Kraft being charged with soliciting prostitution in Fla.

Patriots owner Robert Kraft was charged with soliciting prostitution as part of an investigation of human trafficking at multiple day spas in Florida. A spokesperson for Kraft said, ?We categorically deny that Mr. Kraft engaged in any illegal activity.?

Associated Press

Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, Fla.

Kraft?s charges part of international human trafficking ring, authorities say

The Patriots owner?s arrest is just one of potentially hundreds connected to what authorities say was an international human trafficking ring that could stretch across the country.

TARA SULLIVAN

/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/22/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Tara_Sullivan-27013.tif Troubling charges against Robert Kraft leave us wondering what to think

This is the type of news that stops you in your tracks, flooding your mind with more questions than you know can be answered.

R. Kelly has been trailed for decades by lurid rumors that made him Public Enemy No. 1 to the MeToo movement.

R. Kelly charged with 10 counts of sexual abuse

The R&B star was charged Friday with 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse involving multiple victims.

Renée Graham

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I allowed my lifelong fandom for Jackson to overshadow the possibility that he groomed children and their starstruck parents, and ruined young lives.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Chomper.jpg This MIT engineer built a semiautonomous snowblower so he never has to shovel again

Meet ?Chomper,? the googly-eyed snow destroyer.

Young pianist crushed in building collapse must find a way to start again

All her life, she?d wanted nothing more than to be a professional pianist. Then the massive concrete facade of a building in Allston fell on her.

Editorial

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Massachusetts is learning: What happens in Las Vegas doesn?t always stay there.

Editorial

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If universities from MIT to Harvard just let inertia rule and keep Saudi money, they risk teaching a generation of students that it?s OK to do business with a murderous regime.

Opinion | Madeleine May Kunin

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Wear black pantsuits. Don?t mess with your hair. And don?t cackle.

Opinion | Michael A. Cohen

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Democrats don?t necessarily need O?Rourke to win back the White House. The bigger challenge will be to win back the Senate.

NAMES

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?...time to go back,? the Newton native wrote on social media.

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The producers of the TV show ?Empire? say Jussie Smollett?s character will be removed from the final two episodes of this season.

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The proposal is the most significant acknowledgment yet from the Vatican?s inner sanctum that the existing system for holding its own leaders accountable needs to be improved.

Police officers investigated in the area of Gerard Street for several hours after the shootings occurred Friday.

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?My brother?s been hit.? Boston police officer shot, suspect killed in gunfire

The officer was transported to Boston Medical Center and his injuries were non-life-threatening.

Fort Myers, Fl- Feb 22, 2019-Stan Grossfeld/Globe Staff--Red Sox Spring Training at JetBlue Park. Sox vs. Northeastern.- Alex Cora and the Red Sox stand at attention during a moment of silence for Globe sportswriter Nick Cafardo.

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RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Alex Cora pays tribute to the Globe?s Nick Cafardo

Instead of giving his usual pregame briefing, the Red Sox manager spoke about the late writer Friday.

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Employees quickly learned the best tactics for tricking insurers into approving payments for the company?s powerful Fentanyl spray, a former company manager said in court Friday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/23/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/02252012_25faneuil_JPG-8193993.jpg Proposed project seeks to recognize Faneuil Hall?s slavery ties

Boston is taking a step toward recognizing the role slavery played at one of its most visited landmarks.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/22/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/8254668cc4f2408585f5d556c7f4c4ce-8254668cc4f2408585f5d556c7f4c4ce-0.jpg New York expected to charge Paul Manafort, guarding against a potential Trump pardon

Citizens Bank issued loans to Manafort and has been cooperating with the probe, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

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Robert Mueller?s two-year investigation has shadowed Donald Trump?s presidency.

Senator Edward J. Markey.

Markey warns of ?full-fledged battle? if AG does not release Mueller investigation details

Senator Edward Markey?s said he?s relying on the report to largely determine if there is ?evidence of impeachable offenses? against President Donald Trump.

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Elecia Dexter, a 46-year-old black woman, is taking over as the paper?s publisher and editor from Goodloe Sutton.

MARIJUANA MOMENT

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Science has confirmed that marijuana really does cause the munchies.

Newsletters

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Opinion columnist Michael Cohen takes a candid and no-holds-barred look at the current political moment. Sign up now.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Season Two: How do you meet someone?

Dating in 2019 is?complicated. Frustrating. Sometimes completely exhilarating. In Season 2 of the podcast, Meredith Goldstein goes deep on one of her most-asked questions.

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Special reports

They were the top of their class at Boston public schools. Then life happened

Read a multi-part investigation into how and why the lives of promising Boston valedictorians didn?t quite turn out the way they expected.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Smartphone society

In a world where the smartphone is now ubiquitous, photographers capture daily life in which the personal device is part of the moment.

Real Estate

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Mobile homes may be the least expensive and most effective means of addressing the region?s housing shortage.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/21/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/CEOs_02-1024x576.jpg Meet the executives who will defend pharma before Congress

One?s a college dropout. One?s a self-proclaimed street fighter. And one survived a presidential tweetstorm.

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