Patriots officially list Tom Brady as ?questionable? for Sunday

Brady, who was limited in practice Friday, said, ?We?ll see,? when asked if he was ready to play.

Nestor Ramos

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This is far from the first time in history we?ve all been fixated on a particularly notable set of digits.

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The high court will decide the legality of Trump?s latest ban on residents of six majority-Muslim countries.

Ground Game

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Members of Congress are taking their cues from their constituents back home.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/19/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/907184062.jpg Blame game, but no agreement after Trump, Schumer meet

Republicans and Democrats in Congress and the White House traded blame as the increasingly likely shutdown loomed.

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A 48 percent plurality says Trump and congressional Republicans are mainly responsible.

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/19/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/b73f21ec-e194-11e7-89e8-edec16379010.jpg Ousted Trump adviser Omarosa signs with Mass. speakers firm

In a yet-to-be-announced deal, Omarosa Manigault Newman has joined American Programs Bureau, a top booking firm headquartered in Newton.

This season, the flu is already the most widespread nationally since public health authorities began tracking it more than a dozen years ago.

With flu hospitalizations up again, MGH turns to Gatorade in place of IVs

With significant numbers of extra patients showing up recently with flu-like illnesses, it has stretched the hospital thin.

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She called the abuse of gymnasts by their team doctor the ?worst epidemic of sexual abuse in the history of sports.?

Senator Elizabeth Warren says now, as she has from the first days of her public life, that she based her assertions about her heritage on her reasonable trust in what she was told about her ancestry as a child.

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Elizabeth Warren?s Native American problem goes beyond politics

There?s a ghost haunting Elizabeth Warren: her enduring and undocumented claims of Native American ancestry.

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Jackie Bradley Jr. On Yankees' Splashy Offseason: 'Paper Doesn't Win Ballgames'

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KEVIN CULLEN

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The promise of this pontiff died in Santiago, Chile, this week when he slandered victims of sexual abuse.

?As a book lover, my heart goes out to him,? Stephen King told the Bangor Daily News about the destruction at Gerald Winters?s book shop. ?I will eventually reach out and see if I can help in any way.?

Stephen King?s ?heart sinks? when he thinks of manuscripts damaged by flooding

Stephen King said he was ?horrified? when he heard the news.

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Since the team does not play until Sunday, it will probably wait to finalize the deal so it can get maximum value out of the move.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/16/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/CelticsKids210a.jpg Here?s why Jaylen Brown is rooting for the Jaguars

The Celtics guard said ?I hope my cousin picks off [Tom] Brady three times and takes it to the house.?

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It?s a quick read, competently done, and it does not fundamentally change our thinking about Hernandez.

Former President Obama was out to dinner and a show Wednesday.

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No, Obama wasn?t playing HQ Wednesday night

It was Michelle?s birthday, and the former president was out to dinner and saw a play.

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A nonprofit is teaming up with NASA to honor the New Hampshire teacher killed in the Challenger explosion.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/KatieSimko_20playlights03_met.jpg When the lights went out at this school play, the audience lit the stage with their phones

The student actors never skipped a beat, continuing their theatrics in the pitch black ? then help from the audience arrived.

Panera Bread is petitioning the FDA to standardize the definition of egg.

What?s in an egg? Maybe more than you think, Panera says in new campaign

Panera introduces new sandwich and with it, challenges to the definition of the word ?egg.?

Opinion & Ideas

Opinion

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One year after Trump upended the political world, 10 experts grapple with his presidency.

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Special reports

Abdulkader Hayani put his daughter Ameenah to bed.

The Last Refugee: A three-part series

A series of occasional articles on the Syrian refugee families resettling here, and the local people assisting them.

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STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/19/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Exercise%20brain.jpg Experts clash on whether hitting the gym helps the brain

The disagreement sheds light on a deep ideological schism between equally respected experts about what constitutes proof.

Real Estate

What your money rents in Cambridgeport

A sampling of the market in this neighborhood between Harvard and MIT includes a condo with high ceilings and an apartment with river views.

Cars

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The Tesla Model 3 is making an East Coast debut in Boston

Here?s likely your first chance to get an up-close look at Tesla?s newest sedan: The Model 3 is making its public East Coast debut following its West Coast debut last week. The car will be on display Friday at the Tesla showroom on Boylston Street in Boston as well as at Tesla?s Manhattan Meatpacking location [?]