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Ideas | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

Lost someone to Fox News? Science says they may be addicted to anger

We are angrier than ever before. Is there a scientific explanation for why fury is so intoxicating?

Michael A. Cohen

Trump ignores Constitution with his subpoena fight

The president cannot pick and choose the laws he chooses to abide by. Democrats must begin impeachment proceedings.

Editorial

The big red-ink asterisk on the economy

The Trump administration has goosed the economy with a deficit-expanding tax cut.

Special reports

The house at 212 Forest St.

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.

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Commissioned by the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, 38-year-old artist Stefan

New Dewey Square mural is going up near South Station

Westborough, MA - 8/23/18 - Vehicles for the Massachusetts Environmental Police are parked at the office on Milk Street in Westborough. Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: 24splitshifts Reporter: Matt Rocheleau

Fired colonel claims he was ousted for reporting misconduct

Picking the right tie can be confusing.

HELP DESK

How to choose the right tie for the right look

Advocates and residents, both current and former, of Chinatown’s Maple Place and Johnny Court, demonstrated Tuesday in an effort to protect historic row houses from developers.

Residents, advocates, work to save Chinatown row houses

The Maine School of Science and Mathematics was named the second-best public high school in the country Tuesday by US News & World Report.

This tiny high school was just ranked second best in the country

Graduates waved flags at the Northeastern University graduation at TD Garden on May 3.

Here’s who is speaking at 2019 area commencements

Director John Singleton.

Jeneé Osterheldt | Appreciation

John Singleton never forgot the ‘Boyz n the Hood’

Hackers turned the Great Dome into R2-D2 in 1999 to celebrate the release of “Star Wars: Episode I.”

Take a look back at some of the best-known MIT ‘hacks’

The story behind Life Alive’s makeover: Panera founder Ron Shaich’s next act

‘Yappier Hour’ back on at Liberty Hotel after dog-friendly event was canceled

Renny Cushing, left, and Julia Rodriguez spoke at an event hosted by Amnesty International USA at the Old South Church in Boston on

New Hampshire closer to abolishing death penalty

Insys founder John N. Kapoor is one of five people on trial for allegedly pushing opioids to patients who didn’t need them.

5 things you should know about the Insys trial

Sports

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Boston Celtics' Jaylen Brown drives past Milwaukee Bucks' Eric Bledsoe and Brook Lopez (11) during the second half of Game 2 of a second round NBA basketball playoff series Tuesday, April 30, 2019, in Milwaukee. The Bucks won 123-102 to tie the series at 1-1. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

Jaylen Brown didn’t want jail tweet to be a story, but it has become one — of motivation

Brown hopes other children will learn they can overcome negativity and shoot for their dreams.

Metro

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Bernard Fabrot, a self-taught programmer from Belgium, spent three and a half years computing the solution to a puzzle that was supposed to take 35 years to solve.

This guy cracked an MIT puzzle that was supposed to take 35 years to solve

Bernard Fabrot, a self-taught programmer from Belgium, solved a cryptographic puzzle that was first unveiled by MIT researchers in 1999.

Politics

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A section of the US border wall with Mexico in Calexico, Calif.

White House asks Congress for additional $4.5 billion for border security

The Trump administration is asking for the emergency funds as the officials contend with a surge of Central American migrant families.

Columnists

Columbus OH 4/30/19 Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Zach Werenski (8) and goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky (72) denies Boston Bruins right wing David Pastrnak (88) during second period action of game 3 of the second round of the NHL playoffs at Nationwide Arena. (photo by Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff) topic: reporter:

TARA SULLIVAN

Where have the Bruins we saw all season gone?

Joe Biden at a campaign event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Adrian Walker

Joe Biden, front-runner?

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Who really thought the Celtics were going to have it easy?

Boston, MA - {iptcmtonth}/09/2019 - (pre game) Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora (20) hasn't seen his team start the way he would have liked. The Boston Red Sox host the Toronto Blue Jays in the season home opener at Fenway Park. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Pete Abraham, Topic: 10redsoxbluejays, LOID: 8.5.946349502 .

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Alex Cora must find a way to motivate Red Sox

Al Horford had Giannis Antetokounmpo tied up in knots for much of Game 1.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Celtics’ message: Don’t sleep on us

Newton District Court Judge Shelley M. Joseph left federal court last week after a hearing.

Adrian Walker

Did Shelley Joseph obstruct justice?

Scott Kirsner | Innovation Economy

Mass. and shoe industry: Still a great fit

Opinion | Michael A. Cohen

The GOP’s plan: prevent voters from voting

Boston-04/27/2019 Boston Bruins vs Columbus- Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask prevents Coulumbus Nick Foligno from getting to the puck in the 2nd period. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(sports)

TARA SULLIVAN

Resiliency is again needed in wake of Bruins’ defeat

PISCATAWAY, NJ - NOVEMBER 10: Chase Winovich #15 of the Michigan Wolverines pumps up the crowd against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights during the third quarter at HighPoint.com Stadium on November 10, 2018 in Piscataway, New Jersey. Michigan won 42-7. (Photo by Corey Perrine/Getty Images)

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Patriots’ AFC foes are still chasing

John Havlicek will forever be acclaimed as the best sixth man in basketball history, but he was much more than that.

Bob Ryan

Remembering the great John Havlicek

Kyrie Irving and the Celtics play Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks Sunday in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

This is what we’ve been waiting for

Nation & World

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Demonstrators holding wooden shields are confronted by police during a protest against the Federal Fiscal Control Board, as part of the May Day celebration, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, May 1, 2019. The U.S. Congress established the appointed Fiscal Control Board to oversee the debt restructuring in order to combat the Puerto Rican government-debt crisis. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Thousands turn out in Puerto Rico at May Day demonstration

Protesters in San Juan marched against austerity measures and also called for faster federal help in the island’s recovery from September 2017’s Hurricane Maria.

Business

Boston-based Cengage to merge with rival publisher McGraw-Hill

The deal between two of the biggest textbook publishers in the United States will have consequences here.

Arts

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Amber Gray as Persephone in

Vermont native Anaïs Mitchell’s ‘Hadestown’ snags 14 Tony nominations

Her musical led the field when nominations were announced Tuesday morning.

Food & dining

Bottles

A brewery with a purpose — and a political spine

Activism is at the base of everything Provincetown Brewing plans to do.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Spring blossoms

In celebration of Earth Day, a look at photographs depicting the beautiful transformation of spring landscapes all over the globe.

Spring House Hunt

The things home sellers do that can turn off buyers or kill a sale

A hot housing market forgives a lot of mistakes, but that doesn’t stop sellers from undermining their own home sale.

STAT

Developing new antibiotics requires new incentives, experts say

The private sector is unwilling to take on the financial risk, experts say, despite desperate need.

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