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Biden, followed by Sanders and Buttigieg, leads among Democrats in N.H. survey

Former vice president Joe Biden sits atop the Democratic presidential primary field in a Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll of likely voters in New Hampshire. — Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

In the first New Hampshire poll since he entered the race, Joe Biden sits atop the primary field with 20 percent.

Unions are on frontlines of fight against inequality

In the recent wave of strikes nationwide, unions have linked their cause to the broader battle against income inequality and showed they can still be a formidable force.

Amid housing crunch, Cambridge wonders: Is it time to bring back rent control?

Today, amid a housing crunch that grips much of Greater Boston, some lawmakers are saying it may be time to reconsider the state?s vote in 1994 to outlaw the practice.

Trump wants to charge asylum-seekers to apply

The president is proposing charging asylum-seekers a fee to process their applications as he tries to crack down on the surge of Central American migrants trying to cross into the US.

Trump sues banks to block House subpoenas for his business records

The lawsuit by Trump, sons Donald Jr. and Eric and daughter Ivanka, was filed Monday in federal court in Manhattan.

Doctor explains about-face in shaken baby trial

A doctor in training in the state medical examiner?s office who ruled a 6-month-old girl died by violent shaking in 2014 explained in court on Monday why she later changed her mind.

Equipment problems hamper key commuter rail safety project

A hardware problem could now interfere with the timeline for the $459 million project, officials told the agency?s governing board Monday.

Judge orders State Police to accept recruit who was rejected, discriminated against

A jury ruled last year that the force discriminated against Orlando Riley because he was black.

Walsh to push for pay equity and transparency bill during appearance at State House

The Massachusetts Pay Transparency and Pipeline Advancement Act would require companies with more than 100 employees to report the gender and race of employees holding management titles.

Two Mass. DAs join lawsuit against ICE

Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins and Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan want to block immigration agents from scouring state courthouses for those with civil immigration warrants.

Florida judge temporarily seals all video in Orchids of Asia Day Spa case

The judge ruled that all video in the case, in which Robert Kraft faces charges, be temporarily sealed.

Is all that Beeping! and Pinging! and Dinging! driving you crazy? You?re not alone, not one bit

As our machines, appliances, and even vehicles get ever chattier ? who?s in charge here, us or them? ? we?re quietly going bonkers. With an emphasis on quiet.

This Brandeis employee came within $18 of ousting James Holzhauer on ?Jeopardy!?

Adam Levin nearly defeated the ?Jeopardy!? champ, coming within $18 of his competitor ? and is thought to have tallied the highest dollar amount of any non-winner on the show.

Nationwide, girls outscore boys on technology, engineering tests

Though less likely to study in a formal technology or engineering course, America?s girls are showing more mastery of those subjects than their boy classmates.

At UMass, a Palestinian human rights panel draws a lawsuit

Students went to court Monday in an effort to have a panel discussion about Palestinian human rights moved off campus.

What she?s having

Buttonwood is back, and it feels like it was never gone

Closed for almost a year after a fire, the Newton restaurant is open again. And it?s almost exactly the same as it ever was, and just as good.

Codirector George Murphy and colleagues wanted the Center for Regenerative Medicine at Boston Medical to be colorful and inviting. — Lane Turner/Globe Staff

WORK SPACE

At this research center, art?s part of the equation

George Murphy takes a creative approach to his all-consuming job at the Center for Regenerative Medicine at Boston Medical Center.

Gary Washburn | On basketball

Bucks know they are in need of second effort

After an embarrassing loss in Game 1 at home, the Bucks said they weren?t prepared for Boston?s defensive onslaught and admitted they lacked passion.

Peter Abraham | On baseball

Mookie Betts?s adjustment helps Sox get house in order

No player on the roster is more important over the long term than the reigning AL MVP.

Opinion | Michael Stein and Jon Kingsdale

The risks of ?Medicare for all?

The alternative to the proposal is adequate funding of the Affordable Care Act.

Editorial

Judge?s prosecution a case of federal over reach

US Attorney?s action in support of ICE courthouse arrests also strikes at the heart of judicial independence.

Letters

Court of public opinion weighs in on Newton judge

Readers offer contrasting views on the case of Judge Shelley Joseph.

SEAN P. MURPHY | THE FINE PRINT

Letter sent too late, old rules stymie couple trying to cancel contract

Leo and Diane Walbourne are being denied a $1,111 refund from National Floors Direct due to an ambiguous, outdated form letter that says you must cancel a contract by mail ? or telegram.

Lawsuit against Juul demands funding of statewide treatment

The suit against the e-cigarette titan demands the company fund a statewide treatment program for teenagers who begin using the company?s products before age 18 and want to quit.

John Singleton, ?Boyz N the Hood? director, dies at 51

His powerful debut film, ?Boyz N the Hood,? earned him an Oscar nomination for best director, the first for an African-American.

Greg Shell on evening economic disparities

As managing director of the Bain Capital Double Impact Fund, Greg Shell works to identify and fund companies that offer profitable models for addressing critical social problems.

Special reports

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.

Munch Madness

Munch Madness | Final

And the Munch Madness winner is . . .

Beloved Boston bakery Flour takes the cake over Sarma to clinch Munch Madness 2019.

The Help Desk

Ask anyone who?s been in this position: Finding a therapist in the Boston area for a pressing mental health concern, especially for a teen or child, can feel overwhelming.

How to find a therapist when you need one

Experts say the list of things we need in our cleaning caddies is actually fairly short.

HELP DESK

How to spring clean like a pro

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.

Newsletters

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All seemed well with Christine Lupien (upper right) in her high school yearbook. Beside her is reporter Mark Arsenault.

Searching for a life lost

MIT ?hackers? turn Great Dome into Captain America?s shield

Visitors outside Facebook headquarters in 2016.

Study: Dead on Facebook may outnumber living in 50 years

Suzanne Schalow (left) and Kate Baker opened the first Craft Beer Cellar in Belmont in 2010. Talking about the store?s franchising, Schalow said, ?We?ve said yes to some of the wrong people.?

Trouble brewing at Craft Beer Cellar

Joe Biden is back on the talk show circuit this week after appearing on the ?The View? with co-hosts (from left) Abby Huntsman, Ana Navarro, and Sunny Hostin.

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

Talk-show campaigning and what you need to binge

A beluga whale wearing a harness swam next to a fishing boat before fishermen removed it.

Is this Beluga whale a Russian military asset?

Bryan Snow, in recovery for seven years, says the construction industry must work harder to encourage those struggling with addiction to come forward and get treatment.

Construction industry to workers battling addiction: ?We want to help?

Some members of the Wayland Moms Pup Walk have banded together to form Organizing Neighbors to End Exploitation.

Suburban moms take aim at sex trafficking

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2007 file photo Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison appears at the 18th annual Glamour Women of the Year awards in New York. Morrison is being honored this spring by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The academy announced Monday, April 29 that Morrison, celebrated for such novels as ?Beloved? and ?Song of Solomon,? is receiving a gold medal for lifetime achievement in fiction. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)

NAMES

American Academy of Arts and Letters honors Toni Morrison

Miss Conduct

Advice: Am I a bad parent for wanting only one child?

Some at a Houston forum last week thought Senator Bernie Sanders came across as ?agitated.??

Is Bernie Sanders likable enough to become president?

The two 500-foot concrete cooling towers at the former Brayton Point Power Station crumbled during a controlled implosion in Somerset on Saturday morning.

Brayton Point cooling towers implode in Somerset

Sports

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BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

Why Tom Brady should participate in Patriots? spring workouts this time

He has four weeks in May and June to get introduced to new target N?Keal Harry, and he should do it.

Metro

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Dartmouth College professors Half (left) and Susanne Zantop.

Hearing delayed on N.H. killer?s request for early release

James Parker is serving 25 years to life in the 2001 killings of Dartmouth College professors Susanne and Half Zantop.

Politics

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Beto O?Rourke unveils climate plan with Yosemite as backdrop

Beto O?Rourke says his $5 trillion plan to combat climate change will keep the Earth from sliding past the point of no return in less than a generation.