Colleen Ritzer?s father speaks at sentencing

Tom Ritzer delivered a victim impact statement at Friday?s sentencing hearing for his daughter?s killer, Philip Chism.

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Tom Ritzer called what happened to his oldest child an act of ?evil? by someone who deserves the death penalty.

Emergency workers gathered in a staging area by Excel Industries in Hesston, Kan., after a shooting Thursday.

Something ?real off? about Kan. shooter, co-worker says

The employee said Cedric Ford, who killed three people and wounded 14 others, gave him a ?bad gut feeling.?

?Whitey? Bulger placed in solitary confinement for sexual activity

James ?Whitey? Bulger, who is serving a life sentence at a Florida prison, was accused of violating a regulation prohibiting sexual activity.

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Location crews have reached out to the university to ask about possibly shooting scenes for the movie about the Marathon bombings.

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A man allegedly robbed pedestrians in downtown Boston while armed with a weapon.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Tlumacki_westbridgewatercarintohouser_metro450-001.jpg Driver injured after SUV crashes into West Bridgewater home

The driver was ejected from the front window of his Chevrolet Tahoe and became trapped under the vehicle, but did not suffer life-threatening injuries.

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The Facebook CEO chastised employees who have been crossing out the phrase on the company?s free expression walls.

Senator Marco Rubio of Florida (from left), New York businessman Donald Trump, and Senator Ted Cruz of Texas participated in Thursday?s Republican presidential primary debate.

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ground game

The 5 biggest punches that landed on Trump in the GOP debate

But will any of the jabs stick?

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As the Republican presidential field gets smaller, the intraparty politics are becoming more vicious.

SCOT LEHIGH

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/26/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/lehigh-1562.jpg Um, Charlie, wake up; the GOP needs you

Could someone please alert Gov. Baker that Donald Trump is now dangerously close to the Republican nomination?

North Atlantic right whales are feeding and exploring in Cape Cod Bay.

Center for Coastal Studies

North Atlantic right whales arriving off Mass. coast

Take heed ? the whales are out there, feeding and exploring in Cape Cod Bay.

Miss Conduct

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Plus, can you leave a wedding because the music is too loud?

Movie Review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/12/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/2.jpg ?A War? is one of the best war movies ever

Not only is Danish director Tobias Lindholm?s tense, tragic saga the best film about the war in Afghanistan, it?s one of the best war movies, period.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/26/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/508992504.jpg Lands? End apologizes for feature on Gloria Steinem

The company removed a feature on Steinem from its website after customers complained about her support for abortion rights.

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The subsidies used to attract the airline to Worcester have run out, but Massport expects JetBlue to remain at the airport for the long haul.

Ground Game

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To win the nomination, Cruz will have to go from having 5 percent of GOP delegates to more than 50 percent in three months.

The Big Picture

Chinese opera in Thailand

The Chinese New Year celebration ended with opera performances in Bangkok, Thailand, home to the largest overseas Chinese community in the world.

Globe investigations

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A look at high-impact investigations from The Boston Globe, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning report on abuse in the Catholic Church.

BetaBoston

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The improved robot Atlas, made by Waltham-based Boston Dynamics, can walk through snow, and pick up boxes and himself.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

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?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

Crux

JOHN L. ALLEN JR. | All things catholic

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Pope Francis suggested he?s open to the idea of artificial birth control as a means of combatting the spread of the Zika virus, while taking abortion off the table.