Weather

In Boston, the first flakes start to fall

Snow will gradually spread across the region on Tuesday morning, according to forecasters.

National Weather Service

A soft snow started coming down in the city shortly after 5 a.m. That was only the beginning of what promised to be a blockbuster storm.

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Expect snow, wind, and high water throughout the day.

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Schools around the region are deciding to cancel classes for Tuesday as a late-winter nor?easter bears down on New England.

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The Trump administration

Hugo, 22, a Guatemalan immigrant worker, spread lime while preparing fresh bedding for the cows at Stein Family Farms in Caledonia, N.Y.

Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

Amid Trump?s immigration crackdown, there?s fear on farms

Migrant labor is essential to the dairy farmers in Western New York, where workers are afraid to go shopping because they worry about being apprehended.

Caroline Bays (center) was among those penning postcards to President Trump last week at First Parish Watertown, a Unitarian-Universalist congregation.

President Trump might get a blizzard of postcards soon

A protest movement ? dubbed #TheIdesofTrump ? encourages Trump critics to send postcards en masse on March 15.

Sports

Brandon Carlo (left) and Brad Marchand celebrated Marchand?s second goal of the game.

BRUINS 6, CANUCKS 3

Brad Marchand hat trick rallies Bruins past Canucks

Marchand had three third-period goals in guiding Boston to its third straight win.

Business

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It?s a business relationship that outlasted ownership changes, office relocations, and chief executive departures.

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Changing the clocks brings grumbles in New England, as ?falling back? in the wintertime means sunsets as early as 4 p.m.

Older, low-income Americans hit hard by GOP health plan

The report issued by the Congressional Budget Office was immediately dismissed by Republicans.

House Speaker Paul Ryan discussed the Republican health care bill last week.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

Here?s what the GOP may do next on health care

Republicans have three basic options in responding to the Congressional Budget Office?s assessment of their plan to replace Obamacare.

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Would Mass. residents lose health coverage under GOP plan? Yes.

About 300,000 people would lose coverage in Massachusetts by 2026, an advocacy group estimated.

The UMass trustees have decided to reduce the authority of J. Keith Motley as chancellor of the Boston campus.

Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff/file 2017

UMass Boston chancellor?s authority is diluted amid campus financial woes

The campus is facing a budget deficit, declining enrollment, overdue construction projects, and weakening fund-raising.

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The transit agency said it would eliminate all weekend commuter rail service and many paratransit trips for a year to save cash.

KEVIN CULLEN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/cullen-10360.jpg A man?s personal experience with corporate heartlessness

Don Davis doesn?t want to ruin the people who gave the orders. But he wants to put the corporation on trial.

The Boston Fish Pier is still an active spot, with many processors and dealers. It also draws visitors, as during the above seafood festival.

Globe photo/file

Boston Fish Pier in line for historical designation

State officials have taken a step to help ensure the Pier?s industrial character doesn?t sink in the development waves.

Sponsored by Rockland Trust

Bigger ships are presenting bigger business opportunities at Boston Harbor

On the shores of larger infrastructure projects, Boston?s commercial harbors are doing what it takes to compete with the country?s busiest ports.

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Munch Madness

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Vote in our March Madness- style bracket to pick the most universally loved local place to eat.

Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | Martin J. Walsh and Kate Walsh

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The proposed replacement for the Affordable Care Act would hurt Boston?s economy and cost us jobs.

Newsletters

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Our weekly digest on buying, selling, and design, with expert advice and insider neighborhood knowledge.

Special reports

SPOTLIGHT FOLLOW-UP

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New York authorities are probing how a famed prostate specialist manages his vast patient load.

Investigations

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If you have been a victim or witnessed a hate incident, share your information here so we can investigate.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/13/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Meier.jpg A doctor rejects medicine?s ?self-righteous? approach to death

Dr. Diane Meier has been critical about our culture?s increasing focus on discussing and accepting death.