Boston?s budget ranges far in areas it addresses

The $2.97 billion budget reflects a $115 million ? or 4 percent ? increase over the previous year.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/setti2.jpg Newton superintendent says meeting was display of ?uncivil behavior?

David Fleishman sent a faculty-wide e-mail addressing a raucous forum on prejudice in Newton that ?took a very unpleasant turn.?

School discipline policies criticized, defended

Parents and advocates made their cases at a three-hour hearing of the City Council?s Education Committee at First Church in Roxbury.

Rousemary Vega, center, and two unidentified men occupy a classroom at the Jean de Lafayette Elementary School and protest the closing of the school, on the final day of school Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Chicago. Lafayette is one of 50 schools scheduled to close as a cost cutting and consolidation measure by the Chicago Board of Education. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen)

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School closings bring pain, and not always savings

If Boston closes schools, it could face a backlash, and the benefits, studies say, are often overstated.

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The idea is to mitigate the effect of canceling late-night service.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greig.jpg Juror who convicted Bulger urges leniency for his girlfriend

The juror wrote that she was disturbed that Catherine Greig could face up to life in prison on a contempt charge.

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?She was just a great friend,? said one girl of Kate McCarthy, 15, who died Saturday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/11/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/ce7027f3e6524e6ab763a7a7822bd1b3-c8cfaccadad949c6bd7ca9dc6188e8ce-2.jpg Donald Trump?s children won?t be able to vote for him in N.Y.

In an interview on Fox News Monday, Trump said his children, Eric and Ivanka, ??feel very, very guilty.??

Tut Liu, an adult foster care case manager, poses for a photo in his home on April 5, 2016 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Liu lost a previous job in the same field after it took four months to have his criminal record sealed on an assault case that had been dismissed. Matthew Healey for The Boston Globe (BIZ - Assigning Editor: Matt Lee - Reporter: Katie Johnston)

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State speeds sealing of criminal records

Until recently, the process of sealing records in Massachusetts took so long that job candidates missing out on employment opportunities.

Orioles 9, Red Sox 7

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/11/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy-10402.jpg Are the Red Sox contenders or pretenders?

It?s only been six games, but there is little to suggest they are back in the mix in the AL East.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Gasper-10436.jpg Bad inning ruins David Price?s day

The Sox? new ace had a 3-0 lead in the second. An inning later, he was down two runs.

ALEX SPEIER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/11/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_soxos1A_spts.jpg Here?s what we learned from Red Sox? loss to Orioles

It was, of course, only one game, but the Red Sox missed a chance to deliver a statement in their home opener.

Evan Suk, Noa Suk, Barbara Stein, Jin Suk, and Lia Suk of Brookline incorporate ?Hamilton?? lines into conversation.

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The latest ?Hamilton? obsessives: Those who haven?t even seen it

The hip-hop musical about Alexander Hamilton has worked its way into the national psyche to a degree rivaled by Donald Trump.

Boston, MA - 04/11/16 - (1st quarter) Boston Celtics center Jared Sullinger (7) and Charlotte Hornets guard Nicolas Batum (5) chase a loose ball during the first quarter. The Boston Celtics take on the Charlotte Hornets at TD Garden. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Adam Himmelsbach, Topic: 12Celtics-Hornets, LOID: 8.2.2551744503.

Hornets 114, Celtics 100

Cold-shooting Celtics lose to Hornets

Boston again gave up ground in the Eastern Conference playoff race with the loss.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/200_jim_koch.jpg The wisdom in the beer

Koch turned notes he kept for years into a book full of business lessons and life advice.

Julian Edelman spotted eating at Anna?s Taqueria in Brookline

The Patriots receiver was spotted with a tray of food at an Anna?s in Brookline, according to a tweet posted at 10 p.m. Sunday.

New ?Game of Thrones? plot twists revealed in latest trailer

Fans finally have a tangible glimpse of what?s to come when the HBO hit show returns on April 24.

Ground Game

ground game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/160301_WALKER_02massprimarypic_2264x.jpg When a primary vote is largely for show

Primary votes are the equivalent of a parent asking a child for input in making decisions.

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.