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Democratic candidates deliver sharply different messages before New Hampshire primary

The Democratic candidates campaigning in New Hampshire each sought to cast themselves as the most unifying option to take on President Trump, even as some of them levied barbs at the others.
Dixville Notch votes for Bloomberg in first N.H. primary votes Democratic candidates angle for voters, and take aim at each other, as Trump appears in N.H. Editorial: Kill the tradition: N.H. and Iowa should not vote first

Klobuchar surges in N.H., shaking up race
The rise of Amy Klobuchar could spell disaster for Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden, both of whom could be seriously wounded if beaten Tuesday by a candidate who was barely on the map just a few weeks ago.

Trump visits N.H. on primary eve, trolling Democrats
Thousands of Trump supporters in red "Make America Great Again? gear flocked to Manchester on Monday night for what promised to be a raucous rally.

Sanders resumes Buttigieg attacks, asks New Hampshire to make him the nominee
Senator Bernie Sanders criss-crossed the state Monday to ask New Hampshire voters who backed his long-shot progressive bid four years ago to cast their votes once again for a political revolution that could be for real this time.

N.H. resources

Guide to the election

 Some polls have already opened Officials are expecting strong, but not record-breaking turnout The difference between a primary and a caucus Who is on the ballot?

Photos: Down to the wire in New Hampshire

Elizabeth Warren says she can win Democrats? ?unwinnable fight? against President Trump

Don?t miss the Globe?s coverage and analysis of the Democratic primaries

In landmark agreement, GE agrees to pay for additional Housatonic cleanup
The company has already paid for a major cleanup of two miles of the river closest to the plant, but contaminated soil still stretches across more than 400 acres along 10.5 miles of the river and its floodplains between Pittsfield and Lenox.

Fake credentials submitted for Lori Loughlin?s daughter claim she competed at the Head of the Charles. Twice.
Federal prosecutors have filed the bogus crew credentials submitted to USC on behalf of Hollywood star Lori Loughlin?s younger daughter, as the actress prepares for trial in the closely watched college admissions cheating scandal.

Prosecutors fire back at Lori Loughlin?s defense in college admissions case; call it ?farcical?

Robert L. Beal, Boston developer and civic leader, dies at 78
?He was just one damn good citizen,? said Michael S. Dukakis, who as governor appointed Beal to a finance role.

Opinion

OPINION | Andrew Lelling and Joseph Bonavolonta

The intel on China?s counterintelligence threat to America
EDITORIAL

Go the distance for mental health parity
OPINION | Niall Ferguson

Senators hail their emperor, but Trump?s no shoo-in for a second term

EDITORIAL

Kill the tradition: N.H. and Iowa should not vote first

TARA SULLIVAN
A questionable end, but a storybook night for sports at the Beanpot final
Northeastern won its third straight championship in a classic against Boston University that reminded us all of what sports can be.

Northeastern scores Beanpot hat trick in 2 OTs

Civic group has bright ideas for the darkened Lechmere viaduct
Light Boston sponsors a design competition to illuminate the concrete span that carries the Green Line over the Charles River near the Museum of Science. an hour ago

KEVIN CULLEN
Profiles in political courage
Both men knew they would be inviting a boatload of scorn, and both men followed their consciences anyway.

Celtics
?Just talking to him gave me confidence? ? The story of Gordon Hayward?s secret workouts with Kobe Bryant
Gordon Hayward took some of those small lessons into the following season and became an NBA All-Star for the first time.

Kobe Bryant?s widow expresses grief, anger in Instagram post

MBTA employee killed on the job was loving mother of twins, family says
MBTA bus driver Sanyi Harris was the dedicated mother of twins who had celebrated their 21st birthday just one week before dying in a crash at the Quincy Center Station busway on Saturday.

More recent headlines

Police shoot man during confrontation after Fields Corner stabbing

Man accidentally run over by family member in Fall River

Horse impaled with broken pitchfork in Harwich

Man held on $7,500 cash bail for alleged attempted kidnapping in downtown Boston

What do you wonder about Boston or Massachusetts? We want to hear your questions

We?re asking readers to be involved as the Globe considers which stories to investigate. You pose a question that matters to you. We probe for an answer.

China?s daily death toll from virus tops 100 for first time

China?s daily death toll from a new virus topped 100 for the first time and pushed the total for the outbreak above 1,000, authorities said Tuesday, after leader Xi Jinping visited a health center to rally public morale amid little sign the contagion is abating. 7 minutes ago

Iceberg twice the size of Washington, D.C., cleaves off Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica, in a sign of warming

According to NASA, the region surrounding the Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers contains enough ??highly vulnerable ice?? to raise global sea levels by about 4 feet.

Trump budget proposes ending state medical marijuana protections

President Trump proposed ending an existing policy that protects state medical marijuana programs from Justice Department interference as part of his fiscal year 2021 budget plan released Monday.

Jet stream gives New York-London flight a recordbreaking boost

The jet stream gave a New York-London flight a recordbreaking boost. But experts say it's likely not the start of a major trend.

Recommended Reads

The Fine Print | Sean P. Murphy

Complaints about cracks in their houses gets little response in Needham

A group of Needham homeowners blame nearby school construction for cracks that have appeared in their ceilings and walls.

Fundraising effort underway in Hyde Park to honor Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler, first Black woman to earn M.D. degree in the U.S.
Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler, who made history as the first Black woman in the United States to earn an M.D. degree, is buried in Fairview Cemetery in Hyde Park, but her grave does not have a headstone.

SHIRLEY LEUNG
Ann Klee, former GE executive, takes a job with John Fish?s Suffolk
Klee will oversee national business development and government affairs for the Boston company, which is expanding beyond construction.

Rhode Island

Elorza offers glowing portrayal of a ?New Providence? in State of the City speech

The sixth-year mayor did everything but break out the pom-poms as he offered touted record investments in public parks and infrastructure, and improved customer service for residents and businesses.

The time Buddy Cianci declared war on East Greenwich

R.I.'s congressional delegation: Scrap the Electoral College
Newton

For Newton co-op, boys? gymnastics remains a must-see event

The sport may not be as popular as its glory days of the ?60s, but coaches Bill Martin and Tom Steeves have Newton North in position to make a run at a seventh straight MIAA title.

Newton City Council sets March 3 special election to decide Northland mixed-use development

League of Women Voters to hold climate change forum in Newton

Special Projects

Back to the battleground

What we learned from each of the battleground states we visited ahead of the 2020 election
Who will win in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin next year? The Globe?s D.C. bureau spent time reporting in these crucial battleground states. This is what they found.

Trump?s evangelical support mystifies his critics, but in Wisconsin, it looks stronger than ever
The president?s personal behavior and some of his core political beliefs, including his hostility toward refugees, seem at odds with the major tenets of Christianity. But Trump?s bond with evangelicals has proven to be remarkably resilient.

More from the Battleground project

Trump promised Wisconsin?s farmers his trade wars would pay off. They?re still waiting

A Pennsylvania roofer loved Bill Clinton and voted for Obama. Here?s how Trump lured him from the Democrats
Spotlight Investigative Journalism Fellowship

The danger in our salad bowls

Leafy green vegetables have become the leading cause of E. coli poisoning. And the federal government still lacks the means, and maybe the will, to take it on.
Education

The Great Divide

A new Globe initiative exploring the deep inequalities in our public education system, examining both the challenges and possible solutions to creating equal opportunity for all students.
Sign up for The Great Divide newsletter

Seeing Red: A Globe Spotlight report on Boston?s crippling traffic

We endure some of the nation?s worst rush hour traffic. Our aging transit system is maddeningly unreliable. It is a crisis ? a very slow moving crisis ? that puts our region?s economic prosperity at risk. Who is to blame? Can anything be done? The Globe Spotlight Team investigates.
At the edge of a warming world

On Cape Cod, climate change is already terrifyingly real

Come with us as we explore the Cape to better understand what climate change is doing here, what it means for the future of this beloved place, and what the cost of inaction might be.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

OPINION | JOAN VENNOCHI

Will Elizabeth Warren get the cold shoulder from NH?
OPINION | Jeff Greenstein

The trade war with China has hurt my small business in Massachusetts
EDITORIAL

The rising threat of ?gun sanctuaries?
EDITORIAL

Invest more in outbreak prevention
EDITORIAL

Not so fast moving on from State Police scandal
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Welcome to New Hampshire, where the rural areas vote blue, the suburbs go red, and the conservatives are from. . . Massachusetts?

VISUAL STORIES

12 days in Iowa

Globe staff photos of the month, January 2020

Warnings of ?volcanic tsunami? after eruption in the Philippines

Ground Zero?s deadly dust claims another victim

metro

Police shoot man during confrontation after Fields Corner stabbing
Boston police shot a man who had allegedly stabbed another person several times late Monday in Dorchester?s Fields Corner, according to Police Commissioner William Gross.

State lawmaker connects Souza-Baranowski unrest to Boston violence, an allegation prison authorities reject

State lawmaker connects Souza-Baranowski unrest to Boston violence, an allegation prison authorities reject.

Trump visits N.H. on primary eve, trolling Democrats

Thousands of Trump supporters in red "Make America Great Again? gear flocked to Manchester on Monday night for what promised to be a raucous rally.

Horse impaled with broken pitchfork in Harwich

Trump brought up a debunked theory about Massachusetts while in N.H. tonight

STAT

Lottery like no other offers a cutting-edge medicine ? with lives on the line

In race to develop coronavirus treatment, Regeneron sees an inside track

Experts envision two scenarios if the new coronavirus isn?t contained

Brain ?hot spot? may explain why African-Americans feel greater pain

sports

NCAA, allies spent nearly $750K in lobbying fight against athletes? rights

The NCAA?s pressure campaign comes as the Senate prepares for a committee hearing Tuesday on player compensation.
Beanpot notebook

BC puts away Harvard, improves NCAA standing

Six skaters scored for BC, with Jack McBain scoring twice and Matt Boldy adding a goal and two assists.
Beanpot championship: Northeastern 5, BU 4

Northeastern scores Beanpot hat trick in 2 OTs
TARA SULLIVAN

A questionable end, but a storybook night for sports at the Beanpot final

Politics

Your guide to the New Hampshire primary

Business

China?s daily death toll from virus tops 100 for first time

Marijuana

Trump budget proposes ending state medical marijuana protections
magazine

Valentine?s Day gift guide: 13 ways to treat yourself

Your Home

Best grandparents ever? This couple remade their home to welcome their adult children and grandkids
DINNER WITH CUPID

Blind date: ?We also touched upon the trendy subject of serial killers?
Things to Do

37 must-see events in Greater Boston this winter

sports

?Just talking to him gave me confidence? ? The story of Gordon Hayward?s secret workouts with Kobe Bryant

MLB considering expanding playoffs to 14 teams

Here?s what John Henry had to say about the Mookie Betts trade

metro

Police shoot man during confrontation after Fields Corner stabbing

State lawmaker connects Souza-Baranowski unrest to Boston violence, an allegation prison authorities reject

Trump visits N.H. on primary eve, trolling Democrats

Nation

Buttigieg knocks Sanders on health care

Buttigieg, Sanders campaigns request Iowa caucus recanvass

Judge sides with couples suing feds over marriage interviews

World

Hurricane-force winds pound UK and Europe as plane riding winds makes fastest commercial flight ever

Spain, UK see new virus cases; French focus on ski resort

For thousands of years, Egypt controlled the Nile. A new dam threatens that.

politics

Democratic candidates angle for voters, and take aim at each other, as Trump appears in New Hampshire

Democratic candidates deliver sharply different messages before New Hampshire primary

Buttigieg knocks Sanders on health care

business

China?s daily death toll from virus tops 100 for first time

Civic group has bright ideas for the darkened Lechmere viaduct

The Home for Little Wanderers merges with Wediko Children?s Services

lifestyle

?You know what I want?: Robert Kraft weighs in on Tom Brady at Hollywood Oscar bash

Hits (and misses) on the Oscars red carpet

Autopsy: Nick Gordon died from heroin overdose

marijuana

Trump budget proposes ending state medical marijuana protections

Illinois extends medical marijuana sales hours amid pressure

Nepal lawmakers seek to legalize growing, using marijuana

opinion

Go the distance for mental health parity

The intel on China?s counterintelligence threat to America

Impeachment witnesses shown the door

food & dining

More Mexican Food in the South End, and Fields Corner gets Asian-Southern fusion

Reusable sandwich bags make going green easy

In like Black Lamb

travel

Could Boston?s tourism industry become a victim of coronavirus?

For this duo, paddling in paradise sure beats snow in Lynn

Hard to believe the Omni Mount Washington Hotel was once on shaky ground

Books

In Daniel Kehlmann?s darkly brilliant ?Tyll,? a fool worth following

Author Craig Fehrman stacks up books penned by presidents

Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo prefers poetry to plot

Movies

The 9 most interesting moments from the 2020 Oscars

A big night for ?Parasite? at the 2020 Oscars

2020 Oscars: A full list of winners

Television

Oscars viewership plunges to record low

An Oscars with just enough winning moments

This week on TV: LGBTQ visibility, a new twist on ?High Fidelity,? and the bond between Ali and Cavett

music

Dancing through Bach?s sublime Cello Suites, on the violin

Bach and North Indian music make a fine pair

At Hot Stove Cool Music, an all-star lineup plays for the fun of it

Theater/Dance

Bereishit creates its own worlds

In ?Sweat,? the destruction of livelihoods and friendships

A young Malcolm X, searching for his identity in Boston

globe local

Get crafty with your holiday shopping at local fairs

Hardiest hikers, campers don?t come in from the cold

Should Massachusetts exempt police body camera footage from state public records law?

Obituaries

Beverly Pepper, sculptor of monumental lightness

Lois Schaefer, at 95; Boston Pops ?Stars and Stripes Forever" piccolo soloist for 25 years

Deborah Batts, first openly gay federal judge