Police to crack down on texting while driving

Traffic light I-93 in February.

Dina Rudick/Globe Staff

Police in Massachusetts will be looking out for those who illicitly text and check email while behind the wheel.

Shirley Leung

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/GettyImages-511776250.jpg Gay Talese?s controversial words: An annotated transcript

If anything, the Gay Talese contretemps shows how men are from Mars and women are from Venus.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Ryan_shooting2_met.jpg In Cambridge, man shoots his former boss, DA says

The gunman, who shot himself to death and wounded his former boss, has been identified as Kermit Hooks Jr. of Framingham.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/07/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/3e398ae8589945f89da162718cd045a1-2ff3a67f321743aaa66ba5656da21780-0.jpg Americans overwhelmingly view Trump negatively, poll finds

Seven in 10 people, including close to half of GOP voters, have an unfavorable view of Donald Trump, according to a new AP-GfK poll.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/07/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/519625328.jpg Ernie Els had the worst yips ever at the Masters today

Els had a disastrous start, taking seven putts on the first hole, all from short range.

Brockton mother charged with threatening, assaulting daughter?s teacher

The incident allegedly occurred because her daughter was upset over what credit she would receive after failing to complete an assignment.

Do you have lead in your water? City of Boston wants to help

The City of Boston will give property owners up to $2,000 and four years of no-interest financing to help them replace water lines.

Washington, DC, MAR14: Amanda Nguyen, 24, a State Department liaison to the White House, also in training to be an astronaut, helped craft a bill that could change how the US handles sexual assaults. Nguyen became an activist because of her own struggle with the legal system that nearly destroyed her rape kit. Photo by Evelyn Hockstein

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Globe Magazine

Rape survivors have fewer rights than you?d think. Amanda Nguyen is trying to change that.

How one millennial has assembled a volunteer team to fix what?s wrong in Massachusetts and all across the US.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/07/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/2016-04-07T152146Z_1762519759_TM3EC470VH101_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION.jpg ?We?ve never been a big hit with socialists,? GE CEO says of Bernie Sanders

Jeffrey Immelt slammed what he called ?cheap shots? aimed at GE and defended the company?s tax burden.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/07/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/brady150-10220.jpg What music gets Tom Brady in the zone?

The answer might be, um, surprising.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/07/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/05247445.jpg Five key points about tomorrow?s ?Joy of Love? message from Pope Francis

In what could be an important moment, Pope Francis is scheduled to issue a major document Friday regarding family issues.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/00311f3481554809b7756be57bb20997-00311f3481554809b7756be57bb20997-0.jpg Patriots learn their preseason opponents

Three of the four opponents on the Patriots? 2016 preseason schedule will be repeats from last season.

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Here?s how the Celtics decode opponents? play-calling

Assistant coach Micah Shrewsberry and his players are shrewd at figuring out what?s coming at them.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/07/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/starwars1-1375-kALI--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg ?Rogue One: A Star Wars Story? trailer released

?Star Wars? fans do not have to wait much longer for a new film in the franchise.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/IMG_4114.JPG Billboard that appeared to dismiss Armenian Genocide taken down

Clear Channel Outdoor said the North End billboard, which was removed Thursday, was installed by mistake.

THINGS TO DO

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/05/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/517830386-1443.jpg The Weekender: Rihanna, ?The Boss,? and post-apocalyptic Bart Simpson

Your guide to the best things to do around Boston this weekend.

Opinion & Ideas

OPINION | Elizabeth R. DeSombre

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/06/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/e7cd25fdc19941cdb4f8155798436797-e7cd25fdc19941cdb4f8155798436797-0.jpg Panama Papers and false flags

Shipping is as opaque as banking because states with the power to reform it are making money.

Ground Game

ground game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/07/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/sanders-clinton.jpg This week, the Democratic primary got personal

The battle between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton has grown especially heated.

The Big Picture

 An ethnic Chinese Malaysian family visits the grave of an ancestor at a cemetery on the eve of the annual Qingming Festival in Kuala Lumpur on April 3. Qingming, also known as Tomb Sweeping Day, is an annual Chinese festival to commemorate the dead. Families visit and clean the graves of their ancestors, burning incence, paper money and presenting offerings such as food, tea, wine and joss paper accessories. (Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images)

Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images

The Big Picture

Qingming Festival, Tomb Sweeping Day

The Qingming Festival was marked by people visiting cemeteries to clean tombs, lay flowers, and make offerings to the deceased.