Yarmouth police officer fatally shot in Barnstable while serving warrant

HYANNIS -- 032318 -- Police officers comfort each other outside Cape Cod Hospital before the procession to honor the slain Yarmouth police officer, Thursday, April 12, 2018. Christine Hochkeppel for the Boston Globe

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A police officer was shot in Barnstable during the service of a warrant Thursday afternoon, according to a State Police spokesman.

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

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Six others were fined as Major League Baseball handed down punishment for Wednesday?s incident.

Former FBI director James Comey spoke during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill.

In new book, ex-FBI director Comey says Trump fixated on proving dossier allegations false

James Comey describes Trump as having been obsessed with the infamous dossier compiled by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele.

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President Trump says in the order that the USPS is on ??an unsustainable financial path?? and ??must be restructured to prevent a taxpayer-funded bailout.??

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MGM is currently building a $960 million casino in Springfield, scheduled to open this fall, and would likely have to sell that property if it buys the Wynn casino.

Mick Mulvaney told a Senate panel Thursday that he wasn?t ?seeking to undermine the mission? of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Elizabeth Warren and Mick Mulvaney square off over CFPB in Senate hearing

For the normally sleepy Senate Banking Committee, Thursday?s hearing was nothing short of a heavyweight bout.

Marvin Brito at his arraignment in Fitchburg District Court.

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In Fitchburg 911 call, father said his daughter was not breathing

Shana Pedroso and Marvin Brito are facing charges related to the death of their 6-year-old daughter.

KEVIN CULLEN

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It is a human failing, to deny someone?s whole self because you don?t like one thing about them.

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Newton, MA- April 06, 2018: Mount Ida College in Newton, MA on April 06, 2018. Struggling Mount Ida College and the University of Massachusetts have struck a formal agreement for students of the small school to complete their degrees at UMass Dartmouth. Mount Ida will close, and UMass Amherst will acquire its campus as a Boston-area outpost.(Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) section: metro reporter:

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Political anger grows over UMass-Mount Ida deal

Legislators are frustrated that they have received almost no information from UMass or Mount Ida about a deal to create a new Boston-area campus for UMass Amherst.

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After days of scrutiny and criticism, UMass President Marty Meehan defended its decision to acquire struggling Mount Ida College in Newton.

Shirley Leung

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But there is still time to make sure all UMass campuses can benefit.

Suffolk University.

Suffolk trustee resigns over presidential search

Suffolk University trustee John McDonnell has resigned from the board citing the school?s recent presidential search, which he called ?inappropriately tainted.?

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Developers are betting that at least some companies would like to be somewhere in the middle ? neither in downtown Boston nor in the suburbs.

Nike Oregon Project coach Alberto Salazar (left) watched as Galen Rupp compete in the Men's 10,000 meter run during day one of the 2015 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Hayward Field in 2015.

As coach Alberto Salazar faces doping allegations, shadow is cast over two of his elite marathoners

Authorities are investigating allegations of performance-enhancing drug-use in Salazar?s training program, which has entered two elite runners ? Galen Rupp and Jordan Hasay ? in the Boston Marathon.

BRUINS 5, MAPLE LEAFS 1

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David Pastrnak had a goal and two assists for Boston.

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Before the Bruins got their 2018 Stanley Cup playoff series against the Maple Leafs underway, a pair of local legends got the TD Garden crowd pumped up.

The ocean storm surge from storms this winter flooded neighborhoods across Boston,

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UMass report cautions billions needed for local climate change preparations

Meanwhile, projections show ocean levels around Boston could increase several feet over the next century and cause routine flooding, affecting 90,000 residents and $80 billion worth of real estate.

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NESTOR RAMOS

Very soon, or not so soon? A brief list of what to expect. Maybe

President Trump said a US attack on Syria could happen ?very soon or not so soon at all.? Here?s a list of some other things that are coming soon and some that are coming less soon.

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Model Janice Dickinson told a jury the rape happened after the comedian gave her a pill he claimed would ease her menstrual cramps but instead left her immobilized.

Dinner with Cupid

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Will a disagreement about a hallowed movie franchise throw them off course?

Debuting Love Letters: The Podcast

LATEST EPISODE

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After a breakup, is it better to hold onto relics from the relationship, or to dump them?

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Opinion & Ideas

SCOT LEHIGH

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So what would happen if Donald Trump fired Robert Mueller?

A new chapter in the story of a terrier who found adventure in Milton

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 . . .

Nation & World

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lays a wreath during a ceremony marking the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Thursday, April 12, 2018. The somber day is the national memorial for the 6 million Jews killed by Nazi Germany and its collaborators in World War Two. (Debbie Hill/Pool via AP)

Sirens wail as Israel stands still for Holocaust remembrance

Israelis stood still on Thursday for a nationwide moment of silence in remembrance of the 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust, as a two-minute siren wailed across the country and the nation paid respects to those systematically killed by Nazi Germany and its collaborators in World War II.

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Real Estate

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As the spring house hunt gets underway and National College Decision Day nears, thoughts are turning to campus housing.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Globe staff photos of the month, March 2018

Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers in March: Multiple nor?easters, St. Patrick?s Day, and protesting gun violence.

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