Joe Biden enters 2020 presidential race

Former vice president Joe Biden spoke during the First State Democratic Dinner in Dover, Delaware on March 16.

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Former vice president Joe Biden announced the launch of his 2020 presidential campaign in a tweet Thursday morning.

SCOT LEHIGH

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/25/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Scot_Lehigh_150px-1062.jpg The promise and pitfalls of Joe Biden

Biden has a tendency to let his mouth run like a flock of free-range chickens.

Improper Boston.

The Improper Bostonian announces it will close Thursday

The glossy magazine announced in a statement posted on its website that is shutting down operations on Thursday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/logan_sign.jpg Massport approves Logan curbside ban for Uber, Lyft

Facing stiff opposition, Massport made modest last-minute adjustments that will allow Uber and Lyft drivers to still access the terminals between 4 a.m. and 10 a.m.

DAVE EPSTEIN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/WALKER_040319_weather_54852xA.jpg Believe it or not, we?re having a warm April

Right now, this is the fifth-warmest April on record, with a week to go.

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 24: Traders and financial professionals work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell, April 24, 2019 in New York City. U.S. stocks started the trading day mixed, following Tuesday's closing record highs for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

The US stock market in recent months: what goes down, comes up

The Standard & Poor?s 500 index set a record high Tuesday. Four key factors are behind the rally since Dec. 24.

04/24/2019 AMHERST, MA Protestors held a counter event outside the Johnson Chapel (cq) at Amherst College during a visit to the school by Jeff Sessions (cq). (Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe)

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Students holding rainbow flag walk out in protest at Sessions? Amherst event

Protesters gathered as the former attorney general spoke Wednesday night. Sessions mentioned the Mueller report, saying ?the process was followed and a decision has now been rendered, and I think it deserves respect.??

Donald Trump (left) and Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign.

Mueller report reveals Trump?s fixation on using law enforcement to target Hillary Clinton

Mueller?s report shows President Trump trying to wield the power of law enforcement to target a political rival, a step that no president since Richard Nixon is known to have taken.

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Don McGahn testified to federal investigators that he was called twice by President Trump at home and ordered to have Special Counsel Robert Mueller removed.

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As he awaits sentencing, William ?Rick? Singer will be allowed to travel to Missouri to visit his adult son -- at college.

Senior housing with health care services will be out of reach for more than half of middle-income Americans over 75 years old in the coming decade, according to a new study.

Housing, care for middle-income seniors may soon be unaffordable for many

Senior housing with health care services will be out of reach for more than half of middle-income Americans over 75 years old in the coming decade, a new study warns.

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Our Favorite Bars | Magazine

Our 56 favorite bars in Greater Boston and beyond

Where should we meet? This list ? from rowdy sports bars and tenacious dives to tony hangouts and suburban scenes ? has you covered.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/0310_stpat_006.jpg Mul?s Diner in South Boston expected to move to Amrheins to serve breakfast

The iconic breakfast diner isn?t closing ? it?s just moving across the street, according to its Facebook page.

NFL DRAFT | THURSDAY, 8 P.M. (ABC, ESPN, NFL)

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The three-day draft begins Thursday night in Nashville, and the Arizona Cardinals have the top pick.

Notre Dame defensive lineman Jerry Tillery, right, runs a play against Southern California guard Chris Brown during the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018, in Los Angeles. Notre Dame won 24-17. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

A mock draft for the Patriots, looking at their needs and who?s available

The Patriots probably won?t use all of their league-high 12 selections ? but we?ll pick for them anyway.

Columbus Blue Jackets' Matt Duchene celebrates the team's win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 4 of an NHL hockey first-round playoff series, Tuesday, April 16, 2019, in Columbus, Ohio. The Blue Jackets beat the Lightning 7-3. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)

Game 1: Thursday, 7 p.m. (NBCSN)

What you need to know about the Columbus Blue Jackets

A primer on the Bruins? second-round opponent.

JENEÉ OSTERHELDT | COMMENTARY

This is Sarah Lewis. You should know who she is

Sarah Lewis?s ?Vision & Justice? has grown from a Harvard classroom to a convening this week of some of the world?s most celebrated black creatives, from Ava DuVernay to Carrie Mae Weems to Wynton Marsalis.

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Opinion | Ellen Lutch Bender

Our health care system fails family caregivers

Families need help in caring for loved ones after hospital discharge.

Editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/24/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Advance/Images/editorialcomp.jpg Long past time to expand workplace harassment laws

The Be HEARD Act represents the kind of systemic change needed to legally protect the many American workers whose stories of harassment stay in the shadows.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/c49d1dea45504852b60326a72aad9320-c49d1dea45504852b60326a72aad9320-0.jpg Just relax, our robot is crawling through your heart

Scientists at Boston Children?s Hospital have created a robotic device that safely guides itself through the delicate chambers of a pig?s heart as it?s beating.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/journal.pbio.3000212.g003.PNG Hundreds of Mass. female scientists have joined global database of experts to change face of industry

In about a year, the database ?Request a Woman Scientist? has grown to more than 7,500 women from 174 scientific disciplines and 133 countries.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/23/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/e8c2639cffb44d05ad353e0d1260a1eb-e8c2639cffb44d05ad353e0d1260a1eb-0.jpg Here?s how long it could take for James Holzhauer to surpass Ken Jennings on ?Jeopardy!?

With a 97 percent response accuracy rate, a single-game win record of $131,127, and surpassing the $1 million threshold after just 14 games, Holzhauer has grabbed a lot of attention.

NAMES

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From the first rumors of their romance to Amendola?s recent Instagram foray.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/mag0602_weekendH1.JPG Rhode Island hot air balloon festival crash lands after 40 years

An official said the expense to put on the popular summer event began to ??rise out of control,? and that last year?s South County Balloon Festival would be the final staging.

Worcester will get its first recreational marijuana dispensary on May 1

The store will start with an appointment-only system for recreational customers.

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

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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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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

Paul Simon?s Connecticut home listed for $13.9 million

The home at 82 Brookwood Lane in New Canaan, Conn. brings all of the splendor one would expect from a property listed for $13.9 million. But perhaps more intriguing are the people that, until recently, called the place home: None other than Paul Simon and his wife, Edie Brickell.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Spring blossoms

In celebration of Earth Day, a look at photographs depicting the beautiful transformation of spring landscapes all over the globe.

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/2011-2020/2019/04/25/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/GettyImages-906669480-1024x576.jpg States should treat pharma as a utility or it it?s ?lights out? for patients

Ed Silverman asks: What if states treat pharma like a utility and cap what they will pay for certain medicines?

Podcasts