Somerville tenants fight rent hikes by notorious owner

Landlord Anwar N. Faisal spoke at a Boston City Council hearing in 2014.

Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff/File

Somerville renters were dismayed to learn their new landlord was Anwar Faisal of Alpha Management.

Tyngsborough school cancels classes after racist threat

The Academy of Notre Dame cancelled Tuesday classes after a racist note was found in the school?s bathroom, police said.

Walsh is ordered to release records on city workers

A judge ruled that Boston must provide information on the race and ethnicity of city workers.

learning curve

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Massachusetts schools are confronting an alarming rise in students who are hospitalized for mental health disorders.

Bill to limit noncompete deals includes a surprise catch

The bill would mandate that employees would continue to be paid even after leaving a company.

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Brian Burke rarely does something that?s required of almost all Massachusetts workers: file his taxes.

Number of homeless families in state-funded motels drops

The reduction is partly the result of a shift in strategy by the Baker administration, officials and advocates say.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/16/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/edansin.jpg Judge dismisses suit WHDH filed against Comcast

The decision is a blow to the station, which was trying to keep its lucrative affiliation with Comcast?s NBC subsidiary.

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?Donald Trump was right, all these illegals need to be deported,? one of the suspects allegedly told police in August.

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Mass. General said a 64-year-old bank courier from Halifax, whose penis was removed because of cancer, received the transplant this month.

Operations slowed after the new computer system was launched at Brigham and Women?s Hospital last year, as many employees struggled.

Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff/file 2015

New computer system brings prescription for frustration

The system at Partners HealthCare has become disruptive with its demand for information, some doctors and nurses say.

Red Sox prospect Andrew Benintendi took the field Monday for his debut with Double A Portland.

OK, how long before Andrew Benintendi makes it to the bigs?

The Red Sox prospect reached Double A Portland after just 35 games at High A Salem.

New Kids Danny Wood (left) and Joey McIntyre tried on virtual reality glasses as Jordan Knight looked on.

Names

New Kids on the Block are rocking the boat

The boy group cruised around the harbor Monday to promote season two of ?Rock This Boat: New Kids on the Block.?

Commentary

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/16/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/girleatingbread.jpg Why parents need to stop forcing kids to eat gluten-free

When there?s no medical reason to cut gluten from a child?s diet ? don?t.

Mr. Strohecker welcomed a diverse workforce to his company, Harbor Sweets of Salem.

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Ben Strohecker, Harbor Sweets founder and noted AIDS activist, dies at 88

Mr. Strohecker began his candy business in a Salem warehouse, and later, inspired by his faith, became a fund-raiser for AIDS causes.

Campbell Grousbeck with his mother, Corinne Grousbeck, at the Perkins School for the Blind.

Dina Rudick/Globe Staff

This is something that sighted people can?t see

People who can see don?t realize they might react with fear of visually impaired people, and Corinne Grousbeck wants to change that.

FILE - In this June 11, 2013 file photo, Comcast Corp. CEO Brian Roberts speaks during The Cable Show 2013 convention in Washington. Roberts was the tenth highest paid CEO in 2013 at $31.4 million, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive pay research firm. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Comcast CEO says ?chaos? inevitable with Olympics

Ask Brian Roberts if he?s nervous about Brazil hosting the Summer Olympics in August, and the answer is an unequivocal yes.

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2016 photo, Moderator Megyn Kelly waits for the start of the Republican presidential primary debate in Des Moines, Iowa. Donald Trump says people who are bullied ?gotta get over it? and fight back. It?s a message he delivers to Megyn Kelly, the Fox News anchor who sat down with him for an interview months after he savaged her on Twitter and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Those who are bullied ?gotta get over it,? Donald Trump tells Megyn Kelly

Months after he savaged her on Twitter and elsewhere, Donald Trump said people who are bullied ?gotta get over it.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/17/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/492af118cf7c4da4988005d1ea9108e6-492af118cf7c4da4988005d1ea9108e6-0.jpg Hillary Clinton brings back talk of a dual presidency

Clinton said Monday that Bill Clinton would take the lead on the economy if she wins the White House.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/dd1078b9750741f0aa4c2d640f0a64b6-dd1078b9750741f0aa4c2d640f0a64b6-0.jpg Vermont college once overseen by Sanders? wife to close

A real estate deal brokered while Jane Sanders was president caused financial conditions that sank Burlington College.

And you thought Boston was windy today

Workers on Mount Washington saw some seriously strong winds, which at times gusted up to 109 miles per hour.

Ground Game

ground game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/16/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/2016-05-11T042234Z_1156660424_S1BETDJDGKAC_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-SANDERS.jpg Welcome to the post-ideological campaign

This is the 2016 election as we know it: Voters choosing the candidate with whom they identify.

The Big Picture

Avian adventures

Photographers around the world have been documenting birds during this busy time of year migrating, building, defending and hatching.

Globe investigations

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More than 200 victims. At least 90 legal claims. At least 67 private schools in New England. This is the story of hundreds of students sexually abused by staffers, and emerging from decades of silence today.