Most transgender troops wouldn?t be able to serve under latest Trump order

President Donald Trump released an order Friday night banning most transgender troops from serving in the military except under ?limited circumstances.?

East Boston- 03/23/18- A Massachusetts State Police, Troop F SUV with a trooper parked on the ramp leading to Terminal A at Logan Airport. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(metro

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Nine state troopers suspended, nine more retire amid overtime probe

Nine Massachusetts State Police troopers were suspended without pay and nine more retired this week in the midst of an internal affairs investigation.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/DY_uJvPW4AEIJxy.jpg No fooling: April could be cold, wet, forecasters say

The National Weather Service is predicting below-normal temperatures and above-normal precipitation into mid-April.

The weather was cold and gray as tourists walked through the Copp's Hill Burying Ground in the North End.

David Epstein

We?re about to have an unusually cold weekend

The weather is still going to feel quite wintry around here, and some areas will even see snow.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/22/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/BEDFORD_20180321_BOOMER_POT_GROWER_026.jpg With legal pot sales coming, baby boomers are ready to resume the party

For some, the coming of legal pot sales means an opportunity to resume a long-lost lifestyle.

03/22/18 -- Boston, MA -- Tom Reyes poses for a portrait while deleting Facebook off of his phone, on March 22, 2018, in Boston, Massachusetts. ()

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Do you have it what it takes to quit Facebook?

A few brave souls have signed off from planet Earth and left the social media site. Others are only threatening action.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/AFP_TV6IR.jpg ?You should do it?: Trump officials encouraged George Papadopoulos?s foreign outreach

The young adviser to then-candidate Donald Trump had the campaign?s blessing for some of his foreign outreach, documents show.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/GettyImages-933290038.jpg No ESPN, no endorsement deals, no problem for Amherst College basketball champs

The college?s women?s basketball team has won two straight Division 3 championships and gone 66-0 over the past two seasons.

Explosion kills worker in Ayer

The worker at AVS Inc. succumbed to his injuries at Nashoba Valley Medical Center, a fire official said.

Madison Park Technical High School in Roxbury.

John Blanding/Globe Staff/file

What you need to know if you?re heading to Boston?s March for Our Lives

Here?s everything you need to know.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/image1%20(4).jpeg ?We are the ones who are going to start the fight?

Dozens of Boston students piled into buses bound for the nation?s capital Friday night to join protesters for the March for Our Lives on Saturday.

Nestor Ramos

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/23/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/JamisonRohan.jpg Even young protesters from the ?gun belt? are marching along

Even in a swath of conservative communities in surrounding Springfield, the march is on.

Opinion

How to save thousands a year from gun violence

Massachusetts has the most stringent gun safety laws in the country. It also has the nation?s lowest rate of gun deaths. Here are #7steps your state can take to save lives.

Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum passes the ball over Boston Celtics forward Al Horford, right, as center Aron Baynes, left, closes in during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Portland, Ore., Friday, March 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Steve Dykes)

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Celtics 105, Trail Blazers 100

The Celtics torch the Blazers in another unlikely win

The game was not quite as dramatic as Tuesday?s stunning win, but the victory over one of the top teams in the Western Conference was probably even more impressive.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/23/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_skyline_met.jpg Mass. lawmakers reveal final criminal justice package

The bill is the culmination of a yearslong effort to shift the balance away from the harsh punishments that came out of anticrime efforts of the 1990s.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/09/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/Chin120817TrilliumBrewingXmasBars-Liv1.jpg Trillium Roslindale location to close Sunday

The former electrical station turned beer hall was wildly popular.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/20/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/bdd91920207f43dd949969fc68b69078-bdd91920207f43dd949969fc68b69078-0.jpg United gives $10,000 travel voucher to ?bumped? passenger

A passenger who was bumped off a full flight has scored the maximum prize ? a $10,000 travel voucher.

Names

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/24/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/DSC_0501.JPG Why did Danny Amendola unfollow Olivia Culpo?

The couple has been dating since 2016.

Dinner with Cupid

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/21/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/cupid0325comp.jpg Blind date: ?I was not spending enough time with age-appropriate women?

A match between fiftysomething single parents, who once went to rival boarding schools.

Debuting Love Letters: The Podcast

PODCAST

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/21/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/LoveLetters-Podcast-AlbumArt-7096.png The Love Letters podcast: How to get over an ex

Is rebound sex empowering, or does it leave you feeling lonelier? Meredith Goldstein investigates.

Listen:   Apple Podcasts   |   Stitcher   |   RadioPublic

 

Where do you love to eat? Vote now.

Sixteen Boston-area restaurants have made it to the next round. But which should continue to advance? Make your picks here.

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/21/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/beaconhilldome-11972.jpg Getting our House in order on transparency

The people?s House should be wary of nondisclosure pacts.

Modeling?s glamour hides web of abuse

The fashion industry is built on glamour and allure, but many models, especially the very young, know it for something else: sexual exploitation and abuse.

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What?s it like to watch gene therapy happen? Is the next big cancer clinical trial going to work?

Real Estate

What your money buys in Berlin

A market sample in this Worcester County town includes a Colonial with a master suite fireplace and a log home with a fieldstone fireplace.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/levine_xref_teze.jpg Inside the ?cult? that catapulted conductor James Levine?s career

At the beginning of the maestro?s 50-year career, Levine ran what some young musicians considered a cult, allegedly making members take loyalty tests and engage in group sex.

The Big Picture

The Big Picture

2018 Paralympic Winter Games

Scenes from the Paralympics taking place March 9-18 in PyeongChang, South Korea. 670 athletes with disabilities from around the world compete in 80 events in six different sports.

Crossword

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