A brief government shutdown ended early Friday morning after the House narrowly voted to support a massive bipartisan two-year budget deal.
L.L. Bean dropping its unlimited returns policy L.L. Bean?s generous return policy is going to be a little less forgiving: The company is now imposing a one-year limit on most returns to reduce growing abuse and fraud.
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They are Boston?s walking wounded ? mothers, friends, and witnesses left traumatized in neighborhoods rattled by gun violence.
Uber settles driverless car lawsuit with Waymo for $245 million Waymo alleged that one of its senior engineers hatched a plan in 2015 with Uber for him to steal over 14,000 proprietary files.
Students miss field trip to learn about federal budget ? because of federal budget The impasse on Capitol Hill came to an end Friday morning, but it was too late for students from around the state who had to cancel the planned event at JFK Library.
Renée Graham
#MeToo comes for the jerks The movement expands, holding narcissists like Quentin Tarantino accountable for their deeds.
KEVIN CULLEN
Maybe someday the scales will fall from their eyes I still deeply admire the good, ordinary priests and nuns who work with the poor, visit the sick, and try to emulate Jesus. As for those self-regarding bureaucrats at corporate headquarters in Vatican City, well, I couldn?t care less.
This year?s flu is pitting family members against each other No one ever wants to catch the flu. But this year, the stakes feel even higher.
WBUR plans to build hub for events, visual journalism, debates The multimedia space on the Boston University campus will host live radio programs and other events ? possibly by the end of the year.
ON THE JOB
You may need to make a date with this millennial ?love coach? Licensed mental health therapist Samantha Burns has rebranded herself as an expert on a generation?s relationship habits.
4, including Framingham officer, injured in crash The police officer was flown by helicopter to UMass Memorial Medical Center.
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The Winter Olympics open Friday in PyeongChang with a gala ceremony meant to showcase South Korea?s rise from poverty and war into one of Asia?s most modern nations.
Tara Sullivan
When will USOC really address the Larry Nassar case? Maybe it was always too much to expect satisfactory answers from the USOC members about the ongoing fallout of the Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal.
Cold opening: The shirtless Tongan is back at the Olympics Pita Taufatofua competed in taekwondo in Rio, and is in South Korea competing in cross-country skiing.
Hingham?s Merryweather is in the Olympics Alice Merryweather had planned to spend the Olympics closer to home, but an injury to another racer has her on the US ski team.
Have you ever wanted to try curling? You can The sport that spawns buzz every Winter Olympics is poised to take off locally, thanks to an effort to greatly expand the number of venues.
NAMES
On Instagram, Tom Brady puts positive spin on painful Super Bowl loss The QB says it?s ?all part of learning and growing?
NAMES
The actress from Everett talked about the Pats? Super Bowl loss on ?Jimmy Kimmel Live!?
NAMES
Super Bowl ?selfie kid? from Mass. gets big surprises from Justin Timberlake and the NFL Ryan McKenna was left teary-eyed on ?The Ellen DeGeneres Show.?
NAMES
Jennifer Garner heads to HBO to work with ?Girls? creator Lena Dunham The actress -- and Ben Affleck ex -- will return to TV for ?Camping,? an eight-episode HBO comedy.
NASA
In a surprising development, a spacecraft that was believed dead for more than a decade has been sending signals back to Earth.
CAPITAL SOURCE
The group behind Question 2 (yes, from 2016) has been shuttered Its board of directors made the decision after investigating a complaint of ?inappropriate behavior? by its executive director.
INNOVATION ECONOMY
Rising from Boston?s building boom, a new kind of startup Companies are finding tech opportunities in the frenzied real estate and construction activity.
Murder of Brockton boys is an ?unspeakable tragedy,? mayor says The town gathered Thursday night for a vigil outside the Prospect Street home where a mother allegedly stabbed her two young boys to death earlier this week.
Amesbury zoo trainer heads to biggest dog show on earth Kim Kezer of Amesbury will compete with her Irish water spaniel, Reef, at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York.
The Season Ticket podcast Dan Shaughnessy joins host Chris Gasper to discuss the ramifications of Josh McDaniels backing out of the Colts head coaching job.
DANTE RAMOS
You?re not paying enough for Uber The sooner investors get sick of subsidizing ride-hailing fares, the better off cities will be.
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The future of genetically modified mosquitoes could be in moveable labs Oxitec is taking its work to the streets ? courtesy of trailer-sized mobile labs.
Kyrie Irving led Boston with 28 points and hit three clutch free throws late in regulation to send the game to overtime.
Janet Jeghelian, 83, of Walpole, who died Feb. 3, was a pioneering female talk radio host in Boston, and had been a candidate for US Senate, lieutenant governor, and Congress.
Georgian architecture in the Boston area made its mark this week, snagging three of the top spots for most expensive home sales.
The Legislature will have the final say on the $160 million supplemental state budget bill released Thursday.
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The National Science Foundation is tightening its restrictions on grants after reports of sexual harassment by scientists the agency has backed.
Officials approved sharply higher premium increases last fall for popular mid-level health plans.
?Fifty Shades Freed? concludes the sexy trilogy ? and it?s not nearly as fun as it should be.
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Students and faculty from the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine brought relief and education to thousands in Jamaica.
