Trump claims success in Syria, but chemical weapons remain

Mandatory Credit: Photo by YOUSSEF BADAWI/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock (9629114f) The Scientific Research Center building that was hit by the strikes that were launched on 14 April 2018 by the United States, Britain and France in Barzeh neighborhood in Damascus, Syria, in retaliation for an alleged chemical attackd. The Syrian Information Ministry organized a tour to the center, which the government said was used for pharmaceutical uses. SYRIA AIR STRIKE, Damascus - 14 Apr 2018

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The Pentagon said the pummeling of three chemical-related facilities left enough others intact to enable the Assad government to use banned weapons against civilians if it chooses.

A rail safety system gone badly off track

More than half of all commuter rail engineers have driving records that experts described as poor ? at least three infractions such as speeding, causing accidents, and failure to stop.

Cambridge police to conduct internal review following use of force during arrest

Cambridge officers and a transit officer grabbed the legs of a 21-year-old Harvard student, who was naked on Mass. Avenue, police said.

Starts & Stops

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Councilors support increasing parking fines, at least in theory.

obituary

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/14/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/BarbaraLewalskiathomeinherstudy.jpg Barbara Kiefer Lewalski, a groundbreaking Ivy League professor, dies at 87

Dr. Lewalski was the first woman to become a tenured English professor at Brown and Harvard universities.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/AFP_13Z33J.jpg Here?s what we learned about Trump from passages of Comey?s new book

??What is happening now is not normal,?? Comey writes in his book, which comes out on Tuesday. ??It is not fake news. It is not okay.??

Three Boston police officers injured when cruisers collide

The cruisers ran into one another on Washington Street around 2:20 a.m. Saturday. The officers were treated at a hospital and released.

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Is there any truth to what the Fox News host said? Here is what we know about Robert Mueller?s record on the matter during his time in Boston.

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Now that tax season has arrived, here?s what you need to know to ensure that you?re filing correctly.

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Pennie MacDonald from Mashie placed flowers in front of the Yarmouth police memorial next to the police station.

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Yarmouth police maintain ?24/7 guard? for fallen officer ahead of Saturday vigil

A candlelight vigil is planned to honor Sean Gannon on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the town?s police headquarters.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-15090.jpg Man charged with killing Yarmouth officer may have fled police in Everett last week

Thomas Latanowich may have avoided capture during a police search in Everett last week, State Police said.

RED SOX10, ORIOLES 3

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Hanley Ramirez and J.D. Martinez each hit their third home runs of the season.

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/14/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chin041418RedSox-Orioles_Spt1.jpg Mookie Betts is day to day with a left foot contusion

Betts was part of a plate collision with Orioles catcher Chance Sisco in the first inning.

122nd Boston Marathon

JOHN POWERS

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/RinaldiAmbyBurfoot02.jpg ?Only in one?s wildest dreams?: Amby Burfoot recalls Boston Marathon win 50 years later

The 71-year-old Burfoot will be back Monday morning for an anniversary run, his 24th attempt.

Globe Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/09/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/HighRes_170415_MR8_OneBoston_Peabody-0065.jpg Denise Richard on paying kindness forward

Peace, unity, and civic engagement remain the core mission of the Martin Richard Foundation on the fifth anniversary of the Marathon bombings.

Boston, MA - 7/4/17 - Ritajayne Rivera, with American themed sneakers with the date of the Boston Marathon bombing written on them during the Fourth of July Pops celebration on the Esplanade on Tuesday, July 4, 2017. Rivera was near the first bomb during marathon. (Nicholas Pfosi for The Boston Globe) Topic: 05IndepenceDaypic

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Five years later, we feel the grief like a sixth sense

There is a sadness that will always hang over the Marathon until everybody who was alive when the bombings happened is dead.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_sign3_met.jpg Cold, freezing rain, and thunderstorms are forecast for Marathon weekend

Sunday is expected to get the brunt of the wintery weather, with cool temperatures and rain on Marathon Monday.

CHAD FINN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/tlumacki_bruinsvsmapleleafsgame1_sports011.jpg This sports week is about as good as it gets in Boston

Just look at what we?ve got going on right now, in recent days and the ones immediately ahead.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/28/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/BEDFORD_20180128_PATRIOTS_010.jpg What Danny Amendola really thinks of playing for Bill Belichick

The receiver discussed what it?s like playing in New England, why he decided to sign with the Dolphins, and what he feels about Malcolm Butler?s Super Bowl benching.

Debuting Love Letters: The Podcast

LATEST EPISODE

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/10/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/17169_LL_Podcast_HP_Episode_4_Tease[1]-7368-U849351311183S--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg The Love Letters podcast: Ditch the ex?s T-shirt, or wear it?

After a breakup, is it better to hold onto relics from the relationship, or to dump them?

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Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/13/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/d579eab05ab24765a5c9d948491a3a3a-d579eab05ab24765a5c9d948491a3a3a-0.jpg Governor Baker is annoyed at stuff. How about fixing it?

Like it or not, he should take responsibility for things that happened over the last three years.

A new chapter in the story of a terrier who found adventure in Milton

One day, in the friendly little town of Milton, a mysterious visitor arrived out of the blue. No one could say where, exactly, the little dog had come from. But before long, they began spotting it all over town . . .

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Real Estate

Address

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As the spring house hunt gets underway and National College Decision Day nears, thoughts are turning to campus housing.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Globe staff photos of the month, March 2018

Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers in March: Multiple nor?easters, St. Patrick?s Day, and protesting gun violence.

Crossword

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Puzzled? Keep trying your hand at our interactive crossword and see if you can triumph.