The Trump era begins

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The luxury hotel has become the new gathering place for the GOP in D.C.

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Inauguration underway

The president-elect is at the US Capitol.

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Protesters who had promised to shut down D.C. were successful at several security checkpoints.

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A look at Trump?s jam-packed transition period

The stretch between Donald Trump?s election and his inauguration did not exactly provide a lull in the political action.

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As President Obama leaves office, a generation of black youth confront the paradox of his historic ascension and the start of the Trump era.

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Miss Conduct

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Plus, she can?t stop complaining about her ?evil? daughter-in-law.

Dinner With Cupid

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Is romance the right prescription for this pharmacy tech and doctor?s assistant?

Women?s March on Washington

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The volunteers come from different backgrounds, but they all share a desire to stand together for equality and dignity.

AFC Championship: Steelers at Patriots

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The Texans had success Saturday, and Pittsburgh knows the blueprint to slowing down Tom Brady.

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A bug is going around Pittsburgh?s locker room, but Mike Tomlin said, ?we?ll be ready to play.?

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Officials investigated the scene of a cruiser that caught fire in South Boston Friday.

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?A deliberate act?: Device detonated near police cruiser

The Joint Terrorism Task Force will assist Boston police in the investigation.

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An 87-year-old woman and her 90-year-old husband were last seen driving a 2006 Toyota Camry Thursday morning.

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The change comes after one of the guards was accused of beating a disabled homeless man with his own cane.

Business

Scott Kirsner | INNOVATION ECONOMY

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Gen9 illuminates how difficult it can be to turn bleeding-edge science into a sustainable business.

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GE is looking to regain momentum after constrained growth in 2016.

Arts

THINGS TO DO

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The Globe?s picks for the best ways to spend your weekend.

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Opinion & Ideas

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/01/20/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi-1890.jpg The last gasp of a bitter campaign

Trump supporters cross paths with Obama loyalists, and their contempt for each other dominates the atmosphere in Washington.

Special reports

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A tale of young love drove a son on an eye-opening journey. And in the process, a musical legacy that was all but lost has been found, and a life revealed.

Life sciences

STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.

Investigations

The Desperate and the Dead | Part 7

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One Texas city took on mental health as a community and became a national model. Why can?t Mass. do the same?

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.

Politics

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Treasury Secretary-designate Steven Mnuchin testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Issues of riches trip up picks, but few may be denied

Problems of fabulous wealth seem almost part and parcel to the confirmation struggles of a Trump government that would be filled with billionaires and multimillionaires.