Younger MBTA pensioners put yet another strain on the system

Continuing waves of younger retirees could add another potential strain to a $1.5 billion pension system where more pensioners are collecting benefits than there are workers paying in.

Robert Kraft attorney William Burck spoke in court last week in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Prosecutors in Robert Kraft?s soliciting prostitution case defend their investigation

The government?s defense of the probe was contained in legal documents submitted in Palm Beach County, where Kraft is charged with two misdemeanor counts of soliciting prostitution.

Brian Brusseau (left), member of the Roofers Union Local 33, and Senator Edward Markey spoke in support of the United Council of Food Workers who have been picketing outside of Stop & Shop in Quincy for the past four days. Union powerhouses that used to reign over swaths of the New England grocery industry have either consolidated or have fallen into disarray.

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Stop & Shop, among the last union grocery chains, faces pressure inside and out 

One by one, union powerhouses that used to reign over swaths of the New England grocery industry, including A&P, Pathmark, and Grand Union, fell into disarray.

Governor Gina Raimondo.

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R.I. governor wants to expand free college program, but some question price tag

In 2017, Rhode Island became just the fourth state to make community college free. Now Governor Gina Raimondo wants to expand on the program?s success.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/56553665_425759398198670_3105002858106322944_nA.jpg Martha?s Vineyard town passes ban on plastic soda and water bottles

Beginning in May of 2020, stores in West Tisbury will no longer be able to sell single-use bottles that are less than 34 ounces, according to the bylaw approved at Town Meeting.

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Milk Bar renames ?Crack Pie?

Milk Bar, the New York bakery that opened a Cambridge location in February, is changing the name of one of its signature dishes.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/16/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/c14a7c1fa5f648e6bbb75cc6738b392e-c14a7c1fa5f648e6bbb75cc6738b392e-1588.jpg CVS fined $535,000 for filling forged Percocet prescriptions

The drugstore chain will pay to resolve federal allegations that it filled dozens of Percocet prescriptions its pharmacists should have known were forged.

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The medal is the nation?s highest honor for a civilian.

KEVIN PAUL DUPONT | ON HOCKEY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/16/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/lee041519bruinsleafs7SPTSjpg.jpg It was a game of zones, and the Bruins didn?t play it very well

The top line of Brad Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-David Pastrnak was limited to seven shots and no goals.

ALEX SPEIER | ON BASEBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/15/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davisbosbal8spts-5923.jpg What?s wrong with Mookie Betts?

A sense of urgency is beginning to grow among Betts and the Red Sox to shake their sluggish ways.

Cathedral SLIDER Fire damaged wood and stone sits near the altar inside Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 16, 2019. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Christophe Morin.

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Cathedral SLIDER Daylight shines through the fallen roof structure of Notre Dame Cathedral following the fire in Paris on April 16, 2019. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Christophe Morin.

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Cathedral SLIDER A crane lifts experts as they inspect the damaged Notre Dame cathedral after the fire in Paris, Tuesday, April 16, 2019. Experts are assessing the blackened shell of Paris' iconic Notre Dame cathedral to establish next steps to save what remains after a devastating fire destroyed much of the almost 900-year-old building. With the fire that broke out Monday evening and quickly consumed the cathedral now under control, attention is turning to ensuring the structural integrity of the remaining building. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

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Cathedral SLIDER A crane lifts experts as they inspect the damaged Notre Dame cathedral after the fire in Paris, Tuesday, April 16, 2019. Experts are assessing the blackened shell of Paris' iconic Notre Dame cathedral to establish next steps to save what remains after a devastating fire destroyed much of the almost 900-year-old building. With the fire that broke out Monday evening and quickly consumed the cathedral now under control, attention is turning to ensuring the structural integrity of the remaining building. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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Cathedral SLIDER A picture taken on April 16, 2019 shows an interior view of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris in the aftermath of a fire that devastated the cathedral. - The Paris fire service announced that the last remnants of the blaze were extinguished on April 16, 15 hours after the fire broke out. Thousands of Parisians and tourists watched in horror from nearby streets on April 15 as flames engulfed the building and rescuers tried to save as much as they could of the cathedral's treasures built up over centuries. (Photo by CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON / POOL / AFP)CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON/AFP/Getty Images

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Cathedral SLIDER View of the scaffolding and damaged Notre Dame cathedral after the fire in Paris, Tuesday, April 16, 2019. Experts are assessing the blackened shell of Paris' iconic Notre Dame cathedral to establish next steps to save what remains after a devastating fire destroyed much of the almost 900-year-old building. With the fire that broke out Monday evening and quickly consumed the cathedral now under control, attention is turning to ensuring the structural integrity of the remaining building. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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Cathedral SLIDER Smoke rises in front of the altar cross at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019, after a fire engulfed the building. - A fire broke out at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris, potentially involving renovation works being carried out at the site, the fire service said.Images posted on social media showed flames and huge clouds of smoke billowing above the roof of the gothic cathedral, the most visited historic monument in Europe. (Photo by PHILIPPE WOJAZER / POOL / AFP)PHILIPPE WOJAZER/AFP/Getty Images

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France vows to rebuild Notre Dame but it could take decades

The Cologne cathedral was damaged in WWII and work to repair it is still ongoing more than 70 years later. The chief architect there said it could take decades to repair Notre Dame.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/AFP_1FO26W.jpg These photos show the destruction and beauty of the Notre Dame Cathedral

The photos show smokey debris in front of the altar cross at the Notre Dame Cathedral.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/16/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_1FO7CF.jpg Here?s what the Notre Dame Cathedral looked like before the fire

A look at the iconic landmark before a fierce fire tore through its roof and consumed its spire.

People lay out in the sun on Boston?s Carson Beach in the summer of 2018.

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REBECCA PACHECO

Let?s ditch the diets and the cleanses in favor of a healthier perspective this swimsuit season

I?m tired of mind-body content that equates thinness with health and implicitly helps to veil the weight loss machine with wellness parlance.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/24/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/923388578.jpg Rappers call for Fox News to fire Laura Ingraham over Nipsey Hussle segment

One day after a memorial service for the rapper, Laura Ingraham zeroed in on a song to offer her own laughter-filled analysis of his legacy last week.

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/15/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/1088550340.jpg Mindy Kaling teams up with Priyanka Chopra for new comedy

Deadline reported that the movie will be a wedding comedy set in America and India ? ?Crazy Rich Asians? meets ?My Big Fat Greek Wedding,?? the trade publication wrote.

CHAD FINN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/15/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/tlumackibmarathonfinishline741.jpg This year?s Boston Marathon was a tale of two races

Lawrence Cherono won the men?s race in a sprint, while Worknesh Degefa cruised to victory in the women?s race.

2019 Boston Marathon results

Take a look at the finishing order by gender, division, New England state, and more.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/15/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/Marathon5.jpg Dave McGillivray doesn?t let heart surgery end his Boston Marathon streak

Despite undergoing triple bypass surgery in October, race director Dave McGillivray completed the Boston Marathon for the 47th straight year.

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Opinion | Aaron Katz

My client is not innocent. Does he deserve the death penalty?

My client is not innocent. But does he deserve the ?cruel and unusual punishment? of death by lethal injection?

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/15/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi_480-0994.jpg Is Kraft video evidence or pornography?

With the purported human trafficking charge having evaporated, the argument for releasing the video of Robert Kraft at the Orchids of Asia Day Spa looks weak at best.

Editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/15/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Clipboard-0996.jpg Boston?s path to universal preschool offers lessons for other cities

Boston?s journey ? some two decades in the making ? offers a road map of how other cities in Massachusetts can achieve preschool for all.

Greg Shell on evening economic disparities

The managing director of the Bain Capital Double Impact Fund, Greg Shell works to identify and fund companies that offer profitable models for addressing critical social problems.

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

Photos: The 2019 Boston Marathon

An estimated 30,000 runners competed in the 123rd Boston Marathon.

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/2011-2020/2019/04/16/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Mitochondrial-painting-wellcome-1024x576.jpg Proponents start push to lift U.S. ban on ?three-parent IVF?

Supporters of the technique say it could help certain women who are carriers of serious genetic diseases have healthy, biologically related children.

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