Hingham man detained by Iran returns home
Matthew Trevithick left Logan International Airport Sunday evening with his mother, Amelia Newcomb, after being freed from an Iranian prison.

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After 40 days in a notorious Iranian prison, Matthew Trevithick walked through the international arrivals door at Logan Sunday evening.

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In recent statements to the Globe, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan says she is still considering her options.

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Republicans blame Governor Dannel Malloy?s tax policies for the company?s move to Boston.

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GE?s planned move to Boston leaves some wondering who will buy the current Conn. site, and if this is the start of an exodus from the area.

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Think GE, and you probably imagine jet engines and lightbulbs. But marketers see a media empire in the making.

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Region under advisory as snow falls overnight

Greater Boston is under a winter weather advisory as a storm carrying up to 4 inches of accumulating snow moves through.

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More than 270 youths have escaped from Department of Youth Services facilities in the last four years.

High court will hear clinic case tied to Mass. death

The US Supreme Court has agreed to review a case brought by the parents of a deceased Mass. teen against Universal Health Services.

Investigation into Waltham deaths continues

Two people were found dead Saturday at a Forest Street home after police made a well-being check.

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders during the Democratic debate in Charleston, South Carolina.

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Clinton, Sanders spar on guns, health care

The exchanges focused far more on policy differences between the top two candidates than the previous debates.

In this April 3, 1968 file photo, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made his last public appearance at the Mason Temple in Memphis, Tenn.

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A better way to honor Martin Luther King

Our schools should also help bring students together across district lines.

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Several parents with children in the embattled district plan to protest the job Marty Walsh has done on public education.

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US officials can provide up to $5 million in aid to help provide water and filters for up to 90 days.

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UFC holds Fight Night at TD Garden

UFC, the bloodiest of pro sports, brought some of the world?s best mixed martial artists to the Causeway Street octagon.

Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning (left) and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.

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It?s Patriots-Broncos, Brady-Manning for AFC title

Next Sunday will be the fourth postseason meeting between the star quarterbacks (Brady has the edge at 2-1).

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Beyond GE?s relocation, Eric Rosengren cited a low regional unemployment rate and an influx of young workers eager to live here.

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The Patriots, 0-2 at Denver in the postseason, could have avoided this trip by winning their regular-seasson finale.

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Journalism drama ??Spotlight?? picked up the Best Acting Ensemble prize at the Critics? Choice Awards on Sunday night.

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The BBC and BuzzFeed News say secret files exposed evidence of widespread suspected match-fixing at the top level of world tennis.

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If the International Atomic Energy Agency certifies that Iran has lived up to its side of the bargain, the United States and its allies must hold up their end as well.

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Thanks to the Democratic National Committee?s schedule, debate viewership will not be even close to what it could have been.

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Norman Smith and his granddaughters released a snowy owl at Salisbury Beach State Reservation.

Snowy owl released at Salisbury Beach

Aisling Brady McCarthy and her husband, Don, back in Ireland.

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Irish nanny moves on after murder charges dropped
For 19 months ? through a ferocious winter ? Murphy wouldn?t return.

Missing dog spurs Vt. town to action
Danny Amendola was flagged for unnecessary roughness for a block he put on Jamell Fleming.

Belichick takes issue with unnecessary roughness penalty

UFC President Dana White speaks at a news conference after the UFC 177 mixed martial arts event in Sacramento, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

UFC FIGHT NIGHT | 8:30 p.m. (FS1)

UFC president Dana White has deep bond with Boston
John Barros is Boston?s chief of economic development.

From ?Mr. Mayor? hopeful to ?Mr. GE?
Two odor plumes (blue and red) are released at separate locations upstream of the image area.

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What?s that smell? Figuring out how animals navigate with their noses.
?Most people don?t give a second thought to a porta potty, but they can make or break an event,? Paul Cogan said.

ON THE JOB

Portable toilets are flush with stories
Tom Brady and Bill Belichick are headed to their fifth straight AFC title game.

PATRIOTS NOTEBOOK
Boston University is selling the playhouse where the Huntington Theatre group is based.

Investment group is front-runner to buy BU Theatre
Steven Syre, a former Globe business columnist, spoke to a customer at his new business, The Foodsmith, in Duxbury last month.

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Applying 20 years of business lessons
The state inspector general says the transportation department has failed to take into account fluctuations in the price of asphalt, resulting in over- and underpayments to contractors, or to periodically test the quality of contractors? materials.

Starts & Stops

State criticized for paving contracts

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FOXBORO, MA - JANUARY 16: Head coach Andy Reid of the Kansas City Chiefs looks on in the first quarter against the New England Patriots during the AFC Divisional Playoff Game at Gillette Stadium on January 16, 2016 in Foxboro, Massachusetts. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

Chiefs say they had headset issue during game at Gillette

Coach Andy Reid said there was a headset problem in the first half, though they worked fine in the crucial final minutes.

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The Annual Launch and Project 351 Service Day to Honor Dr. Martin Luther King was held at Faneuil Hall.

Eighth-graders honor MLK with day of service

Nearly 400 students from across the state came together Saturday to volunteer at six sites across the Boston area.

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Danielle McNamara displays a Eurasian eagle-owl at Animal Adventures in Bolton.

SUBURBAN HANDBOOK: WINTER BLUES?

Feeling stir crazy? Time for adventure

Here are cool activities to check out with the kids ? and hot destinations for a grown-up night on the town.

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Shane Hague waited for Donald Trump in Portsmouth, N.H.

Despite hosting Trump, Scott Brown still neutral on N.H. primary

The former US senator has not said who he will endorse in the upcoming election.

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Could a self-driving car ever work in New England?s snow?

Ford is testing its self-driving tech in wintry conditions in Michigan.

Columnists

Last year?s opening of the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building, on the site of the long-vacant Ferdinand building, ushered in a new era in Dudley Square.

Yvonne Abraham

In Dudley Square, anxious residents await the boom
Bernie Sanders in Burlington City Hall in 1981, six months after he was elected mayor.

DANTE RAMOS

Bernie Sanders and big-government urbanism
Fidelity Investments CEO Abigail Johnson is the sole woman with the Massachusetts Competitive Partnership group.

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Skirting the old-boy network, updated

It can be hard to live in the moment when last winter?s record snowfall still haunts.

Beverly Beckham

In dreadful winter, distraction is the key
Cardinals reliever Mitch Harris completed his duties with the US Navy before making his major league debut in 2015 at age 29. Harris will receive the Tony C. Award at this year?s Boston Baseball Writers dinner.

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Ex-Navy lieutenant put into service by Cardinals
Natalicia Tracy with her dissertation.

THOMAS FARRAGHER

From domestic servitude to doctoral candidate
Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida, participated in the Republican presidential primary debate on Thursday.

Michael A. Cohen

Rubio, Christie, and Bush fight for scraps
Marty Walsh?s proposal would require most high-level employees to live in the city but contains enough exemptions to infuriate residency zealots.

Adrian Walker

Walsh searches for elusive compromise on residency
The Republican presidential candidates took the stage before Thursday night?s debate.

SCOT LEHIGH

The Darwinian desperation debate
Donald Trump attended the Republican presidential debate Thursday night.

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Trump the big winner of the debate
Tight-lipped press conferences are a Bill Belichick staple.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Bill Belichick pitches another defensive shutout
From left: Suffolk Construction chief executive John Fish, Vertex Pharmaceuticals CEO Jeffrey Leiden, and former Raytheon CEO Bill Swanson.

Yvonne Abraham

Elite business group needs to add diversity

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FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2015 file photo, comedian Bill Cosby performs at the Buell Theater in Denver. An ex-prosecutor is expected to testify that he promised Cosby would never be charged over a Pennsylvania sex-assault complaint, but a judge must decide if that constitutes an immunity deal. Then-District Attorney Bruce Castor will be a key defense witness at a Feb. 2 hearing to determine if the case is thrown out. The defense argues that prosecutors who arrested Cosby last month unfairly used his deposition testimony from the accuser's 2005 lawsuit against him. Castor supports their position. But new District Attorney Kevin Steele says there's no evidence of a signed immunity agreement. And accuser Andrea Constand's lawyer says she doesn't know of one. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Ex-DA set to testify on Cosby?s behalf

Former prosecutor Bruce Castor will be a key witness for the defense over what Cosby?s lawyers have called a ??non-prosecution agreement.??

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From left: Patriots owner Robert Kraft, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, and General Electric chief executive Jeffrey R. Immelt were on the sidelines before Saturday?s game.

Bob Kraft hosts GE?s Jeff Immelt at Patriots game

The General Electric chief was at Saturday?s playoff game against the Chiefs in Foxborough.

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?SNL? pays tribute to David Bowie

?David Bowie transformed whatever space he was in, whatever medium he was using and, that night for me, he transformed live television,? said comedian Fred Armisen.

Travel

On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Fathers, sons take road trip into history of the South

A friend, based in New York, suggests a Southern road trip. Brilliant prospect! Sure, why not?

The Big Picture

Peugeot?s French driver Stephane Peterhansel and co-driver Jean Paul Cottret compete during the seventh stage of the Dakar Rally 2016 from Uyuni, Bolivia to Salta, Argentina on Jan. 9. (Marcos Brindicci/AFP/Getty Images)

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Dakar Rally 2016

The 13-stage Dakar Rally is traveling through Argentina and Bolivia via motorcycle, quad bike, car, or truck over extreme terrain.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

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?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

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A new video game from Framingham?s Disruptor Beam Inc. lets people play as any ?Star Trek? character.

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These visits are always special, given that arguably no Jewish community has felt the sting of Catholic opprobrium more than the one in Rome.

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