Aaron Hernandez?s murder conviction to be reinstated, court rules

The Supreme Judicial Court?s decision overturns decades of legal precedent.

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In a remarkable turn of events, Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia II was ousted in a recall election Tuesday night, but then put back into office on the same ballot.

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Parents stopped at nothing to get their kids in ?side door?

A 200-page affidavit lays out the lengths to which uber-wealthy parents allegedly went to help their children get admitted to schools including Yale, Georgetown, and Stanford universities.

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Variations of this plot, in which Mark Riddell spun straw into gold like Rumpelstiltskin, unfolded frequently from 2011 to 2018, officials said.

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When the Hollywood star?s daughters were being accepted to USC as crew team recruits, something felt strange to their high school guidance counselor.

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Coaches at Yale, Georgetown, and several other high-profile universities allegedly accepted bribes to deceive their school?s admissions offices.

OPINION | DANIEL GOLDEN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_031219_13briberypic_30618x.jpg How the rich really play ?Who Wants To Be an Ivy Leaguer??

A journalist who investigated how the rich buy their children?s way into elite colleges reflects on the latest scandal ? and remembers when affluent readers mistook his expose for a ?how-to? guide.

Nestor Ramos

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At top and not-so-top colleges and universities, the admissions game is already rigged in favor of the wealthy, and there are already separate systems for the very rich and everyone else.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_orangeline6_met-25168.jpg Feeling blue on the Orange Line? Seeing red on the Green Line? This Twitter account reports the mood of T riders

The Twitter bot, called @MBTA_Mood, scans tweets and then analyzes them to gauge how Boston commuters are feeling.

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The Boston Flower and Garden Show runs from March 13-17 at the Seaport World Trade Center.

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The New Hampshire children?s theme park, centered on nursery rhymes and fairy tales, is requesting that the kids be left at home for one night.

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SCOT LEHIGH

Pelosi?s cagey play on impeachment

As moves go, Nancy Pelosi?s was a veritable earthquake.

Ideas | A.J.B. Lane

The Novaxx: A cautionary tale

The children, it seems, aren?t the problem ? see, look!

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/13/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/1070644428-25868.jpg Brandon Bolden is returning to the Patriots

After one season with the Dolphins, the backup running back and core special teams player will sign a two-year contract.

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The versatile receiver agreed to a deal with the Bears, according to reports, but New England has options available.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Farrah_03.jpg In this chat room, Boston?s black millennials build a community

Farrah Belizaire, founder of Young, Black and Social and LiteWork Events, wants to make sure young, black professionals have a social network that works for them.

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Systemic failures at seven Massachusetts nursing homes led to at least five deaths and serious injuries, according to Attorney General Maura Healey.

A man rode a Bird Scooter on Pearl Street in Somerville last year.

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Starts & Stops

Electric scooters will come to Brookline this spring

The town is taking a leap that some of its neighbors have resisted so far.

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Authorities say hooded teenagers opened fire at a school in southern Brazil, killing eight people before taking their own lives.

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Perspective | Magazine

Portraying journalists as ?enemies of the people? is the biggest threat to press freedom in America today

A disbelieved press is little different from a shackled press.

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President Trump and Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi agree: He shouldn?t be impeached.

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Mass Wellspring said it had ?worked diligently? to update its policies to comply with the Cannabis Control Commission?s new regulations.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/04282011_28princemulveyhill2_photo6-7917529.jpg Man at the center of the Phoebe Prince bullying case is now accused of rape

Sean Mulveyhill has been placed on leave from his job as a bartender at Mount Holyoke College after a student there accused him of raping her.

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Owners of bars and other liquor license holders on Tuesday discussed safety strategies and other steps to foster secure environments after two women were abducted, one of whom died.

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Pine Street and its partners have begun talking with neighborhood groups about a 225-unit apartment building in Jamaica Plain.

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.

Munch Madness

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If it?s March, it must be time for the tournament everyone awaits all year: Munch Madness.

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

Globe staff photos of the month, February 2019

Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: winter weather, presidential candidates on the campaign trail, a Chinese New Year celebration.

Real Estate

For $3.35 million, a Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired home in Lincoln

With its low-pitched roof, dramatic horizontal lines, and open floor plan, its clear that the architecture of 39 Tabor Hill Road in Lincoln has taken a page out of the playbook of the late architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Peggy Dowcett of The Senkler Team at Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage has listed the home for $3,350,000.

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/2011-2020/2019/03/13/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AP_19061585728905-640x738.jpg Efforts to save the sperm of the dead come with heartache, tough questions

The case of Peter Zhu, a cadet at West Point Military Academy who died last month, has reignited a debate around ?postmortem sperm retrieval.?

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