?It just disappeared,? David Lettvin, Denise Lettvin?s husband, said of her John Hancock monthly annuity. ?We had no idea why.?

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Sean P. Murphy | The Fine Print

An annuity check arrived every month for nearly 40 years. Then it ?just disappeared?

An annuity set up decades ago by Denise Lettvin?s mother vanished last year without explanation from John Hancock, which managed the fund.

Adrian Walker

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-6150.jpg A mother seeks to give her slain son a voice

Ten years ago this spring, Denise Cosby?s son, Justin, was shot to death in a high-profile murder on the Harvard campus.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/turner041119METRO12greenline32.jpg Making tracks: Pace of work on Green Line extension project is picking up

There are no new tracks or stations yet, but the pace of work is picking up on the long-delayed extension project.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/21/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/d2a771ef49914f84a9f196654907aff6-f103fea839f34cf7a74ef1048bbaea82-6.jpg ?Game of Thrones? recap: It?s the end of the world as we know it

In the hours before the ultimate battle for survival, the series found time for a grace note.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/WALKER_041219_13stopandshoppic_4407x.jpg ?It?s the women (duh!)?: Elizabeth Warren weighs in on ?Game of Thrones?

The presidential candidate shared her thoughts on the HBO fantasy series in a review posted Sunday.

Damian Lewis (right) as Bobby

MATTHEW GILBERT/YOUR TV GPS

The week in watching: ?Billions? at its best, remembering 1969, and a Trump-less roast

Globe critic Matthew Gilbert?s guide to what?s on television this week.

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Celtics 110, Pacers 106

Celtics pull away late, finish off series sweep

Marcus Morris and Gordon Hayward had big games off the bench as Boston pulled away to win Game 4. Up next: it?s likely the Bucks.

Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff

Bruins 4, Maple Leafs 2

Bruins show pluck, force Game 7 vs. Maple Leafs

Brad Marchand scored twice as the Bruins survived some shaky minutes at the outset and a late third-period Toronto push.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL - APRIL 21: David Price #10 of the Boston Red Sox throws in the first inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on April 21, 2019 in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images)

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

This is what we expected from the Red Sox all along

The Red Sox? three-game sweep of the AL East-leading Rays was reminiscent of tough victories achieved during last year?s championship run.

Opinion | Alan Berger

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Trump could be replaced by a candidate who would be even more convenient ? for Russia and select friends.

Editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/19/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/AFP_1F589G.jpg An Earth Day wish: Bring hydro cars to Mass.

It could easily happen. But we have to build hydrogen fueling stations first.

Credit: Globe Staff; Adobe

Credit: Globe Staff; Adobe

Alex Beam

Here, let me eat that for you

I could easily see intercessory everything becoming quite the rage.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-6142.jpg 13 passengers hospitalized after arriving at Logan

The group included students and chaperones who were returning from an April vacation trip when they fell ill on a flight from Miami.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/14baby04.jpg How did little Ridhima die? Murder trial pits dueling accounts of shaken baby deaths

A medical examiner ruled the girl died from blunt force and violent shaking. Then she changed her mind.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/senter0002.jpg For wealthy people or well-connected, college admissions are easier

The glare of the admissions scandal has obscured the vast ecosystem of other ways that the connected get a leg up ? all of which are perfectly legal.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/klima_20dogs(3)_20190419_002.jpg ?Don?t bark in the elevator?: Urban dogs learn new rules

In some Boston neighborhoods, good luck finding a condo or apartment that?s not dog-friendly.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Motherandcalf.jpg New regulations are a matter of life and extinction for right whales

A team plans to meet in Providence next week and issue formal recommendations that seek to reduce whale deaths and serious injuries by as much as 80 percent.

Seth Moulton enters 2020 Democratic field

Representative Seth Moulton in Salem in February.

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff

The congressman from Massachusetts? Sixth District announced his candidacy for president in a video on his website.

Union member Bob Berman (right) spoke with Bishnu Joarder of Roxbury, who agreed not to cross the picket line and shop at the Stop & Shop in South Bay.

Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff

Tentative deal reached between Stop & Shop, striking workers

After a 10-day strike, Stop & Shop and its workers have reached a tentative agreement, bringing an end to a work stoppage that crippled New England?s largest grocery chain.

Candidates to serve as Boston?s next school superintendent include (from left) former Minnesota education commissioner Brenda Cassellius, Miami-Dade County Public Schools chief academic officer Marie Izquierdo, and Cathedral High School principal and former Randolph schools superintendent Oscar Santos.

Huge challenges await Boston?s next schools chief

The issues facing the winner are immense and raise a critical question: What kind of superintendent does the 56,000-student system need to guide it?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/1138495806.jpg Shock, sadness across region after bombings in Sri Lanka

Immigrants and local leaders spoke out Sunday after the deadly bombings, which killed nearly 300 people.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/21/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_1FT6HF.jpg Officials say suicide bombers carried out deadly Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka

Police in Sri Lanka said the investigation into the Easter Sunday bombings will examine reports that the intelligence community failed to detect or warn of possible attacks.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/19/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/1137615476.jpg Uber joins Lyft in calling on customers to oppose fee hikes at Logan Airport

The two companies sought to enlist customers in their fight against proposed changes at Logan Airport.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/18/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/945ed2a97fabc64e9ba3ee3a30909bdb15bdc.jpg John Oliver breaks down the redacted Mueller report

The HBO host identified ?incompetence? and ?disobedience as two of the report?s biggest themes.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/21/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/745f0ade428245f0a8b3634cdd871fdd-1a8c4d59e0034eba9d371ce9507c0e17-0.jpg Trump taking Russian help was fine, Rudy Giuliani says

President Trump?s personal lawyer insisted the president?s 2016 campaign did nothing wrong; a top Democrat in Congress said some actions taken by Trump are ?impeachable,? if proven.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/22/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/140718_ZW_southshore_met.jpg Community hospitals are teaming up to save money

The Massachusetts Value Alliance includes hospitals that are working together to slash costs by buying some supplies and services together.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Rinaldi17weld04.jpg Trump?s strategy is to turn Americans into ?nationalists who hate everybody else,? Weld says

Former Massachusetts governor William Weld, who is challenging the president in the 2020 Republican primaries, blasted the president Sunday.

Mr. Vaccaro, who took up curling in his 80s, was a regular player with the Cape Cod Curling Club.

Alonso Nichols/Tufts University

World?s oldest curler Ralph Vaccaro, a WWII veteran and ocean researcher, dies at 99

Curling afforded Mr. Vaccaro world renown, but it was only part of a life that was as full as it was long.

Greg Shell on evening economic disparities

As 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.

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/2011-2020/2019/04/19/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/GettyImages-2716382-1024x576.jpg Opinion: My polio-stricken mother?s advice to parents: immunize your kids

My mother survived polio in 1949, but it paralyzed both her legs and one arm and she later died from its complications.

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