Pay records show hefty spending at Mass. quasi-public agencies

At Massport, one of the largest quasi-public agencies ? which is best known for running Logan Airport ? about 600 workers made $100,000 or more last year.

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The top earner took home more than $668,000 last year.

Trees began to flower at the Public Garden in Boston on March 21 last year.

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Spring starts March 20. Here?s what that likely means for Boston in terms of weather

Although it was cold and relatively snowy the first half of this month, the angle of the sun has been getting higher and higher.

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Davina Isackson, 55, of Hillsborough, Calif., was slated make her initial appearance in US District Court in Boston today.

THIS WEEK IN WEED

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Essex County Superior Court Judge Timothy Feeley has agreed that state law does not grant the commission explicit power to review host community agreements.

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The mayors will support the Cambridge Community Foundation, a legal aid organization that was launched in 2018.

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A Turkish-born man was arrested Monday after a manhunt that lasted nearly eight hours. At least three people were killed.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Moulton_healthcare.jpg Seth Moulton talks little of defunct startup

A closer look at Seth Moulton?s 2013 foray into the weight-loss industry reveals a less illustrious chapter of a career marked by service and ambition.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/20190312_Flag_4A.jpg More than a century later, a soldier?s Civil War flag returns to Maine

The rare flag will be displayed at the Maine Military Museum in South Portland.

Robert Gentile said Monday, on the 29th anniversary of the Gardner art heist, that he knows nothing about the theft.

Conn. man linked to Gardner theft is freed from prison

Robert Gentile maintained Monday that he knows nothing about the still-unsolved theft from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. The heist took place 29 years ago today.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/AP19077505839373.jpg US Supreme Court won?t intervene in Newport synagogue dispute

The left in place a ruling that the synagogue will remain the property of a New York congregation.

Marycatherin DeFazio takes comfort being close to water. She often sits on the benches at Salmon Falls in Shelburne Falls.

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?I?m a shell of who I used to be.? A female prison guard?s tale of torment

First she was assaulted by her husband, then bullied by colleagues at work. A female prison guard found that the system put her on trial, not her tormentors.

Izaz and Irum Haque.

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Sean P. Murphy | The Fine Print

A single inch results in an $850 shipping penalty from UPS

UPS informed Irum Haque that the length of the box she shipped wasn?t 48 inches, as she had measured; it was 49. How much more for one extra inch? $850.

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The daughter of John McCain fired back at President Trump after he tweeted disparaging comments about the late senator this weekend.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/18/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chin021819Day7RedSoxSpringTraining_Spt35.jpg Dustin Pedroia will open Red Sox season on injured list

Pedroia will remain in extended spring training to continue building up strength in his left knee.

Harvard study: Sugary drinks associated with greater risk of premature death

Study participants had a greater risk of premature death, particularly from cardiovascular disease and to a lesser extent from cancer, the report says.

Mr. Brebner, in 2006.

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Asa Brebner, at 65; guitarist/songwriter in Boston bands and alone

Mr. Brebner had early success in Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers and Robin Lane & the Chartbusters before chopping out a path for his own music.

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The public wants to know what special counsel Robert Mueller has found out about Russian tampering with the 2016 election and possible links to the Trump campaign, a new Suffolk poll suggests.

John Oliver talks with Monica Lewinsky about public shaming

The comedian tackled the good and the bad of Internet pile-ons with help from one of the most famous targets of negative public attention.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/18/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/GeorgeConway.jpg Kellyanne Conway dismisses her husband?s concerns about Trump?s mental health

George Conway, a persistent conservative critic of the president, has recently become more personal with his criticism.

See which restaurants advanced to Round Two

The top 32 restaurants have advanced to the second round of Munch Madness. Vote to keep your favorites in the running.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/mcgregor1.jpg Conor McGregor leaves St. Patrick?s Day Parade early after fans spill into street to greet his vehicle

?They?re coming right onto the street, they can?t contain it,? a visibly delighted McGregor said in a video clip from the parade posted to his official Instagram account.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/22/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/wiggs_PatsPrac_590110.jpg A look at how the Patriots roster has changed ? so far

A rundown of newcomers, who?s staying, and who?s leaving.

?A dream come true?: Isaiah Thomas plays a pickup game with Emerson College students

One Emerson junior prided himself on defending Thomas, saying the former Celtics star made one of four shots against him.

Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl celebrates with Horace Spencer (0) and Samir Doughty (10) after beating Tennessee in the NCAA college basketball Southeastern Conference championship game Sunday, March 17, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Auburn won 84-64. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

NCAA bracket: Download and print out a March Madness grid

The selections have been made. Here?s how the 2019 men?s basketball championship teams are matched up.

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Munch Madness

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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

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The Big Picture

Students stage global protest to speak out on climate change inaction

Students worldwide skipped classes Friday to protest their governments? failure to act against global warming as part of the ?Fridays for Future? movement.

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/2011-2020/2019/03/18/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/PVivax_Wellcome-1024x576.jpg China is reviving a discredited AIDS immunotherapy ? for cancer

Injections of malaria parasites, a discredited AIDS treatment once promoted by the father of the Heimlich maneuver, is being tested in China as a cancer immunotherapy.

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