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SEAHAWKS 41, 49ERS 6 -- Seahawks dominate 49ers from opening kick, advance to NFC title game -- Rashid Shaheed returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown, and Kenneth Walker III rushed for three scores as Seattle destroyed San Francisco.

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Bruins 5, Blackhawks 2 -- Bruins rally against Blackhawks to stretch win streak to six games

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Wakefield boys' Division 4 relays three-peat came down to 4x400 again; Amherst-Pelham claims girls' crown

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Taiwanese reporter accused of bribing military officers to leak information to China

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FORECAST | DAVE EPSTEIN -- Patriots forecast: Latest models boosting snow totals for Sunday's divisional matchup -- Snow is expected to start during the game with an inch or two expected by the end of the game.

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Patriots found franchise building block in Will Campbell, and his QB, teammates love him - His Southern drawl, team-first attitude, and dry sense of humor almost instantly won over the locker room and the coaching staff.

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Tara Sullivan: This Patriots season has set the stage for success for many years to come

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Patriots Notebook -- Patriots activate one player off injured reserve and elevate two from practice squad for Sunday's game vs. the Texans -- Cornerback Alex Austin, running back D'Ernest Johnson, and defensive lineman Leonard Taylor III are all on the Patriots' roster for the divisional round.

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Chad Finn | Sports Media -- Harvard legend and Hockey Hall of Famer Angela Ruggiero will warm up for Winter Olympics by calling Women's Beanpot -- Ruggiero hasn't just watched women's hockey grow. The four-time Olympic medalist has lived it, experienced it, and been at the forefront of it.

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YVONNE ABRAHAM -- To bring more public art to Fort Point, residents and developers are working together – yes, together -- The plan for a new "Boston Common on the water" is taking a rare kind of collaboration.

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ICE vs. ice: Protesters in Minneapolis find an ally in winter

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'Yankee, Go Home': Greenlanders protest Trump's takeover plans

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Democratic senators are backing competing visions for their party as they support different candidates -- In primaries in Maine, Michigan, and Minnesota, Democratic senators are endorsing rivals as they coalesce around different ideas for the future of their party.

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Why US cities are reverting 1-way streets back to their original 2-way design -- Embracing the oft-repeated slogan that "paint is cheap," transportation planners across the US have been turning their unidirectional streets back to multidirectional ones.

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Eight ways to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day around Boston

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Brown has high school number retired

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Denver quarterback Bo Nix breaks his right ankle late in Broncos' playoff win, will have surgery - Coach Sean Payton said Nix got hurt on a keeper where he lost 2 yards and was tackled by safety Cole Bishop.

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EDITORIAL - What exactly is ICE's mission in Minnesota? Officers have the legal authority to arrest unauthorized immigrants. But Americans should protest the way the administration has turned enforcement into dangerous political theater.

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Jill Abramson -- A dangerous new phase in Trump's war on the press

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Jim Braude -- Everyone can serve. Today, everyone should.

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Eugene Scott -- Democrats must offer vision, not just opposition

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IDEAS | LIAM KERR -- Elizabeth Warren wants a 'big tent' party — but only on her terms

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The disaster to come: New York's next superstorm -- The largest city in the country is mostly a cluster of islands. Its inlets and rivers rise and fall with the tides.

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Man convicted of killing MSP Trooper Hanna faces Parole Board for the first time -- Jose Anibal Colon became eligible for parole in 2024 when the state Supreme Judicial Court banned life without parole for offenders convicted of crimes they committed when they were between ages 18 and 20.

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Antisemitic incidents surge to become most common type of hate crime in Massachusetts, data show -- Antisemitic incidents now account for one of every four hate crime reports police take in Massachusetts.

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Boston Fed board names a new chair, members for 2026 -- Lizanne Kindler, chief executive of apparel retailer KnitWell Group, was designated the new Boston Fed board chair as of Jan. 1.

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'Sugar and spite': After anti-ICE cookie goes viral, Western Mass. bakery deals with death threats and surge in demand - The Sweet Boutique has been selling out of the round treats emblazoned with a rude anti-ICE slogan.

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BETH TEITELL - The Boston accent is disappearing. How much longer will its music linger? From call-in radio shows to corner bars, the accent that defined Boston is losing ground. A Dartmouth linguist has research to prove it.

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'Are we eventually going to ban the entire world?' Trump's latest visa crackdown could hurt region's economy, schools. -- The changes will especially make it difficult for immigrants to reunite with family members through family-based petitions, immigration attorneys said.

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'It completely changed my career': Looking back on the last 50 years with Boston's Bicentennial photographer -- As the nation celebrates its 250th anniversary, Lou Jones's work from a half-century ago is receiving renewed attention.

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Sign up for Season 3 of Winter Soup Club

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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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Watch: Affleck, Damon, and Fallon go full Boston while naming every Massachusetts city and town

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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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Nathalie Rayes -- Venezuelans live between hope and fear

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EDITORIAL -- Gabriel House fire shows need for oversight of assisted living

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Ray Takeyh -- Iran's uprising is similar to 1979 — but it's not a revolution yet

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IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER -- Seizing Greenland would shock the world. It shouldn't.

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JEFF JACOBY -- When America votes in the UN General Assembly, it ratifies a charade

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IDEAS -- Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

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Homelessness is rising fast among a surprising group: infants and toddlers - In 2023, nearly 450,000 infants and toddlers in the United States were in families that lacked a stable place to live.

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Forecast | Dave Epstein -- Rain possible in Eastern Mass. on Saturday, with snow in Western Mass. -- Western Massachusetts and Northern New England can plan on periods of snow, with scattered rain in Boston and the southeast.

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Ken Mahan -- A look at the weather stats for each NFL divisional game this weekend -- We break down how these eight teams fared under similar weather conditions.

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GOLF -- Davis Riley takes two-shot lead in PGA Tour opener at wind-swept Waialae -- Riley was at 12-under 198 after three rounds on the oceanside course, with three others tied for second.

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HIGH SCHOOLS -- Saturday's seven takeaways include track records, a 400th coaching win, and a HoopHall triple-double -- Amid the usual Saturday tentpoles, this week brought the MSTCA indoor track relays at the Reggie Lewis Center.

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Celtics 132, Hawks 106 -- Jaylen Brown, Sam Hauser lead the way as Celtics trounce Hawks

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These prophets of economic doom are worried about another collapse

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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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These maps show how much snow is expected from two storms Saturday and Sunday

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Winter reawakens as the polar vortex unlocks a blast of cold air into New England

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Worker killed in construction zone crash on Route 16 in Dover, N.H.

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Broncos send Bills packing in OT, advance to AFC title game but won't have QB Bo Nix due to broken ankle

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The Bruins' Mark Kastelic is showing he's not your average fourth-liner

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Trump's Greenland play is a step too far for Europe's far right

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Musk seeks up to $134 billion damages from OpenAI, Microsoft

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Trump says he may punish countries with tariffs if they don't back the US controlling Greenland

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Counter protesters chase off conservative influencer during Minneapolis immigration crackdown

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Trump says 8 European countries will face 10% tariff for opposing US control of Greenland

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Trump's Fight With Minnesota Is About More Than Immigration

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Spanberger sworn in as Virginia's first woman governor

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The people of Minneapolis vs. ICE: A street-level view

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Inside the fight to keep Iran online

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Iran's supreme leader, unbending over time

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Could federal attacks on citizens be a Trump strategy to take the midterms?

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As election year heats up, leave the prediction markets out of it

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Trump is playing with fire — and ice — in training sights on Greenland

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

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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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Boxfish in Watertown is a little seafood jewel box

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This Twinkie started as a 1976 classroom experiment. 50 years later, it's still standing.

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What should become of the Time Out Market space?

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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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Free arcade games and burger vending machines? Logan looks to boost customer satisfaction in unusual ways.

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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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A lot of things can kill you, from the flu to misinformation about vaccines

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Local bestsellers for the week ended Jan. 11

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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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Watching the first episode of 'The Sopranos' was like finding an undiscovered country

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'Heated Rivalry' love nests: A look at Ilya's supposed Boston house and 'The Cottage'

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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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'Policy whiplash': After outcry, Trump administration reverses course on $1.9 billion in cuts

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Jirdes Winther Baxter, 101, dies; last survivor of epidemic in Alaska

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Rebecca Kilgore, 76, dies; acclaimed interpreter of American Songbook

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Mark Brnovich, Arizona attorney general during Trump's push to find 2020 election fraud, has died

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