Is Bernie Sanders a Democrat? It?s complicated

As Sanders begins his second campaign for president ? including his first trip to New Hampshire this weekend ? he continues to contend with his party affiliation, or lack thereof.

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Presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren called the largest technology companies anti-competitive behemoths that are crowding out competition.

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The president is saying his former lawyer Michael Cohen told a ?stone cold lie? in claiming that he did not seek a pardon.

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The nearly four-year sentence was much less than what was called for under sentencing guidelines.

BOSTON, MA - March 07, 2019: - Anthony Watson poses for a portrait at Downtown Crossing in Boston, MA on March 06, 2019. Watson, 32, was allegedly beaten by a Transit Police officer last summer, then falsely arrested in an effort by the officer and two sergeants to cover it up. Watson spent the night in jail before being released. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) section: Metro reporter:

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?I?m just worthless. You want to throw my life away?

Anthony Watson fell asleep on a Red Line train. He woke up, he says, to a nightmare of abuse and false allegations.

Cambridge, MA 01-03-19: Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan (at microphone) and Cambridge Police Department Superintendent Steven DeMarco (far right) took questions from reporters at the department's headquarters concerning the murder of a man at Danehy Park in Cambridge. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

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After Cambridge man busted with illegal ammo, DA plans to look at gun show rules

Middlesex District Attorney Marian T. Ryan said she plans to examine ways to bolster state law governing gun shows after a man was arrested for illegally purchasing ammunition at one.

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New England Treatment Access received a final license Thursday from the Cannabis Control Commission to open a recreational store in Brookline.

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The Pentagon is reviewing Elon Musk?s federal security clearance following the billionaire?s marijuana toke on a California comedian?s podcast in September, according to a US official.

WBZ Radio and anchor Josh Binswanger part ways

Robert Sanchez, WBZ Radio vice president of news and talk, said in a brief phone interview that Binswanger was ?no longer at WBZ as of today.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/hishonormayor.jpg This kid is going places: Vermont town elects goat as honorary mayor

Most of the other candidates were dogs and cats, but Lincoln, a 3-year-old Nubian goat, bleat them all when the ballots were counted.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Rinaldi08quincy04.jpg Family seeks justice for man killed at American Legion post

In January, Christopher McCallum was was fatally injured trying to break up a fight outside an American Legion post in Quincy in January. Five weeks later, there have been no arrests.

LeBron James hasn?t missed the playoffs since 2005, but it could very well happen this year.

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CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

The Celtics are facing LeBron James again, but it?s not like old times

LeBron James?s Lakers are a Hollywood flop this year, and he is not as menacing to the Celtics as he traditionally has been.

Ty Burr

Thinking about cord-cutting II: I did it ? and I?ve found out even more

Even with a few more complications factored in, the savings are considerable.

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SpaceX?s new crew capsule ? and its lone occupant, a dummy named Ripley ? returned to the planet with an old-fashioned splashdown.

Talking Points | Larry Edelman

Michael Jackson?s Leon Kompowsky is expunged from ?The Simpsons? archive

The 1991 episode guest starring Michael Jackson is being pulled after HBO aired a documentary featuring two men who allege the singer molested them as children.

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For decades, there were tales from fishermen and tourists, even lots of photos, but scientists had never seen one, until now.

Patrice Bergeron is engulfed by happy Bruins teammates after his tiebreaking goal in the final seconds.

BRUINS 4, PANTHERS 3

It was a wild finish, and the Bruins extended their points streak to 18 games

Two goals in the final minute, including the winner with 6.7 seconds left, rallied the Bruins to a victory over the Panthers.

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The TB12 Sports Performance & Recovery Center will open at 699 Boylston St. on Aug. 1, the company said.

Clouds floated above guests visiting the Ice Castles at dusk.

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Photos

A look at the awe-inspiring Ice Castles in New Hampshire

Ice Castles in Woodstock, N.H., which is made of 25,000 tons of ice using millions of gallons of water, expects 160,000 guests this year.

Renée Graham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/08/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Graham%20(1)-5798.jpg It?s time for a Malcolm X monument, too

Boston wasn?t just another stop on Malcolm?s road to manhood.

Alex Beam

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/07/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Alex_Beam_150px%20(1)-5774.png Giving up you-know-who for Lent

For now, it?s No Trump, None of the Time.

TOPSHOT - Damage is seen from a tornado which killed at least 23 people in Beauregard, Alabama on March 4, 2019. - Rescuers in Alabama were set to resume search operations Monday after at least two tornadoes killed 23 people, uprooted trees and caused

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Ideas | Brantley Hargrove

A letter from Tornado Alley

In the Southeast, people die when poverty meets the planet?s most ferocious winds.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/chalk%20BAT%20image.jpg Munch Madness 2019: The top restaurants in Boston

If it?s March, it must be time for the tournament everyone awaits all year: Munch Madness.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/07/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/AW3_4996.JPG Peabody Essex Museum names its new director

Brian Kennedy, currently director of the Toledo Museum of Art, will arrive in July, taking the helm at a museum whose endowment, at half a billion dollars, makes it a major player on the world stage.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/24/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/davisds6biz.jpg How to downsize your home without pitching a fit

The biggest takeaway is that when it comes to downsizing, the earlier you start the process, the better.

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Opinion columnist Michael Cohen takes a candid and no-holds-barred look at the current political moment. Sign up now.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Season Two: How do you meet someone?

Dating in 2019 is?complicated. Frustrating. Sometimes completely exhilarating. In Season 2 of the podcast, Meredith Goldstein goes deep on one of her most-asked questions.

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Special reports

They were the top of their class at Boston public schools. Then life happened

Read a multi-part investigation into how and why the lives of promising Boston valedictorians didn?t quite turn out the way they expected.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Globe staff photos of the month, February 2019

Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: winter weather, presidential candidates on the campaign trail, a Chinese New Year celebration.

Real Estate

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Mobile homes may be the least expensive and most effective means of addressing the region?s housing shortage.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/08/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/HolmesYoda_HBO-1024x576.jpg Review: In ?The Inventor,? Elizabeth Holmes dazzles, but keeps her secrets

The Alex Gibney film, airing on HBO, reveals the greed and grift that turned Holmes? company, Theranos, into a cautionary tale of Silicon Valley hubris.

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