Russian troops tightened their grip in Crimea while the West warned of diplomatic and economic penalties.
opinion | Stephen Kinzer
This crisis is in part the result of a zero-sum calculation that has shaped US policy toward Moscow since the Cold War.
Just over 1 percent of babies born in Mass. hospitals were early elective deliveries in 2013, down from 15 percent in 2010.
Police said the victim, the seventh heroin death in the community this year, is the son of a former police captain.
A large doctors group in Newburyport went back to Beth Israel just two years after jumping to rival Steward Health Care.
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The hats the author collected over the years are outlandish, exotic, and, when gathered together, could leave your mind “frightfully ga-fluppted.”
ON FOOTBALL
The magic word for the Patriots is “value,” and in their eyes, the franchise tag with Talib or Edelman didn’t have much of it.
Winter olympics notes
An American and a Korean who both competed for the Russians helped the host country win the medal count in Sochi.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
Musings on analytics in sports, Red Sox spring training, ESPN’s obsession with the NFL, and even the Academy Awards.
opinion | Hannah Thoburn
Crimea’s mixed loyaltiesEthnic Russians have deep ties to the region, while native Tatars remember Josef Stalin’s deportations.
Lavarnway hasn’t given up on being a catcher, but learning a new position can only increase his opportunities to play.
A Catholic school pulled a float from the city’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade as a gay rights group pushed for people to be able to march “openly and honestly.”
The double-amputee Olympic runner is charged with killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in 2013.
Wealthy environmentalists are pushing Democrats to take bolder positions on climate change.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 153 points as tensions build over Russia’s military presence in the Ukraine.
The fine French string quartet performed its Celebrity Series concert on Friday at Jordan Hall.
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