Towers saved after blaze tears through historic Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris

A massive fire engulfed the roof of Notre-Dame Cathedral in the heart of the French capital Monday, toppling its spire and sending thick plumes of smoke high into the sky as tourists and Parisians looked on aghast from the streets below.

The steeple of the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral collapses as the cathedral is engulfed in flames in central Paris on April 15, 2019. - A huge fire swept through the roof of the famed Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019, sending flames and huge clouds of grey smoke billowing into the sky. The flames and smoke plumed from the spire and roof of the gothic cathedral, visited by millions of people a year. A spokesman for the cathedral told AFP that the wooden structure supporting the roof was being gutted by the blaze. (Photo by Geoffroy VAN DER HASSELT / AFP)GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP/Getty Images

A massive fire engulfed Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.

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Notre-Dame Cathedral is a Paris landmark and a French national treasure. Firefighters were inside and outside the building.

TOPSHOT - Smokes ascends as flames rise during a fire at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019 afternoon, potentially involving renovation works being carried out at the site, the fire service said. (Photo by FRANCOIS GUILLOT / AFP)FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images

Scenes from the Notre-Dame Cathedral fire

After the spire collapsed, a spokesman said the entire wooden frame of the cathedral would likely come down.

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The world reacted with shock, horror, and prayers to the massive fire at the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.

The Big Picture

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An estimated 30,000 runners competed in the 123rd Boston Marathon.

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American Daniel Romanchuk, who was third last year, finished with a time of 1 hour 21 minutes 36 seconds.

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For those searching for a bit of encouragement during an overcast Boston Marathon, look no further than Spencer. He?s a good boy.

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A drizzly, overcast Patriots Day didn?t keep spectators away from the Boston Marathon route, as many flocked to the roadside to cheer on this year?s athletes.

Runners at the start of the Boston Marathon in Hopkinton.

Fans watch in awe during a Boston Marathon photo finish

Urged on by cheering crowds, tens of thousands of runners streamed down the course of the Boston Marathon on Monday, after morning thunderstorms that had threatened to mar the race swept out to sea.

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From the start in Hopkinton to the finish in Boston, the men?s elite race was a tightly contested affair.

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The Ethiopian runner outdistanced the field for her second career win in a marathon.

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The 1979 Boston champion finished in a little over three hours, bettering her expectations.

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The 2018 runner-up called this ?the most painful marathon I?ve ever done.?

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The sprint to the finish by Lawrence Cherono and Lelisa Desisa was dramatic, but it wasn?t the closest finish.

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They don?t call it Patriots Day for nothing.

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The 43-year-old seven-time NASCAR champion finished in just over three hours.

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The celebrities attracted some serious support during the race.

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The flag was on the ground as men?s wheelchair winner Daniel Romanchuk posed for photos.

Redacted Mueller report to be made public Thursday morning

The Justice Department expects to make a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller?s report on the Russia investigation public on Thursday morning.

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The parents are facing felony charges in connection with the college entrance scam.

Girl, 2, shot in leg after neighbor fires into ceiling at home in N.H.

The child was rushed to the hospital by ambulance while police arrested her downstairs neighbor.

CDC reports 90 new confirmed measles cases as outbreak approaches record

This year?s total of confirmed measles cases is up to 555 - already the highest number in the past five years.

Rain storm and high winds bring down trees, wires in Massachusetts

Trees and wires came down early Monday morning as rain poured down and wind whipped across Massachusetts, the National Weather Service said.

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The medal is the nation?s highest honor for a civilian.

APRIL 15, 2019 --LEXINGTON, MA - Lexington Minute Men lie dead and wounded on ground as Her Majesty's Army fires their mustkets as re-enactors depict the skirmish that took place on Lexington common early on the morning of April 19, 1775. (Joanne Rathe/ Globe Staff)

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A ?shot heard round the world,? in a drizzle

Hundreds of spectators braved a light drizzle on Lexington Green on Monday morning to witness the annual reenactment of the first major conflict of the Revolutionary War.

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The Big Picture

Raising Connor: Photos by the Globe?s Craig F. Walker

Meet Connor, a boy who lives at the intersection of autism and mental illness. He is a boy easy to love, and also a heart-testing puzzle to those who love him.

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The Pulitzer Prizes recognize exceptional work in 2018 by US newspapers, magazines and online outlets. There are 14 categories for reporting, photography, criticism, commentary and cartoons.

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Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren is wading into controversial policy areas that resonate in the West, where some key states hold early primary contests.

ORIOLES 8, RED SOX 1

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The Sox went 3-3 on a homestand vs. Toronto and Baltimore, and now they hit the road again.

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With Dustin Pedroia limited to DH, manager Alex Cora had to get creative, and he also started Steve Pearce in left field.

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Kraft attended the game, sitting with Celtics co-owner Wyc Grousbeck, and received a loud ovation when he appeared on the video board.

Kit Harington as Jon Snow, left, and Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen in a scene from

Recapping ?Game of Thrones?: Reunions and revelations at Winterfell

The Starks are reunited, but there?s tension in the air with Dany in their midst.

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Photo illustration by Lesley Becker/Globe Staff; Adobe; Globe file photo

JOAN VENNOCHI

Is Kraft video evidence or pornography?

With the purported human trafficking charge having evaporated, the argument for releasing the video of Robert Kraft at the Orchids of Asia Day Spa looks weak at best.

Editorial Cartoon | Dan Wasserman

President Trump threatens liberal cities

Cartoonist Dan Wasserman envisions the reactions to Trump?s threats.

Letters

Ideas will mark Earth Day this year with a special section April 21. We?d like to know whether concerns about the environment have prompted you ? or compelled you ? to make a change in your life or surroundings this year. Send us your thoughts, the usual way, in 200 words or less, to [email protected]. Include your name, address, and daytime phone number, and put ?Earth Day? in the subject field. We will publish a sample of submissions Sunday. Send a letter here.

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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

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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.

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FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2018, file photo, a customer tries a free sample of a pain cream that contains cannabidiol (CBD) for her arthritis at Minnesota Hempdropz in Maplewood, Minn. Mainstream retailers are leaping into the world of products like skin creams and oils that tout such benefits as reducing anxiety and helping you sleep. The key ingredient is CBD, or cannabidiol, a compound derived from hemp and marijuana that doesn?t cause a high. (Jean Pieri/Pioneer Press via AP, File)

Mainstream retailers embrace marijuana?s less taboo cousin

?Game of Thrones? co-creator?s career started at Dartmouth
ONLY FOR KAY LAZAR STORY Bondsville, MA, 03/17/2019 -- Gayle Suzor takes care of a 15 day-old foster child at her home. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: Reporter: Kay Lazar

Foster families say DCF is failing them
Helene and Martin Oppenheimer at NewBridge on the Charles, a senior living community in Dedham. ?Martin relies on me,? she said of her husband, who has Alzheimer?s disease.

New dementia care approaches emerging to support patients and families
David R. Marchant, Professor Climate Change, Process Geomorphology, Antarctica, Mars (Photo fron Boston University Earth and Environment webpage)

BU professor fired after investigation finds he sexually harassed grad student in Antarctica
A KinderCare is opening soon as the Seaport District takes shape outside its windows.

Seaport District is looking more like a neighborhood
The adult white-sided dolphin while getting herded.

Rescued dolphin not spotted yet in Boston Harbor, a good sign, aquarium says

PEBBLE BEACH, CA - FEBRUARY 07: New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady hits a tee shot on the 13th hole during the second round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am at the Monterey Peninsula Country Club on February 7, 2014 in Pebble Beach, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)

How Tom Brady reacted to Tiger Woods?s victory on his ?only couch day of the year?

The prisons are packed in this week?s ?SNL?

Wrentham, MA., 04/05/2019, Cheryle Reidel has been victim of surprise out of network charges three times in the past 6 years. Globe staff/Suzanne Kreiter

Surprise medical bills add to worries for some patients
CAMBRIDGE, MA - 04/12/2019 Nancy Tobin, far right, walks ahead of national advocacy groups made up of parents who have lost a child to opioid overdose as they march outside of the Arthur M Sackler Museum at a protest to demand removal of the Sackler name from any public space. Tobin lost her 22-year-old son, Scott, to an overdose in 2017. (Erin Clark for The Boston Globe)

Harvard is urged to change name of Sackler museum
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NESTOR RAMOS

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

Sports

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Bruins? Jake DeBrusk ready for Game 3, including a hostile reception

?I?ve never really been that before, I guess, enemy No. 1,? the Bruins? left wing said ahead of Monday?s game in Toronto.

Metro

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?It breaks my heart that two people died on my street?

A deadly double shooting that claimed the lives of two men Saturday night on a residential street in Mattapan left neighbors shaken Sunday as police sought the public?s help in the investigation.

Politics

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Pete Buttigieg (left) acknowledged attendees with his husband, Chasten Buttigieg, after announcing his presidential candidacy for 2020 during an event on Sunday in South Bend, Indiana.

Pete Buttigieg makes his campaign for president official

The mayor of South Bend, Indiana, kicked off his campaign Sunday by claiming the mantle of a youthful generation ready to reshape the country.

Real Estate

For a delicious harvest, be sure to prune fruit trees

If there's one group of plants that cries out for regular and careful pruning, it's fruit trees. Get more gardening advice at realestate.boston.com.

Nation & World

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The Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand.

6 appear in New Zealand court on charges of sharing banned mosque massacre footage

Six people appeared in a New Zealand court Monday on charges they illegally redistributed the video a gunman livestreamed as he shot worshippers at two mosques last month.

Cars

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All-new 2020 Nissan Versa debuts at Tortuga Music Festival

Versa offers style and features in an affordable compact sedan.

Columnists

AUGUSTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 14: Tiger Woods of the United States celebrates after sinking his putt on the 18th green to win during the final round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on April 14, 2019 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

TARA SULLIVAN

A symmetry to Tiger?s fifth Masters crown, 22 years after his first

Boston-04/13/2019 Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs- Playoffs game 2 -Bruins Chris Wagner and Leafs Nikita Zaitsev get into a little closeup confrontation in front of the Leafs net in the 2nd period. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(sports)

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Bruins channel their Big, Bad days in Game 2 win
According to a report commissioned by the attorney general, 500,000 Massachusetts residents who switched to competitive supply companies are paying more, on average, than they would if they?d stayed with Eversource, National Grid, or Unitil.

Yvonne Abraham

End the energy supply scam now
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 12: Jason Day of Australia reacts on the second hole during the second round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on April 12, 2019 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Tara Sulllivan

Back pain slows but doesn?t stop Jason Day
Representative Katherine Clark at a January news conference.

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Katherine Clark takes on DeVos on ?racist? policy change
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 11: Tiger Woods of the United States waves on the 18th green during the first round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on April 11, 2019 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

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Tiger Woods is happy as he sits comfortably in a familiar position after his opening round
Ina photo from June 2018, people who?d been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, rested in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas.

Yvonne Abraham

It?s important to stay outraged
Toronto Blue Jays' Kevin Pillar (11) tosses his bat after striking out during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Toronto, Thursday, March 28, 2019. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Tanking is prevalent in baseball, but why is it tolerated?
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Not so happy days in the Happy Valley
Jennifer Kupcho holds the trophy after winning the Augusta National Women's Amateur golf tournament in Augusta, Ga., Saturday, April 6, 2019. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

TARA SULLIVAN

A note to Augusta National: The Women?s Amateur is good ? but still not enough
Beverly Beckham, at age 11, wearing her favorite dress. ?It was pink, not too pale and not too bright,? she writes.

BEVERLY BECKHAM

Somewhere between pretty in pink and lady in red
The Encore Boston Harbor luxury resort and casino in Everett is slated to open in June.

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For Gaming Commission, it?s Wynn or lose

Business

Landmark Properties recently agreed to invest in Tremont Crossing?s first phase: retail, an apartment tower, as well as a garage, museum, and central plaza (above).

Finally, a green light for long-vacant Roxbury parcel

The list of uses proposed over five decades for this unused city-owned property on Tremont Street in Roxbury extends longer than the Orange Line that rumbles by.

Arts

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Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens, shown in the original ?High School Musical.? The new Disney+ outlet will be launching a scripted series that follows a group of students getting ready for their school?s production of ?High School Musical.?

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The week in watching: Disney?s streaming plans, Beychella, and Iron Throne selfies in Boston

Globe critic Matthew Gilbert?s guide to the week in television.

The Big Picture

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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

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

STAT

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Lawmakers hoping to strike an accord with the Trump administration have had to confront a faction pressing the party to pursue a bolder progressive agenda.

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Magazine

The cover for the April 14 2019 issue

Milk Street recipes: International variations on chicken soup
The cover for the March 31 2019 issue

A granddaughter seeks her grandmother?s secrets
The cover for the March 24 2019 issue

Recipes: Eggs for any time of the day

The cover for the March 17 2019 issue

Recipes: Three stir-fried dinners made with a wok