Canceled MBTA bus trips on rise as absenteeism increases among drivers

The agency said it will hire new drivers and review attendance and medical leave policies.

Members of Our Bodies Ourselves, which is now based in Boston.

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Chapter closes for ?Our Bodies, Ourselves?

?Our Bodies, Ourselves,? the 1970s-era bible of women?s health, will still be available online, but will cease publication.

President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion on tax policy Thursday, April 5, 2018, in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

?This is boring. We have to tell it like it is?: Trump goes off script at W. Va. event, bashes immigration

Tossing his ?boring? prepared remarks into the air, President Trump on Thursday unleashed a fierce denunciation of the nation?s immigration policies.

Senator Elizabeth Warren during a town hall moderated by Dorchester Reporter's Jennifer Smith at the Boston Teachers Union Hall in Dorchester. Josh Reynolds for The Boston Globe (Metro, Desk)

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?I?m running for United States Senate in 2018. I am not running for president of the United States?

Senator Elizabeth Warren said Thursday that if reelected this fall, she intends to finish her second six-year term.

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On Thursday, the state?s top court issued yet another sweeping dismissal order stemming from misconduct by a former chemist Sonja Farak at the Amherst drug lab.

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The president said he did not know where his attorney got the $130,000 for the payment, and declined to say if he ever set up a fund for Cohen to cover expenses like that.

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Fifty-two new HIV cases ? linked to injecting drug users ? were reported in 2017 in the state?s northeast region, up from 32 in 2016.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/23/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ryan_mgh3_met.jpg Trials for potential ALS treatment spark cautious hope

MGH and the UMass Medical School in Worcester are among six sites across the country testing the therapy.

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Brian Meehan was fired over complaints of discrimination and unprofessional behavior.

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The school system declined to say why the headmasters of West Roxbury Academy and Brighton High School were removed from their posts.

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The sale, including Norman Rockwell?s ?Shuffleton?s Barbershop,? is part of an effort to shore up the museum?s finances and refurbish the building as part of a broader shift in mission.

Boston, MA: 4/5/2018: Red Sox starting pitcher David Price reacts after he got out of a jam to end the top of the fifth inning. The Boston Red Sox hosted the Tampa Bay Rays in their 2018 MLB home Opening Day baseball game at Fenway Park. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

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NICK CAFARDO I ON BASEBALL

David Price doing a great job winning back the fans

He got a standing ovation when he left Thursday afternoon?s game after the seventh inning with the score tied, 0-0.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/05/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy.jpg Plenty to like about these Red Sox

The Red Sox seem motivated, not content.

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The Patriots are signing wide receiver Jordan Matthews to a one-year deal, according to ESPN?s Adam Schefter.

Dave Epstein

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Chairs_01.jpg Snow is possible Friday, and a nor?easter could hit Tuesday

Just after the morning commute on Friday, there will likely be a burst of snow, followed by rain.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Rinaldi06Sanctuary02.jpg A Springfield church is sheltering an immigrant and her family, and the city just sent in inspectors

South Congregational has been in Mayor Domenic Sarno?s cross-hairs since it started housing a Peruvian immigrant facing deportation and her two children.

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Isao Takahata, co-founder of the prestigious Japanese animator Studio Ghibli that stuck to a hand-drawn ?manga? look in the face of digital filmmaking, has died. He was 82.

Nate Hixon, an electrical engineer at Confer Health in Charlestown, works on a device that will allow consumers to conduct some types of medical tests at home.

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INNOVATION ECONOMY

Turn your bathroom into a medical lab

That?s kind of the idea behind a Boston company?s plan to sell home-testing devices.

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History will judge the legacy of her husband?s presidency compared to President Trump?s, she said.

PANTHERS 3, BRUINS 2

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Jared McCann scored the winning goal with 5:37 remaining in the third period.

KEVIN CULLEN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/cullen.jpg Blowing the horn for freedom

Fred Wesley carried his trombone around like a surgeon carried a scalpel.

Shirley Leung

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The Wampanoag are now counting on Congress to pass legislation to affirm their reservation status so no lawsuit can derail plans for a casino on their land.

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Boston wasn?t the only place suffering from blustery winds ? and it showed in the coiffure of a certain political leader.

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Play spaces that were designed to recruit twenty-something workers are out; low-key but tasteful furniture is in. You know, like a regular office.

Boston, MA - 4/6/2017 - A spicy seafood bucatini with mussels, clams, prawns, and the house diablo sauce sits on the bar at Saltie Girl in Boston, MA, April 6, 2017. (Keith Bedford/Globe Staff)

Saltie Girls wins Munch Madness 2018

The Back Bay seafood bar is the winner of The Boston Globe?s annual restaurant tournament.

Debuting Love Letters: The Podcast

PODCAST

//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.

Listen:   Apple Podcasts   |   Stitcher   |   RadioPublic

 

Opinion & Ideas

Joan Wickersham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/05/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/AdobeStock_1795129.jpeg ?The Great British Baking Show? offers food for thought

The drama here is that there is no drama. There is sportsmanship, grace, self-deprecation.

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The U.S. government's road safety agency says it has received allegations that defective Goodyear motor home tires caused crashes that killed or injured 95 people during the past two decades