Robert Kraft charges come as part of human trafficking sting

The Patriots owner is accused of 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.?

NESTOR RAMOS

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As a Brandeis professor, Bernadette Brooten has studied the long, intertwined history of sex and slavery. One of the names on her endowed chair? Kraft.

Patriots owner Robert Kraft is facing charges in Florida for solicitation of prostitution.

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TARA SULLIVAN

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.

The Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, Fla., (above) is where Robert Kraft allegedly solicited prostitution.

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?Tentacles? of trafficking ring expand nationwide, authorities say

Robert Kraft is just one of potentially hundreds of people connected to what authorities say was an international operation.

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.

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.

A pickup truck is put on a platform and maneuvered into a spot.

The robots have taken over at this downtown garage

A new garage on Broad Street moves vehicles around ? without a person driving.

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

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

Boston Celtics' Kyrie Irving (11) drives between Milwaukee Bucks' Eric Bledsoe (6) and Giannis Antetokounmpo during the second half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)

NBA: Officials missed multiple calls at end of Bucks-Celtics

The league?s reassessment of Thursday?s finish found errors in the critical jump ball, plus three uncalled fouls on Boston?s final play.

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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.

Will Trump?s taunts about Warren?s heritage backfire?

A number of Democratic strategists say that the president?s racist taunts could have the ironic outcome of helping defuse any doubts the lingering controversy has sowed.

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The supervisors were placed on leave last week.

5 police officers top Boston?s payroll for 2018

The officers were dismissed from the department and later reinstated, to six-figure settlements that included back pay, according to data released Friday.

Mark Stepakoff was stymied by a closed website when he tried to renew his real estate license.

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Sean P. Murphy | The Fine Print

Downed website and a botched response from the state

Mark Stepakoff figured it would take only a few minutes to renew his real estate license with the state.

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Among the key questions for William Gross and Rachael Rollins, and one that is sensitive to police and community relations: Were officers justified in using deadly force?

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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.

Chesto Means Business

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Bostonians don?t have to go far to find a company whose stock can soar nearly 30 percent after it posts a loss of more than $500 million in one year.

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

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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.

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

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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