He bought the fencing coach?s house. Then his son got into Harvard

The Needham house was assessed at $549,300, but sold for nearly a million dollars. The buyer, who never lived a day there, would sell it 17 months later at a substantial loss in what may become the next chapter in the national debate over fairness in college admissions.

Dentist charged in college admissions scandal lost book deals because of case, lawyers say

A judge has, however, allowed Homayoun Zadeh to travel abroad for speaking engagements while his case is pending.

Opinion | John Driscoll and Gabrielle Wenners

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/03/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/04MtIda2web.jpg We were victims of Mount Ida?s house of cards

A year later, the shock of that day still hasn?t worn off.

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A Newton recreational marijuana shop is one step closer to opening after it received its final license from the Cannabis Control Commission Thursday.

Don Smith has cancer and his wife, Deborah, was not allowed to go with him to purchase medical marijuana.

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

Sean P. Murphy | The Fine Print

Locked out of care that eases his dying days

Dying of cancer, Don Smith needs medical marijuana to deal with his nausea and pain, but he and his wife encounter road blocks when they try to access both cannabis and expertise from a state-regulated dispensary.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/turner032719METROharvardalien9.jpg This Harvard astronomer?s theory on aliens earned him ridicule. Here?s why he?s standing by it

After arguing that a curious interstellar object might have come from an alien civilization, Harvard researcher Avi Loeb digs in against the backlash.

JEFF JACOBY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/0-2747.jpg On the folly of rent control, right and left agree

Massachusetts voters chose wisely when they scrapped rent control in 1994. Nothing good can come of resurrecting it now.

Letters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Clipboard-2759.jpg It was money, not MCAS, that drove gains of education reform

?The vast inequities that inspired the Education Reform Act have returned, leaving our students without the supports they need.?

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/AFP_1EN2FD.jpg Taylor Swift responds to crash at her Rhode Island home with ?Getaway Car? lyric

The pop star invoked the lyrics in response to a police chase Tuesday that ended with a stolen car crashing into the gates of her Westerly beachfront home.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/49897870_1500594606740550_5389414238211014656_n%20(1).jpg Watch this dad belt out ?Ave Maria? for his daughter in a lobby at Disney World

The performance by Connecticut dad Justin Gigliello stunned passersby ? and impressed a lot of people on the Internet.

Murray Whyte | COMMENTARY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/03/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/KREITER04032019BeHappy2.jpg ?Happy Place? comes to Boston, and it?s hell

The candy-colored pop-up exhibition has drawn crowds in other cities with its dozen or so selfie-ready installations. But up close, it feels like a grotty, tacked-together horseman of a digital apocalypse.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/Slammin%20Onion%20-%20Fenway.jpg What?s new in the lineup for Fenway food?

Treats for the 2019 season include a lobster BLT, bacon on a stick, and a banana split.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/1140400379.jpg Why won?t Trump release his taxes? Here?s one explanation you may have missed

It?s a mystery that people have been talking about since the 2016 campaign. Here?s a list of what people have speculated ? and an explanation you may have missed.

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The jet suffered from faulty readings by a key sensor, and pilots followed Boeing?s recommended procedures but could not avoid crashing, a preliminary report says.

Actors are seen during a rehearsal of ?The Five Stages.?

Jennifer S. Altman for the Boston Globe

THOMAS FARRAGHER

A play about grief is called ?The Five Stages.? Lauren Astley?s parents know them all

When the actors take their places on stage inside a tiny New York theater this weekend, the emotions ? instantly fresh again ? will wash over Astley?s mom and dad once more.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/patientslikemexref.jpg Feds force Cambridge health company to ditch Chinese investor

PatientsLikeMe has to find a new buyer because of national security concerns about its China-based owner.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/fbda9d844c7643228ae819ba93c89949-fbda9d844c7643228ae819ba93c89949-0.jpg Providence man indicted for kidnapping resulting in death of Jassy Correia

The indictment was returned against Louis Coleman III in US District Court in Boston, on a sole count of kidnapping resulting in death.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/42ed857439bf49aa93df8914d135457e-42ed857439bf49aa93df8914d135457e-0.jpg Authorities say 14-year-old boy wasn?t child who?s been missing for 8 years

The boy told police in Kentucky that his name was Timmothy Pitzen, who was 6 years old when he went missing in 2011.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/d9b14cda-2803-11e9-984d-9b8fba003e81.jpg Aloha! Nonstop flights kick off between Boston, Honolulu

The Hawaiian Airlines route out of Logan Airport that?s set to debut Friday will be the longest within the US.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/WALKER_040319_weather_54789xA.jpg Is Boston the new ?Windy City??

Wind gusts reached 50 to 60 miles per hour in some areas of Massachusetts on Wednesday night, according to the National Weather Service.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/xu1.jpg California woman was slowly being poisoned by her coworker, police say

Often, Rong Yuan?s meals had a strange taste and an odd smell. Water that she had left unattended took on a strange flavor and odor, too.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/howieleung.png Concord, N.H., high school teacher charged in rape of girl in Mass.

Primo ?Howie? Leung, 36, was slated to appear in a N.H. courtroom Thursday as a fugitive from justice in Massachusetts.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/recovering.JPG Goose found in Fall River undergoes surgery to remove arrow from body

X-rays also showed what appeared to be a hunting pellet lodged in the goose?s body, which likely came from an air rifle.

German shepherd named Moose fatally shot in Methuen

Methuen Police Chief Joseph Solomon said the incident was reported around 2:45 p.m., and the dog?s body was found on its owner?s property.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/645831994.jpg Jeff Bezos will keep 75 percent of his Amazon stock after divorce

Bezos also will gain voting control of MacKenzie Bezos?s remaining shares.

Andrew Dreyfus on his father?s career path, the challenges facing health care, and more

Globe reporter Janelle Nanos sits down with leaders in the city?s business community to talk about their career paths, work and accomplishments, as well as their vision for Boston?s future.

Munch Madness 2019

Munch Madness | Round 6

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/02/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/munch90x90-3810.jpg And then there were two . . .

It?s Sarma vs. Flour Bakery + Cafe facing off in the finals. Cast your vote for the 2019 winner of 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.

The Big Picture

Jim Davis/Globe Staff

The Big Picture

Globe staff photos of the month, March 2019

Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: a fire in the Fens, the beginning of spring, Ice Castles in New Hampshire, and the annual citywide youth Spelling Bee.

Spring House Hunt

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-13078.jpg Bidding wars: Should home buyers add an ?escalation clause??

If you want to start an argument in a group of real estate agents, bring up escalation clauses.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/GettyImages-1081027098-1024x576.jpg Amazon Alexa now HIPAA-compliant, allows secure access to data

Amazon unveiled software that allows health care companies to build Alexa voice tools capable of securely transmitting private patient information.

Podcasts