Medical examiner?s office struggling again, records show

In late January, the National Association of Medical Examiners told chief medical examiner Dr. Mindy J. Hull that her office will ?most likely? lose its fully accredited status.

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has rejected a plea deal offered by Florida prosecutors that would have required him to admit that he was guilty of soliciting prostitution when he twice visited a day spa in January, a Kraft ally said Wednesday.

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Robert Kraft asks judge to keep video from public view

Kraft, who has denied engaging in any illegal activity, is said to have rejected a plea offer in relation to the solicitation charges against him, and his attorneys moved to keep any videos from being released.

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/21abraham.jpg It?s time for Kraft to own this

Say this for Robert Kraft: His being charged with soliciting prostitution has done more to raise awareness of sex trafficking in a couple of weeks than he could have achieved with a lifetime of philanthropy.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/21/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/1137204065.jpg New Zealand prime minister announces immediate ban on all assault weapons

The ban includes assault rifles, high-capacity magazines, and ??military style semi-automatic rifles?? like those used in attacks on two Christchurch mosques.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/20/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/AP_17trumpSummer01_frontX.jpg Former governor Dukakis fires back after Trump mention at Ohio tank plant

After President Trump joked about him in an appearance in Ohio, former Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis criticized the president?s lack of military service and his recent attacks on the late US senator John McCain.

Woman is killed in 3-vehicle crash in Watertown

The crash occurred just after 6:20 p.m. near the intersection of Bridge and Pleasant streets, a police spokesman said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/klima_xxeviction_20190318_001.jpg Catholic order agrees to halt evictions of rooming house residents amid AG probe

With the state attorney general?s office investigates possible housing discrimination, the religious order that runs a Kendmore Square rooming house has agreed to stay eviction proceedings.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/davis_zakim6_met.jpg Josh Zakim to leave Boston City Council at end of term

?It?s a good job, a good district; it?s been the highlight of my career,? Josh Zakim said.

Brookline, MA, 03/7/2019 -- An exterior view of New England Treatment Access in Brookline. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: 08brookline Reporter: marijuana

Shopping for pot in Brookline this weekend? Here?s what you need to know

The first Greater Boston recreational marijuana shop is opening in Brookline on Saturday, and local officials are expecting thousands to rush to the store on its opening weekend.

03/20/2019 Boston MA- The President of the Boston Teachers Union , Jessica Tang (cq) speaking at rally, outside of the Bolling Building, Educators, were asking for better schools and a new contract. Jonathan Wiggs /Globe StaffReporter:Topic:

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Teachers push for more student services at rally

The Boston Teachers Union rallied outside of School Department headquarters, demanding additional school nurses, guidance counselors, and psychologists to improve help for vulnerable students.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/2b7a56ab8b654494a95f8507763586fc-2b7a56ab8b654494a95f8507763586fc-0.jpg With $28.6 million gift, MIT will establish center for Down syndrome research

The Alana Down Syndrome Center will encourage interdisciplinary research between biologists, engineers, and students.

Marlborough, MA, 03/13/2019 -- Dottie Creamer, 92, chats with a Globe reporter inside her apartment at Christopher Heights, an assisted living residence in Marlborough. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: xxseniorhousing Reporter:

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Bracing for an influx, senior housing operators face rising costs and declining subsidies

The oldest baby boomers, born after World War II, will be entering their 80s in the coming decade, boosting demand for independent living, assisted living, and memory care.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/20/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/SLAVEIMAGESLAWSUIT1.jpg Harvard is sued over use of photograph of slave

A Conn. woman is suing Harvard for allegedly profiting from a photo of her ancestor, an African slave forced to pose in what is believed to be one of the oldest images of a slave in the US.

Boston, MA - 3/20/2019 - (NO GETTY SALES, BOSTON GLOBE ONLY) Ariana Grande in concert at TD Garden. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Arts, Reporter: unknown, Topic: 22Grande, LOID: 8.5.742619788.

Photos: Ariana Grande performs at TD Garden

The pop sensation surprised fans with a performance featuring rapper 2 Chainz in addition to songs from her latest albums, ?Sweetener? and ?thank u, next.?

Movie Review | ? ? ? ½

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/07/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/2511_D010_00001R.jpg Jordan Peele?s ?Us? is a smart, funny, very scary night at the movies

His follow-up to ?Get Out? also does us all a great service by handing the talented Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong?o a genuine starring role.

BOSTON, MA - March 20, 2019: - The moon sets over Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, MA on March 20, 2019. (The third supermoon of 2019 on Wednesday isn?t just special because it?s the last supermoon of the year. It?s also the first supermoon in nearly 20 years to fall near the spring equinox. The ?super worm equinox moon,? as it?s known, follows January?s ?super blood wolf moon? and February?s ?super snow moon.? This supermoon will hit its peak at 9:43 p.m. Wednesday, almost four hours after the spring equinox officially hits. This is the first time the two have landed on the same day since March 2000, according to EarthSky.org. Those hoping to catch the supermoon should be in luck: The National Weather Service is predicting mostly clear skies across New England, with clouds increasing as the night goes on.)77(Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) section: Metro reporter:

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The moon was over Dorchester on Wednesday night, just after spring officially started.

A cross on top of the Holy Family Cathedral is silhouetted against the rising full moon Wednesday, March 20, 2019, in Tulsa, Okla. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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A cross on top of the Holy Family Cathedral was silhouetted in Tulsa, Okla.

A super worm moon, occurring on the same day as the equinox, is seen through passing clouds over Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, March 20, 2019. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images

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The moon as seen from Maryland.

A full moon rises next to the ancient castle of Mithymna Molyvos on the Greek island of Lesbos on March 20, 2019. (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS / AFP)ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images

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The full moon and the ancient castle of Mithymna Molyvos on the Greek island of Lesbos.

A full moon, announcing the end of the winter season, rises over a Church in Skopje, North Macedonia on March 20, 2019. (Photo by Robert ATANASOVSKI / AFP)ROBERT ATANASOVSKI/AFP/Getty Images

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The scene in Skopje, North Macedonia.

Photos: The last supermoon of 2019

March?s ?super worm equinox moon? is the first in nearly 20 years to fall near the spring equinox.

Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid (21) shoots as Boston Celtics' Terry Rozier, from right, Aron Baynes, Marcus Smart and Al Horford watch during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, March 20, 2019, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

76ers 118, Celtics 115

Celtics can?t hold on in loss to 76ers

Joel Embiid had a monster game for the 76ers with 37 points and 22 rebounds, offsetting Kyrie Irving?s 36 points for the Celtics.

Mixed martial arts fighter and boxer Conor McGregor salutes the crowd before making the ceremonial puck drop at an NHL hockey game between the Boston Bruins and the Columbus Blue Jackets in Boston, Saturday, March 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

TARA SULLIVAN

Conor McGregor is not one we should be celebrating, and other thoughts . . .

The MMA star with a dubious history was a big hit at a Bruins game and the St. Patrick?s Day parade.

BOSTON, MA - 2/06/2019: Resonant Energy co-founder Isaac Baker works seated on a couch which they rehabilated, a slate table which an intern rehabilated with his feet ontop and a blackboard behind with the logo drawn on it. The company is a startup focused on providing solar power to low and middle income communities as well as non-profits including churches. Their office is in a wing of the 2nd Church of Dorchester, which they have installed solar panels on. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: BUSINESS TOPIC xxworkspace

WORK SPACE

Dorchester church provides home for social entreprenuers

Resonant Energy, a startup focused on providing solar power to low and middle income communities, is at home in the annex of the 2nd Church of Dorchester.

Editorial Cartoon | Ward Sutton

The wonderful life of Mitch McConnell

Cartoonist and illustrator Ward Sutton envisions the Senate majority leader?s charmed life.

SCOT LEHIGH

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/19/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Scot_Lehigh_150px-5406.jpg Elizabeth Warren shows what she?s made of

The senator would clean Donald Trump?s clock in a debate.

Opinion | Stephen Kinzer

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We used to overthrow foreign leaders the old-fashioned way: with our military. The new approach is just as egregious ? and ineffective.

Ideas | Julie Scelfo

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/20/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/Footballbaby.jpg ?Helicopter parents? are so 20th century. Say hello to the ?snowplow parents?

Some parents will go to extreme lengths to protect their kids, and themselves, from failure.

Globe Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/13/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/front0331sun.jpg In 1948, we were human guinea pigs in the strangest house in Dover

The first habitable building heated entirely by the sun was designed by a woman using technology developed by a woman and funded by a woman.

HELP DESK

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/19/BostonGlobe.com/Travel/Images/AdobeStock_131976060.jpeg How to protect your digital photos for years to come

I used the free photo sharing site Flickr for a long time. But then I got an e-mail from Flickr threatening to delete my photos unless I was willing to pony up $50 a year. I wasn?t willing. What to do?

Newsletters

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It?s back! Get the latest intelligence on presidential politics from Globe reporter James Pindell. Sign up here.

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.

Listen:   Apple Podcasts   |   Spotify   |   RadioPublic

 

Munch Madness

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.

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

12 must-see open houses in Greater Boston this weekend (March 23-24)

Spring has finally arrived and the house hunt is on. From a commuter-friendly condo in Quincy to a 5,000-square-foot house in Wellesley, there are plenty of open houses taking place this weekend. Check them out: Under $500,000 328 Copeland St.

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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