Records show FBI was probing Michael Cohen long before raid

The FBI was investigating President Donald Trump?s former personal attorney and fixer for nearly a year before agents raided his home and office, documents released Tuesday show.

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The Massachusetts State Police has repeatedly denied the existence of ticket quotas in recent years, but federal prosecutors outlined such a system last week.

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A 21-year-old student at Mount Holyoke College says Sean Mulveyhill flirted and pursued her on campus, then got her to give him a ride to his house off campus where he allegedly raped her.

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A 13-year-old told investigators with the state?s child-protection agency that last fall she felt forced to give a teacher?s aide half a dozen massages.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/19/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/greenhouseWWIImemorial2.jpg Workers struggling to remove oil from vandalized WWII memorial on Castle Island

State Police said that ?DCR crews continue to attempt to clean the substance off the granite memorial, which has proven difficult because of the nature of the substance.?

Gravestones vandalized at Jewish cemetery in Fall River; anti-semitic graffiti found

The vandalism was discovered on Sunday afternoon, police said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/BishBransfield2.jpg West Virginia AG sues Catholic diocese, former bishop for knowingly employing pedophiles

The attorney general charged the diocese ??knowingly employed pedophiles and failed to conduct adequate background checks?? for people working in Catholic schools and camps.

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Investigators found evidence of fire accelerant in different parts of the Sheffield home where the bodies were found.

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Casinos have sprung up across the Northeast in recent years, and the competition will tighten even more with Encore Boston Harbor, set to open in late June in Everett.

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The Wall Street Journal reported the tabloid?s publisher paid that sum to the brother of Jeff Bezos?s lover for the intimate texts.

Malden man, 24, charged in connection with South End sexual assault investigation

A Malden man is under arrest and charged by Boston police in connection with a sexual assault that allegedly took place in the middle of Sunday afternoon near a South End business.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/19/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Schillings%20Gaming%20Company%20Baseball.JPEG-0d1c7-3525.jpg Wells Fargo agrees to $800,000 penalty in 38 Studios case

Wells Fargo Securities agreed to pay the civil penalty to settle a lawsuit over Rhode Island?s failed $75 million deal with Curt Schilling?s video game company.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/19/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/AFP_1ET25W.jpg Swimmer Kenneth To dies at 26 while training in Florida

Kenneth To, a swimmer who won a silver medal for Australia at the 2013 world championships, has died after becoming ill in Florida.

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Magazine | Neil Swidey

Did Donald Trump break the primaries for everyone?

Fifteen hopefuls (so far) are vying for the chance to face President Trump in 2020. If the field remains big for too long, though, it could benefit the same candidate who shook up the system in 2016.

Hiawatha Bray | Tech Lab

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The US government has often used antitrust law to keep technology companies in check ? to the benefit of consumers and the economy.

Senator Elizabeth Warren.

Four key moments from Elizabeth Warren?s CNN town hall

Senator Elizabeth Warren had a rare opportunity to bring her presidential campaign to a national audience on Monday night.

Actresses Lori Loughlin (left) and Felicity Huffman.

Hollywood stars Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin tap high-powered lawyers in college admission scandal

Among the defense lawyers going to bat for the actresses are a former Enron prosecutor, a lawyer for pop icon Paula Abdul, and one of the most sought-after attorneys in Boston.

Sean P. Murphy | The Fine Print

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/14/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Chin031319IzazandIrumHaque_Biz3.jpg A single inch results in an $850 shipping penalty from UPS

UPS informed Irum Haque that the length of the box she shipped wasn?t 48 inches, as she had measured; it was 49. How much more for one extra inch? $850.

BEN VOLIN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/19/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/92910debf5bc442aa25408812010e68c-92910debf5bc442aa25408812010e68c-0.jpg What the contracts of the newest Patriots say about their chances of making the team

Brandon Bolden and Terrence Brooks would appear to be locks to make the team, while Bruce Ellington and Maurice Harris could be long shots.

ALEX SPEIER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/18/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/a8da43f7cf4f472b819877292beca4de-a8da43f7cf4f472b819877292beca4de-19420.jpg On a back field, Red Sox pitching past, present, and future all met

A cross-generational group gathered to watch Rick Porcello throw live BP, and the moment wasn?t lost on any of them.

GARY WASHBURN

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For a few moments, Thomas was an All-Star again.

Baylor's DiDi Richards (2), Kalani Brown (21) and Lauren Cox celebrate as they walk to the bench during an NCAA college basketball game against Texas in Waco, Texas, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

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What you need to know about the women?s NCAA Tournament

The opening round begins Friday. Here?s what to watch for.

Munch Madness

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/munch90x90-21475.jpg See which restaurants advanced to Round Two

The top 32 restaurants have advanced to the second round of Munch Madness. Vote to keep your favorites in the running.

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JOAN VENNOCHI

Maura Healey?s dodge on Mt. Ida

Mount Ida?s past leaders are using the attorney general?s decision as wiggle room to deny wrongdoing.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/klima_13streethockey_20190310_011.jpg The street hockey game that never ends

On a quiet street in Salem, a Sunday hockey game has been going on since 1970, long enough for one generation of players to pass the tradition on to the next.

Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl celebrates with Horace Spencer (0) and Samir Doughty (10) after beating Tennessee in the NCAA college basketball Southeastern Conference championship game Sunday, March 17, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Auburn won 84-64. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

NCAA bracket: Download and print out a March Madness grid

The selections have been made. Here?s how the 2019 men?s basketball championship teams are matched up.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/29/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/750b9d5e138a40b9931de88c1c6f3c93-750b9d5e138a40b9931de88c1c6f3c93-0.jpg Meghan McCain slams Trump on ?The View? after he attacked John McCain on Twitter

The daughter of John McCain fired back at President Trump after he tweeted disparaging comments about the late senator this weekend.

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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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Munch Madness

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

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.

Real Estate

15 homes for under $500,000 along the Providence/Stoughton commuter rail line

If you love southeastern Massachusetts, but work in Boston, living on the Providence/Stoughton Line might be for you. A train leaving Wickford Junction in North Kingston at 6:35 a.m. on a weekday will get you into South Station in an hour and 41 minutes, according to the timetable.

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.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/18/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/PVivax_Wellcome-1024x576.jpg China is reviving a discredited AIDS immunotherapy ? for cancer

Injections of malaria parasites, a discredited AIDS treatment once promoted by the father of the Heimlich maneuver, is being tested in China as a cancer immunotherapy.

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