Four dead, 14 injured in Kansas attacks

Police look for a possible second shooter in the parking lot of Excel Industries in Hesston, Kan.,  on Thursday.

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Law enforcement officers have surrounded the suspect?s home, saying his roommate may be inside.

?Whitey? Bulger disciplined at Fla. prison for sexual activity

James ?Whitey? Bulger was accused of violating a regulation prohibiting sexual activity and was put in solitary confinement for 30 days.

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Lynne Mooney Teta said she will work to improve the school?s racial climate amid a controversy that prompted calls for her to resign.

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We?re nearly in the clear, forecasters say.

Names

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Simmons, who won best supporting actor Oscar winner last year for ?Whiplash,? will play Sergeant Jeffrey Pugliese.

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Two of the judges were appointed by Democrats, who tend to side with labor in legal disputes.

Wilmington-04/10/2012-The Boston Bruins practiced at Ristuccia Arena for their playoff games with the Washington Capitals starting on Thursday. Coach Claude Julien goes over a play with the players. Boston Globe staff Photo by John Tlumacki(sports)

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CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Claude Julien has been the point person for the Bruins

Julien is the primary reason the Bruins are in the playoff hunt.

Shirley Leung

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Even without a major presidential candidate from Massachusetts, local donors are restless and itching to leave a mark on the election.

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A communications professor whose shout of ?I need some muscle over here? at a protest sparked an international debate.

88th Academy Awards

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/25/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/webart0228-oscar-ty.jpg What if Oscar didn?t exist?

The Academy Awards are being held on Sunday, but let?s pause for a moment and imagine a world in which the Oscars don?t exist.

Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, and Ted Cruz during the Republican debate on Thursday in Houston.

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Rubio, Cruz tear into Trump during debate

Marco Rubio slammed everything from Donald Trump?s hiring practices to where his Trump-branded ties are made.

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/capitalcruz.jpg Ted Cruz?s delegate math problem

To win the nomination, Cruz will have to go from having 5 percent of GOP delegates to more than 50 percent in three months.

MICHAEL A. COHEN

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Republican leaders have failed voters for decades. There?s no reason to think Donald Trump will prove any different.

Adrian Walker

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Donald Trump is poised to win a commanding victory in Massachusetts Tuesday.

Clinton, Sanders tied in new Mass. primary poll

The WBUR survey showed Hillary Clinton edging out Bernie Sanders, 49 percent to 45 percent ? a lead within the poll?s margin of error.

Hospital administrators said they spent six years analyzing alternatives to the current proposal but that building an 11-story tower in place of Prouty Garden was the most viable, least disruptive, and most cost-effective.

Opponents lobby state to block Children?s Hospital expansion

They asked state public health officials to deny Children?s application.

Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone arrived at a press conference held to respond to criticism by Wynn Resorts over delays to its planned Everett casino.

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Somerville?s Curtatone doesn?t shy away from a fight

Curtatone said congestion generated by the new casino will hit hardest the ?economic . . . and environmental justice zones? of East Somerville.

Plymouth fire that killed 64-year-old man was apparent suicide

The fatal Plymouth house fire on Feb. 17 was intentionally set by the victim in an apparent suicide, the state fire marshal?s office said.

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Joey Curatolo and his son Paul trade off playing the Fab Four bassist in ?RAIN: A Tribute to the Beatles.?

Ground Game

ground game

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Heading into Super Tuesday, the race is effectively a three-person contest between Donald Trump, and Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio.

The Big Picture

Chinese opera in Thailand

The Chinese New Year celebration ended with opera performances in Bangkok, Thailand, home to the largest overseas Chinese community in the world.

Globe investigations

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A look at high-impact investigations from The Boston Globe, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning report on abuse in the Catholic Church.

BetaBoston

betaboston

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The improved robot Atlas, made by Waltham-based Boston Dynamics, can walk through snow, and pick up boxes and himself.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

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?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

Crux

JOHN L. ALLEN JR. | All things catholic

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Pope Francis suggested he?s open to the idea of artificial birth control as a means of combatting the spread of the Zika virus, while taking abortion off the table.