Likely Brown run in N.H. lifts GOP hopes for Senate

Scott Brown appears to be readying a Senate run, and analysts say Republican chances of taking over the Senate have risen.

US, Europe enact sanctions against Russia over Crimea

The West stepped up its pressure by imposing the most comprehensive sanctions against Russian officials since the Cold War.

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The hunt for the jetliner expanded over a wide area as one of the most puzzling aviation mysteries of all time continues.

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‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’ in Newton sparks controversy

The play at Newton North High School is triggering a backlash from Asian-Americans who say the musical’s racist stereotypes are hurtful and unacceptable.

Jarome Iginla put the Bruins ahead 1-0 on this shot in the second period.

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Bruins extend win streak to nine

Jarome Iginla scored twice at TD Garden as the Bruins continued their recent winning ways.

Harvard basketball coach Tommy Amaker has heard the critics of his program; it seems to go with the territory in the Ivy League. Josh Reynolds for The Boston Globe (Sports, Benbow)

GARY WASHBURN

Harvard’s success is gratifying to coach Tommy Amaker

With three straight NCAA appearances, Amaker believes the basketball team is “connecting” the campus as never before.

Derrick Z. Jackson

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The average graduation rate for black players in the March Madness tournament is a record 65 percent — up from 35 percent in 2003.

A team at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announced that they have found the first direct evidence of cosmic inflation. Left to right, Marc Kamionkowski of Johns Hopkins University, Clem Pryke of the University of Minnesota, Jamie Block of Caltech/JPL, Chao-Lin Kuo of Stanford/SLAC, John Kovac of Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

A new look at the Big Bang, moments later

In a major discovery, a Harvard-led team detected a cosmic pattern that has been described as the “bang” of the Big Bang.

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TOM KEANE

The symbols of Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations

Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day breakfast and even the parade were glimpses of a new city, yet vestiges of old Boston remain.