Forecast | Dave Epstein -- Arctic air sets in for a blustery Tuesday. But this winter's coldest days are just around the corner. -- Tuesday's readings won't reach above the 20s, but the wind chills will dive into the single digits at least during the morning commute.

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'An antidote to hopelessness': At MLK Jr. Day events across Boston, people call for action amid political turmoil -- The work Martin Luther King Jr. fought for is being dismantled by the Trump administration, journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones said.

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Kristin Tate -- N.H. can send a Republican to D.C. — but it'll take work

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Bitternut hickory, once considered a 'trash' tree, could be the key to a new cottage industry in New England - Local producers and foresters are working to put homegrown hickory oil on the map. Some experts even claim the oil, pressed from hickory nuts, could become the region's next maple syrup.

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Their salaries are set by law. But sheriffs also collect bonuses for 'longevity,' clothing, and doing push-ups. -- Through a mix of "longevity" bonuses, education benefits, and other incentives their own offices extend to them, sheriffs have regularly padded their salaries by thousands of dollars, a Globe review found.

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COMMENTARY | Claudia Wack -- Rhode Island made it easier to build new homes. It's working. -- Building new homes is a slow process. Many of the laws passed by the General Assembly since 2021 are just beginning to bear fruit, writes one leader in housing advocacy.

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iRobot went from a pioneer in home automation to a bankruptcy fire sale. Here's how it happened. -- A lack of innovation, tough competitors, and an ill-fated lifeline from Amazon humbled the Bedford-based tech legend.

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Trump is taking on high housing costs. Will his ideas help? -- President Trump has floated policies like longer mortgages and crackdowns on corporate investors to try to make housing more affordable, but some experts say these ideas miss the point.

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Letter writing enjoys a revival as people seek connection, hands-on hobbies

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Providence City Council proposes rent control with 4% limit on annual rent increases

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Grief, anxiety, and hope as Brown students, staff return to campus after mass shooting

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Anxiety and resolve in Maine's Somali communities as the state braces for possible ICE raids

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Russia batters Ukraine's power grid again as officials try to keep up momentum of US-led peace talks

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How 'Tropical Barbie' Miranda Miele turned her home into a 1980s Miami inspired dream house

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His thoughtful date planning impressed her from the start; their shared faith deepened their bond

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What it's like to be married to a food writer

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He's Boston's biggest social media food influencer. (But no, he's not a stay-at-home dad, though he may wannabe.)

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Meet this season's Winter Soup Club guest author Joe Yonan

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Please, stop saying everything is iconic. Also, nothing is living rent-free in your brain, and you can hold your own beer.

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Before Bernie Sanders shook up American politics, he shook up Burlington, Vt.

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A year into Trump's second term much has changed and officials say there's 'lots more to come' -- President Trump was sworn into his second term on Jan. 20, 2025. The year that followed showed an administration that had learned to use the levers of power to make drastic changes in Washington and beyond.

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Here's where Trump's most jaw-dropping promises stand a year into his second term

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Follow live updates on the Trump administration

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US citizen says ICE removed him from his Minnesota home after warrantless search

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Trump slams UK deal to hand over Chagos Islands after he previously backed it

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Is playing at altitude really that big a deal? Or are the Broncos and their fans full of hot air? The Patriots will find out. -- The Broncos have won 15 of their last 18 games at home, thanks in part to teams traditionally struggling in the thin air.

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Governor Maura Healey launches re-election bid with an arrow aimed at Donald Trump -- As she launches reelection effort, Governor Maura Healey cast blame on President Trump for "making everything worse."

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Jayson Tatum conducts one-hour, on-court session in front of reporters at Celtics' shootaround

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More than a decade later, Hinton drug lab scandal resurfaces with high-stakes hearings -- In March, hearings with potentially wide-ranging ramifications are scheduled to play out that could set the groundwork for hundreds of thousands of convictions to be thrown out.

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Merrimack, N.H., residents watch warehouse listed as possible ICE facility

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Person arrested, injured, after crashing SUV into lobby of Shrewsbury police station

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Indiana 27, Miami 21 - Fernando Mendoza helps Indiana finish undefeated season, win first CFP National Championship over Miami - Mendoza's 12-yard rushing touchdown on fourth and 4 in the fourth quarter helped carry the Hoosiers to the national title.

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Bruins defenseman Mason Lohrei and sister Zoe are having a blast during the team's siblings trip -- Mason remembers when Zoe first heard about this junket two years ago. "She said, 'Dibs, I'm going, I'm going.' She was pumped for it," Mason said following Monday's practice.

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JOAN VENNOCHI - F-bombs away - In an era when leaders swear openly, outrage depends less on the language than on who's speaking.

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Ayanna Pressley -- A year into Trump's second term, democracy is still ours to defend

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IDEAS | SABRINA JOY STEVENS -- There's no war on empathy

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Shira Schoenberg -- Why more patients are paying doctors directly — and what it says about our health system

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One person seriously injured in SUV crash into Cambridge building -- An SUV crashed into a commercial building in Cambridge, leaving one person seriously injured.

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Pedestrian struck and killed by tractor-trailer truck in Lynn -- The crash remains under investigation.

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Eight people injured in Vermont crash amid snowy conditions -- Two juveniles involved in the crash were in critical condition.

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Money, Power, Inequality -- Young people who are detained get training and job skills through innovative program -- The job skills and money are important, but the less tangible benefits participants gain from instructors, who also serve as mentors, are just as essential.

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One month later, MIT professor's murder still casts pall in Brookline - Gibbs Street now is devoid of police and news media, but Loureiro's shooting by the same man who killed two Brown University students two days before, continues to reverberate throughout Brookline.

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Karen Winn's novel 'The Society' reveals fictional 'history and mystery' on Beacon Hill

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50 fun things to do in and around Boston this winter

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Finn Wolfhard hosts 'Saturday Night Live,' A$AP Rocky performs

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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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EDITORIAL -- The Justice Department's flimsy Powell investigation isn't kidding anyone

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FRESH KICKS | Robert Poulton -- Everything I needed to know about work and life ... I learned selling sneakers

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Susan Rigetti -- How acting transformed my life

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IDEAS | BIJAN C. BAYNE -- MLK was my superhero

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IDEAS -- Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' BASKETBALL -- Eastern Mass. girls' basketball: Players of the Week, Jan. 12-18 -- Medfield's Naya Annigeri produced a 30-point, 11-rebound, 10-steal gem, and players from Apponequet, Cathedral, Fontbonne, Minuteman, and Natick also starred.

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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK -- Caitlin Boyle and Celia Neilson are Bishop Fenwick's dynamic duo, on and off the basketball court -- The senior pair has led the Crusaders to an 8-1 record and a No. 4 spot in the Globe Top 20 poll.

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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' BASKETBALL -- Globe Top 20 girls' basketball poll: Unbeaten Medfield continues to set the pace

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Ben Volin | On football -- Sean McDermott didn't deserve to be fired by the Bills, and other takeaways from the NFL's divisional playoffs

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NFL -- Titans agree to hire Robert Saleh as next head coach to try to speed up rebuild

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The Parenting Issue -- Welcome to the Stroller Wars

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The Parenting Issue -- A working mom summons her ChatGPT superpowers

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The Parenting Issue -- Parenting tip: Avoiding stress can actually make you — and your kid — more anxious

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DINNER WITH CUPID -- Blind date: 'He looked like someone who ... would bring flowers when meeting someone's mother'

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Segun Idowu, Boston's chief of economic opportunity and inclusion, is resigning

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Celtic Jaylen Brown named an All-Star starter for the first time

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Jaylen Brown's bid for game-winner at the buzzer misses as Celtics fall to Pistons in potential playoff preview

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Indiana coach Curt Cignetti completed a masterpiece by winning national title in second season

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Valentino, fashion designer to the jet set, has died in Rome

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Bessent says US-Europe relations have 'never been closer' despite Greenland crisis

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Luxury real estate brothers face trial Tuesday in sex trafficking case

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Lawsuit contests RFK Jr.'s new vaccine guidance for children

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Protest at Minnesota church service adds to tensions over ICE tactics

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Australia's Parliament passes gun laws, and debates anti-hate speech bill after Sydney attack

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Islamic State group claims attack on a Kabul restaurant that killed 7, including a Chinese national

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Israeli crews begin bulldozing UNRWA headquarters in east Jerusalem

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As Harvard battles Trump, students see signs of collateral damage

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Boston's lagging World Cup planning draws a yellow card

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Three rides in a Waymo and I was taking driverless cars for granted

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What's hot in 2026 (and why to book now)

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Grab that Ikon Pass. Deer Valley in Utah unveils biggest-ever ski resort expansion.

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A sanctuary for Black artists, born in the violent racial tumult of Boston's past, finally gets its day

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After John Axelrod's death, a view of his most cherished art

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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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Governor Shapiro, a top 2028 contender, recounts chat with Trump, beef with Harris in new book

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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's new thriller, plus more movies and TV shows to watch this weekend

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Amanda Seyfried stuns in 'The Testament of Ann Lee'

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Kristen Stewart stops by the Coolidge to discuss directorial debut, 'The Chronology of Water'

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How accurate is HBO's hit drama 'The Pitt?' Local ER doctors and nurses describe the reality of their jobs.

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This week's TV: Ryan Murphy's 'The Beauty,' a Mel Brooks docuseries, and a new Patrick Dempsey drama

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At this year's Stave Sessions: a Pulitzer winner's duo with her wife, and classic rock covers in Inuktitut

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Celebrated recording artist John Forté dies at his home on Martha's Vineyard

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Harry Styles announces first album in 4 years: 'Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.'

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The costs and perils of life online come to the fore in SpeakEasy Stage's thriller 'Job'

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'Stokely and Martin' imagines a conversation between two civil rights icons

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In 2019, Faye Dunaway's meltdown ended his show's run. Now he's turned that heartbreak into a 'farce with teeth.'

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The best sports for longevity

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A healthy meal for $3? Agriculture secretary says it's easy.

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Valentino Garavani, regal designer and fashion's 'last emperor,' dies at 93

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Legendary Durfee boys' basketball coach Skip Karam, a five-time state champion, dies at age 91

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Wilbur Wood, everyman pitcher who mastered the knuckleball, dies at 84

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