Mass. Legislature sends Baker sweeping criminal justice bill

The bill is part of a national movement to ease punitive ?tough-on-crime? measures crafted in the 1980s and ?90s.

Nicholas Nixon was photographed at his exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts in 2010.

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Sex, power, and photography. At MassArt, how far is too far?

Photographer Nicholas Nixon has long been known for his provocative classes at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. But even students awestruck by his work were stunned when he asked them to analyze pictures of his own penis.

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/abraham-14675.jpg The Wynn mess, and the Mass. Gaming Commission?s big problem

It?s possible the state gaming panel will pull Steve Wynn?s casino license, after revelations about him and his company. But it?s also far from certain.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/amherst.jpg Amherst College student found dead in Mexico did not commit suicide, school president says

The football player who died last month in Mexico did not take his own life, and his death remains under investigation, the school?s president said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/davis_sl5_met.jpg Silver Line tunnel closed after concrete falls on platform

The T will replace the underground bus service in the Seaport District with above-ground service.

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The head of Homeland Security said some troops could begin arriving as soon as Wednesday night, though other officials cautioned that details were still being worked out.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_wynn2_met-14595.jpg Wynn construction worker who died after getting injured on the job ID?d as Seekonk man

The 56-year-old worker reportedly regained consciousness at the scene before being taken to a Boston hospital, where he later died.

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi-4770.jpg The state Senate spat of Harriette Chandler vs. Karen Spilka

Two women are squabbling over the job of Senate president.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_splogan5_met.jpg At Boston?s Logan, a scuffle involving punching, spitting . . . and hand lotion

A University of Rhode Island graduate student was arraigned Wednesday on charges he allegedly attacked a state trooper at Logan Airport Tuesday night.

Fog seen from Charlestown with a view of the north end and downtown Boston on Wednesday.

David Epstein

With more snow on the horizon, region waits for warmth

The current pattern of wintry weather is set to continue until around the middle of April, but the end is in sight.

Police tape was visible outside of a YouTube office building in San Bruno, Calif., Wednesday.

Tech Lab

YouTubers angry with ad restrictions shouldn?t be able to dictate company policy

Do you have a right to be seen on YouTube? The suspect in Tuesday?s shooting, Nasim Aghdam, seems to have thought so.

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The Massachusetts State Police substation at the Boston Fish Pier in the Seaport District.

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In Seaport, it?s State Police vs. Boston police in battle over turf

State Police scandals have ignited a long-running tug of war over who polices the several-block South Boston waterfront.

Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry (7) drives on Boston Celtics guard Terry Rozier (12) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, April 4, 2018, in Toronto. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

RAPTORS 96, CELTICS 78

Celtics can?t keep up with Raptors, fall three games behind

The win all but clinches the top spot in the East for Toronto.

TARA SULLIVAN

/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Tara_Sullivan-18164.tif Augusta National?s addition of women?s event is a big step forward for sporting equality

With Fred Ridley now in charge, Augusta National has changed.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL - MARCH 30: Pitcher David Price #24 of the Boston Red Sox pitches during the first inning of a game against the Tampa Bay Rays on March 30, 2018 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images)

PETER ABRAHAM

David Price excited for fresh start in Fenway opener

When Price signed with the Red Sox, he said they offered his best chance to win. Two division titles are not enough.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/30/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/wiggs_patriots_213010.jpg Julian Edelman may have helped prevent a school shooting

A threatening comment was left on one of his Instagram posts, so the Patriots receiver contacted police.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/09/25/BostonGlobe.com/Enterprise/Images/dtlumacki_bird-watching_south217-12550.jpg What?s that bird call in your backyard? Here?s a brief primer

It?s spring and, with the snow mostly fading away, the birds are causing a ruckus in the bushes again. But exactly which birds are you hearing out there?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/UntitledA.jpg ?Everybody loved him?: The ?Wolfman? at Clark?s Trading Post in N.H. has died

Bill Farrand, who played the role of the ?Wolfman? at the family theme park for more than a decade, passed away this week.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford speaks to Georgea Hudner, during burial services for her husband, Medal of Honor Recipient Navy Capt. Thomas J. Hudner, a naval aviator from Concord, Mass., April 4, 2018 in Arlington, Virginia. Capt. Hudner earned the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of the Chosin River during the Korean War. Capt. Hudner earned the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of the Chosin River during the Korean War. (Zach Gibson for The Boston Globe)

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Mass. Medal of Honor recipient Thomas Hudner is interred at Arlington National Cemetery

Naval Captain Thomas J. Hudner Jr., a Korean War hero who died in November at the age of 93, was interred at Arlington during an afternoon ceremony.

Jason Clarke stars as Ted Kennedy and Kate Mara as Mary Jo Kopechne in the film ?Chappaquiddick.?

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?Chappaquiddick? offers a flawed yet human Ted Kennedy

?Chappaquiddick? hews reasonably close to those points we know to be true and is juicily provocative about what happened in rooms you and I weren?t privy to.

The assassination of MLK: 50 years later

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumacki_MLKanniversaryceremony_metro049.jpg ?Fifty years ago, a great man was stolen from us?

State officials gathered for a special ceremony honoring Martin Luther King Jr. on the 50th anniversary of his death.

Perspective | Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/20/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/martin%20luther%20king.jpg Want to honor Martin Luther King?s memory? Help abolish ghettos.

The civil rights icon was devoted to eradicating economic inequality in Northern cities.

Laura Benedict shares a laugh with a customer on the lawn behind The Red Barn during a benefit for a local girls gymnastics team.

Globe Magazine

How giving food away saved a Maine restaurant

Laura Benedict thought she?d have to shut down The Red Barn. Then she had an idea that turned into a saving grace.

Boston MA 4/3/18 Lorde in concert at the TD Garden. (photo by Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff) topic: 05Lorde reporter:

Music Review

Lorde scripts a party, and then brings it

Tuesday night?s fast-paced yet emotionally resonant show at TD Garden was a superlative showcase for ?Melodrama,? her second album.

Dunkin? Donuts is testing something called ?donut fries? and other eccentric snacks in Boston

Here?s a look at the new test menu and where you can find it.

Love Letters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/02/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/Meredith_Goldstein_NewLogo-3766.jpg Is he using me in case he can?t salvage things with his wife?

My boyfriend?s divorce isn?t final, and I?m angry about time he spent with his ex and their kids.

Love Letters Podcast

Murky breakups are the worst

Here?s something no one ever taught us: how to break up properly. Meredith Goldstein recalls some of her earliest memories of rejection and talks to breakup experts.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/21/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/LoveLetters-Podcast-AlbumArt-7096.png The Love Letters podcast: Cloudy with a chance of breakup

The worst kinds of breakups are the murky ones. Meredith learns the do?s and don?t?s of breaking up ? from the people who know best.

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Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | Robin Washington

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/AFP_13L6Q5.jpg When Winnie Mandela came to Boston

South Africa?s militant ?Mother of the Nation? had a complicated relationship with her more conciliatory husband ? and with history.

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One day, in the friendly little town of Milton, a mysterious visitor arrived out of the blue. No one could say where, exactly, the little dog had come from. But before long, they began spotting it all over town . . .

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Recent home sales west of Boston (April 4)

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