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Chad Finn | 38 thoughts

Tom Brady looked like Tom Brady again, and other thoughts

The Patriots quarterback moved well, perhaps the most encouraging sign to come out of Sunday?s win.

Ben Volin | Instant Analysis

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The Patriots could smile after Sunday?s win, but the Jets fielded a team that looked ready for the offseason.

A giant replica of the Vince Lombardi Trophy is wheeled onto the field before an NFL football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Atlanta Falcons, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)

Patriots still have a chance at taking No. 1 seed in AFC playoffs

New England needs both the Chargers and Chiefs to lose their games, which started at 4:25 p.m.

Peter DeMarco

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My quest to understand what happened to my wife led to hard questions at Somerville Hospital.

After her cancer diagnoses, Marie Cajuste?s life unraveled. She was unable to work during the most intense part of her treatment.

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Unhealthy Divide

Battling a double diagnosis ? cancer and poverty

Cancer is a tremendous burden for anyone, but for a growing number of lower-income and even middle-class patients, an illness means an avalanche of trouble.

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A viral sensation, Kristen Roupenian?s ?Cat Person? has led to a hotly awaited collection, ?You Know You Want This,? due out Jan. 15.

Kelly says Trump team abandoned idea of concrete wall long ago

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Outgoing White House chief of staff John Kelly said President Trump?s repeated calls for a wall along the border with Mexico may include several different kinds of barriers.

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Talks to end a partial federal government shutdown remained at a stalemate.

Steady rain could pose a challenge to First Night revelers

New Year?s Eve is likely to be a wet one, with steady rainfall beginning around sundown and lasting into mid-morning Tuesday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Rinaldi31firstnight01.jpg Final preparations gear up for First Night

The mild temperatures aren?t an ideal environment for the ice sculptures that are on display for the New Year?s Eve festival.

Week Ahead

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/01022011_02georgeincap_photo1-7815143.jpg To avoid the hubbub, try First Night in the ?burbs

There are places outside Boston where you could mark the end of the old and ring in the new in smaller ? and perhaps more meaningful ? settings.

Lynn man arrested after Chinatown stabbing

Valenz Joisil, 24, was arrested early Sunday morning after officers investigated the non-fatal knife attack in Chinatown Saturday night, Boston police said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/28/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/Stelzer1.jpg Family had sought help for man who was tasered by police as he allegedly stabbed woman

The family of Erich Stelzer expressed sympathy for the victim in a statement released Saturday and said they had tried to get Stelzer help over the past days.

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Verizon and Disney faced a Monday deadline to get a deal done.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Swensen18122930worcester0005.jpg 50 years later, Worcester remembers 5 teenagers killed in Indian Hill fire

Warren Briggs, Timothy Donohue Jr., and Ronald Vysniauskas, all 17, died on that cold night, along with Michael Foley and John Quinlivan, both 16.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/KREITER121418euthanasia3.jpg ?Get ready for an influx of sadness?: Why vets dread the holidays

Come this time of year, veterinarians see a spike in pet euthanasia.

Globe Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/27/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/barry1230web.jpg Dave Barry?s year in review: Good riddance, 2018!

Who?s got the bigger nuclear button? And other highlights of another ridiculous year.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

A double diagnosis ? cancer when poor

Marie Cajuste couldn?t ignore it any more. She had noticed a hard lump in her left breast about a year before, but kept the discovery to herself. She literally could not afford to be sick.

Special reports

Shannon Goyette (left) and Cynthia Pierce became friends when their children were in kindergarten. Both mothers lost a son to suicide.

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After suicides in Acton and Boxborough, a communion of sorrow

The unthinkable has been an all-too-common companion in two small neighboring towns, where six young people took their lives in the short span of 30 months. The questions keep coming: What is happening? Why? When will it stop?

Podcasts

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/gladiator%20pic5.jpg Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc.

The story of a profoundly troubled young man and the ugly underside of America?s most popular sport.

Newsletters

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Follow the Celtics? quest for a title and other NBA news both on and off the court. Sign up here.

STAT

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It?s been a busy 2018 at STAT, but we still have found the time to see what other journalists are writing ? and get jealous we didn?t do it ourselves.

Love Letters: The Podcast

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In a special bonus episode, Meredith Goldstein explores what happens to summer romance when the summer ends, and ?Wet Hot American Summer? creator David Wain shares a girl-crazy memory from his own camp days.

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