BOSTON, MA - March 12, 2019: - Joseph R. Bonavolonta, Special Agent in Charge Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Field Office during a press conference at the federal courthouse in Boston MA on March 12, 2019. U.S. Attorney Andrew E. Lelling, announce charges against dozens of individuals involved in a nationwide college admissions cheating and recruitment scheme. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) section: Metro reporter:

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Massachusetts resident accused in admissions scandal

John B. Wilson is among dozens of wealthy parents charged by federal prosecutors with paying princely sums to fake their children?s test scores and sports credentials.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_031219_13briberypic_30831x.jpg Boston investigators had different case, then college scheme came up

Officials in Boston got a tantalizing tip ? a Yale University women?s soccer coach had asked a financial executive for a bribe to help get his daughter admitted into the elite school.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-24474.jpg For some Boston-area high schoolers and college students, the bribery scheme is a slap in the face

One Boston high schooler, who doubled her GPA and worked hard for her 1220 SAT score, said the bribery was especially insulting when other students can?t afford their tuition.

YVONNE ABRAHAM

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/abraham-24471.jpg In college admissions, the American Dream has gone bad

Will we finally fix the way we do college admissions in this country? Or will we still cling to the American fiction that every kid has an equal shot?

OPINION | MCGREGGOR CROWLEY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/13/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Clipboard-5469.jpg Confessions of a former MIT admissions director

Every year, regardless of what a college or university says publicly, a number of children of wealthy donors and alumni get a nod while other applicants are rejected.

The campus of Georgetown University.

Manuel Henriquez, Silicon Valley hedge fund leader with ties to Northeastern, is being replaced amid college scandal

Henriquez and his wife were charged with participating in the scheme on four occasions for their two daughters.

Aidy Bryant stars in ?Shrill.?

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Television Review

In Hulu?s ?Shrill,? Aidy Bryant does a body good

As a writer named Annie, she is happy with her body and begins to realize it?s not her problem if others are not.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/13/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Gasper1-23883.jpg Especially at wide receiver, Patriots need a talent infusion

New England got the most out of its roster last season, but all those breaks and that overachievement can?t be counted on again.

Oakland Raiders wide receiver Antonio Brown, center, holds his jersey beside coach Jon Gruden, left, and general manager Mike Mayock during an NFL football news conference Wednesday, March 13, 2019, in Alameda, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

Trey Flowers got overpaid, and other early free-agency observations

Props to the former Patriots star and Landon Collins for cashing in beyond their likely return and woe to any player thinking beyond two years.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/13/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy1-23875.jpg This time, Nathan Eovaldi works just three innings, but it goes well

The Red Sox righty, renowned for his extra-inning relief job in the World Series, made a crisp spring debut Wednesday.

Letters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/8f3ba0992a384d2981149e33fa0b2e04-8f3ba0992a384d2981149e33fa0b2e04-0.jpg A new spin on ?giving it the old college try?

The far-reaching college admissions scandal has raised countless questions from Globe readers.

Indira A.R. Lakshmanan

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/13/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Indira%20Lakshmanan%20(1)-5466.jpg The self-inflicted Brexit debacle ? and its warning to other democracies

The Brexit debacle shows us we are in an age of irresponsibility.

Miss Conduct

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/13/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/miss%20conduct_logo-4969.jpg Advice: I don?t want my roommate to care for a sick dog in our apartment

I don?t want to live with a dog, even for a good cause. Plus, polite rejections.

Lawmaker is cleared after accusation of grabbing colleague

State Representative Paul McMurtry faced allegations he grabbed the backside of an incoming legislator during a Dec. 13 cocktail hour.

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2018, file photo, U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, the 2018 Democratic Candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, makes his concession speech at his election night party in El Paso, Texas. When Donald Trump visited O'Rourke's hometown to argue that walling off the southern border makes the U.S. safer, the former Democratic congressman and possible 2020 presidential hopeful was ready. As the president filled an El Paso arena with supporters, O'Rourke helped lead thousands of his own on a protest march past the barrier of barbed-wire topped fencing and towering metal slats that separates El Paso from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

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Beto O?Rourke tells Texas TV station he?s running for president

The former Texas congressman sent a text message to a Texas television station Wednesday afternoon confirming that he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/70c71993cf114aa6ac432880710077e2-70c71993cf114aa6ac432880710077e2-0.jpg 5 people are found dead after home fire in Sheffield

Authorities say five people have been found dead after a fire in a home in Western Massachusetts.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/150-16372.jpg Dozens of people are vying to be next Boston school superintendent

The search for a new superintendent of the Boston Public Schools has attracted more than three dozen candidates with a range of experiences and backgrounds.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/14/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/c85ecafba472455a8963e3db37b48e98-c85ecafba472455a8963e3db37b48e98-0.jpg It?s official: Facebook and Instagram are working again

Users reported having issues accessing both sites starting Wednesday afternoon and the platforms were working again just before 2 a.m. Thursday morning.

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Francesco Cali, 53, who had reported ties to organized crime, has been shot and killed in New York City.

Starts & Stops

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/13/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/davis_bird6_met.jpg Electric scooters will come to Brookline this spring

The town is taking a leap that some of its neighbors have resisted so far.

A Boeing 737 Max 8 flown by Southwest Airlines taxied to the gate at Baltimore Washington International Airport on Wednesday.

As safety concerns increase, US grounds troubled Boeing 737 model

The United States ordered Boeing 737 Max jets out of the air, three days after a deadly crash in Ethiopia, and after nations around the world halted use of the aircraft.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/IMG_0904-24438.JPG Owner of Uxbridge pot shop opening Friday says she hopes to spread ?kind word of cannabis?

?I?m somebody who just had a vision and a dream and pursued it,? said Caroline Frankel, whose recreational marijuana shop, Caroline?s Cannabis, opens on Friday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumackicannabiscommission363.jpg Marijuana advocates press commission for pot cafes, help for medical patients

Dozens of advocates, business people, and medical patients testified Wednesday during a ?listening session? organized by the state Cannabis Control Commission.

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Federal prosecutors are conducting a criminal investigation into data deals Facebook struck with some of the world?s largest technology companies. Facebook has phased out most of the partnerships over the past two years.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/28/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/greenhouse_standaloneBostonLanding-2_metro.jpg Another big music club is coming to Boston

Boston Landing in Brighton will feature a 3,500-seat concert hall, one of three sizable venues in the works around the city.

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.

Munch Madness

//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.

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

Jessica Rinaldi/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.

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/2011-2020/2019/03/13/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AP_19061585728905-640x738.jpg Efforts to save the sperm of the dead come with heartache, tough questions

The case of Peter Zhu, a cadet at West Point Military Academy who died last month, has reignited a debate around ?postmortem sperm retrieval.?

Podcasts