In early going, governor’s race in flux

About halfway through the Democratic caucuses, roughly 50 percent of the delegates are publicly uncommitted.

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After at least 26 people were killed, and amid the threat of a military crackdown, the government and protest leaders said they would negotiate.

President Obama met with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, center, and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Toluca, Mexico.

Obama meets with leaders of Canada, Mexico

A number of topics were on the agenda during the one-day summit, from trade to immigration to the proposed Keystone pipeline.

Economists say Mass. rebound may have legs

The state economy fared better than expected in 2013, offering signs the state is shedding the after-effects of the financial crisis.

Facebook to buy text service WhatsApp for $19b

WhatsApp is used by more than 450 million people each day, and the acquisition is Facebook’s biggest so far.

Boston College players celebrated after defeating Syracuse.

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BC shocks No. 1 Syracuse

Boston College defeated previously unbeaten and No. 1-ranked Syracuse in overtime at the Carrier Dome.

A Russian hockey fan lingers in the empty seats of Bolshoy Ice Dome after Russia lost Finland. A. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

2014 winter olympics

Russian fans take this hockey loss very hard

Being eliminated on home ice, without a medal, was crushing in a land where hockey is paramount.

“All of the textiles come from just experimenting,” says designer Lindsay Degen (pictured in her studio in Brooklyn, N.Y.) about the different looks in her line of knitwear clothes.

Lindsay Degen, knitwear’s rising star

The designer perfected her craft at RISD, and now her whimsical and eccentric designs helped kick off New York Fashion Week.

From left: Jake Berger,  Marya Lowry, Arthur Waldstein, and Steven Barkhimer.

Stage Review

A sensitive and illuminating ‘Cherry Orchard’

In her exquisite production of “The Cherry Orchard’’ at Actors’ Shakespeare Project, director Melia Bensussen allows us to contemplate human nature.

Opinion

Haider Javed Warraich

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The roots of the heroin epidemic are clear: It is strongly related to the spread of prescription drug abuse.

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