After difficult talks, Iran nuclear deal outlines next steps

The pact begins three months of more detailed negotiations toward a final accord to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

Evan Horowitz

What?s next with Iran deal?

Thursday?s pact is only an outline, with the details ? and their devils ? left for later.

N.Y. women allegedly planned Boston Marathon-type attack

Two women were arrested on charges they plotted to wage violent jihad by building a bomb like the ones used in the Boston attacks.

A woman was removed from the building where she had been held hostage as Kenyan soldiers entered the university building after a fierce fights with attackers at the Garissa University.

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Islamic militants kill 147 in attack at Kenya college

Four militants were killed by security forces after the attackers singled out non-Muslim students and then gunned them down.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/04/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/bridgewater150.jpg Day care staffer was allegedly urged not to report abuse claim

The director of a Bridgewater State University child care center initially ordered a staffer not to alert authorities, documents show.

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Michael Doherty faces charges for allegedly assaulting and hurling ethnic slurs at an Uber driver earlier this year.

Temperatures in Boston pass 60 for first time since Dec.

Showers and scattered thunderstorms will start overnight and continue through Friday before tapering off Saturday.

GlaxoSmithKline to close Cambridge vaccines lab

The British drug giant will move 150 jobs to a new global vaccines research and development center being set up in Maryland.

Two ex-Chelsea housing officials guilty of corruption

A former manager and a consultant were convicted of rigging federal inspections to make sure the agency received a high rating.

William Zane, of the Massachusetts state medical examiner's office, pointed to a mannequin while testifying about the location of bullet wounds in the body of Odin Lloyd.

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After detailing Odin Lloyd?s wounds, prosecution rests

A medical examiner testified that Lloyd was shot multiple times before the prosecution rested in the trial of Aaron Hernandez.

Outfielders  Jackie Bradley Jr. and Rusney Castillo will start the season in Pawtucket.

Red Sox send Rusney Castillo, Jackie Bradley Jr. to minors

The two outfielders will see plenty of time at both right field and center field in Triple-A Pawtucket.

A photo showing prominent graffiti artists featured in the hip-hop movie ?Wild Style? tagging the side of the Coolidge Corner Theatre has been stolen.

Historic photo stolen from Coolidge Corner Theatre

A 1980s photo showing prominent graffiti artists featured in the movie ?Wild Style? tagging the theater has been swiped.

A rendering of the interior of the Boston RunBase, a partnership among Adidas, the Boston Athletic Association, and Marathon Sports.

Boston Marathon to open new ?front door? on Boylston

Organizers are building a combination clubhouse, interactive museum, and retail store that gives them a year-round presence.

President Obama and Michelle Obama were seen with Eric Lesser (seen on Obama?s right) at the beginning of Passover in 2011.

For Mass. state senator, White House Passover event a tradition

On Friday, as he has in years past, state Senator Eric Lesser will break bread ? matzo, actually ? with President Obama.

The billboards were part of a new campaign, whose design is shown above.

Stop Handgun Violence

Gun violence billboards pulled after protest

Clear Channel said the messages in support of firearms laws, which went up Tuesday, had become ?politicized.?

Cambridge, MA 121113 Artistic director Diane Paulus (cq) posed during a Boston Magazine photo shoot at the ART in Cambridge, Wednesday, December 11 2013. (Globe Staff/Wendy Maeda) section: Lifestyle slug: 19Paulus reporter: Laura Collins-Hughes -- 03art

?Waitress,? Ensler, Rylance in ART?s new season

The American Repertory Theater?s 2015-16 season will lead off with a world-premiere musical based on the film ?Waitress.?

Major project planned for land near Andrew Square

Developers want to create about 700 middle-class apartments and more than a football field?s worth of retail space.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/12/18/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/3cfbf9ff-4016-860e-c25c-5c82ce9c6eeb_MM_701_MY_1107_0686.jpg Don Draper, through a decade

Here are selected landmarks in Don Draper?s arc through all the seasons of ?Mad Men.?

Marathon trial podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/02/28/BostonGlobe.com/Special/Advance/Images/podcast.jpg Episode 16: Tsarnaev?s defense rests

This interactive timeline highlights trial coverage and a podcast featuring Globe columnist Kevin Cullen and WBUR reporter David Boeri.

Opinion

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/04/02/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Par8138864.jpg Outline of Iran deal offers the best chance to thaw relations

It is now up to Congress to give the negotiators the time they need to finalize the agreement.

The Big Picture

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Globe photos of the month for March

Here?s a look at just some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month.