Weekend forecast: More rounds of rain and snow showers expected across New England -- Winter weather advisories are in effect for portions of Central and Western Massachusetts, and for much of Maine and New Hampshire.

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Red Sox -- Johnny Damon, Jon Lester among four inducted into Red Sox Hall of Fame -- Damon, Lester, Mike Timlin, and the late Sherm Feller are the newest members of the Red Sox Hall of Fame.

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Minnesota leaders call for state role in investigating deadly ICE shooting

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YVONNE ABRAHAM - Trump is waging war on Democrat-led states - Minnesota is just the latest and most violent front in a much wider campaign of aggression Donald Trump and his administration are conducting in blue states.

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Protests against ICE planned across US after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland, Oregon -- The demonstrations come as the US Department of Homeland Security pushes forward in the Twin Cities with what it calls its biggest-ever immigration enforcement operation.

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Wife of Minnesota woman killed in ICE shooting: 'We had whistles. They had guns.' -- The statement was Becca Good's first public comment about the death of her wife, Renee Good, who was shot and killed Wednesday by an ICE agent.

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People gather in front of 'The Embrace' to remember Renee Good, the Minnesota woman killed by ICE agent

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Patriots defensive tackle Khyiris Tonga ruled out for Sunday night's playoff game against the Chargers -- Tonga has been dogged by a foot injury that also sidelined him for the last two games of the regular season.

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Northampton mayor's husband offers apology after Stop & Shop altercation: 'I was the weak link in our local democracy' -- Bill Scher's apology, coming amid so much national political strife, also seemed to speak to a larger sense of keyed-up anxiety buzzing beneath everyday life in America.

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Six killed in Mississippi, suspect in custody -- Authorities say a person was in custody Saturday after six people were killed in a series of related shootings in eastern Mississippi.

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Mass. public school enrollment drops to lowest level in 30 years. Here's what's behind the decline. -- Many of the state's largest districts and centers of immigrant populations saw particularly large declines, amid President Trump's immigration crackdown.

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Princeton afterschool teacher kills himself when police try to serve warrant for child porn, State Police say -- John Buffington, 67, taught after-school classes in the Central Massachusetts' town's recreation department.

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Driver charged in death of art collector John Axelrod to seek insanity defense -- William Haney Jr.'s long history of mental health struggles will certainly play a central role in the legal arguments, his lawyer said.

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Former Boston police officer files complaint against BPD leaders for being fired over Jan. 6 posts -- Joseph Abasciano, a Marine veteran who is retired on disability, is asking the oversight board to decertify Boston police officials involved in his termination.

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MCCA board taps John Barros to be interim executive director

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Fire at Maine Wildlife Park accidentally caused by electrical malfunction, investigators say

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Celtics 125, Raptors 117 -- Jaylen Brown helps Celtics put away pesky, undermanned Raptors -- Brown finished with 25 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists, while Payton Pritchard had 27 points to lead Boston.

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Jill Abramson - Trump governs like a king, and the press is struggling on how to cover him - The president's own words reveal a view of power unbound by law — and expose the limits of traditional White House coverage.

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Randall Woods -- Trump brings the big stick back to Latin America

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IDEAS | JAMES DYKE -- We can't just burn carbon now and suck it out of the atmosphere later

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Andrew Mikula -- A 5,000-square-foot solution to the Massachusetts housing crisis

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LETTERS -- A week after Venezuela raid, the chips are falling where they may

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Protests in Iran near 2-week mark as authorities crack down -- Iran's leadership escalated its threats against protesters on Saturday. Meanwhile, demonstrations continued in at least several cities.

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Bird flu infects flock of backyard chickens in Dukes County; birds euthanized -- State officials did not specify where the birds were located in Dukes County, which includes Martha's Vineyard.

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Cannabis sales inched higher in 2025 to record $1.65 billion -- Based on information the Cannabis Control Commission collects from licensees, sales were $3 million higher than 2024, the CCC said.

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How the US could take over Greenland and the potential challenges -- Officials from Denmark, Greenland and the United States met Thursday in Washington and will meet again next week to discuss a renewed push by the White House, which is considering a range of options, including using military force, to acquire the island.

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Here are the highest earners on the Massachusetts state payroll for 2025 -- Employees at the University of Massachusetts again dominated the top positions on the state's public payroll.

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'The Traitors,' 'Tron: Ares,' plus more new TV shows and films to stream this weekend

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The Karen Read story gets the Lifetime movie treatment

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2026 Golden Globes: 15 nominated films you can stream this weekend

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Boston Globe Spotlight Team - Nearly 250 patients at top Mass. hospitals say they were abused by a renowned doctor. Why wasn't he stopped sooner? A Globe Spotlight investigation found the state's medical establishment missed key warning signs.

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Why Trump and the MAGA movement turned against Harvard -- Over a decade of political and cultural upheaval, America's most powerful university grew vulnerable to attack. There were warning signs.

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Why the middle class is disappearing in Massachusetts -- The middle class in Massachusetts is being hollowed out. Driving the squeeze is a stratospheric rise in inequality.

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Water is coming for the Seaport; the whole city will be poorer for it. -- Buildings in the Seaport fund one-tenth of Boston's property-tax base. Flood waters and sea level rise will soon put that at risk.

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IDEAS | BILL MCKIBBEN -- We can't 'stop' climate change. But we can stop it short.

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Russ Feingold -- Trump can't legally abandon a Senate-approved climate treaty

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Eugene R. Fidell -- Why Pete Hegseth's case against Mark Kelly is doomed to fail

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- An insurrection, an impeachment, and the same rogue president five years later

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Eugene Scott -- Trump acts like a strongman because Americans want one

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Rangers at Bruins | 1 p.m. (ABC) -- Rangers at Bruins preview: Original Six rivals lock horns in matinee action -- Boston has won three of its last four games and taken points in four of five.

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HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING NOTEBOOK -- Wrestling notebook: Navigating the sport at 100 pounds can be tricky for these girls

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BASKETBALL -- WNBA and players' union fail to reach new CBA, negotiations continue without extension

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Protests in Iran near the 2-week mark as authorities intensify crackdown on demonstrators -- Protests sweeping across Iran neared the two-week mark Saturday, with the country's government acknowledging the ongoing demonstrations despite an intensifying crackdown and as the Islamic Republic remains cut off from the rest of the world.

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Charting the global economy: US employers stay cautious on hires

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Higher Education -- 'We are in class five rapids right now.' New England's liberal arts colleges are in crisis. Can their model survive?

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CONNECTIONS -- We offered refuge to a Brown University student on that night of horror. She brought light to the darkness.

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A leader of a Dorchester-based Cameron Street gang pleads guilty to racketeering and drug charges

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Amber Glenn wins third straight US Figure Skating title, topping Alysa Liu with brilliant free skate

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Trump promises oil executives 'total safety' if they invest in Venezuela after Maduro ouster

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New video of fatal Minnesota ICE shooting, from officer's perspective, brings fresh scrutiny

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Trump promises oil executives 'total safety' if they invest in Venezuela after Maduro ouster. See how it unfolded.

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US Agriculture secretary suspends benefit funds to Minnesota

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Greenland's party leaders firmly reject Trump's push for US control of the island

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A killing in Minneapolis. By a federal officer.

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Transgender athletes get their day at the Supreme Court. It probably won't go well for them.

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Here's looking at you, Boston: Downtown buildings sport googly eyes as part of winter public art exhibition

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A new gem among the MFA's studiously historic galleries: Modern art

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Janet Fish, painter of luminous still lifes, dies at 87

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Cynthia Zarin never expected to write novels. Now she's not sure she'll stop.

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Aldrich Ames, CIA turncoat who helped the Soviets, dies

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John Axelrod, 'an inspiration' to the MFA and Boston's art world, dies at 79

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