Critics pan MBTA extension proposal

3/2/2016 - Somerville, MA - Irving Fischman, cq, center, of Somerville, looked at plans for scaled-back plans for the MBTA Green Line extension project during a community forum at the Somerville Armory on Wednesday evening, March 2, 2016.

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Amid an effort to cut costs, new plans show five open-air stations along the proposed Green Line extention.

Rachel Horman left a bouquet of flowers in front of Sweet Tomatoes on Washington Street in Newton.

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Victims of Newton crash identified

?I lost my best friend,? said George Miele, whose wife of 37 years, Eleanor, died in the incident at Sweet Tomatoes. ?I?m all by myself.?

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The deal will end the 116-day sit-in and commit the university to take steps on climate change, but not involve fossil fuel divestment.

Cape and islands could get 8 inches of snow

Forecasters said a storm could be headed for the Cape and islands on Friday.

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The FBI has secured the cooperation of Bryan Pagliano, who set up the server in Hillary Clinton?s New York home in 2009.

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No fewer than 25 attorneys and executives will be present. Two people who won?t be: Tom Brady and Roger Goodell.

Buffer zone for marijuana dispensaries backed in Boston

Dispensaries in Boston would have to sit at least half-a-mile apart under rules approved Wednesday.

Four more Harvard students get mumps

A total of six cases of the viral infection have been diagnosed.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walsh-11016.jpg Parade organizers outraged by shorter route

Organizers of the St. Patrick?s Day parade urged the public to contact Mayor Walsh?s office to ask that the event?s traditional path be restored.

Bridget Lancaster (left) and Julia Collin Davison will be the new hosts of ?America?s Test Kitchen?? for 2017.

America?s Test Kitchen

America?s Test Kitchen has a new host ? two of them

A couple of familiar faces will replace Chris Kimball, the host who presided over the program since its inception in 2001.

Lori Britton, right, and her husband, Milton, are parents of a student who was threatened with a reference to lynching.

Parents of student threatened with lynching speak out

A school department investigation into the racial climate at BLS acknowledged mishandling the girl?s case.

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Party leaders fretted about Donald Trump?s candidacy, but they remained seemingly powerless to slow his momentum.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Google-searches-11025.jpg If US prospects send shivers, we can look northward

Is the notion of moving north of the border suddenly appealing? Here are a few things to consider.

FILE-- Donald Trump, a Republican presidential hopeful, consults with former Sen. Scott Brown as he greets the crowd after speaking at a campaign event at the Hampshire Hills Athletic Club in Milford, N.H., Feb. 2, 2016. In a 2014 race, Scott Brown struck a chord with the state's voters uneasy with border issues. Brown lost, but he may have set the tone for Trump. (Damon Winter/The New York Times)

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Donald Trumps taps into a populist message

Trump is riding the same wave of discontent that helped propel Scott Brown to the US Senate from Mass. in 2010.

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Thursday night, Donald Trump and Megyn Kelly will be back on stage together for the 11th Republican presidential debate.

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/abraham-11014.jpg Sanders backers need to wage a broader battle

There is something devotees of the firebrand senator from Vermont can do: Fix it so that future candidates like him become more like the mainstream.

Governor Charlie Baker and his wife, Lauren, checked out after casting their votes Tuesday.

Charlie Baker won?t vote for Donald Trump in November

Governor Baker said he is ?not willing to concede? that the Republican presidential contest is over.

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A student is accused of posting that he was willing to kill Donald Trump and the world would thank him.

CELTICS 116, TRAIL BLAZERS 93

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The win, led by Isaiah Thomas with 30 points, was the 12th straight for the Celtics at home.

MIAMI GARDENS, FL - JANUARY 03: Brandon LaFell #19 of the New England Patriots attempts to catch a pass past Tony Lippett #36 of the Miami Dolphins during the third quarter of the game at Sun Life Stadium on January 3, 2016 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images)

Patriots cut Brandon LaFell, Scott Chandler

Neither player was effective for the Patriots this past season.

Opinion & Ideas

Renée GRAHAM

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/02/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Graham-1618.jpg The GOP?s ?Frankenstein?

We?re well into the part of the horror story where gobsmacked conservatives try to destroy the monster they?ve created.

Ground Game

ground game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/26/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/070515LocationPics06.jpg The Mass. primary?s biggest bellwether communities

There are two places to watch as key indicators of where the statewide results could be headed.

BetaBoston

BETABOSTON

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/01/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/2016-03-01/Client251_7.png Video games that can read your emotions

?Nevermind? will use a standard webcam to watch the fright on players' faces as they tackle levels, and respond based on the emotion they display.

Crux

JOHN L. ALLEN JR. | ALL THINGS CATHOLIC

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/Production/BostonGlobe.com/WebPages/Homepage/Components/allen-189.jpg An Australian lesson in telling the whole Catholic story

There are salt-of-the-earth folks, who quietly carry out a staggering variety of good works.

The Big Picture

Scott Kelly?s year in space

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly captured views of our planet that unify science and art.