Government shutdown drags on as partisans dig in

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Except for the furiously pointing fingers, Congress moved sluggishly through the first day of a federal shutdown Saturday.

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A Senate showdown vote on a Republican plan for ending the federal shutdown is on track to occur by early Monday.

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Attractions operated by the federal government closed Saturday after Congress failed to pass a budget bill, forcing a government shutdown.

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Ethics probe barely alive, as those who spoke up fear Senate reprisals

Only one of the four men who made assault and harassment allegations against the husband of state Senator Stan Rosenberg has spoken to investigators.

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

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Prominent Russian business leaders and activists attended inaugural festivities, mingling at balls and receptions.

12/24/2017 BOSTON, MA Cardinal Se?n O'Malley (cq) offered a blessing during the Christmas Eve Luncheon held at the Pine Street Inn in Boston. (Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe)

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Cardinal O?Malley speaks out against pope?s comment to sex abuse victims in Chile

Cardinal Sean O?Malley issued a strongly worded statement reproaching Pope Francis over comments he made in Chile.

Starts & Stops

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A study of a possible extension of the Lowell line to Manchester and Concord has a surprising new champion.

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Middle school students used engineering skills to create model cities as part of DiscoverE?s Future City regional competition.

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In the books he wrote, Lester often stepped back to examine his life and the complicated politics of race and religion.

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Tom Brady injured his throwing hand during practice on Wednesday.

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Tom Brady will play in AFC Championship game

The Patriots aren?t expecting ?any major problems? with Brady?s injured hand, a league source confirmed Saturday night.

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In the eyes of NFL America, we are the Evil Empire. And we don?t particularly care.

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The team brought in quick studies who listened, rookies proved themselves up to the challenge, and a pair of veterans held it all together.

BEN VOLIN I ON FOOTBALL

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This game hasn?t gotten as much attention as previous Patriots championship games, thanks to Brady?s hand injury.

A women?s march and rally drew thousands to Cambridge Common on Saturday.

One year later, thousands gather for second Boston women?s march

In the Boston area and across the country, demonstrators marched in support of women?s rights and other issues.

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Activists are returning to the streets a year after millions of people rallied worldwide for women?s rights.

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Thousands of people turned out for marches in cities throughout the United States and elsewhere around the world. And they brought their signs.

Tami Gouveia, 43, of Acton; Lucy Lyman, 17, of Cambridge; Linda Sopheap Sou, 34; Lianna Kushi, 33, of Lowell (seated with her baby, Ella Kushi-Pouv); Nicole LaGuerre, of Acton (standing in back); Yvonne Spicer,  55, of Framingham; Stephanie Martins, 29, of Everett; and Sumbul Siddiqui, 29, of Cambridge.

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A year after the Women?s March, what?s changed?

It was a year that brought women a dizzying array of almost daily humiliations and vindications.

Bruins 4, Canadiens 1

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David Pastrnak scored his 19th and 20th goals of the season in Boston?s third win over Montreal in eight days.

Kevin Paul Dupont | On Second Thought

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A century after the World Series title of that year, a lot has changed, but something is very much the same.

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The former Patriot was the Houston Texans? defensive coordinator.

Commentary

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Leave it to Kanye and Kim Kardashian West to put their own spin on the Friday afternoon news dump.

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A man who was driving a tractor-trailer filled with shampoo on I-91 Saturday was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Why did Seth Moulton, a consistent critic of President Trump, vote to continue a controversial government surveillance program?

Opinion

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

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The new rules appear to open the way for a doctor or nurse to turn away a transgender individual with a broken arm.

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

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