sunday afternoon, bringing up to an inch to some localities.

Sean P. Murphy | The Fine Print

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Mark Stepakoff figured it would take only a few minutes to renew his real estate license with the state.

Senator Ed Markey met with the Globe editorial board.

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Capital Source

Ed Markey carries an iPhone and a flip phone

Speaking with the Globe?s editorial board, Markey wielded both of them during an explanation of how fast the solar and wind energy industries have grown over a decade.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/23/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/BREXIT_IRELAND_5.jpg Amid Brexit strains, Anglo-Irish relations are ?fraying?

Britain?s expected departure ? possibly a messy one ? from the EU is reopening old wounds and resentments in Ireland against its former colonial master.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/23/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_1DS0VH.jpg At Vatican, advocates warn church leaders of scandal?s severity

??This storm will not pass by,?? a prominent Nigerian nun said during the Pope Francis-led summit on sexual abuse in the church.

Patriots owner Robert Kraft (right) will almost certainly be penalized by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

Jim Davis/Globe Staff/File

BEN VOLIN I ON FOOTBALL

How much damage has Robert Kraft done to his reputation?

Kraft has lost any ability to brag about the ?Patriot Way? and his team?s commitment to morals and character.

Nestor Ramos

White hoaxers have never made it harder to believe real victims. Why should Jussie Smollett?

Imaginary prison ? where all the made-up criminals are sentenced for crimes that never happened ? is still an awfully lonely place for imaginary white men.

Fort Myers, Fl- Feb 23, 2019-Stan Grossfeld/Globe Staff--Red Sox Spring Training at JetBlue Park. Yankees vs. Red Sox- Aaron Boone press conference

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

It?s back: The Red Sox-Yankees rivalry is renewed

Saturday?s Grapefruit League opener in Fort Myers was the first of many matchups during the 2019 regular season ? and perhaps more in the postseason, too.

Nick Cafardo at his beloved Fenway Park.

Globe Staff/File

SUNDAY BASEBALL NOTES

A tribute to Nick Cafardo, baseball writer extraordinaire

This week, we let colleagues and readers share their thoughts about Cafardo, the author of the Sunday baseball notes column who died last week.

FILE - This March 23, 2018, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident as part of the nation's only test run of the 2020 Census. A U.S. judge in San Francisco will hear closing arguments in a trial over the Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 U.S. Census. Judge Richard Seeborg is not expected to issue a ruling immediately on Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith, File)

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JEFF JACOBY

Good policy, bad policymaking, and the fight over the 2020 census

Should adding a census question about citizenship raise hackles? Only if it was added dishonestly.

Lesley Becker/Globe Staff; Adobe; Globe file photo

Lesley Becker/Globe Staff; Adobe; Globe file photo

Margery Eagan

A refreshing campaign pitch ? the truth about motherhood

Ambitious women, never mind big-time female politicians, don?t typically admit to any corner cutting ? ever ? in mothering.

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Mailers will be sent to households across the city to gather data on all residents 17 and older, for decisions on distribution of resources, to prepare juror rolls, and to update voter records.

Miss Conduct

Advice: I?d like to ban his girlfriend from our house

My boyfriend and I are fighting over his son?s disrespectful girlfriend.

BOB RYAN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/23/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Bob_Ryan_150px-27068.jpg What went in to Bill Belichick becoming coach of the Patriots

The process took three long, bizarre weeks to run its course.

Newsletters

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Opinion columnist Michael Cohen takes a candid and no-holds-barred look at the current political moment. Sign up now.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Season Two: How do you meet someone?

Dating in 2019 is?complicated. Frustrating. Sometimes completely exhilarating. In Season 2 of the podcast, Meredith Goldstein goes deep on one of her most-asked questions.

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Special reports

They were the top of their class at Boston public schools. Then life happened

Read a multi-part investigation into how and why the lives of promising Boston valedictorians didn?t quite turn out the way they expected.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Smartphone society

In a world where the smartphone is now ubiquitous, photographers capture daily life in which the personal device is part of the moment.

Real Estate

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Mobile homes may be the least expensive and most effective means of addressing the region?s housing shortage.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/21/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/CEOs_02-1024x576.jpg Meet the executives who will defend pharma before Congress

One?s a college dropout. One?s a self-proclaimed street fighter. And one survived a presidential tweetstorm.

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