High-stakes hearing held on video in Kraft case

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft.

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Kraft?s defense team is trying to persuade Judge Leonard Hanser to rule that evidence linking Kraft to an alleged house of prostitution should be thrown out.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/200_sullivan_brissette_boston_calling.jpg Attorneys file trial date requests in Boston Calling case

Federal prosecutors are moving forward to a trial in the public corruption case against two Boston City Hall aides, according to a Friday court filing.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/nws_tstorm_warning.jpg Severe thunderstorms roll through Central Mass.

The National Weather Service did issue a tornado warning for portions of Central and Western Mass., but it expired and no twisters were reported.

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/509155414.jpg The new threat to the N.H. primary?s clout isn?t some other state. It?s cable news

The focus on keeping the state?s primary first, shared by much of the state?s political establishment, is misplaced.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/RinaldiJudge11.jpg How did the Mass. judge allegedly break the law?

Here?s what federal prosecutors say went down in her courthouse on April 2, 2018, when twice-deported Jose Medina-Perez appeared before her.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/RinaldiJudge01[1].jpg Who is Judge Shelley Joseph?

The Newton District Court judge who is facing charges for allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant elude a federal agent in April 2018 had not been on the job long when the incident happened.

Opinion | Nancy Gertner

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/26/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/a86360b69c904790963dc7712adc5461-a86360b69c904790963dc7712adc5461-0.jpg US Attorney Lelling?s abuse of power

The US attorney?s case against Judge Joseph is an abuse of power. His.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/bf061d9268f946d38830628eb17adc60-bf061d9268f946d38830628eb17adc60-0.jpg NOAA panel backs sharp curbs on lobster lines that imperil right whales

Lobstermen were spared more draconian options for now, including closures of large portions of the region?s waters to lobster fishing.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/0.jpg This sandwich will likely cost thousands of dollars ? but you can?t actually eat it, because it?s art

One of artist Justin Richel?s works, a towering sandwich made of silicone and other materials, will be for sale at MassArt?s 30th anniversary auction this weekend.

In this photo taken on Thursday, April 25, 2019, Myanmar police stands guard at a marijuana plantation in Ngazun township, Myanmar. American John Fredric Todoroki, 63, and two local partners were arrested after police on Monday raided their plantation on an industrial estate in Myanmar's central Mandalay region, where they said they found about 349,300 marijuana plants, 380 kilograms (838 pounds) of marijuana seeds and 1,804 grams (64 ounces) of marijuana oil, along with drug processing equipment. (AP Photo)

American arrested over 20-acre cannabis plantation in Myanmar

The 20-acre cannabis plantation was no secret.

Justin Evans.

Evans family

Inspirational while facing adversity, Justin Evans dies at 42

Justin Evans of Stoneham, son of former Red Sox outfielder Dwight Evans, inspired all he met in his 42 years. Both Justin and his older brother, Timothy, were diagnosed with neurofibromatosis.

Arizona State wide receiver N'Keal Harry runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Saturday, March 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

CHAD FINN

Patriots? choice of N?Keal Harry was as surprising as it was satisfying

Perhaps this selection will put to rest the notion that Bill Belichick won?t ? or can?t ? draft a high-quality receiver.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/17/BostonGlobe.com/Obits/Advance/Images/chin041415CelticsRaptors_spt25.jpg John Havlicek, one of the greatest Celtics ever, dies at 79

Havlicek was a part of eight NBA champions and made perhaps the most famous play in franchise history.

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REBECCA PACHECO

Athleisure may be over, but let?s stop telling young girls what they can and can?t wear

To ask girls to dress a certain way seems, at best, like an overreach. At worst, it tills fertile ground for toxic masculinity to flourish.

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/26/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/Boghosian_28namesmoore3_ART.jpg At Coolidge Award event, Oscar-winner Julianne Moore reflects on roles and her years in Boston

The actress talked about her formative years attending Boston University.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/26/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/ef67daac88d6463184a7007ee5f15c21-ef67daac88d6463184a7007ee5f15c21-0.jpg Gwyneth Paltrow?s Goop is going to Nantucket

The pop-up?s offerings will range from shoes to skin care.

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Editorial

House lawmakers gut effort to control drug costs

It is a giant step backward ? a giant step that puts Massachusetts far behind similar drug price disclosure and cost control efforts in Vermont, California, New York and Connecticut.

Editorial Cartoon | Christopher Weyant

Nancy Pelosi has a tough decision to make

In light of the Mueller report, the Speaker of the House has to ask herself a question:

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/D5EprmvWsAA1U03.jpg Cyclists are putting red cups in the road to show how drivers often invade bike lanes

It?s part of an international protest following the recent death of a cyclist in Washington, D.C.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/24/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/GettyImages-688168790.jpg For Dan Doctoroff, funding ALS research is a family matter

Target ALS holds its annual meeting next week in Cambridge, where it?s expected to unveil an ambitious five-year, $100 million strategy to take on the disease.

Dinner with Cupid

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/25/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/0428CupidComposite.jpg Blind date: ?I?m a Gryffindor and he?s a Hufflepuff?

Will a shared interest in Harry Potter be enough for a magical date?

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

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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.

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/2011-2020/2019/04/26/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Boghosian_Soheil5_STAT-1024x683.jpg Visa ordeal separates Iranian scientist from his family. Is it worth it?

Soheil Saeedi was exactly where he wanted to be, in a lab at Brigham and Women?s. His mind was elsewhere, though.

Podcasts