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Forecast | Dave Epstein and Ken Mahan - See the latest forecast for the huge nor'easter pummeling New England with heavy snow and whipping winds

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Here's a look at snowfall totals from the storm, so far

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Forecast | Ken Mahan -- Maps show how this massive winter storm is impacting New England -- Several inches of snow will be on the ground Monday morning across Southern New England.

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FRANK DELL'APA | ON SOCCER -- It's just their MLS opener, but the Revolution are already showing worrying signs

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Tell us: How are you planning to get to work tomorrow? -- Are you expecting to drive, walk, or take public transit? Hoping to work remotely, if your job allows? Waiting to hear from your employer on next steps? We want to hear from you.

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Larry Edelman | Trendlines -- Trump stalls for time with legally suspect new tariffs

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Maine considers a moratorium on data centers as businesses look to New England

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With the NFL Combine set to kick off, here's a look at Patriots' needs headed into the draft

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Flagship-backed Generate Biomedicines seeks $425 million in IPO

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Nor'easter slams New England with blizzard conditions, power outages

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Timeline: Here's how this nor'easter will progress

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Map: Power outages across the region

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ICE deported her husband. Now an American mother has an impossible choice. -- Christina Toledo and her children are Americans. To keep her family together, can they leave the only country they've ever known?

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Firm says job postings for proposed ICE warehouse in Merrimack, N.H., are 'speculative'

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How Trump will use his State of the Union address to sell skeptical midterm voters on his plans

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Follow live updates on the Trump administration

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How did Team USA do at the Winter Olympics? Here's a sport-by-sport recap. -- The US finished second in total medals with 33, and gold medals with 12. But they had plenty of success in ice hockey, freestyle skiing, and more.

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US women stepped up to the podium early and often at 2026 Winter Olympics

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10 memorable moments from the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

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Starting Point -- Don't call it a miracle -- The miracle of 1980 is that this US gold wasn't a miracle. But it sure took a while.

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Buddy's Diner, a Somerville landmark, has been dark for years. Now the city is rallying to reopen it. -- Busted pipes forced Buddy's Diner to close. Getting it back open has been no easy task.

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More New England colleges are offering free tuition. Here's who qualifies. -- It's a strategy more schools are using to attract prospective students.

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Border Patrol agent shoots person in alleged exchange of gunfire in N.H., FBI investigating -- The agent was not injured in the shooting in Pittsburg, N.H., near the Canadian border, the FBI said.

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What to know about the killing of a powerful cartel leader in Mexico

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Gary Washburn | On Basketball - The Celtics' domination of the Lakers should silence any who still doubt they are legit contenders - The Lakers were fully healthy and received plenty of motivation from former coach Pat Riley, but couldn't handle the Celtics' suffocating defense.

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Celtics 111, Lakers 89 -- Payton Pritchard delivers a Hollywood ending for himself and the Celtics, who crush the Lakers for a national audience

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DHS reverses suspension of PreCheck as it takes shutdown steps

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Chad Finn -- Nine thoughts on the Red Sox, leading off with Roman Anthony's potential sophomore season

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IDEAS | JOHN MAC GHLIONN - I've been listening to Steve Bannon to learn how MAGA survives without Trump - His podcast is a guide to how the right will try to gain more power at all levels of government.

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EDITORIAL -- If feds won't regulate prediction markets, states must try

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Ashish K. Jha and Thomas C. Tsai -- End the policies that protect hospital monopolies

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- Colbert vs. Trump: The late-night TV wars take on a whole new meaning

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Elissa Ely -- I felt healthy after my doctor's appointment. Then the patient survey arrived.

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AKA sorority returns to Boston with focus on service -- More than 4,500 AKA members representing chapters from Maine to Washington, D.C., gathered for the first regional conference in Boston in nearly 30 years.

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During the month-long Olympic break, the Boston Fleet made sure it kept its competitive edge -- While seven Fleet players competed on the biggest stage at the Milan Olympics, those back home were engaging in their own Olympiad.

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Man injured in Roxbury shooting, police say -- A man was hospitalized after a shooting in Roxbury early Sunday morning, officials said. No arrests were reported.

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'GRWM' to meet the governor: How Mass. politicians are turning to friendly influencers to spread their messages - Massachusetts politicians are increasingly embracing online creators to expand their reach beyond traditional press, including offering them one-on-one interviews or inviting them to events.

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Do grandparents have a legal right to visit their grandchildren? -- A high-profile Family Court trial in Rhode Island is shining a spotlight on a growing legal debate taking place across the nation.

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RI SPORTS - Youth hockey games resume after Pawtucket rink shooting, and a community comes closer together - "It was tough for all of them. They know a lot of those kids, they grew up playing with them," one coach said. "Honestly, this is the best community around. Rhode Island high school hockey, everyone is tight."

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For the annual Cupid's Undie Run, nearly 200 brave the cold in their skivvies -- The short midday run is a fundraiser for the Children's Tumor Foundation.

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On 'Grey's Anatomy,' Eric Dane achieved the impossible as McSteamy

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'We Had a World' — of monotony

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'Wuthering Heights,' the novel, is weirder (and kinkier) than you remember

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'Is it a bar, or is it a Seger bar?': Watertown man goes viral for asking Boston-area bars to play Bob Seger songs

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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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JEFF JACOBY -- Nativism is a bipartisan American temptation

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IDEAS | VIVIANE CALLIER -- Will China be able to poach scientists from the West?

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Jill Abramson -- How Trump's attempts at cancel culture could backfire, fueling Talarico's rise

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- Talking honestly about gender, mental health, and violence

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IDEAS | GABRIEL WU -- I won't let AI dominate my Harvard education

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IDEAS -- Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

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Thousands without power in Mass., R.I. as blizzard bears down - The powerful storm is expected to bring up to two feet of heavy snow to the area.

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On the cover -- Ultraprocessing. Dyes. Sugars. An expert helped me navigate the grocery store.

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KARA BASKIN -- The GLP-1 dream is over. What now, for patients who've relied on it for weight loss?

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THE BIG DAY -- When a wedding column takes a tragic turn

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THE HEALTH ISSUE -- A rare illness haunts generations of Massachusetts families

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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu endorses Ed Markey, a fellow progressive, in US Senate primary

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Should towns have veto power over new ICE facilities? Lawmakers propose 'Respect for Local Communities Act.'

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Skilled, powerful, a throwback: At 6 feet, 9 inches, Brody Bumila is a sizable force for Bishop Feehan

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Supreme Court decision against Trump's tariffs raises uncertainty, but markets stay calm

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TSA shuts down Global Entry as the partial government shutdown drags on

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They did deals with Trump to get lower tariffs. Now they are stuck.

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Armed man shot and killed after entering secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, Secret Service says

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New York City hunkers down under blizzard warnings and a travel ban as winter storm hits northeast

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As antisemitism rises and strife over Israel continues, Josh Shapiro turns toward his Jewish faith

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Trial begins for Utah mom accused of killing husband then writing a children's book about grief

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EU diplomats to meet Board of Peace director over Gaza's future

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EU diplomats scramble to overcome Hungary's threat to derail new sanctions on Russia

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Mexico fears more violence after army kills leader of powerful Jalisco cartel

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Telling — and defending — the full story of America

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Traffic cameras give us safer, calmer streets

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Readers weigh in on MassBay development

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When posting becomes its own style of politics

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Long after the afterglow: How love keeps unfolding

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Is 'brain rot' real? How too much time online can affect your mind.

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I found the world's most perfect slice of coconut cake. But that wasn't even the half of it.

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Three ways to make nearly-any-vegetable coconut soup

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In Wrexham, Wales, raise a glass to Ryan Reynolds. He bought the soccer team, and tourism took off.

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Escape winter's bitter grip at these cozy local hotels

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Meanwhile, in Portmeirion, a circa 1967 cult classic draws them in

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A tale of mosques, markets, and megacities on a cruise to the Persian Gulf

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In Portland, Ming Smith makes light cascade and darkness abide

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A historic refuge for Black artists in Boston celebrates, with its future in doubt

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At MIT, a deepfake film about a moon disaster that's both frightening and weirdly inspiring

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The best local book events this week

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Caroline Light wants to reclaim the phrase 'stand your ground'

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BBC and host apologize after racial slur shouted during BAFTA awards by guest with Tourette's

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Tom Noonan, actor renowned for onscreen menace, dies at 74

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This week's TV: Tracy Morgan as Reggie Dinkins, the return of 'Scrubs,' and 50 seasons of 'Survivor'

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Willie Colón, architect of urban salsa music, has died

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Why music is so key to figure skating's popularity — and how that music is changing

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Andrew Ranken, whose drumming powered the Pogues, dies

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Two Boston-area theaters revive plays from the '50s with very modern resonances

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'I was in excruciating pain': ART sued by Black actor who alleges the theater caused lasting damage to her hair

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Shoveling snow can trigger a heart attack, doctors warn

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Dr. John Goodson, MGH primary care advocate who distilled his work into poems, dies at 76

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Jo Ann Bass, matriarch of Joe's Stone Crab in Miami Beach, dies at 94

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