Fury over Mount Ida closure at hearing

Tuesday?s meeting stretched two hours in a standing-room-only conference room on the 21st floor of a state office building on Ashburton Place.

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Parents and students voiced a deep sense of betrayal over the closure of Mount Ida College at a state hearing Tuesday.

Police found the body of 47-year-old Kimberly Mironovas early Sunday in her home in Litchfield, Maine.

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Teens in Maine mapped out mother?s murder, court filings say

A 15-year-old with ties to Ashland is charged with murdering his mother in Litchfield, Maine and two other teens are accused of playing major roles in the woman?s death.

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?I know she was afraid of him,? said one person of Kimberly Mironovas, who was allegedly killed by her son and two of his friends.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

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The yield on the 10-year Treasury bond touched 3 percent on Tuesday. The Dow closed down more than 424 points. There is a connection.

Renée Graham

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Don?t be ashamed of your white privilege. Use it to expose injustice and work to make things better.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_25estes-2_metro.jpg SJC weighing the fate of judge implicated in courthouse sexual relationship

The Supreme Judicial Court heard arguments Tuesday in the highly unusual case of District Court Judge Thomas Estes.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Hefner_03.jpg Bryon Hefner pleads not guilty to multiple charges

The political scandal that ended the Senate presidency of Stanley Rosenberg moved out of the State House and into the court house Tuesday.

French President Emmanuel Macron (left) and President Donald Trump spoke in the Oval Office at the White House Tuesday.

Trump wants to leave ?strong and lasting footprint? in Syria, warns Iran on nukes

President Donald Trump declared that if the Iranians ??restart their nuclear program, they will have bigger problems than they?ve ever had before.??

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A 25-year-old who plowed a van into a crowded Toronto sidewalk was ordered held as authorities investigated one of the deadliest mass murders in the country?s modern history.

Ben Volin

The NFL?s all-time first-round draft picks

Who were the top players chosen at picks 1 through 32? Here?s one opinion.

Some areas could get 2 inches of rain in coming storm

The National Weather Service says to get ready for some soaking, wind-swept rain, which will arrive late tonight and continue Wednesday.

Ground Game

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If asked to guess, it?s a safe bet that few Americans would have put the northern New England state anywhere on their list of possibilities.

Attorney and York NAACP Chapter President Sandra Thompson spoke at the March For Our Lives rally in York City, Pa., in March. A golf club in that state is apologizing for calling police on Thompson and four of her black friends after the co-owner and his father said they were playing too slowly and refused requests to leave the course.

Black female golfer asked to leave course said it was like playing ?with targets on?

One of five black women golfers who were told to leave a Pennsylvania club said Tuesday it felt like they were playing ?with targets on our backs.?

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The next generation of airline seating involves standing in tight quarters.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/04/29/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/statestreet.jpg Is State Street leaving its HQ tower?

State Street Corp. is looking for office space as its lease at the State Street Financial Center comes to an end.

8Boston, MA - 4/13/2018 - (9th inning) Boston Red Sox second baseman Eduardo Nunez (36) and the Red Sox celebrate the 7-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles. The Boston Red Sox host the Baltimore Orioles in the first of a four game series at Fenway Park. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Peter Abraham, Topic: 14Red Sox-Orioles, LOID: 8.4.1577910144.

Chad Finn

Could the Red Sox win 100 games this year?

It?s been 72 years since they last won 100, but with reasonably good health, this group could pull it off.

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - APRIL 24: Mohamed Salah of Liverpool celebrates as he scores his sides second goal with Roberto Firmino during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final First Leg match between Liverpool and A.S. Roma at Anfield on April 24, 2018 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

LIVERPOOL 5, ROMA 2

Liverpool routs Roma in Champions League semifinal leg

Mohamed Salah produced two world-class finishes and set up goals by Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino.

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Pennsylvania?s high court has ordered a judge to free the rapper, who was recently paid a visit by Patriots owner Robert Kraft, on bail while he appeals his convictions.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/23/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/LeahFasten_24progera_02_biz.jpg A pediatric researcher whose son died of progeria sees promise in new treatment

Dr. Leslie Gordon, whose son Sam Berns died at 17, hasn?t found a cure ? but she?s convinced that she and fellow researchers have hit on a promising treatment.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/3ad4505227d54587ba4b4faf042f2f43-3ad4505227d54587ba4b4faf042f2f43-0.jpg Rhode Island Republican apologizes for calling Parkland shooting survivor ?dummy?

State Rep. Mike Chippendale said he won?t apologize for ??zealously defending?? the Second Amendment.

Boston Globe Managing Director Linda Pizzuti Henry

Names

Linda Pizzuti Henry tops Boston Magazine?s ?Most Influential People? list

Mayor Marty Walsh, Governor Charlie Baker, and Attorney General Maura Healey also made the top 10.

Demonstrators gathered to protest the travel ban outside the US Supreme Court building in Washington.

Talking Points

Mass. tech leaders take stand against Trump?s travel ban

The Massachusetts tech sector voiced its concerns about the ban in time for the US Supreme Court to take up the issue Wednesday.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Latest Episode

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After a breakup, we should feel more and think less ? so crank your playlist and let the emotions flow.

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Opinion & Ideas

SCOT LEHIGH

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President Trump?s comments on Iran are bluster pressed into service as ad hoc foreign policy.

Special reports

Sean Gannon?s funeral service was held at Saint Pius X Church on Thursday.

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

A man determined to choose violence. A cop determined to live a good life

Only three years apart in age, the police officer and the career criminal accused of killing him could not have been more different.

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The DEA could be allowed to tighten quotas issued to manufacturers if it suspects supplies are being diverted for misuse.