US says aides pushed Walsh?s labor agenda

Prosecutors said they will show that the men acted in the interests of Mayor Martin Walsh, a longtime union advocate who was new to office.

Choate Rosemary Hall.

Spotlight Follow-up

At Choate Rosemary Hall in Conn., a disturbing pattern, report says

In almost all of the cases, school officials failed to report sexual misconduct to the authorities when the accusations first surfaced and quietly fired teachers or allowed them to resign.

The Pentagon says the US dropped its largest non-nuclear bomb, the GBU-43/B Massive Ordinance Air Blast, on Islamic State targets in Afghanistan.

US drops ?mother of all bombs? on ISIS target in Afghanistan

Never before deployed in combat, the largest non-nuclear weapon in the US arsenal was used to target ISIS complexes near the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/13/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/2751800.jpg When is it OK to drop a bomb this size?

Even military actions are governed by rules. To launch a bomb the size of the MOAB, you need to ensure the damage is proportional to expected gains.

Metro

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/15/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/blanding021817022617location6biz-001.jpg MBTA approves $2 billion budget

The plan could privatize four bus garages and avoids ? for now ? most proposed service cuts to weekend commuter rail service.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/23/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/davis_dudley7_met.jpg Islamic Society drops cemetery plan in Dudley

The decision brings an abrupt and unexpected end to a contentious, drawn-out process.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/13/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/rathe_chickenguys_biz02.jpg 15 now sick in major E. coli outbreak at Chicken & Rice Guys

Ten people in the outbreak required hospitalization.

Columnists

KEVIN CULLEN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/cullen-9386.jpg When Prince Harry asks you to run back-to-back marathons, you run

Ivan Castro and Karl Hinett will run side-by-side the Boston Marathon and, six days later, the London Marathon to benefit wounded warriors programs.

Business

Remotely operated cameras at new WGBH Studio at the Boston Public Library.

Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe

WGBH, Ed Ansin reap windfall for signals

WGBH will pocket more than $200 million for agreeing to move several of its broadcast frequencies.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/13/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/13massporthotel1_biz.jpg Massport clears way for 1,000-room South Boston hotel

The hotel will also feature indoor and outdoor pools and a deck above street level that could support a winter skating rink.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/29/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/kreiter_bernardi8_biz.jpg Car dealerships take Sunday off

Among the state?s car dealerships, this may be as close to heretical as you can get.

Boston Marathon

BOSTON MARATHON

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/13/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Photo_Web.jpg Nike and Adidas are racing each other toward a sub-2 hour marathon

The shoe giants are developing efficient designs they believe can get a runner to the magic number first.

Lifestyle

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/13/BostonGlobe.com/Travel/Images/05905867.jpg It turns out airlines are actually doing better ? and getting bumped is rare

?What happened with United was an anomaly in many ways,? said Dean Headley, who has co-authored the Airline Quality Rating report since 1991.

Names

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Bedford_170328_FEATURE_001.jpg A video made by students in Chestnut Hill looks at segregation in Boston

Two students from Beaver Country Day School produced a short film that all Bostonians should check out.

Jerry Spatch has used his card game Vers to get people all over the world to rap with him.

Can Jerry Spatch teach you to rap?

Want to be a witty wordsmith, dreaming up rhymes off the top of your head? A Northeastern student thinks you can, freestyling with the best -- minus the dread.

Arts

@large | Michael Andor Brodeur

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/13/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/@large.jpg Is the Internet pushing us to peak male?

Somehow, the Internet has made men worse than they already were.

THINGS TO DO

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/13/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/ColossalCROP.jpg The Weekender: Rampaging monsters, reclusive poets, more

The Globe?s picks for the best ways to spend your weekend.

Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | Anne Bernays

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/13/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/1b.jpg Forbidden thoughts

When you reach a certain age, saying what you think is no longer so risky.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/jim.jpg The summer that changed Boston

The nation was splintering, and Boston wasn?t immune. But something was happening here.

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In America, everyone who has a cellphone thinks they are a professional photographer. They are not.

Real Estate

Updated condo in Charlestown Navy Yard with skyline views

This one-bedroom, one-bath, 686-square-foot condo has views of Charlestown Naval Shipyard Park and downtown Boston, all while being just steps from the water. 42 Eighth St., No. 3206 is listed for $550,000.