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Never mind the baseball: Red Sox home opener remains a can't-miss event

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Kristin Fritz, a plaintiff in a lawsuit against Dr. Derrick Todd, poses for a portrait, Monday, April 8, 2024, in Portsmouth, N.H. (Charles Krupa/AP)

More than 200 women and several men accuse doctor in lawsuit of sexual abuse, unnecessary exams

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UConn players celebrate as time expires during the second half of the NCAA college Final Four championship basketball game against Purdue, Monday, April 8, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz. (Brynn Anderson/AP)

UConn concludes a dominant run to its 2nd straight NCAA title, beating Purdue 75-60

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David Meehan, lead plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit accusing the State of New Hampshire of covering up decades of sexual, physical and emotional abuse at its youth detention center, poses for a photo outside his lawyer's office in Portsmouth, N.H., Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. (Charles Krupa/AP)

A lawsuit alleging abuse at a NH youth center is going to trial. There are 1,000 more to come

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Essay: Why we write

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Junior Espejo looks through eclipse glasses being handed out by NASA in Houlton, Maine. Used correctly, eclipse glasses prevent eye damage. (Getty Images)

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Fans sing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" during the seventh-inning stretch at Fenway Stadium on April 5, 2018. (Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

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A plate of pancakes at IHOP. Going to IHOP on Eid is an unofficial tradition for Muslims across the country. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Greater Bostonians marking Ramadan at IHOP

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Electric car level 2 chargers in a parking lot in Jamaica Plain. (Credit: Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Electric vehicles sales increased in Boston, but region lags behind other metros

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Medals of the 127th Boston Marathon in 2023. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

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Sen. Bernie Sanders addresses Unite Here Local 11 workers protesting outside of Figueroa Hotel in downtown Los Angeles on Friday. Authorities charged a man with setting a fire at his Burlington, Vt., office that same day. (AP)

A man was charged with setting a fire at Sen. Bernie Sanders' Vermont office

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Nine artists will take the stage on April 8 at #hellablack. From top left: Isaura Oliveira, D Ruff, Letta Neely, Ky, Joline, Capella, Killah Croc, TiElla, DayDadon (Courtesy Colgan B. Johnson/ 1981andCo)

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A tribute for Charles Daniels, a.k.a the Master Blaster, and the 90,000 photographs he left behind

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From left, Peter Tantsits as Edgar Allan Poe, conductor Gil Rose and Tom Meglioranza as Griswold during a performance of "The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe." (Courtesy Kathy Wittman/Ball Square Films)

Edgar Allan Poe's final woes revived in a forgotten opera

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Benard McKinley got his bachelor’s degree through a Northwestern University program for incarcerated citizens and will be the first person from that program to attend law school. (Courtesy)

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The essential guide to Boston's freshest season: spring

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