As strike goes on, impact on Stop & Shop is increasing
Watertown-04/16/2019 Stop & Shop workers are on strike. At the Stop & Shop Pleasant Street location shopping carts and empty registers. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(business)

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The nearly week-old strike by 31,000 unionized Stop & Shop workers is clearly having an effect on the company in the form of barren shelves, stores without customers, and even locations that are closed altogether.

At the Stop & Shop on Watertown?s Pleasant Street, the store was mostly empty Tuesday except for one employee walking near the Easter display.

Stop & Shop president apologizes directly to customers in e-mail

The company?s president sent an e-mail to customers in which he apologized ?for the inconvenience that the strike has caused our loyal customers.?

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In an effort to deliver on President Trump?s promise to end ?catch and release? at the border, the attorney general directed immigration judges to no longer allow some migrants to post bail.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Rinaldi17weld01.jpg Bill Weld says his primary challenge to Trump will be ?ferocious?

Weld, who served as Massachusetts governor from 1991 to 1997, announced Monday that he would become the first ? and possibly only ? primary challenger to President Trump.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Home_02.jpg The marijuana black market is filling a void, some say

While police and some policymakers call for more enforcement, many consumers say they still need the illicit market around.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/image1%20(10).jpeg Harvard Law professor Charles Ogletree found after police search

Cambridge police are soliciting the public?s help in finding Charles Ogletree, the 66-year-old renowned Harvard Law professor, activist, and author who has Alzheimer?s disease.

NESTOR RAMOS

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The civility people are at it again, and this time they?ve got a TV show. It features a dozen strangers with strong and conflicting opinions as they discuss politics with each other on camera.

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A California doctor and his wife are urging a judge to rule they should not be charged with conspiring with people they do not know.

Army is investigating death of Massachusetts soldier at Georgia base

An obituary for Army Sergeant Rachel Reve McKay said she ?passed away unexpectedly? on April 8 at Fort Gordon in Augusta, Ga.

Robert Kraft attorney William Burck spoke in court last week in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Prosecutors in Robert Kraft?s soliciting prostitution case defend their investigation

The government?s defense of the probe was contained in legal documents submitted in Palm Beach County, where Kraft is charged with two misdemeanor counts of soliciting prostitution.

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In 2017, Rhode Island became just the fourth state to make community college free. Now Governor Gina Raimondo wants to expand on the program?s success.

Dining Out

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The James Beard award nominee?s West Side establishment is mature, focused, and intimate.

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One day after a memorial service for the rapper, Laura Ingraham zeroed in on a song to offer her own laughter-filled analysis of his legacy last week.

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Thousands of women had sued the company alleging the surgical mesh caused extreme discomfort.

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They?re doing all right. More than all right, in fact.

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Scientists looked for the shadows of planets in front of stars and discovered an Earth-sized planet orbiting a star 52 light-years away, MIT said.

East Freetown 04/05/19 : Nick Memmo (cq) in the living room area of his East Freetown home. Memmo mistakenly received a 86 inch screen tv along with the 74 inch (behind him) he ordered from Amazon. He was later arrested on charges of larceny.Photo for the Boston Globe by Debee Tlumacki (metro)

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A delivery truck mistakenly brought an 86-inch TV to his home ? then the cops took him to jail

Nick Memmo was surprised and then happy that he received a huge flat screen TV that he hadn?t ordered. ?I thought it was my turn to luck out on something in life,? he said.

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Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale throws during the second inning of the team's baseball game against the New York Yankees, Tuesday, April 16, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Panic button move fails to rouse slumbering Red Sox

Catcher Sandy Leon was recalled from the minors to stabilize a struggling pitcher staff. Final score: Yankees 8, Red Sox 0.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 16: Mike Tauchman #39 of the New York Yankees pitches against the Boston Red Sox during their game at Yankee Stadium on April 16, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

Yankees 8, Red Sox 0

Red Sox falter against Yankees in New York

The Red Sox mustered only three hits, continuing their tepid start to the new season.

Houston Texans wide receiver Demaryius Thomas (87) during the second half of an NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)

PATRIOTS NOTEBOOK

Patriots sign wide receiver Demaryius Thomas

The veteran receiver will be entering his 10th season and is coming off a torn Achilles?.

Atlanta, GA - 2/01/2019 - 98.5 sports hub radio co host Tony Massarotti. Super Bowl LIII Media Row. (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Globe Staff, Topic: 02Super Bowl, LOID: 8.3.2998834641.

CHAD FINN | SPORTS MEDIA

Sports Hub scores decisive victory over WEEI in winter ratings

The Sports Hub finished first overall and in all four main day parts in the targeted men 25-54 demographic.

People attended a vigil in Paris on Tuesday after Monday?s fire at Notre Dame.

Macron wants fire-ravaged Notre Dame rebuilt within 5 years

After an inferno raged through Notre Dame Cathedral for more than 12 hours, a frantic rescue effort saved the monument?s ??most precious treasures.??

Photographs show the steeple before and after the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral.

These photos show the destruction and beauty of the Notre Dame Cathedral

The photos show smoky debris in front of the altar cross at the Notre Dame Cathedral.

Cardinal Sean O'Malley blessed the palms during Palm Sunday Mass at the renovated Holy Cross Cathedral in the South End.

O?Malley praises South End cathedral renovations

The cardinal said the fixup could prevent a fire like the one that ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Monday.

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123rd Boston Marathon

Boston Marathon was a first for its last runner

Red Hilton of East Bridgewater crossed the line at Boylston Street more than nine hours after she started

Boston, MA, 04/15/2019 -- Micah Herndon (bib number 3185) crawls down Boylston Street towards the Finish Line of the 123rd Boston Marathon. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: 16marathonphotos Reporter:

Video of Marine veteran crawling across Boston Marathon finish line goes viral

The image of the Marine veteran crawling across the Boston Marathon finish line quickly became one of the most memorable ? and talked about ? moments of this year?s race.

Officials at the Marathon start line Monday, April 15, 2019. (Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)

Monday?s changeable weather was challenging for Marathon planners

?We put the runners through more climate changes than a trip around the world,? said BAA CEO Tom Grilk.

JOHN POWERS | ON MARATHONING

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Scott Fauble and Jared Ward both broke 2:10, giving them a nice head start toward the Olympics.

Close up of male hand putting vote into a ballot box, on grungy background

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JEFF JACOBY

Those imprisoned for breaking laws should have no say in making laws

Society punishes convicted felons by denying them control over their own affairs. Letting them exercise control over society?s affairs by voting would be irrational and unjust.

Editorial

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Americans shouldn?t have to spend hundreds of millions on tax preparation services.

Ideas | Brandon Keim

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How do we navigate between wanting to share photos and videos of the creatures who delight us, and the possibility that attention will bring them harm?

Oven-Poached Salmon With Thyme, Dill, and Vermouth.

Cooking | Magazine

Recipes: A light spring supper starring salmon

Oven-poached salmon, and two fancy sides to impress your guests.

People lay out in the sun on Boston?s Carson Beach in the summer of 2018.

REBECCA PACHECO

Let?s ditch the diets and the cleanses in favor of a healthier perspective this swimsuit season

I?m tired of mind-body content that equates thinness with health and implicitly helps to veil the weight loss machine with wellness parlance.

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2016 file photo, actor Ryan Reynolds poses at a ceremony honoring him with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. Reynolds has been named Man of the Year by Harvard Universityâ??s Hasty Pudding student theatrical group. The actor who played the title role in 2016â??s â??Deadpoolâ?? will be roasted by the student group before being getting his pudding pot on Feb. 3. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Ryan Reynolds will film a movie in the Boston area this spring

Massachusetts residents will soon have another superhero actor in their midst.

Greg Shell on evening economic disparities

The managing director of the Bain Capital Double Impact Fund, Greg Shell works to identify and fund companies that offer profitable models for addressing critical social problems.

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.

Newsletters

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A commuter rail locomotive

Younger MBTA pensioners put yet another strain on system

2019 Boston Marathon results
17waterbottle - Students from the town of West Tisbury, on Martha's Vineyard, helped get a bylaw passed that would ban the sale of plastic soda and water bottles that are 34 ounces or less. (Plastic Free MV/Facebook)

Martha?s Vineyard town passes ban on plastic soda, water bottles

Milk Bar renames ?Crack Pie?
FILE - In this Nov. 27, 2015, file photo, a bud tender holds two marijuana buds on his fingers on the way to a customer at the Denver Kush Club in north Denver. A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has reintroduced legislation that would ensure states have the right to enact their own marijuana policies within their borders. The Marijuana Business Daily reports the matching bills brought back to the House and Senate on Thursday, April 4, 2019 would create an exemption in the Controlled Substances Act to protect states' ability to determine their own best approaches to cannabis without fear of federal reprisal. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

MARIJUANA MOMENT

Study finds marijuana motivates people to exercise, smashing lazy stoner stereotype

?Game of Thrones? co-creator?s career started at Dartmouth
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
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

Sports

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Boston, MA--03/01/2019--Celtics guard Marcus Smart (36) celebrates after hitting a three during the second half of Friday night's game against Washington in TD Garden. (Nathan Klima for The Boston Globe) Topic: Celtics-Wizards Reporter:

Don?t expect an early comeback by Marcus Smart

His torn oblique muscle is proving to be quite a pain for the Celtics? defensive leader.

Metro

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Boston, MA - 4/3/19 Lori Loughlin (cq) and her husband Mossimo Giannulli (cq) (green tie) leave court. More parents accused of bribery in the college admissions scandal appear at federal court. Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: 04collegescandal

Judge accepts not-guilty pleas of Lori Loughlin, husband on money laundering charge; can skip arraignments

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

Politics

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CIA Director Gina Haspel testified at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in January 2019.

CIA director Gina Haspel relies on spy skills to connect with Trump. He doesn?t always listen

Haspel has proved an adept tactician, charming the president with small gestures and talking to him with a blend of a hardheaded realism and appeals to emotion.

Real Estate

Luxury Home of the Week: An Andover Colonial with a putting green for $1.69 million

The home has four bedrooms and 4.5 baths. See inside this and other luxury listings to buy or rent at realestate.boston.com.

Nation & World

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President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla.

Chinese woman charged with illegally entering Mar-a-Lago denied bail

A federal judge denied bail Monday for a Chinese woman charged with lying to illegally enter President Donald Trump?s Mar-a-Lago club.

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.

adrian walker

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?
Sean Mulveyhill, right, enters a court room before a pretrial hearing in Hampshire Superior Court, in Northampton, Mass., Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Mulveyhill is one of six South Hadley, Mass., teens charged in connection with South Hadley High School freshman Phoebe Prince's suicide in January of 2010. (AP Photo/Dave Roback, The Republican) Library Tag 09162010 Metro Library Tag 04282011 Metro

Kevin Cullen

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.

yvonne abraham

For Gaming Commission, it?s Wynn or lose

Business

CVS fined $535,000 for filling forged Percocet prescriptions

The drugstore chain will pay to resolve federal allegations that it filled dozens of Percocet prescriptions its pharmacists should have known were forged.

Arts

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Mindy Kaling of 'Late Night' attends The IMDb Studio at Acura Festival Village on location at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

NAMES

Mindy Kaling teams up with Priyanka Chopra for new comedy

Deadline reported that the movie will be a wedding comedy set in America and India ? ?Crazy Rich Asians? meets ?My Big Fat Greek Wedding,?? the trade publication wrote.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Photos: The 2019 Boston Marathon

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

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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Supporters of the technique say it could help certain women who are carriers of serious genetic diseases have healthy, biologically related children.

Podcasts

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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