Elizabeth Warren?s policy proposals trigger fund-raising spikes

Senator Elizabeth Warren in Somerville last week addressing striking Stop & Shop workers.

Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

As the Massachusetts senator?s reputation for being a policy wonk took off, it seems, her fund-raising increased, according to a Globe analysis.

Watertown-04/16/2019 Stop & Shop workers are on strike. At the Stop & Shop Pleasant Street location shopping carts and empty registers. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(business)

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

As strike goes on, impact on Stop & Shop is increasing

The nearly week-old strike by 31,000 unionized Stop & Shop workers is clearly having an effect on the company in the form of barren shelves, stores without customers, and even locations that are closed altogether.

At the Stop & Shop on Watertown?s Pleasant Street, the store was mostly empty Tuesday except for one employee walking near the Easter display.

Stop & Shop president apologizes directly to customers in e-mail

The company?s president sent an e-mail to customers in which he apologized ?for the inconvenience that the strike has caused our loyal customers.?

 
(From left) Brenda Cassellius, Marie Izquierdo, and Oscar Santos are expected to be named finalists for the Boston superintendent job.

Boston to name 3 finalists for school superintendent

Among the finalists are a former Minnesota education commissioner, a high-ranking Miami-Dade County school district leader, and the head of Cathedral High School.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/01/25/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Tlumacki_cabbieswaitatlogan_business201copy-001.jpg Uber and Lyft may be forced from the curb at Logan Airport. But not taxis

The beleaguered taxi industry may benefit from a potential policy change at Logan International Airport.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/17/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_1FP6FX.jpg In new effort to deter migrants, Barr withholds bail to asylum-seekers

In an effort to deliver on President Trump?s promise to end ?catch and release? at the border, the attorney general directed immigration judges to no longer allow some migrants to post bail.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Rinaldi17weld01.jpg Bill Weld says his primary challenge to Trump will be ?ferocious?

Weld, who served as Massachusetts governor from 1991 to 1997, announced Monday that he would become the first ? and possibly only ? primary challenger to President Trump.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Home_02.jpg The marijuana black market is filling a void, some say

While police and some policymakers call for more enforcement, many consumers say they still need the illicit market around.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/image1%20(10).jpeg Harvard Law professor Charles Ogletree found after police search

Cambridge police are soliciting the public?s help in finding Charles Ogletree, the 66-year-old renowned Harvard Law professor, activist, and author who has Alzheimer?s disease.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Lee_101518_rigovdebate3_met.jpg 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.

Dining Out

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/klima_17diningoutpic_20190412_006.jpg With Big King restaurant in Providence, James Mark continues telling his story

The James Beard award nominee?s West Side establishment is mature, focused, and intimate.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/13/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/AdobeStock_113130734.jpeg New research grant will enable Framingham Heart Study to explore biology of aging

The Framingham Heart Study, the nation?s longest running multigenerational study of cardiovascular disease, will expand its research thanks to a new federal grant of $38 million.

East Freetown 04/05/19 : Nick Memmo (cq) in the living room area of his East Freetown home. Memmo mistakenly received a 86 inch screen tv along with the 74 inch (behind him) he ordered from Amazon. He was later arrested on charges of larceny.Photo for the Boston Globe by Debee Tlumacki (metro)

Debee Tlumacki for the Boston Globe

A delivery truck mistakenly brought an 86-inch TV to his home ? then the cops took him to jail

Nick Memmo was surprised and then happy that he received a huge flat screen TV that he hadn?t ordered. ?I thought it was my turn to luck out on something in life,? he said.

Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale throws during the second inning of the team's baseball game against the New York Yankees, Tuesday, April 16, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Panic button move fails to rouse slumbering Red Sox

Catcher Sandy Leon was recalled from the minors to stabilize a struggling pitcher staff. Final score: Yankees 8, Red Sox 0.

FILE - This photo combo of images shows the Amazon, Google and Facebook logos. A review into competition in the U.K.'s digital market says the country needs tough new rules to help counter the dominance of big tech giants like Facebook, Google and Amazon. The independent review published Wednesday, March 13, 2019 says global tech giants don't face enough competition and that existing rules are outdated and need to be beefed up. (AP Photo, file)

Chesto Means Business

New York-Boston rivalry endures in tech sector, too

Even if the Red Sox languish in the American League for now, the state?s tech sector will remain a championship contender.

Houston Texans wide receiver Demaryius Thomas (87) during the second half of an NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)

PATRIOTS NOTEBOOK

Patriots sign wide receiver Demaryius Thomas

The veteran receiver will be entering his 10th season and is coming off a torn Achilles?.

The damaged roof of Notre Dame on Tuesday.

$1 billion raised to rebuild Paris? Notre Dame Cathedral after fire

Money has already poured in from ordinary worshippers and high-powered magnates around the world to restore Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after a massive fire.

Cardinal Sean O'Malley blessed the palms during Palm Sunday Mass at the renovated Holy Cross Cathedral in the South End.

O?Malley praises South End cathedral renovations

The cardinal said the fixup could prevent a fire like the one that ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Monday.

Fans can take photos with the Iron Throne in Boston this week.

Calling all ?Game of Thrones? fans: The Iron Throne is coming to Boston

The famous chair from the HBO fantasy epic is coming to a shopping center in Downtown Crossing.

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

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.

Nicole Yang for the Globe

123rd Boston Marathon

Boston Marathon was a first for its last runner

Red Hilton of East Bridgewater crossed the line at Boylston Street more than nine hours after she started

Boston, MA, 04/15/2019 -- Micah Herndon (bib number 3185) crawls down Boylston Street towards the Finish Line of the 123rd Boston Marathon. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: 16marathonphotos Reporter:

Video of Marine veteran crawling across Boston Marathon finish line goes viral

The image of the Marine veteran crawling across the Boston Marathon finish line quickly became one of the most memorable ? and talked about ? moments of this year?s race.

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2016 file photo, actor Ryan Reynolds poses at a ceremony honoring him with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. Reynolds has been named Man of the Year by Harvard Universityâ??s Hasty Pudding student theatrical group. The actor who played the title role in 2016â??s â??Deadpoolâ?? will be roasted by the student group before being getting his pudding pot on Feb. 3. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Ryan Reynolds will film a movie in the Boston area this spring

Massachusetts residents will soon have another superhero actor in their midst.

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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Baseball-108-Stitches-C-6305.jpg 108 Stitches

Follow the Sox as they try to repeat as world champs, with insight and analysis from the Globe?s beat writers and columnists. Sign up here.

Real Estate

Tips for renting on the Cape and the Islands. It?s not too late.

Spring weather is finally here, and while it may seem a little late to be thinking about a summer rental on the Cape or the Islands, real estate agents say the market has changed and there are plenty of properties still available.

The Big Picture

David L. Ryan/Globe Staff

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.

Podcasts