Zika outbreak a global emergency, WHO says

The World Health Organization called the explosive spread of the virus in the Americas an ?extraordinary event.?

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The US representative has sponsored legislation increasing the penalties for ?swatting.? On Sunday, she believes she was a target herself.

Workers removed a Toyota RAV-4 that police say was involved in a Monday morning incident in which two people were struck in Chinatown, with one of them being dragged to Dorchester.

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Driver charged after allegedly hitting couple, dragging woman for miles

Police say a vehicle struck a couple in Chinatown and dragged a woman three miles to Dorchester.

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In an interview with BBC Radio?s ?Desert Island Discs,? the Microsoft cofounder said he was ?fanatical? in his early days at the company.

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The child was hospitalized and in Department of Children and Families custody.

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Live updates: 2016 Beanpot Tournament

Boston College faces Harvard and Boston University faces Northeastern in the first round. Here?s the latest from TD Garden.

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz (top L) applauds after Arden Jurskis (L) and Kenzy Peach (R) were just engaged to be married in front of Cruz, at a campaign rally in Des Moines, Iowa January 31, 2015. REUTERS/Jim Young

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Emerson students say they faked engagement at Cruz rally

They didn?t really get engaged at a Ted Cruz rally. But the country ? and Ted Cruz ? thinks they did.

Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton (left) and Bernie Sanders made frantic, last-minute appeals to Iowa voters in the final hours before Monday night?s caucuses.

Clinton, Sanders look for liftoff in Iowa?s caucuses

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders made frantic, last-minute appeals to Iowa voters in the final hours before Monday?s caucuses.

The Sanders campaign is hoping for high turnout for the caucus.

Iowa snowstorm likely to spare campaigns

A major snowstorm is scheduled to arrive as caucuses are winding down late in the evening.

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Maria Stephanos lands at Channel 5

WCVB confirmed that Stephanos will co-anchor the news with Ed Harding at 7 and 11 p.m.

Mookie Betts (left) and Xander Bogaerts in September.

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What?s next for Red Sox? young core of players?

At age 22, Xander Bogaerts and Mookie Betts posted impressive stats, but will they continue to improve or regress in 2016?

Louis C.K. wrote, directed, and stars in ?Horace and Pete.?

Television review

Glasses half-empty in C.K.?s barroom drama 'Horace and Pete?

The show is definitely not a comedy, even by the new standards that C.K. has helped to create.

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?I will not stand by while this board fabricates reasons to justify my termination,? Margaret McKenna wrote.

Ground Game

Ground Game

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The state?s results can yield clues on how a candidate might be able to perform in other states later on the calendar.

The Big Picture

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Zika virus spreading in Latin America

The virus has spread rapidly, transforming from a little-known ailment to an international public health concern.

Globe investigations

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A look at high-impact investigations from The Boston Globe, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning report on abuse in the Catholic Church.

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Drivers in Boston are getting a new way to settle their parking tickets with a smartphone.

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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Crux

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The meeting marked the first time ranian President Hassan Rouhani has visited the West since a landmark nuclear agreement with Iran last year.

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