Sex traffickers rely on the vulnerable and ?keep reselling people?

Commercial sex trafficking operations such as the one Robert Kraft is accused of patronizing have taken hold in plain sight in Massachusetts and across the country.

Patriots owner Robert Kraft (right) will almost certainly be penalized by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

BEN VOLIN I ON FOOTBALL

How much damage has Robert Kraft done to his reputation?

Kraft has lost any ability to brag about the ?Patriot Way? and his team?s commitment to morals and character.

Former Massachusetts resident and Patriots fan Lynn Eisenhauer of Jupiter, Fla., took a photo as she drove by the now-closed Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter on Saturday. Patriots owner Robert Kraft is accused of soliciting prostitution at the spa.

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At Florida strip mall, a giddy tone belies a grave accusation

The spectacle outside the Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter was in sharp contrast to the gravity of the case involving Robert Kraft as detailed by authorities.

Pope Francis addressed cardinals and bishops during the Vatican summit for bishops on the sex-abuse crisis.

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Analysis

Message from the bishops summit: The problem is everywhere

No church official, no matter where he comes from, should return thinking this isn?t a problem back home.

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Victims, Francis said, must take center stage while priests must undergo a continuing path of purity with the ??holy fear of God?? guiding the examination of their own failures.

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President Trump emphasized the potential for progress at the upcoming North Korea summit, even as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said a third meeting may be necessary.

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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said he wants to publicly release Robert Mueller?s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.

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The unions did ask employees to remain on the job while contract negotiations continue.

Wareham police officer hospitalized for fentanyl exposure

Officials said the officer began to feel dizzy and disorented while administering Narcan to an unresponsive male.

Olivia Sodhi of Boston and her dad, Karan, walked through the rain underneath umbrellas in the Public Garden on Sunday.

Nearly an inch of rain could fall on parts of Mass. on Sunday

Areas of Cape Cod and the South Coast should see the highest rainfall totals in the state. Then, beginning tonight, winds will increase with gusts up to 65 miles per hour.

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The officer was treated for serious but non-life threatening injuries at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and was later released to recover at home.

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Spike Lee?s getup had a Prince vibe to it.

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Medford native Maria Menounos arrived for Sunday?s Academy Awards.

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Jon M. Chu and Constance Wu were also early arrivers.

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Serena McKinney and Ludwig Goransson posed for photographers.

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The empty red carpet awaited celebrities earlier Sunday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/13/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/oscarswebversion.jpg The Oscars: Who?ll win, who should win, who shouldn?t

Ty Burr and Janice Page offer their Oscar picks.

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The Oscars ain?t what they used to be ? and that?s not necessarily a bad thing

The Academy, like the movie industry, finds itself at a crossroads.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_020819_BAT_HERO.jpg Young pianist crushed in building collapse must find a way to start again

All her life, she?d wanted nothing more than to be a professional pianist. Then the massive concrete facade of a building in Allston fell on her.

SUNDAY BASEBALL NOTES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/22/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/Cafardo,Nick2sharpened.jpg A tribute to Nick Cafardo, baseball writer extraordinaire

This week, we let colleagues and readers share their thoughts about Cafardo, the author of the Sunday baseball notes column who died last week.

Duke's Zion Williamson sits on the floor following an injury during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against North Carolina, in Durham, N.C., Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019. Duke might have to figure out what the Zion Show will look like without its namesake. All because of a freak injury to arguably the most exciting player in college basketball. As his Nike shoe blew out, Williamson sprained his right knee on the first possession of what became top-ranked Duke's 88-72 loss to No. 8 North Carolina. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Zion Williamson is taking all the risk, with no reward

It shouldn?t take the presumptive No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft clutching his knee to recognize that basketball?s feeder system is faulty.

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Michelle Consuegra

travel

Sudbury woman is at center of restoration and reconciliation in Montgomery, Ala.

Sarah Beatty Buller and her husband bought 13 buildings in Montgomery, part of a major revitalization in a community that resonates with history.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/22/BostonGlobe.com/Obits/Images/JackSwift2005withgrandsonSam.jpg North Adams political, civic activist Jack Swift dies at 77

Swift was a longtime political and civic activist who guided many campaigns, including those of his daughter, former acting governor Jane Swift.

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/abrahamy_20131010.jpg Bill Weld?s time is now

Is there anything left of the Republican Party that Weld once belonged to? Bless him for trying to find out.

Globe Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/19/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/evict0224hero.jpg As rents soar in Boston, low-income tenants try to stave off eviction

With an estimated 43 evictions a day in Massachusetts, should the state guarantee legal help to renters who can?t afford an attorney?

Will your high school grad understand dollars and cents?

Massachusetts students can earn a diploma without knowing how to save for retirement or even write a check. But a new law could change that.

Newsletters

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Opinion columnist Michael Cohen takes a candid and no-holds-barred look at the current political moment. Sign up now.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Season Two: How do you meet someone?

Dating in 2019 is?complicated. Frustrating. Sometimes completely exhilarating. In Season 2 of the podcast, Meredith Goldstein goes deep on one of her most-asked questions.

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Special reports

They were the top of their class at Boston public schools. Then life happened

Read a multi-part investigation into how and why the lives of promising Boston valedictorians didn?t quite turn out the way they expected.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Smartphone society

In a world where the smartphone is now ubiquitous, photographers capture daily life in which the personal device is part of the moment.

Real Estate

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Mobile homes may be the least expensive and most effective means of addressing the region?s housing shortage.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/21/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/CEOs_02-1024x576.jpg Meet the executives who will defend pharma before Congress

One?s a college dropout. One?s a self-proclaimed street fighter. And one survived a presidential tweetstorm.

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