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Forecast | Ken Mahan -- 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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OBITUARY - Tina Packer, who brought the Bard to life for audiences in Lenox and beyond, dies at 87 - She founded Shakespeare & Company and championed a more visceral, less mannered approach to performing and interpreting Shakespeare's works.

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Protesters in Boston condemn immigration crackdown in wake of Minnesota killing -- Two protests were scheduled to happen in Boston on Saturday afternoon.

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New video of fatal Minnesota ICE shooting, from officer's perspective, brings fresh scrutiny -- The Minneapolis killing and a separate shooting in Portland, Oregon, a day later by the Border Patrol have set off protests in multiple cities.

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Patriots defensive tackle Khyiris Tonga ruled out for Sunday night's playoff game against the Chargers

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Chad Finn | Sports Media -- This time around, network sports honchos take staggering NFL ratings in stride

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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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A construction worker's suicide in Massachusetts highlights a wider crisis -- A beloved and respected construction worker in Raynham ended his life, putting a spotlight on the rigors that workers in that industry face.

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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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Boston suspends Allston bar's liquor license after repeated underage drinking violations -- Members of the Boston Licensing Board sharply criticized the bar's management, with one saying the owner "might be deliberately catering to underage clientele."

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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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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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Former Boston police officer files complaint against BPD leaders for being fired over Jan. 6 posts

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Johnny Damon, Jon Lester among four inducted into Red Sox Hall of Fame

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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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Sign up for Season 3 of Winter Soup Club

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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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IDEAS -- Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

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All this is mine? -- The US Postal Service delivered every single one of the 15,358 gift boxes to Greater Boston families who requested gifts, and they all arrived in time for Christmas.

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NFL -- Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford beats out the Patriots' Drake Maye for spot on AP All-Pro Team -- Stafford received 31 first-place votes to Maye's 18. The Patriots' Marcus Jones earned All-Pro second-team honors as the punt returner.

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Former quarterback Matt Ryan to lead search for Falcons' new coach and GM as president of football -- The Atlanta Falcons have named former longtime quarterback Matt Ryan to the newly created role of president of football.

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Jim McBride | Sunday hockey notes -- For Bruins defenseman Nikita Zadorov, and other Russian hockey players, the Olympics will have to wait

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Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes -- Trae Young's fallout in Atlanta could definitely be a boon for a young, rising Wizards squad

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Ben Volin | Sunday football notes -- Trying to make some sense out of the NFL's coaching carousel

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Protests in Iran near the 2-week mark as authorities intensify crackdown on demonstrators

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'It just didn't feel real': Why are younger people getting colon cancer?

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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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DINNER WITH CUPID -- Blind date: 'They sat the wrong person at the table and so I had a good laugh'

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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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Trump is waging war on Democrat-led states

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Driver charged in death of art collector John Axelrod to seek insanity defense

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

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Making the World Series was just the beginning for the new-look Blue Jays

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Spurs at Celtics preview: Boston welcomes Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio to TD Garden

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Charting the global economy: US employers stay cautious on hires

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Charting the global economy: US employers stay cautious on hires

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

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Anti-ICE protesters assemble across the US after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland, Oregon

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FBI inquiry into ICE shooting faces doubts after White House remarks

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Congress is reversing Trump's steep budget cuts to science

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Bird flu viruses raise mounting concerns among scientists

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Canine prodigies can develop vocabularies like toddlers

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Supporters press for a DC memorial to Thomas Paine, whose writings helped fuel the Revolutionary War

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Trump eyes Greenland, and Europe figures its best bet is a negotiation

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Video shows armed men beating a Palestinian in the Israeli-occupied West Bank

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Judges stripped by Trump of Amazon and Gmail

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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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The maternal death of a Black maternal health advocate

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Scientists find new clues to why female fertility declines with age

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The best time to date on apps? Maybe it's when you're too busy.

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Don't be an Ashley Tisdale. How to avoid toxic mom friends.

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Brooksy's brings pizza, beer, and good cheer to Belmont Center

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Si Cara opens in South Boston; First Watch brings brunch to Back Bay

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Five simple, healthful recipes anyone can make (really)

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Need some thermal pampering? It's a new era of wellness in Banff National Park.

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It's a great year to go play in the snow

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I climbed a glacier-topped volcano . . . and survived!

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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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Local bestsellers for the week ended Jan. 4

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The best local book events this week

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

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2026 Golden Globes: How to watch and everything you need to know

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Want your vintage MTV? There's an app for that.

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At Vibrato Bar, singers perform 'classical karaoke' without formalities

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K-pop might win at the Grammys for the first time

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Bruno Mars to make Gillette Stadium debut as part of new 'Romantic Tour'

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For professional ballet dancers, pursuing motherhood can still feel risky

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How do you solve a problem like 'The Sound of Music'?

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Senator Markey, public health officials condemn new HHS child vaccine recommendations

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Glenn Hall, pathbreaking all-star hockey goalie, dies at 94

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Aldrich Ames, CIA turncoat who helped the Soviets, dies

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