Number of migrant families crossing border is breaking records

A boy from Honduras with hydrocephalus watches as fellow asylum-seeking migrants from Central America are taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents near Granjeno, Texas, Feb. 1, 2019. On Tuesday, the agency is expected to announce a significant expansion of the health care services it provides to migrants. (Tamir Kalifa/The New York Times)

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More than 76,000 migrants crossed the border without authorization in February, more than double the levels from the same period last year.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/05/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/1133875040.jpg How Trump?s high school hid his transcript

In 2011, the headmaster at New York Military Academy got an order from his boss: Find Donald Trump?s academic records and help bury them.

SCOT LEHIGH

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The Great Trumpkin worried that the scales were falling from his supporters? eyes.

SKYHORSE

Nestor Ramos

You can pre-order the Mueller report on Amazon, with a foreword by Alan Dershowitz

The report is climbing the sales charts, even though it hasn?t been (and might never be) released and Dershowitz hasn?t written a single word.

18-year-old dies in Granby car crash

The teen from Belchertown hit a stone wall and a tree early Tuesday, officials said.

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Justin Gaston, 32, was arrested less than 20 hours after he allegedly fatally shot a man at a home in Randolph, authorities said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Rinaldi06wynn04.jpg A look at where things stand with the new Wynn casino

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission is preparing to hold hearings in the coming weeks to review the company?s qualifications for a gambling license.

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A former vice president described Tuesday how the drug company funneled phony ?speaking fees? to doctors in exchange for prescribing its highly addictive opioid painkiller.

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After years of negotiations and vocal opposition, the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant in New Hampshire will have its license to operate extended.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/05/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_1E901C.jpg Michael Bloomberg decides not to run for president in 2020

The 77-year-old former New York City mayor, one of the richest men in the world, announced his decision not to join the crowded Democratic field in a Bloomberg News editorial on Tuesday.

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Scott Gottlieb is stepping down after nearly two years leading the agency.

In a letter to House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairman Elijah Cummings, a Maryland Democrat, White House counsel Pat Cipollone said the committee request for the information was ??without legal support.?

White House rebuffs House Democrats? request regarding security clearances

The White House has rebuffed House Democrats? request for documents pertaining to the security clearance process, a move that drastically increases the chances of a subpoena from the House.

Scott Robinson, CEO of MicroQuin, rents a small space at LabCentral to be in the mix in Kendall Square.

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WORK SPACE

It costs $4,600 a month to rent a lab bench here. But the place has plenty of fans

Biotech entrepreneur Scott Robinson says his tiny space in Kendall Square is worth the price because it puts him at ground zero in what may be the world?s most robust life-sciences hub.

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

No sign of toxicity at Celtics practice

The Celtics players are not beefing with one another. They are just not all that close, and there?s a difference.

3-5-19 Boston, MA: Hurricanes goalie Curtis McElhinney is down, and the Bruins David Krecji is about to put the Hurricanes out as he scored in overtime to give Boston a 4-3 victory. The Boston Bruins hosted the Carolina Hurricanes in a regular season NHL hockey game at the TD Garden. The Hurricanes were wearing throwback Hartford Whalers sweaters for the game. (Jim Davis /Globe Staff).

BRUINS 4, HURRICANES 3 (OT)

In a whale of a finish, David Krejci, Bruins sink Hurricanes in OT

The center notched his 16th goal of the season as Boston extended its point streak to 17 games.

JENEÉ OSTERHELDT | COMMENTARY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_030119_02correia_20421x-001.jpg ?Text me when you get home.? Women shouldn?t have to say it. But we do

Women around the world say the same six words to their friends: ?Text me when you get home.? The death of Jassy Correia is one of the many reasons we have a safety roll call.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumacki_juneteenthdaycelebration_metro156-26632-26710-U843713509493QVH--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg Jassy Correia remembered as ?great mom? who ?could get along with anybody?

A high school friend remembered Jassy Correia as ?a great mom? who ?didn?t deserve this.?

Boston, MA - 5/12/2018 - Students file into into Blue Hills Bank Pavilion for the final commencement ceremony for Mount Ida College. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Metro, Reporter: Laura Krantz, Topic: 13mountida, LOID: 8.4.1885814524.

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Poor graduation rates add to problems at region?s small colleges

Among the 86 smallest private four-year colleges in New England, 42 have a six-year graduation rate under 60 percent, the national average for four-year schools.

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The National Academies of Sciences released guidelines that for the first time tied overuse of sodium, which people typically get in salt, to chronic disease.

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Owner Pedro Alarcón?s financial woes stem from the closure of his short-lived Seaport location on the first floor of a luxury Congress Street building.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/JohnPalfrey__PhillipsAcademy__02%20(1).jpg Head of Phillips Academy Andover to take over MacArthur Foundation

John Palfrey, 46, will take over the organization and its $6.2 billion endowment, which is known for distributing ?genius grants.?

Opinion | Jeffrey Bussgang and Wendy Estrella

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A group of business and civic leaders from Lawrence and Boston have come together to chart the city?s future.

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/05/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/AFP_1E78OO.jpg What do we do about Venezuela now?

Many assumed that President Nicolás Maduro?s exit was imminent. But it?s now becoming clear that he won?t give up power so easily.

Stephen Colbert (L) and Jimmy Fallon arrive for the 2018 Met Gala on May 7, 2018 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The Gala raises money for the Metropolitan Museum of Arts Costume Institute. The Gala's 2018 theme is Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination. / AFP PHOTO / Angela WEISSANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Images

Colbert beats Fallon for first time in key ratings demographic

Stephen Colbert can finally claim complete bragging rights.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/22/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/4b902f096e63229ea93544f3b3a7ca3eccb8a408e371c6758f09ff9154686d17.jpg ?Game of Thrones? finally dropped a Season 8 trailer, and fans are loving it

The hugely popular HBO show ?Game of Thrones? finally dropped a trailer for its eighth and final season on Tuesday, racking up millions of views as fans reacted with unbridled enthusiasm.

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

Globe staff photos of the month, February 2019

Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: winter weather, presidential candidates on the campaign trail, a Chinese New Year celebration.

Cars

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2020 BMW M340i gives the new stalwart sports sedan more sizzle

If it?s got a BMW badge these days, chances are it?ll soon have an M badge too? or several. The 2020 BMW M340i adds some serious grunt to the new 3 Series that debuted recently with the 330i, marking the seventh generation of the sports sedan that changed it all. Available in rear-wheel drive and [?]

Real Estate

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/09/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/10-beechwood-road-halifax-exterior-side-1024x576$medium-9070.jpg Are we ignoring ? or outright banning ? an easy affordable-housing fix?

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/2011-2020/2019/03/04/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Casey-Mic-Still.jpg Voice-recognition system aims to automate data entry by doctors

A Boston-based company is looking to embed artificially intelligent software into exam rooms.

Podcasts