He bought the fencing coach?s house. Then his son got into Harvard

The Needham house was assessed at $549,300, but sold for nearly a million dollars. The buyer, who never lived a day there, would sell it 17 months later at a substantial loss in what may become the next chapter in the national debate over fairness in college admissions.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

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Mistakes in the outfield, mistakes on the bases and lousy pitching have added up to a lot of disappointment for fans and manager Alex Cora.

ATHLETICS 7, RED SOX 3

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/05/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/200_mookie_jackie.jpg Outfield gaffe by Bradley, Betts indicative of Sox? early struggles

The Gold Glove outfielders allowed a ball to drop between them and the A?s capitalized.

Bruins 3 Wild 0

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/05/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/a2770641aa874efca31665ae62131c3b-a2770641aa874efca31665ae62131c3b-0.jpg Rookie Zach Senyshyn scores his first as Bruins shut out Wild

Senyshyn scored into an empty net and the Bruins emerged from a low-key affair with a victory.

Curaleaf chief executive Joseph Lusardi (center), seen at a presentation in Miami in January. The company is among three national outfits that are dominating the Massachusetts medical and recreational marijuana scene.

SCOTT MCINTYRE FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

Editorial

Time to halt Big Weed?s advance

Do the Cannabis Control Commission and the attorney general have the political will to reverse course and close licensing loopholes?

JEFF JACOBY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/0-2747.jpg On the folly of rent control, right and left agree

Massachusetts voters chose wisely when they scrapped rent control in 1994. Nothing good can come of resurrecting it now.

Letters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Clipboard-2759.jpg It was money, not MCAS, that drove gains of education reform

?The vast inequities that inspired the Education Reform Act have returned, leaving our students without the supports they need.?

THOMAS FARRAGHER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/01/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/FiveStages018.jpg A play about grief is called ?The Five Stages.? Lauren Astley?s parents know them all

When the actors take their places on stage inside a tiny New York theater this weekend, the emotions ? instantly fresh again ? will wash over Astley?s mom and dad once more.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/Slammin%20Onion%20-%20Fenway.jpg What?s new in the lineup for Fenway food?

Treats for the 2019 season include a lobster BLT, bacon on a stick, and a banana split.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/d9b14cda-2803-11e9-984d-9b8fba003e81.jpg Nonstop flights kick off between Boston, Honolulu

The Hawaiian Airlines route out of Logan Airport that?s set to debut Friday will be the longest within the US.

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/AFP_1EN2FD.jpg Taylor Swift responds to crash at her Rhode Island home with ?Getaway Car? lyric

The pop star invoked the lyrics in response to a police chase Tuesday that ended with a stolen car crashing into the gates of her Westerly beachfront home.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/49897870_1500594606740550_5389414238211014656_n%20(1).jpg Watch this dad belt out ?Ave Maria? for his daughter in a lobby at Disney World

The performance by Connecticut dad Justin Gigliello stunned passersby ? and impressed a lot of people on the Internet.

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Often, Rong Yuan?s meals had a strange taste and an odd smell. Water that she had left unattended took on a strange flavor and odor, too.

State panel wants more scrutiny of pot company ownership

The Cannabis Control Commission debated a process for reviewing proposed changes to the ownership of licensed cannabis firms, which the agency must approve.

Don Smith has cancer and his wife, Deborah, was not allowed to go with him to purchase medical marijuana.

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

Sean P. Murphy | The Fine Print

?It felt wrong and ridiculous?: A caregiver was banned from joining her husband inside a dispensary

Dying of cancer, Don Smith needs medical marijuana to deal with his nausea and pain, but he and his wife encounter road blocks when they try to access both cannabis and expertise from a state-regulated dispensary.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/1140400379.jpg Why won?t Trump release his taxes? Here?s one explanation you may have missed

It?s a mystery that people have been talking about since the 2016 campaign. Here?s a list of what people have speculated ? and an explanation you may have missed.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_1FD9BD.jpg Trump tweets video mocking Biden over contact with women

President Trump has been accused of sexual misconduct by more than a dozen women, but his tweet Thursday is the latest sign that he intends to escalate his attacks on the former vice president.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumackiwynncasino118.jpg Elaine Wynn tells panel she warned casino firm in 2009 of abuse claim

The commission has spent two days reviewing how the company handled allegations of sexual misconduct against Elaine Wynn?s ex-husband, Steve Wynn.

Suffolk DA Rachael Rollins made waves nationally during her campaign when she pledged to reduce prison sentences and stop prosecuting 15 crimes, including trespassing, shoplifting, and drug possession.

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Mass. public safety secretary has concerns with Suffolk DA?s policy memo

Thomas Turco III isn?t happy with Rachael Rollins?s proposal to not prosecute some drug possession crimes and relatively minor crimes.

Chesto Means Business

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/25/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/jon_chesto_20180925.jpg UMass Boston chancellor works to link school with business community

Columbia Point sits a few miles from the Financial District and its skyscrapers, but those office towers can feel like they are half a world away.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/42ed857439bf49aa93df8914d135457e-42ed857439bf49aa93df8914d135457e-0.jpg Authorities say ?teen? wasn?t boy missing for years; he was a 23-year-old

Brian Rini, 23, told police that he was Timmothy Pitzen, who disappeared in 2011 when he was 6. Pitzen would now be 14.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/645831994.jpg Jeff Bezos will keep 75 percent of his Amazon stock after divorce

Bezos also will gain voting control of MacKenzie Bezos?s remaining shares.

Andrew Dreyfus on his father?s career path, the challenges facing health care, and more

Globe reporter Janelle Nanos sits down with leaders in the city?s business community to talk about their career paths, work and accomplishments, as well as their vision for Boston?s future.

Munch Madness 2019

Munch Madness | Round 6

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/02/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/munch90x90-3810.jpg And then there were two . . .

It?s Sarma vs. Flour Bakery + Cafe facing off in the finals. Cast your vote for the 2019 winner of Munch Madness.

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.

The Big Picture

Jim Davis/Globe Staff

The Big Picture

Globe staff photos of the month, March 2019

Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: a fire in the Fens, the beginning of spring, Ice Castles in New Hampshire, and the annual citywide youth Spelling Bee.

Spring House Hunt

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-13078.jpg Bidding wars: Should home buyers add an ?escalation clause??

If you want to start an argument in a group of real estate agents, bring up escalation clauses.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/GettyImages-1081027098-1024x576.jpg Amazon Alexa now HIPAA-compliant, allows secure access to data

Amazon unveiled software that allows health care companies to build Alexa voice tools capable of securely transmitting private patient information.

Podcasts