//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/05/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/pats4-002.jpg Hundreds of thousands of jubilant fans show Patriots pride at parade

Players and their families rode duck boats, waved to revelers, and basked in the glow of the franchise?s sixth title.

The Boston Public Library in Copley Square was swamped with Patriots fans at the parade on Tuesday.

These photos show just how massive the 2019 Patriots parade crowd was

One of the biggest crowds ever flocked to Boston Tuesday to celebrate the New England Patriots winning Super Bowl 53.

Fans carried ?Never Gets Old? signs at the Patriots parade Tuesday.

Some of the best signs from the 2019 Patriots parade

From signs about Deflategate (yes, still) to 7-year-olds proclaiming that they?re ?sick,? here are some of the best signs spotted along the parade route.

Rob Gronkowski was seen holding a bottle of red wine as he celebrated.

Gronk is all grown up and drinking (very expensive) wine at the Patriots parade

Rob Gronkowski, the Patriots? favorite party boy, was seen sipping from a bottle of red wine that retails for $500 and up.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/05/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/1093466136.jpg Tom Brady partied hard after the Super Bowl

Brady acknowledged he took a short break from his strict diet after the Patriots defeated the Rams in Atlanta.

The VA Hospital in Bedford. A 2015 report found policy violations under Bedford VA Police Chief Shawn Kelley.

Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff/file 2017

Drunken encounter at car dealership lays bare problems with police at Bedford VA

VA police Officer Thomas Reddy Jr. was arrested last month after an angry encounter at a Burlington car dealership. Now, he?s facing dismissal and the Bedford VA police chief has been suspended.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/04/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/lapierre%20last2-5635479.jpg Longtime WBZ Radio anchor Gary LaPierre dies

LaPierre anchored morning newscasts for WBZ for decades.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/teradyne.jpg Double rainbow seen by many Mass. residents this morning

A double rainbow was seen in the sky Tuesday morning, and many people shared photos of the colorful arcs on social media.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/05/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/1094051070.jpg With retirement near, Vonn has nasty crash in super-G at world championships

Lindsey Vonn crashed in the super-G at the world championships, straddling a gate mid-air and ending up in the safety nets.

SCOT LEHIGH

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/05/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Scot_Lehigh_150px-6466.jpg No litmus test for single-payer health care

The Democratic debate needs more political and policy realism ? and not more lefty litmus tests.

Opinion | Diane Hessan

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/01/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/2d51f7edab404149b86c21607a6d131b-2d51f7edab404149b86c21607a6d131b-0.jpg Happy about Trump?s low approval ratings? Not so fast.

Many Republicans are fed up with Trump, too. But that doesn?t mean they won?t vote for him again.

JEFF JACOBY

/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/05/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Jeff%20Jacoby%20artwork-6463.tif The government shutdown was supposed to hurt the economy. It didn?t.

Far from suffering a grievous blow because of the 35-day standoff, the US economy surged.

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.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Boghosian_5district79_MET-18839.jpg Proposal would rewrite Boston?s marijuana licensing process, give preference to local residents

City Councilor Kim Janey wants Boston to put equity at the center of its process for selecting pot operators.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/05concord.jpg Concord police looking for man after he broke into house, held owner at knifepoint

Concord police said a man allegedly broke into a man?s house, held him at knifepoint, and then forced him to drive to different locations in Western Mass. and Conn. on Sunday night.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/05/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/PaulusHair.jpg NBC cancels ?Hair Live!? broadcast that Diane Paulus was co-directing

NBC executives hinted that the network plans to focus on more family-friendly entertainment.

WORK SPACE

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/26/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ryanmarc1biz.jpg An architect?s world view from near Harvard Square

Marc Rogers and his team at architecture firm CambridgeSeven have designed everything from massive government buildings in the Middle East to modern seaside aquariums across the globe.

Trump squabbles with Democrats before speech on unity

The bitter partisanship of the past two years was on full display Tuesday just hours before President Donald Trump was to call for optimism and unity.

For presidential hopefuls serving in Congress, Tuesday?s State of the Union address provides an opportunity to make a statement with their choice of guest.

Here?s who 2020 hopefuls are bringing as their guests to the State of the Union

For presidential hopefuls serving in Congress, tonight?s State of the Union address provides an opportunity to one-up their rivals when it comes to their choice of guest for the annual speech.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/05/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_1D21TL.jpg Pope acknowledges priests, bishops have sexually abused nuns

Pope Francis has for the first time publicly acknowledged the scandal of priests and bishops sexually abusing nuns and says he is committed to doing more to fight the problem.

The Massachusetts General Hospital campus.

Steven Senne/Associated Press/File 2012

$50m gift to Mass. General will support several projects

Massachusetts General Hospital has received one of its largest gifts ever ? $50 million from philanthropists James S. and Carol J. Herscot.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/059953d7-2d42-4b5c-9e90-ff851a7cc32f.jpg President Trump?s election set off a birth control boom

Women across the country sought long-acting contraception after November 2016, fearful that Donald Trump would reverse the Affordable Care Act.

Man struck, killed by train in Norwood; train had been added for Patriots parade

The train was one of 16 added to the commuter rail system to deal with a deluge of New England Patriots fans heading to the parade in Boston, officials said.

David Ortiz?s home in Weston has been put on the market for $6.3 million.

Julie Cordeiro

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Take a look inside Big Papi?s house in Weston, which could be yours for $6.3 million

The 8,100-square-foot house at 16 Driftwood Lane has six bedrooms, seven baths, and a basement theater and bar space made to look like Fenway Park.

Human remains discovered at N.H. wastewater treatment plant

New Hampshire authorities are investigating after human remains were discovered Tuesday at a wastewater treatment plant in Conway.

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