A South End development project begins ? in Roxbury

The Alexandra Hotel in Roxbury has been in disrepair for years.

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

The Alexandra Hotel project has attracted interest from neighbors in both the South End and Roxbury, both equally eager to see the restoration of the once majestic building.

Governor Charlie Baker said Monday that he prefers to ?focus on the issues? with Suffolk DA Rachael Rollins.

Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff

Charlie Baker is on unfamiliar ground in flare-up with Rachael Rollins

The governor, a Republican who has built a reputation for working with Democrats, is embroiled in the type of fight he?s long sought to avoid.

kevin cullen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/cullen-9813.jpg The DA who figuratively dropkicked her critics says she?s not here to fight

For somebody who says she?s not here to fight with people, Suffolk DA Rachael Rollins used some interesting language and kept some controversial company while pushing back against her critics.

STAT

How gifts to Tufts medical school advanced the interests of Purdue Pharma

A review suggests such funds helped amplify arguments about opioids that dovetailed with their business aims as the maker of opioid painkillers including OxyContin.

Felicity Huffman left the Boston federal courthouse last week. ?My daughter knew absolutely nothing about my actions, and . . . I have betrayed her,? Huffman said in a statement.

Felicity Huffman among 13 parents pleading guilty in admissions scandal

The Hollywood actress is the biggest name to agree to a plea deal in ?Operation Varsity Blues,? according to a document filed Monday in federal court in Boston.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse04collegescandal3.jpg Read Felicity Huffman?s statement on pleading guilty in college admissions scandal

?I am in full acceptance of my guilt, and with deep regret and shame over what I have done, I accept full responsibility for my actions,? the actress said.

Marshall Sloane.

obituary

Marshall M. Sloane, founder of Century Bank, dies at 92

Mr. Sloane, of Brookline, who died April 6, founded Century Bank in Somerville 50 years ago.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/WIZW8963.jpg It will be electric bikes only for the Lime rental program in Boston?s suburbs

Pedal bikes are getting tossed aside.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/lee040819baker3MET.jpg Charlie Baker signs bill banning gay conversion therapy for minors

Governor Charlie Baker Monday signed into law a proposal banning gay conversion therapy for minors, making Massachusetts the latest state to outlaw the practice.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/09/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/58d1269e3bed40a591c44eb47c9027e4-58d1269e3bed40a591c44eb47c9027e4-0.jpg Eric Swalwell announces Democratic presidential bid on ?The Late Show?

The congressman is in his fourth term representing California?s 15th District.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/klima_08mattapan_20190407_006-9774.jpg Man wounded in Mattapan shooting is charged with gun offenses

Anthony Davis is not currently charged with Eleanor Maloney?s death, but faces a number of gun charges.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA - APRIL 07: Mitch Moreland #18 of the Boston Red Sox high fives teammates in the dugout after hitting a solo home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the seventh inning of the MLB game at Chase Field on April 07, 2019 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

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CHAD FINN

Give Red Sox one last celebration, then time to play ball

After a rocky road trip to start this season, the home opener marks the official end of last season.

Boston-04/045/19 Fenway Park was undergoing last minute preparations for the Boston Red Sox opening game on Tuesday, April 9th. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(metro)

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

After slow start, Red Sox? return to Fenway should have a nice ring to it

They went 3-8 on the road, but they did not became a bad team overnight, and Tuesday will be a reminder of that.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/05/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Walker_040518_RedSox_Rays_8773x.jpg If you?re headed to the Red Sox game, bundle up ? and watch out for rain

Showers will move across New England on Tuesday afternoon and could affect the end of the 2019 opener at Fenway Park.

White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu is one of a number of Cuban players who made risky escapes from the island nation to be able to play in the majors.

Trump administration bars major league teams from signing Cuban players

Major League Baseball had reached an agreement with the Cuban Baseball Federation just months ago, meaning players no longer had to defect from the island to play in the majors.

Kyle Guy (5), the hero of Virginia?s semifinal win over Auburn, leads the celebration after the Cavaliers overtime victory against Texas Tech in Monday?s NCAA men?s national championship.

Joe Sullivan | NCAA analysis

Cavaliers had no fear in men?s title game

Top-seeded Virginia overcome sluggish start to outlast Texas Tech in overtime, 85-77.

Friendly?s has been a New England fixture for more than 70 years.

Friendly?s closes 23 more locations in the Northeast, including in Massachusetts

The CEO said in a letter to franchisees that the locations are in ?geographic areas that have changed dramatically.?

THOMAS FARRAGHER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/KREITER03292019thresholdsingers1.jpg Songs for the dying: Bedside choir comforts those nearing the end

The Threshold Singers, an unusual choral group based in Littleton, has performed at the bedside of the dying hundreds of times.

Ipswich, MA--03/21/2019--Evan Heenehan of Home Grow Community LLC. visits a client's house in Ipswich, MA to check in on their homegrown cannabis plants on Thursday evening. (Nathan Klima for The Boston Globe) Topic: 13homegrow Reporter:

Nathan Klima for The Boston Globe

With homegrown marijuana, a cottage industry is literally sprouting

When Massachusetts voters legalized recreational pot use, much of the focus was on criminal justice and the retail cannabis industry. But the law also allowed residents to cultivate cannabis at home.

OPINION | NICK SIFUENTES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/08/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Clipboard-1974.jpg How New York got congestion pricing, and why Boston should be next

It took 12 years for New York to pass a congestion pricing plan. Boston shouldn?t wait that long.

Herman Cain ran for president in 2012 but lost to the Republican primary to Mitt Romney. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by David Paul Morris

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EDITORIAL

Trump doubles down on dubious Fed picks

Herman Cain? Seriously? President Trump reached further into the fringe last week and nominated the former pizza baron for another vacant spot on the Fed.

EDITORIAL CARTOON | WARD SUTTON

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/05/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/suttonTease-2761.jpg Introducing the double-downers

In 2019, there?s no shame in having no shame.

Opinion | Michael A. Cohen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/08/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/cohen-1972.jpg Barr?s tactic with the Mueller report: spin and delay

William Barr?s summary of the Mueller report ? and his delay in delivering it to Congress ? is clearly meant to favor the president.

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/08/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi_480-1052.jpg Gaming Commission should give Elaine Wynn and casino CEO Maddox the boot

As a condition for Wynn Resorts? gaming license, CEO Matt Maddox has to go, and Elaine Wynn should be forced to reduce her stock ownership.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/IMG_2768.jpg Zapping brain with precise electrical current boosts memory in older adults, BU study finds

The finding offers hope for boosting a mental function that is so crucial for reasoning, everyday problem-solving, and planning that it has been called the foundation of intelligence.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/klima_xxdiscounts_20190401_003.jpg The growing debate over senior discounts

For a frugal tribe of bargain-hunting seniors, scarfing up the potpourri of newly available discounts can take some of the sting out of a milestone birthday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Untitled%20(2).jpg Watch this drone video of a right whale twirling and enjoying the waters off Cape Cod

A man got up early Sunday morning to capture footage of the sunrise off Provincetown. But he ended up filming something even more breathtaking instead.

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.

Special reports

The house at 212 Forest St.

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.

Munch Madness

Munch Madness | Final

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/munch.jpg And the Munch Madness winner is . . .

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

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.

Newsletters

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It?s back! Get the latest intelligence on presidential politics from Globe reporter James Pindell. Sign up here.

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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/08/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/B45A3739-1-1024x576.jpg Michigan wins STAT Madness vote with possible therapy for tinnitus

About 15% of Americans experience some form of tinnitus, sometimes called ringing in the ears, and it?s disabling for about 2 million people.

Podcasts