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Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff

Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff

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Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff

Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff

Heavy flames knocked down in 9-alarm East Boston fire

A fire at a casket company factory raged for hours Friday. More than 200 Boston area firefighters were on the scene. Some abutters in Orient Heights were evacuated from their homes because of heavy smoke conditions.

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Greater Boston?s first recreational marijuana shop received approval from the state Friday to open its doors to the public next week.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/dobbins.jpg N.H. officials mum on relationship between 11-year-old suspect, victims

Two people were shot Friday at a home in Alton, N.H. Officials said Lizette Eckert, 50, was found dead at the scene, and James Eckert, 48, is at a Portsmouth hospital in critical condition.

Steven Em (center) was congratulated at the University of Massachusetts Medical School after he received news of his hospital assignment.

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THOMAS FARRAGHER

From the Killing Fields to the healing arts

As children, Steven Em?s parents escaped the bloody Khmer Rouge. On Friday they watched their son achieve a long-pursued dream: success at UMass Medical School.

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The president issued the first veto of his two-year term on Friday.

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Even incremental legislation that aims to make it easier for towns to change their own zoning has proved to be a challenge.

Looking for a place to celebrate St. Patrick?s Day? You came to the right place.

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Help Desk

You?re in luck: A list of where to celebrate this St. Patrick?s Day

From Guinness to step dancers to Irish poutine, these restaurants will make you feel lucky.

Chesto Means Business

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The Senate president told the state?s largest employer group that she wants input as her team tackles the big issues.

The big orange dinosaur in Saugus is now holding a giant replica doughnut ? an advertisement for a nearby shop.

The big orange dinosaur had a temporary sidekick: a giant glowing doughnut

The glazed doughnut was fastened to the tiny arms of the tyrannosaur by the folks at Kane?s Donuts, who recently opened a second location nearby.

Locals in Dunedin, New Zealand lay flowers and condolences in tribute to those killed and injured.

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NESTOR RAMOS

In New Zealand, another terrorist nurtured online

The latest racist massacre makes one thing clear: The Internet, this thing we all built together, has gotten away from us.

Hiawatha Bray | Tech Lab

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It?s far from the first act of violence transmitted over Facebook Live. How is it that a company as smart and as rich as Facebook wasn?t ready for the next one?

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The gunman accused in the mass shooting had called President Trump ?a symbol of renewed white identity.?

Mourners from the Nepali Community hold placards as they pay their respects for victims of the mosque attacks in Christchurch.

New Zealanders reach out to Muslims in wake of mass shooting

New Zealand residents volunteered support to Muslims in their neighborhoods Saturday as court proceedings began for the man accused in two mass shootings that left 49 people dead.

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Ideas | Amitha Kalaichandran

In America, becoming a doctor can prove fatal

Bullied and abused, medical residents are taking their own lives at an astounding rate.

Jeneé Osterheldt | Commentary

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While we are asking ourselves about the access the wealthy have to education, we also have to look at the worth we assign to academic institutions.

Opinion | Aimee Ortiz

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As one of the ?poor kids? who walked Boston University?s campus not too long ago, I can tell you that the wealthy?s gaming of the system does not stop at admissions.

This May 21, 2018 photo shows the Wake Forest University commencement on Hearn Plaza, in Winston-Salem, N.C. Dozens of people were charged Tuesday, March 12, 2019, in a scheme in which wealthy parents allegedly bribed college coaches and other insiders to get their children into some of the nation's most elite schools. The coaches worked at such schools as Wake Forest, Yale, Stanford, Georgetown, the University of Texas, the University of Southern California and the University of California, Los Angeles. ()

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Renée Graham

America?s real affirmative action program

There?s no greater system of affirmative action in America than the one designed to benefit the wealthy and well-connected, especially if they?re white.

Opinion | Christopher Weyant

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/14/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/WeyantTease-5348.jpg When you know your child will need help getting into college

When you know your kid needs help, how early is too early to start the college admissions process?

Opinion | Luke O?Neil

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You can make a lot of money selling the most vile opinions imaginable in America.

Larry Edelman | Commentary

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/15/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/mcglashan.jpg Bono?s partner in ethical investing falls from grace in admissions scandal

Bill McGlashan took socially responsible impact investing to the next level with the $2 billion Rise Fund. Now he?s lost his job for allegedly paying $300,000 in bribes to get his son into college.

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The team is investigating an incident in which its star receiver, who pled guilty to domestic assault in college, was involved in a battery episode reportedly against his son.

Dan Shaughnessy

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/15/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy.jpg Red Sox seem a bit arrogant with this bullpen issue

Don?t say the Sox fixed things in the 2018 playoffs and can fix things now. Their starters cannot be relievers over a 162-game schedule.

men?s college hockey playoffs

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UMass rallied from 3-0 hole to get past UNH in double overtime.

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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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/chalk%20BAT%20image.jpg Munch Madness 2019: The top restaurants in Boston

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

Students stage global protest to speak out on climate change inaction

Students worldwide skipped classes Friday to protest their governments? failure to act against global warming as part of the ?Fridays for Future? movement.

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Christopher Roy was killed Dec. 9 while battling a heavy fire at a three-story apartment building at 7 Lowell St., officials have said.

Man charged with second-degree murder, arson in death of Worcester firefighter

The fire that killed Worcester firefighter Christopher Roy in December was intentionally set, and a 21-year-old man now faces arson and second-degree murder charges, prosecutors said.

Real Estate

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/09/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/10-beechwood-road-halifax-exterior-side-1024x576$medium-9070.jpg Are we ignoring ? or outright banning ? an easy affordable-housing fix?

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

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The price of vasopressin spiked in 2015. Now federal judges will decide if a cheaper, compounded alternative is worth the risk.

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