Longtime WBZ Radio anchor Gary LaPierre dies

LaPierre anchored morning newscasts for WBZ for decades.

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UMass researchers say they?ve found an easy way for you to know if you?re meeting federal health advice for exercise while you?re out walking.

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The Boston area was unseasonably warm Monday, with a mix of sun and clouds, and more spring-like temperatures are in the forecast for Tuesday.

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In an annual harbinger of spring, the vehicle left Fenway Park around noon, carrying 20,400 baseballs and a lot of other stuff.

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FBI Director Christopher Wray appointed a former deputy assistant director for the FBI?s counterintelligence division as the new special-agent-in-charge of the Boston field office.

Renée Graham

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There?s always a white person wearing blackface who will use ignorance as a defense.

Michael A. Cohen

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Republicans are joining Democrats in calling for Northam?s resignation, but routinely tolerate racism among their own.

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/04/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi_480-6459.jpg Why should a billionaire with an open checkbook drive the impeachment crusade against Trump?

California billionaire Tom Steyer is doubling down on his personal impeachment crusade.

Opinion | Ben Clements and Ron Fein

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/04/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/05CLEMENTSweb.jpg The case for starting impeachment hearings against Trump

The grounds for starting impeachment hearings are clear.

Music Review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/02/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/ericchurch-5.jpg At TD Garden, Eric Church doubles down

The singer?s enthusiasm turned into an ever-building, increasingly thrilling feedback loop over the evening.

Demi Lovato performs during March for Our Lives in 2018 in Washington. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Matt McClain

Demi Lovato deletes Twitter account over 21 Savage backlash

Lovato faced criticism that she was laughing at memes about 21 Savage, who was taken into custody by immigration authorities at the Super Bowl.

NAMES

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Neeson, who was promoting his new film, said he was ashamed to make the admission.

State Police launch body camera pilot program

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Massachusetts State Police have begun a six-month body camera pilot program, with about 100 troopers testing devices from several vendors.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/415351f04a2e47f08405995693a15848-3ae4bae54fa94ae284cc71aa8f2852d4-0.jpg James ?Whitey? Bulger did not leave a will, court filings show

Papers filed in probate court didn?t indicate whether Bulger had any assets at the time of his death in 2018.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/norwoodfive1.jpg Man charged with drunken driving in brother?s death in Norwood crash

Tresor Wrensford suffered fatal injuries in a single car crash on Route 1A near the intersection with Davis Avenue, police said.

Justin Fairfax is next in line to be governor of Virginia if Ralph Northam resigns.

Va. lieutenant governor denies sexual assault accusation stemming from Boston incident

Justin Fairfax is in line to assume the governorship if under-fire Ralph Northam resigns.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/04/BostonGlobe.com/Obits/Images/1033fb3e61ef4a88b20bbd6474ba71fd-1033fb3e61ef4a88b20bbd6474ba71fd-0.jpg ?Young and the Restless? actor Kristoff St. John dies at 52

Mr. St. John played Neil Winters on the CBS soap opera since 1991, earning nine daytime Emmy nominations.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/04/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/e9012849-9f88-4d66-819c-e200019864f4.jpg Elizabeth Warren invites federal worker affected by shutdown to State of the Union

The senator?s office said that she has invited a federal employee who was out of work during the government shutdown as her guest for Tuesday?s State of the Union address.

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Bernhardt is leading the department on an interim basis after the resignation of Ryan Zinke.

48-year-old man killed in Wareham crash on I-195

?Investigation into facts and circumstances is ongoing. All traffic lanes are open,? according to a statement.

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