Perspective | Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/AdobeStock_38171629.jpeg A teacher?s advice for tiger, helicopter, and snowplow parents

David McCullough Jr. on what high schoolers need most.

This image provided by Disney shows a product image of Disney Plus on a tablet. The video steaming service has been in the works for more than year, but Thursday, April 11, 2019, marked the first time that the longtime entertainment powerhouse has laid out plans for its attack on Netflix and a formidable cast of competitors, including Amazon, HBO Go and Showtime Anytime. (Disney via AP)

Disney+ undercuts Netflix at $7, launching costly battle

Walt Disney Co. will charge $7 a month for its streaming service that debuts Nov. 12, a gambit to undercut Netflix in an increasingly crowded field.

Daisy Ridley as Rey in ?Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.?

Lucasfilm via Associated Press

Leia, Lando, and a spectacular Rey: Watch the trailer for ?Star Wars? final chapter

Episode nine will be subtitled ?The Rise of Skywalker,? director J.J. Abrams and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy announced.

Foxborough, MA - 9/13/2018 - New England Patriots wide receiver Chris Hogan (15) at New England Patriots practice at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Ben Volin, Topic: 14Patriots, LOID: 8.4.3128084960.

Chris Hogan signs as a free agent with Carolina

The wide receiver played three years with the Patriots, winning two Super Bowls.

NCAA Frozen Four

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/0e57ec02a18249f99aaeb84e85a912dd-0e57ec02a18249f99aaeb84e85a912dd-0.jpg A dazzling overtime goal sends UMass to the Frozen Four title game

Marc Del Gaizo scored the game-winner to set up a championship showdown vs. Minnesota Duluth.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryanchurch6met.jpg Cathedral of the Holy Cross to open with a new face on Palm Sunday

The Cathedral of the Holy Cross looks a lot better than it used to.

Music Review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/klima_13NickLowe_20190411_001.jpg At the Wilbur, sterling songcraft from Nick Lowe

The show was more about songs than it was about rocking out ? think of this esteemed Englishman as more Buddy Holly than Jerry Lee Lewis.

The corner of Washington and Commonwealth Ave. near the  Firehouse Turn in Newton.

Globe staff/Suzanne Kreiter

The Boston Marathon turn that can make or break a runner

The Newton Firehouse Turn is the race?s key decision point, where boldness can be both rewarded and punished.

Connections | Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/10/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/WEB0414Connections.jpg For our honeymoon, we ran the Boston Marathon

From a Tinder profile photo at the Marathon finish line to the altar, one step at a time.

Runners cross the finish line of the 122nd Boston Marathon in 2018.

The dos and don?ts of marijuana use at the Boston Marathon

Ahead of the 123rd Boston Marathon, let?s do a quick review of the basics for using marijuana products safely and legally.

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Ideas | Tony Rehagen

My people didn?t integrate well into America. And they were German

We were once tarred and feathered for usurping WASP dreams. Now we point fingers at the immigrants from south of the border. Racism, it seems, is just another step toward becoming American.

Michael A. Cohen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/cohen%20(1)-1976.jpg Are Dems ready for Elizabeth Warren?s angry populist message?

Will they support a candidate who minces no words and pushes a sweeping platform of political change?

The development comes a week after Hampshire College?s president and trustee leadership resigned amid a financial crisis.

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff/File 2019

Hampshire College hopes to admit freshmen next spring

Two months after deciding not to admit a full freshman class this fall, officials at Hampshire College now say they?re aiming to bring in a new class for the spring 2020 semester.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/c10359c0b3614e3c9ba5f2a31041d3da-c10359c0b3614e3c9ba5f2a31041d3da-0.jpg ?It is basically pornography?: Kraft?s lawyers push to seal videos in prostitution case

Video cameras secretly installed by police pursuant to a warrant allegedly captured the Patriots owner receiving sexual favors in exchange for cash inside the spa.

Stop & Shop employee Rohan Balbour held a strike placard outside the store on Freeport Street in Dorchester on Thursday.

Here?s how customers will be affected by the Stop & Shop walkout

If you?re one of the many people around the region who rely on Stop & Shop for groceries, here?s what Thursday?s walkout likely means for you.

Senator Elizabeth Warren addressed the media and Stop & Shop workers on the picket line at the Stop & Shop in Somerville on Friday.

Senator Warren joins striking Stop & Shop workers

US Senator Elizabeth Warren joined workers walking a picket line outside a Somerville store as the strike enters its first full day Friday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/b50e05e1-ad73-45d1-a662-118be9c14a8d.jpg Fisher-Price recalls sleepers after more than 30 babies died

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission says that anyone who bought any models of the Fisher-Price Rock ?n Play sleeper should stop using it right away.

President Trump.

Trump re-ups closing border idea, reportedly teases pardon

President Trump last week allegedly urged his soon-to-be acting homeland security secretary to close the southern border ? and said that he would pardon the official if he ran afoul of the law.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/lee041219riddell6MET.jpg Test taker in college admissions scam pleads guilty in Boston

A 36-year-old Florida man who allegedly took SAT and ACT exams for high school students has pleaded guilty to a pair of felonies.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/4-12-19TNCslides(dragged)-17.jpg Here?s what the new Uber and Lyft drop-off area at Logan would look like

The Massachusetts Port Authority is showing no sign of letting up on its plan to ban Uber and Lyft from curbside drop-offs at Logan International Airport.

On her first visit to Friendly?s, the reporter?s 3-year-old daughter got a lot of coloring done.

Nestor Ramos/Globe Staff

NESTOR RAMOS

One last visit to Friendly?s, before it melts away

I took my 3-year-old to Friendly?s this week. It was the little grilled-cheese-and-ice-cream enthusiast?s first trip, and probably my last: I had come to say goodbye.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ryancitycenter4biz.jpg Empty store space in Downtown Crossing may become offices

The Boston Planning & Development Agency on Thursday approved plans by the owner of Lafayette City Center to convert much of its long-empty ground floor into office space.

Aides to Mayor Jorge Elorza say the new assessments will result in a tax hike for most property owners, but a state law that caps the amount that the city can raise in new revenue each year will complicate how new bills will be calculated.

Providence property taxes expected to rise as home valuations soar

The majority of Providence?s 28,000 homeowners can expect to see larger tax bills this year after their property values soared by up to 50 percent in some neighborhoods.

INNOVATION ECONOMY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/IMG_6500.JPG I took Brookline?s e-scooters for a road test. Here?s what happened

A few adjustments are needed to make them more than a novelty.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/09/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/john_fish_photo_1024.jpg John Fish on transforming a construction giant

Globe reporter Janelle Nanos sits down with leaders in the city?s business community to talk about their career paths, work and accomplishments, as well as their vision for Boston?s future.

Special reports

The house at 212 Forest St.

He bought the fencing coach?s house. Then his son got into Harvard

The Needham house was assessed at $549,300, but sold for nearly a million dollars. The buyer, who never lived a day there, would sell it 17 months later at a substantial loss in what may become the next chapter in the national debate over fairness in college admissions.

Munch Madness

Munch Madness | Final

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/munch.jpg And the Munch Madness winner is . . .

Beloved Boston bakery Flour takes the cake over Sarma to clinch Munch Madness 2019.

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.

Newsletters

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

Cars

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Hyundai's Ioniq hybrid hatchback starts at $22,400, gets up to 55 mpg

Hyundai made automotive history for 2017, introducing three new electrified vehicles based on the same design and chassis _ the Ioniq Hybrid, Ioniq Plug-in Hybrid and Ioniq Electric ? and offers new and broader applications of active safety features, and enhanced voice recognition for the 2019 model year. Driver Attention Alert and High Beam Assist [?]

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Globe staff photos of the month, March 2019

Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: a fire in the Fens, the beginning of spring, Ice Castles in New Hampshire, and the annual citywide youth Spelling Bee.

Spring House Hunt

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/12sellersxref.jpg The things home sellers do that can turn off buyers or kill a sale

A hot housing market forgives a lot of mistakes, but that doesn?t stop sellers from undermining their own home sale.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/ProstateCancerCell_Wellcome-1024x576.jpg A study of cancer test seemed like a triumph. But data were missing

A study suggested that the test led doctors to recommend fewer unnecessary biopsies. But critics said the company-sponsored study lacked crucial data.

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