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The Boston Athletic Association adjusted the start times of some waves to reduce the amount of time spent in the athletes? village.

2019 BOSTON MARATHON

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/11/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/VadenBroek017-5674.jpg One second slower, and these runners would have been out of the Marathon

It?s a nerve-racking experience for those ?squeakers? on the razor?s edge of making it into the race.

Boston, MA - {iptcmtonth}/11/2019 - (9th inning) Boston Red Sox first baseman Mitch Moreland (18) leaves the game for pinch runner Boston Red Sox second baseman Eduardo Nunez (36) after his double in the ninth inning. The Boston Red Sox host the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Pete Abraham, Topic: 12Red Sox-Blue Jays, LOID: 8.5.946955023.

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

Mitch Moreland again comes to rescue for Red Sox

He has tied the game or given the Sox the lead in all four of the victories and leads the team with five homers and 12 RBIs.

NCAA Frozen Four

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Marc Del Gaizo scored the game-winner to set up a championship showdown vs. Minnesota Duluth.

This image provided by Disney shows a product image of Disney Plus on a tablet. The video steaming service has been in the works for more than year, but Thursday, April 11, 2019, marked the first time that the longtime entertainment powerhouse has laid out plans for its attack on Netflix and a formidable cast of competitors, including Amazon, HBO Go and Showtime Anytime. (Disney via AP)

Disney+ undercuts Netflix at $7, launching costly battle

Walt Disney Co. will charge $7 a month for its streaming service that debuts Nov. 12, a gambit to undercut Netflix in an increasingly crowded field.

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Just two hours after Lee Dong Kil?s daughter was born on New Year?s Eve, the clock struck midnight, and the infant became 2 years old.

Maryam Abdullayeva of Azerbaijan prepares a drink during the 2019 World Barista Championship in the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center on Thursday afternoon.

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Java-ganza! Baristas converge on Boston to compete in world championship

Expert baristas from all over the globe have come here to compete in the 2019 World Barista Championship, which kicked off Thursday in Boston.

Boston MA , 05/16/07 The Old North Church was the place in 1775 where church sexton, Robert Newman (cq) climbed the steeple and held high two lanterns as a signal from Paul Revere that the British were marching to Lexington and Concord by sea and not land. The event started the American Revolution. (Jonathan Wiggs/ Globe Staff) Library Tag 06052007

Jonathan Wiggs/ Globe Staff

Ideas | the Rev. Stephen T. Ayres

Boston?s historic landmarks could use more love

More resources are needed for Old North and our sister historic sites to keep iconic, centuries old structures in good condition.

Opinion | Elizabeth Woyke

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The best autonomous vehicles may be small shuttle buses that fill first and last-mile gaps in public transit.

Opinion | Elissa Ely

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/11/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/12ELYweb.jpg Measuring medical care in 20-minute doses

In the context of medical exams, 20 minutes is good for productivity requirements, bad for relationships.

HBO original series Game of Thrones (Season 8).

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Matthew Gilbert

What makes ?Game of Thrones? so great

A genre show, of all things, with fire-breathing dragons and sub-zero zombies, has won our game of Peak TV.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/11/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/GOTrecap.JPG Recaps of each ?Game of Thrones? season

As the show enters its endgame Sunday, even die-hard fans could use a refresher on the past seven seasons.

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Which of our beloved and not-so-beloved ?Game of Thrones? characters are going to wind up sitting pretty?

Salem, NH - 3/15/2019 - Senator Elizabeth Warren speaking to supporters at the home of former US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Jim Smith and Janet Breslin-Smith in Salem, N.H. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Metro, Reporter: Globe Staff, Topic: 16newhampshire, LOID: 8.5.693486147.

Barry Chin/Globe Staff

Senator Warren to join striking Stop & Shop workers

US Senator Elizabeth Warren will join workers walking a picket line outside a Somerville store as the strike enters its first full day Friday.

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Stop & Shop workers walked off the job Thursday afternoon, after more than 31,000 employees last month authorized their labor leaders to call for a work stoppage amid increasingly strained contract negotiations.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/WALKER_041119_12strikepic_2949x.jpg Here?s how customers will be affected by the Stop & Shop walkout

If you?re one of the many people around the region who rely on Stop & Shop for groceries, here?s what Thursday?s walkout likely means for you.

Gloucester, MA--04/06/2019--Surfers enjoy the nice weather on Good Harbor Beach in Gloucester, MA during the Lake Atlantic Invitational hosted by the UMass Amherst Surf Club on Saturday afternoon. on Saturday afternoon. (Nathan Klima for The Boston Globe) Topic: 07surfpic Reporter:

Nathan Klima for The Boston Globe

Make the most of Saturday. It will feature the best weather of the weekend

Forecasters are predicting sunshine will sweep over the area on Saturday, following the rain and clouds we?ll see Friday night into Saturday morning.

Starts & Stops

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The transit agency would like to eventually allow riders to report and track complaints, as Boston does with potholes and other problems.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Turkeys_01.jpg ?I was in such a panic?: Pregnant Cambridge woman attacked by group of wild turkeys

?They made it hard for me to get away, or escape,? Kenda Carlson said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/c10359c0b3614e3c9ba5f2a31041d3da-c10359c0b3614e3c9ba5f2a31041d3da-0.jpg Robert Kraft and woman accused of running day spa seek to block release of video

The Patriots? owner has gained an unexpected and last-minute ally: one of the women with whom he is accused of interacting with in a day spa allegedly operating as a front for prostitution.

Test taker in college admissions scam to plead guilty Friday in Boston

A 36-year-old Florida man who allegedly took SAT and ACT exams for high school students is slated to plead guilty to a pair of felonies.

Kevin Cullen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/12cullen1.jpg Not so happy days in the Happy Valley

In an ultra liberal enclave of Western Massachusetts, Mount Holyoke College?s spring has been as bad as the Red Sox starting rotation.

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A former State Department official who assisted Robert Mueller?s investigation avoided prison for illegally lobbying for Ukraine.

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?She?s very good with numbers.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/6cc9be7e381b4ba38315cf0df0dc1522-6cc9be7e381b4ba38315cf0df0dc1522-6348.jpg Wynn Resorts eyes banning Steve Wynn from its casinos

Wynn Resorts is proposing Massachusetts require it to ban its founder as a condition of keeping its state casino license.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/09/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/john_fish_photo_1024.jpg John Fish on transforming a construction giant

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.

Cars

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Hyundai's Ioniq hybrid hatchback starts at $22,400, gets up to 55 mpg

Hyundai made automotive history for 2017, introducing three new electrified vehicles based on the same design and chassis _ the Ioniq Hybrid, Ioniq Plug-in Hybrid and Ioniq Electric ? and offers new and broader applications of active safety features, and enhanced voice recognition for the 2019 model year. Driver Attention Alert and High Beam Assist [?]

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/2011-2020/2019/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/12sellersxref.jpg The things home sellers do that can turn off buyers or kill a sale

A hot housing market forgives a lot of mistakes, but that doesn?t stop sellers from undermining their own home sale.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/ProstateCancerCell_Wellcome-1024x576.jpg A study of cancer test seemed like a triumph. But data were missing

A study suggested that the test led doctors to recommend fewer unnecessary biopsies. But critics said the company-sponsored study lacked crucial data.

Podcasts