Robert Kraft said to reject plea offer in soliciting prostitution case

Kraft believes the proposal from state Attorney Dave Aronberg?s office pushed the legal requirements for what is called ?deferred prosecution? beyond what is routinely expected.

JOAN VENNOCHI

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They should care more about the principle behind their causes than the man with all the money.

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Victor Pena, 38, accused of abducting a 23-year-old woman outside a Boston bar in January and holding her captive in Charlestown for three days, pleaded not guilty Wednesday.

President Trump said Wednesday that Michael Dukakis, the 1988 Democratic presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor, ??tanked when he got into the tank.??

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Trump decides to avoid a Dukakis moment at Ohio tank plant

President Trump, touring an Ohio Army tank plant, says he wanted to get into one of the vehicles but was stopped by a memory of former Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis.

Shopping for pot in Brookline this weekend? Here?s what you need to know

The first Greater Boston recreational marijuana shop is opening in Brookline on Saturday, and local officials are expecting thousands to rush to the store on its opening weekend.

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Representative Devin Nunes recently filed a high-profile, $250 million lawsuit against Twitter and some of its users, alleging defamation and negligence.

UNH researchers find new clues to development of autism

Researchers at the University of New Hampshire say they may have found a clue to the mystery of why autism is four times more common in boys than in girls.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/2b7a56ab8b654494a95f8507763586fc-2b7a56ab8b654494a95f8507763586fc-0.jpg With $28.6 million gift, MIT will establish center for Down syndrome research

The Alana Down Syndrome Center will encourage interdisciplinary research between biologists, engineers, and students.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/lee031519ebfire9MET.jpg It?s not your imagination: March tends to bring a spike in fires across Mass.

Devastating fires across Massachusetts have grabbed headlines this month.

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Eighty-one animals were killed Tuesday morning on Martha?s Vineyard after a heat lamp apparently ignited bales of hay stored inside a barn at Flat Point Farm, fire officials said.

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That extra pilot, who was seated in the cockpit jumpseat, correctly diagnosed the problem and told the crew how to disable a malfunctioning flight-control system.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/20/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/bg-1stld-writethru-c6190b44-1508-11e9-803c-4ef28312c8b9.jpg Federal Reserve foresees no interest rate hikes in 2019

The Federal Reserve forecast no rate increases at all this year, a big change from its forecast just three months ago.

President Trump says it?s ??ridiculous?? that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is writing a report to summarize his findings ? but says he?s looking forward to seeing what it says.

Trump says Mueller report is ?ridiculous? but should be released

The president is urging the Justice Department to release it to the public, saying: ??Let it come out, let people see it,?? adding: ??Let?s see whether or not it?s legit.??

Tamara Lanier, who is suing Harvard University for ownership of daguerreotypes of slaves whom she counts as ancestors, at home in Norwich, Conn., Feb. 28, 2019. The case renews focus on the role that the country?s oldest universities played in slavery, and also comes amid a growing debate over whether the descendants of the enslaved are entitled to reparations. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)

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Harvard sued over use of photograph of slave

A Conn. woman is suing Harvard for allegedly profiting from a photo of her ancestor, an African slave forced to pose in what is believed to be one of the oldest images of a slave in the US.

Los Angeles, CA: 10-28-18: Manager Alex Cora (left) hoists the trophy as (left to right) David Price, Rick Porcello, Chris Sale and Eduardo Nunez look on while the Red Sox celebrate their World Series victory. The Boston Red Sox visited the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game Five of the World Series at Dodger Stadium. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

Globe Staff predictions

Here are the Globe staff predictions for the 2019 baseball season

Red Sox are not the staff?s favorites to repeat as World Series champions.

Mookie Betts has two seasons remaining before free agency.

When it comes to an extension, Mookie Betts wants to be ?treated fairly? by Red Sox

The MVP outfielder has already turned down long-term offers from the Red Sox but remains open to further discussions.

Dan Shaughnessy | 2019 Baseball Preview

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/20/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/180109_ON_004.jpg What happened to the bad old days of the Red Sox?

Clubhouse culture and team karma have changed for the better since Alex Cora arrived.

Love Letters

We had a whirlwind romance, then he got ?confused?

I fell fast for a transfer student from Italy. But now he says he doesn?t want a girlfriend.

Professional american aggressive football player in red uniform on green grass

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Ideas | Julie Scelfo

?Helicopter parents? are so 20th century. Say hello to the ?snowplow parents?

Some parents will go to extreme lengths to protect their kids, and themselves, from failure.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/dunksboard.jpg This New Hampshire resident built a surfboard out of 700 foam Dunkin? coffee cups

Korey Nolan created the Dunkin? surfboard for a contest in October. He took home second place ? and did something good for the planet.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/13/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Rinaldi14clearmotion02.jpg Here?s what it?s like to drive a car with a Mass.-made suspension that eliminates bumps

As another crop of potholes emerges, ClearMotion wants to transform the experience of driving over them.

Globe Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/13/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/front0331sun.jpg In 1948, we were human guinea pigs in the strangest house in Dover

The first habitable building heated entirely by the sun was designed by a woman using technology developed by a woman and funded by a woman.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/20/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_1EV354.jpg Labrador retriever most pup-ular US dog breed for 28th year

Labrador retrievers aren?t letting go of their hold on US dog lovers, but German shorthaired pointers are tugging on the top ranks of doggy popularity.

Editorial Cartoon | Ward Sutton

The wonderful life of Mitch McConnell

Cartoonist and illustrator Ward Sutton envisions the Senate majority leader?s charmed life.

SCOT LEHIGH

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/19/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Scot_Lehigh_150px-5406.jpg Elizabeth Warren shows what she?s made of

The senator would clean Donald Trump?s clock in a debate.

Opinion | Stephen Kinzer

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We used to overthrow foreign leaders the old-fashioned way: with our military. The new approach is just as egregious ? and ineffective.

HELP DESK

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/19/BostonGlobe.com/Travel/Images/AdobeStock_131976060.jpeg How to protect your digital photos for years to come

I used the free photo sharing site Flickr for a long time. But then I got an e-mail from Flickr threatening to delete my photos unless I was willing to pony up $50 a year. I wasn?t willing. What to do?

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/11/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/e11233bc82cd4186af6ab9fcb782f1d7-e11233bc82cd4186af6ab9fcb782f1d7-0.jpg You could grab a drink with Robert De Niro in Boston

The Oscar winner is hosting an exclusive cocktail party ? and Tribeca Film Institute fund-raiser ? in Boston with Chazz Palminteri.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/23/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/A135_C011_01230B_001.1296038_R.jpg The ?Stranger Things? season 3 trailer?s out and the kids look to be living in a teenage wasteland

By noon Wednesday, the new trailer already had almost half a million views and was trending on Twitter.

Newsletters

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It?s back! Get the latest intelligence on presidential politics from Globe reporter James Pindell. Sign up here.

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.

Listen:   Apple Podcasts   |   Spotify   |   RadioPublic

 

Munch Madness

Munch Madness

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/munch90x90-21475.jpg See which restaurants advanced to Round Two

The top 32 restaurants have advanced to the second round of Munch Madness. Vote to keep your favorites in the running.

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

Students stage global protest to speak out on climate change inaction

Students worldwide skipped classes Friday to protest their governments? failure to act against global warming as part of the ?Fridays for Future? movement.

Real Estate

15 homes for under $500,000 along the Providence/Stoughton commuter rail line

If you love southeastern Massachusetts, but work in Boston, living on the Providence/Stoughton Line might be for you. A train leaving Wickford Junction in North Kingston at 6:35 a.m. on a weekday will get you into South Station in an hour and 41 minutes, according to the timetable.

Real Estate

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/09/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/10-beechwood-road-halifax-exterior-side-1024x576$medium-9070.jpg Are we ignoring ? or outright banning ? an easy affordable-housing fix?

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/2011-2020/2019/03/18/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/PVivax_Wellcome-1024x576.jpg China is reviving a discredited AIDS immunotherapy ? for cancer

Injections of malaria parasites, a discredited AIDS treatment once promoted by the father of the Heimlich maneuver, is being tested in China as a cancer immunotherapy.

Podcasts