MBTA chief stands by her agency

MBTA General Manager Beverly Scott was fiery in her responses to questions about T operations in the wake of recent storms.

Following the governor?s blunt criticism over extensive delay, MBTA General Manager Beverly Scott delivered a spirited response.

Beverly Scott, general manager of the MBTA, was often fiery in her response to questions about T operations and her performance Tuesday.

THOMAS FARRAGHER

Firing MBTA chief over storm is not a fix

If MBTA general manager Beverly Scott has a bull?s-eye on her back, she hasn?t acted like it.

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The MBTA?s winter difficulties have posed a sharp problem for Charlie Baker only weeks after becoming governor.

An ambulance traveled on I-93 toward Boston Tuesday.

Boston hospitals battle to get patients out, staff in

Boston hospital administrators labored to keep their doors open, hobbled by a stranded workforce and patients unable to get home.

Where are we going to put it?

Boston looking for ideas on snow disposal

Officials are asking the public to conjure up creative ways to dispose of what?s left on the ground ? and fast.

Maybe it?s the snow, but crime is down in Boston in 2015

Community activists and police said the snow has helped lead to a 34 percent drop in major crimes so far this year.

 Quinlan O?Malley, 9, and his brother, Mason, 5, (top) of Newton slid down the giant snowbanks lining Quincy Market on Tuesday.

Educators scramble for ways to make up lost time

Snow has already stretched the school year until the end of June in Boston, and the Evacuation Day and Bunker Hill Day holidays have been canceled.

Firefighters from Engine 3 work to dig out a fire hydrant on Albany Street.

Joanne Rathe/Globe Staff

Digging out hydrants is firefighters? new ritual

There?s more than 13,000 fire hydrants in the city that Boston firefighters have dug out before and will dig out again. And again. And again.

Members of the Mass. National Guard helped with snow removal in Weymouth Tuesday night.

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Mass. National Guard works to remove snow

The National Guard?s mission was to clear ?critical assets? such as roads and fire hydrants for local towns.

Empty cubicles, as at Boston Business Printing on Tuesday in Boston, place a strain on businesses. Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Winter storms impose high costs for business

Unless you sell groceries or rock salt, the past three weeks have been a tough time to do business in Massachusetts.

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Ben Volin | On football

Patriots? offseason to be about core players

The Patriots probably won?t go on a spending spree the way they did last year.

Stars 5, Bruins 3

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The Stars scored two unassisted shorthanded goals in the game.

Jon Stewart said he would step down as host of ?The Daily Show? later this year.

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Critic?s Notebook

Jon Stewart shaped cultural attitudes of a generation

Stewart influenced political and cultural views with some of the brainiest satire that television has seen.

Bill seeks details of Olympic expenses

Two lawmakers are pushing for financial disclosure requirements on all expenditures associated with the Boston?s Olympic bid.

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The move by prosecutors does not necessarily mean Shayanna Jenkins will testify in the murder trial.

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The network suspended Williams for misleading the public about his experiences covering the Iraq War, it said.

The Big Picture

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Big Picture

Portraits of conflict in Ukraine

Photographers captured the lives of soldiers and civilians on both sides of the Ukrainian conflict.