Harvard will train coaches on conflicts of interest after home sale

Fencing coach Peter Brand sold his home for an unusually high price to the father of a teen eyeing admission to the university. He remains the team?s coach, Harvard said Friday.

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A New York attorney announced Friday that he will plead guilty to paying a college consultant $75,000 to boost his daughter?s standardized test score.

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Ideas | Max Kutner

At America?s universities, status is for sale

Since the ?80s, colleges and universities have spent a fortune to establish their prestige. Now it?s for sale to the highest bidders.

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Warren said Friday that she supported eliminating the US Senate?s legendary filibuster to give her party a better chance of implementing its ambitious agenda. The move allows Warren to swerve to the left of Sanders in a meaningful way.

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The passage was released following an uproar over a testing item that asked 10th-graders to write a journal entry from the perspective of a white woman who was reluctant to help a runaway slave and used derogatory language.

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Jean Leonard Teganya sought asylum in the United States. He denied he had committed rapes and murders during Rwanda?s civil war.

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Miriam Nelson said that she has become a distraction from the ?important work to establish a sustainable financial model for the school.?

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The announcement comes in the wake of a $28 million pledge to upgrade the park.

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Walpole police confirmed the arrest of the suspect, Ian Crowley, in a brief statement posted on Facebook.

Chesto Means Business

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The Worcester Business Development Corp. and WuXi Biologics are in the final stages of negotiations to kick-start a 44-acre biomanufacturing campus at the former Worcester State Hospital.

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Ricki Lake to visit Cambridge for local debut of ?Weed the People?

The documentary follows five families who have turned to medical marijuana to help their children through cancer treatment, both managing pain levels and easing the symptoms of chemotherapy.

?I didn?t get into this job to make friends, I got into this job to make change,? said Suffolk DA Rachael Rollins, who took office earlier this year.

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Suffolk DA attacks critics: ?I didn?t get into this job to make friends?

Rachael Rollins took shots at Governor Charlie Baker?s family and his public safety secretary, while also suggesting that she has had to deal with misogyny since assuming office in January.

CELTICS 117, PACERS 97

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The Celtics moved a game ahead of the Pacers in the battle for the fourth seed and home-court advantage in their first-round playoff series.

DIAMONDBACKS 15, RED SOX 8

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Rick Porcello got pounded for seven runs in 4? innings as Boston?s starting rotation woes showed no sign of ending.

NCAA women?s final four

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The Irish will play Baylor in the championship.

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Editorial

14 days. Americans should count the days until the Mueller report is released to Congress.

Until the Mueller report is released to Congress, the Globe editorial page will remind readers daily how many days the investigation has not been released to Congress.

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Opinion | Margery Eagan

No, legalized prostitution is not OK

What we really need is education and a massive change in attitude.

Pete Buttigieg?s New Hampshire trips may perfectly frame this moment and what could happen next for the upstart candidate.

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James Pindell | Ground Game

What a difference a month can make for Pete Buttigieg in N.H.

The South Bend, Ind., mayor has been the candidate-du-jour for weeks following his acclaimed CNN town hall.

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An MGM Resorts logo adorns the Green Monster, the concessions menu has expanded, and the press box and clubhouses have been renovated.

Kurt Cobain and Nirvana performed in April 1993 in Daly City, Calif.

Want to learn more about Kurt Cobain? Here?s what to read, listen, and watch

The Nirvana frontman committed suicide 25 years ago. Here are some in-depth works about the late musician.

Munch Madness | Final

And the Munch Madness winner is . . .

Beloved Boston bakery Flour takes the cake over Sarma to clinch Munch Madness 2019.

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They ranged from critical to humorous, and mostly tapped into age-old stereotypes about Boston.

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.

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

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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

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

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