Baker wins endorsement, may still face Fisher

Gubernatorial hopeful Charlie Baker won a strong endorsement but may have failed in his effort to oust Tea Party rival Mark Fisher from the primary ballot.

Pope Francis arrived to a prayer vigil for victims of mafia violence in Rome on Friday.

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Francis shows political instincts in naming anti-abuse panel

Pope Francis addressed two criticisms leveled against him as he named members to a Vatican commission on abuse.

R.I. House Speaker resigns after raids

Gordon Fox says he is resigning from his leadership post and will not run for reelection, a day after authorities raided his home and office.

Vt. woman arrested in Holyoke with 1,400 heroin packets

The 41-year-old is accused of attempting to transport a large quantity of heroin back to Vermont, State Police said.

 Kyle Casey and his Harvard teammates will be fighting for a berth in the Sweet Sixteen Saturday night.(Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)

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Not much of Michigan State in Harvard’s sports history

Most of Harvard’s sports history involves the quirky and the quaint, but there is nothing fluky about this year’s basketball team.

Armed men, believed to be Russian servicemen, stand guard, with Ukrainian servicemen seen in the foreground, at an airbase in Crimea Saturday.

Pro-Russian forces storm base in Crimea

Shots were fired at a base and at least one person was wounded, the base commander said. Meanwhile, residents in eastern Ukraine rallied for secession.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/03/19/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/lena%20Dunham.jpg The naked truth about Lena Dunham’s fresh body of work

If you can push aside all of her cultural notoriety as a non-model who isn’t afraid to be naked, you’ll find an impressive if sometimes uneven writer and actress.

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opinion | Oliver Stone and Mark Weisbrot

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/03/22/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/5f75c98866c048f28f50344990e38747-5f75c98866c048f28f50344990e38747-0.jpg Obama wrong to isolate Venezuela

The Obama administration seems surrealistically unaware that this is a different hemisphere than it was 15 years ago.

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NCAA Tournament | Michigan State vs. Harvard, 8:40 p.m. Saturday

Tommy Amaker said Tom Izzo reached out after he was fired at Michigan.

Tom Izzo, Tommy Amaker share mutual respect

The longtime friends will meet on the court for the first time in seven years in Saturday’s NCAA Tournament matchup.

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Zubin Mehta led the Israel Philharmonic in Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony on Wednesday.

Much to admire from Mehta

Zubin Mehta led the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Anton Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony on Wednesday. It didn’t exactly storm heaven, but it did move with a Schubertian grace.

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New England spring beers

It’s finally time to transition the column to lighter offerings. Here are the results of a side-by-side tasting of spring brews from Harpoon, Sam Adams, and Long Trail.