Walsh to propose 20 mph limit in neighborhoods and Uber, Lyft pickup sites

Mayor Martin J. Walsh plans to roll out a multipronged transportation strategy Thursday intended to improve pedestrian safety and reduce congestion on city streets.

FILE - In this May 1, 2018, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the keynote speech at F8, Facebook's developer conference in San Jose, Calif. Zuckerberg said Facebook will start to emphasize new privacy-shielding messaging services, a shift apparently intended to blunt both criticism of the company's data handling and potential antitrust action. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Associated Press

In major shift, Facebook puts focus on users? privacy

Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook would develop a highly secure private communications platform, a move that follows a brutal series of crises at the company that hammered its reputation.

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House Democratic leaders have put off a vote on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism and bigotry after a backlash from lawmakers who said Congresswoman Ilhan Omar was being unfairly singled out.

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/07abraham.jpg Is Boston truly looking out for immigrants? Not in this case.

Something is seriously amiss if the Trump administration protects the rights of an undocumented worker better than the city of Boston does.

Baker wants increased state oversight of private colleges

Legislation filed on Wednesday would strengthen the state?s ability to monitor the financial health of private colleges.

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Councilor at Large Annissa Essaibi-George filed the hearing order less than a week after the body of Jassy Correia, 23, was found in the trunk of a car in Delaware.

Vineyard Wind won the state?s first round of bidding for offshore energy contracts last year.

Vineyard Wind

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Lawmakers may drop price cap as wind farm?s low prices cause a stir

Vineyard Wind won the state?s first round of bidding for offshore energy contracts last year with its super-low price. But that low-cost bid is causing a stir today.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/06/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/944057894.jpg ?Jeopardy? host Alex Trebek says he has advanced pancreatic cancer

Trebek said he recognizes the prognosis for advanced pancreatic cancer is not encouraging, but he still intends to fight it and keep working.

Commentary

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/carrieblazina-24081.jpg This former ?Jeopardy!? contestant is rooting hard for Alex Trebek

When I heard the terribly sad news Wednesday that Alex Trebek was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, I reflected a bit on what it was like to meet him last year.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Water_01-26606-kVc--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg Toxic chemicals threaten water supply in seven municipalities

Town wells near Fort Devens tested positive for the toxic substances, some well in excess of what public health officials consider safe.

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A now-retired officer allegedly beat a homeless man with his baton at Ashmont Station last summer, and two sergeants were charged with helping him cover it up.

Michael Jackson performs during his

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CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

The thrill is gone: Michael Jackson really makes us uncomfortable now, so his music should, too

Radio stations in New Zealand, Canada, and Holland began pulling Jackson?s music from the airwaves this week. It?s time US radio stations did the same.

Asya Partan-Tveteraas stood near two of the four pillars that replaced original walls.

People in open-concept homes are realizing the walls were there for a reason

For decades, the ?open concept? has been a home buyers? religion. But now, experts say, people are starting to openly yearn for walls.

Celtics 111, Kings 109

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/07/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/07d0dba8134048c8beca431c608c6df3-07d0dba8134048c8beca431c608c6df3-0.jpg Gordon Hayward?s late heroics lifts Celtics over feisty Kings

After pouring in 30 points in rout of Golden State, Hayward followed up by hitting off-balance game-winning shot with 2 seconds left.

GARY WASHBURN | ON HOOP

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/07/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/d1167c900eac4423a0528de1d4834c3e-d1167c900eac4423a0528de1d4834c3e-0.jpg Gordon Hayward?s emergence could ensure the Celtics are a better team when it matters most ? in April

Hayward is at his best when he doesn?t have time to think, and that?s exactly what happened when he lofted an 8-foot floater with two seconds left in the game.

Fort Myers , FL - 2/12/2019 - Steven Wright stops to speak to the media after his morning physical. Boston Red Sox pitchers and catchers reported today for physicals for Red Sox Spring Training at Jet Blue Park in Fort Myers, FL. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Peter Abraham, Topic: 12Red Sox, LOID: .

Red Sox pitcher Steven Wright suspended 80 games by MLB

The knuckleballer tested positive for a peptide that releases growth hormone.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/06/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/f0d896944f6849c5aa352e70a4194d2d-6eed0a6ba5634e35b791b2865cab79ca-0.jpg Will Warren?s ban on big donations backfire?

Senator Elizabeth Warren?s vow to avoid private fund-raisers with millionaires has turned heads among Democrats, including the Iowa voters who listened to her pitch.

David L. Ryan/Globe Staff

Electric dreams: Boston to New York in a Tesla, for $99

A local company is offering commuters a new option for traveling from Boston to NYC ? a $99 ride in a Tesla.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/12-AERIAL-JK.jpg Developers Skansa, US2 may team up to kick-start Union Sq. development

One of Boston?s biggest developers appears ready to join plans to redevelop Somerville?s Union Square, a move that could kick-start the long-debated project.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/chalk%20BAT%20image.jpg Munch Madness 2019: The top restaurants in Boston

If it?s March, it must be time for the tournament everyone awaits all year: Munch Madness.

Start up or fast connection concept. The launch paper rocket with smart phone on blue sky with clouds. Origami. Paper cut. Top view

Adobe

Opinion | Elizabeth Woyke

The complicated race for 5G

The United States and China are pursuing such different paths that it?s almost impossible to say which is ahead or behind.

Somerville, MA, 03/5/2019 -- The new Wynn Casino is seen from Somerville's Assembly Square. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: 06wynn Reporter:

JOAN VENNOCHI

Wynn gambles without Bill Weld

It?s another way to put a fresh face on a company very much identified with the one disgraced by Wynn.

Opinion | Andrea Campbell

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_busses2_met.jpg What?s at stake in the search for a new BPS superintendent

The search for a new Boston Public Schools superintendent must proceed with transparency and broad stakeholder participation.

Love Letters

The guy I was dating proposed ? to someone else

He?s still texting me. Do I tell her?

Representative Ayanna Pressley.

Ayanna Pressley pushes measure that would lower voting age in federal elections to 16

In her first amendment as a Congresswoman, Representative Ayanna Pressley is pushing a measure that would lower the voting age in federal elections to 16 from 18.

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

Barry Chin/Globe Staff

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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Bugatti unveils world's most expensive new car, sold for $18.9 million

To mark its 110th anniversary, the French automaker Bugatti celebrated in singular style, unveiling the most expensive new car in the world ? La Voiture Noire, or the black car ? in Geneva. ?La Voiture Noire? ? the highest level of Automotive Haute Couture one can reach. #Bugatti #BugattiAtlantic #Type57SC #BugattiHistory #BugattiStory #LaVoitureNoire #AutomotiveHauteCouture #Bugatti110Years [?]

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/2011-2020/2019/03/06/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/GettyImages-664917732-1024x576.jpg Gottlieb?s leaving, and so is FDA?s highly effective communicator

Anyone who has encountered the agency?s commissioner knows that he is adept at getting out a message, writes Ed Silverman.

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