Red Sox name Travis Shaw third-base starter

Boston Red Sox third baseman Travis Shaw, top, reaches out for the throw as Baltimore Orioles' Xavier Avery, bottom, steals the bag in the fifth inning of a spring training baseball game, Monday, March 28, 2016, in Fort Myers, Fla. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

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Shaw beat out Pablo Sandoval in a spring training competition for the job, manager John Farrell said.

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A detailed look at the players who will try to reverse the recent trend of last-place finishes.

Officials probe suspicious devices found near Tyngsborough power lines

State and federal terrorism authorities are involved in the investigation.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/beaconhilldome200-10453.jpg State Senate leaders reveal new charter schools bill

The measure would allow more charter schools in low-performing districts, but put tighter restrictions on how charter schools operate across the state.

Audio: Conn. woman calls 911 with pizza order complaint

Don?t you just hate it when you order a small pizza, half-cheese and half-bacon, and they give you half-hamburger instead?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/31/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/barney.jpg Barney Frank has harsh words for Bernie Sanders

In an interview with Slate, Frank said that Sanders ?has been in Congress for 25 years with little to show for it.?

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Donald Trump?s campaign didn?t say, however, whether it?s prepared to release any of the documents.

At least 4 deaths reported in explosion in Diyarbakir, Turkey

Turkish news agencies say four policemen were killed and 14 people wounded in an explosion near a bus terminal.

Rosemary Fletcher

Your Home | Gardens

A Weston family?s home has a farmlike feel, complete with chickens

Backyard or homestead? A little of both, actually, in this spacious backyard.

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Five stars from the defending World Cup championship team are asking to be paid the same as their male counterparts.

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Boston-area veterinarians say they?ve seen a dramatic increase in the number of dogs brought in for tick-borne illnesses.

Meet the man who made Ben Affleck the biggest, buffest Batman

Walter Norton Jr., who owns a gym in North Reading, put Affleck through a rigorous, 20-month program of more than 500 workouts.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/exeter3-762091.jpg Ex-teacher barred from prestigious N.H. school

Rick Schubart admitted to two cases of sexual misconduct with students in the 1970s and 1980s at Phillips Exeter Academy.

OPINION | RACHEL DELEVIE-OREY

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Left-leaning politics are being edged out by more centrist ones, and global engagement and free markets are taking hold in the region.

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Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

Massachusetts is for part-timers

Roughly one of every three workers in the state clocks less than 35 hours a week, which is actually a sign of rare flexibility in the job market.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/25/BostonGlobe.com/Travel/Images/SunriseatBostonLight_ToddIsherwoodA.jpg Happy early birthday for Boston Light!

The celebration is already starting for the beloved Boston Harbor beacon, which turns 300 in September.

Ground Game

ground game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/31/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/518262946.jpg Was this Donald Trump?s worst week of the campaign?

Hillary Clinton has become stronger since early February, but Donald Trump has become worse.

The Big Picture

A Pakistani Christian mother looks at her son as she holds her daughter during his funeral in Lahore, Pakistan, March 28.

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The Big Picture

Bombing in Lahore

At least 70 people were killed, including about 30 children, in a suicide bomb attack at a park in Lahore, Pakistan.

Globe investigations

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Geoghan[1].jpg Key reports from Globe?s Spotlight team on clergy sex abuse

The Boston Globe?s 2001-2002 investigation into sexual abuses by clergy in the Catholic Church resulted in more than 600 stories.

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.

BetaBoston

scott kirsner | innovation economy

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/31/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/kirsner_new-5907.jpg Making movies the ?Moneyball? way

The Boston office of Legendary Entertainment crunches ?big data? to help the film studio make key decisions, from casting to marketing.

Crux

John Allen Jr. | All Things Catholic

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/27/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/allen-1570.jpg A guide to decoding Catholic reaction to Pope Francis

Pope Francis is massively popular around the world, but somewhat divisive inside the church itself.

Design New England

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In the latest issue of Design New England, a one-of-a-kind design combines aesthetics and functionality for harmonious living.