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Bernie Sanders takes early lead in Nevada

DNC chief won't commit to results timeline

The first presidential contest in the West is testing the candidates' strength with black and Latino voters for the first time in 2020. 31 minutes ago

Live Updates
200 locations in Nevada host caucuses, including several Vegas casinos
The chairman of the Democratic National Committee is expressing confidence that the Nevada caucuses will go smoothly and won't repeat the problems that muddied the results in Iowa. an hour ago

See the full results from the Nevada caucuses How will candidates do Super Tuesday? Look to Nevada Latinas

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Bernie SandersBernie Sanders
54.8%439 votes Joe BidenJoe Biden
17.9%143 votes Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth Warren
9.4%75 votes Pete ButtigiegPete Buttigieg
9.1%73 votes

Vote totals are county convention delegates

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Emerson student with one of the world?s rarest diseases is heartened that the first drug to treat it could be approved soon

Meghan Waldron is an 18-year-old freshman at Emerson College and has already lived longer than most people with her extraordinarily rare disease. 2:32 p.m.

A mile-wide toxic waste site sits on the ocean floor near Stellwagen Bank

About 19 miles east of Boston Harbor, beside a national marine sanctuary that?s home to one of the world?s richest fishing grounds, lies one of the nation?s largest offshore dumping sites of radioactive waste.

A treasured piece of Doyle?s finds a new home at Irish club

The Mass. hands-free driving law goes into effect Sunday. Here?s what you can and cannot do

The new Massachusetts hands-free driving law goes into effect this Sunday. Here?s what you definitely can?t do anymore ? and a look at what you can.

Opinion

EDITORIAL

Trump?s latest anti-immigrant stunt cheapens law enforcement
MICHAEL A. COHEN

The ambition of Bernie Sanders
STEPHEN KINZER

Why I?m voting for Tulsi Gabbard
THE EDITORIAL BOARD ENDORSES

Mark your calendars: The Editorial Board is endorsing

Romeo Langford starts getting looks as a stopper
The Celtics rookie has done enough to make coach Brad Stevens trust him, even in the closing moments of a suddenly tense game. 2 hours ago

Anti-hate group and straight pride organizers hold dueling protests
Demonstrators with Super Happy Fun America, the group behind the Straight Pride Parade in Boston last year, faced off against counterprotesters Saturday outside the city?s police headquarters. 24 minutes ago

RED SOX
Eduardo Rodriguez bumped from Sunday?s start with sore knee
The injury is not considered serious. Rodriguez eased concerns by throwing a bullpen session on Saturday then going through some agility drills. 53 minutes ago

PETER ABRAHAM | SUNDAY BASEBALL NOTES
Why Ben Cherington is more prepared to be a GM this time
Hired by the Pirates in November, the former Red Sox general manager brings invaluable experience and perspective to Pittsburgh.

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS
Massive project could replace the Hynes if it is sold
At a board meeting on Friday, the convention center authority discussed a new report showing the potential for a 2.3 million-square-foot project.

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Holy Cross coach involved in fatal accident retires after 34 years

Norton meth lab explosion kills a man

Knitters chronicle climate change one stitch at a time

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.

DAVE EPSTEIN
There?s been no winter this winter
With little more than a week left in February and two weeks before Daylight Savings Time begins, the winter of 2019-2020 in Boston looks destined to go down in the books as unusually warm and fairly snow-free.

It?ll be a mild weekend, great for spending time outside

?Friends? cast to reunite in HBO Max special
Don?t worry if it hasn?t been your day, your week, your month or even your year: The cast of ?Friends? is making a comeback to your TV screen.

GARY WASHBURN
In the wake of Kobe Bryant?s passing, glimpses of the old Celtics-Lakers rivalry return
The Celtics defeated the Lakers at TD Garden six days before Bryant?s death. On Sunday, with both teams holding high playoffs seeds, they?ll meet again in a marquee matinee matchup at Staples Center. 2 hours ago

?We?re in a petri dish?: How a coronavirus ravaged a cruise ship
The captain came over the intercom early in the evening: A passenger who had left the ship nine days earlier had tested positive for the new coronavirus sweeping through China.

Health officials worry as untraceable virus clusters emerge

Recommended Reads

At long last, 50Kitchen opens in Fields Corner

Aspiring chef Anthony Caldwell won a contest to open a restaurant. That was just the beginning of a journey that has led, more than two years later, to 50Kitchen's grand opening on Sunday in the neighborhood where he was raised.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER | TRAVEL
It?s time to get rid of reclining seats in economy
There is only one way to solve this problem: Take away our ability to do it.

GARY WASHBURN | SUNDAY BASKETBALL NOTES
Kevin Garnett has plenty of stories from the NBA. Now it?s time to tell them
The 21-year NBA veteran said ?you?re not going to hear me talk about too much. But if you ask me a question about something, I feel like I?ve damn near got a story for everything.? Now he will after signing a contract with Showtime Basketball.

Rhode Island

We asked, they answered: Where R.I.'s congressional delegation stands on key issues

For the past several months, the Globe has been asking US Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, and US Representatives James Langevin and David Cicilline, for their opinions on a wide range of topics, from Medicare for All to the legalization of marijuana.

It ain?t easy to run for Congress. Here?s some advice

Blast from the past: Rhode Island seeks to collect $29 million from old traffic fines
Newton

In Newton, Super Tuesday voters will decide Northland?s fate

Backers praise the mixed-use project for adding housing and commercial opportunities. Critics say it is too large and will unleash more traffic.

Northland critics file new campaign finance complaint against Newton mayor

Newton referendum could have broader implications on development

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.
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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

EDITORIAL

With a ?yes? vote on March 3, Newton can pave the way to fairer future
EDITORIAL

Newton wakes up to the dark side of America?s housing laws
RENÉE GRAHAM

Getting to the heart of Bernie Sanders? health
Scot Lehigh

Joe Kennedy?s muddled message
Carol Rose

Lawmakers must say no to Trump?s use of border patrols in Boston

IDEAS | CRAIG FEHRMAN

All hail the campaign book

VISUAL STORIES

Photos: At spring training in Florida, Red Sox prepare for the 2020 baseball season

At 15, D?Angelo Ortiz is already showing some pop in his bat ? just like his famous father

Thousands of crows have descended on Lawrence, and nobody knows why

I spent the night at South Street Diner, Boston?s only 24/7 sit-down spot

metro

Anti-hate group and straight pride organizers hold dueling protests
Demonstrators with Super Happy Fun America(CQ), the group behind the Straight Pride Parade in Boston last year, faced off against counterprotesters Saturday(CQ) outside the city?s police headquarters.

The ?sacred cow? of Boston?s education landscape

Call it Boston?s untouchable issue. For 20 years, every effort ? and there have been many ? to even tweak the admissions process for Boston Latin and the other exam schools have been swiftly quashed, placed among the trove of such plans already collecting dust.

A mile-wide toxic waste site sits on the ocean floor near Stellwagen Bank

The federal government is trying to bury barrels full of waste at least three feet deep with roughly 10 million tons of sediment dredged from a $340 million project to widen shipping channels in Boston Harbor.

Senate to debate red light cameras

A treasured piece of Doyle?s finds a new home at Irish club

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

GARY WASHBURN | SUNDAY BASKETBALL NOTES

Kevin Garnett has plenty of stories from the NBA. Now it?s time to tell them

The 21-year NBA veteran said ?you?re not going to hear me talk about too much. But if you ask me a question about something, I feel like I?ve damn near got a story for everything.? Now he will after signing a contract with Showtime Basketball.
RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Brian Johnson has something to prove this spring

The lefthander, unclaimed after the Red Sox put him on waivers in November, got off to good start Saturday with a perfect inning of work vs. the Rays.
Dan Shaughnessy

The curious case of David Ortiz and other picked-up pieces from Red Sox camp
Julian Benbow

BC football energized in first spring drills under under Jeff Hafley

Politics

Bernie Sanders takes early lead in Nevada

Business

Emerson student with one of the world?s rarest diseases is heartened that the first drug to treat it could be approved soon

Marijuana

Amesbury pot shop opens for recreational marijuana sales
magazine
The Parenting Issue

How much can parents really control how their kids turn out? 
The Parenting Issue

To raise healthy eaters, break those rules you learned as a kid

Love Letters

She slept with him on the first date. Big mistake?
Cooking

Recipes: 3 chicken stews and soups that skip searing step

sports

A case for expanding the NFL playoffs

Romeo Langford starts getting looks as a stopper

The Penguins are the biggest winners of the NHL trading season

metro

Anti-hate group and straight pride organizers hold dueling protests

The ?sacred cow? of Boston?s education landscape

A mile-wide toxic waste site sits on the ocean floor near Stellwagen Bank

Nation

Top aide: detained Lebanese-American isn?t guilty of murder

Six things to watch for at Nevada caucuses

Nevada election workers gagged by state Democratic Party

World

School bus draped with message targets UK?s Prince Andrew

Lesotho?s PM fails to show in court to face murder charge

An Afghan truce test is to begin amid a political crisis

politics

200 locations in Nevada host caucuses, including several Vegas casinos

How to win the Democratic nomination, and why it could get complicated

See full results from the Nevada Democratic caucuses

business

Emerson student with one of the world?s rarest diseases is heartened that the first drug to treat it could be approved soon

Massive project could replace the Hynes if it is sold

At long last, 50Kitchen opens in Fields Corner

lifestyle

Takeaways from the Duchess of Cambridge?s surprisingly real interview about parenting

Beyond slavery and civil rights: What parents need to know about Black History Month

A fun take on a classic dessert at Maca

marijuana

Amesbury pot shop opens for recreational marijuana sales

Medical marijuana rules change for New Mexico visitors

Cambridge reverses stance, will consider pot applications

opinion

Why I?m voting for Tulsi Gabbard

Trump?s latest anti-immigrant stunt cheapens law enforcement

Beyond ?happily ever after?

food & dining

New Hampshire?s Puritan Backroom wins a James Beard Foundation award

A Brazilian steakhouse opens near the Lawn on D, and Lumiere says au revoir

At the South End?s new Yellow Door Taqueria, fusion tacos and friendly service

travel

Here?s where to feel like a kid in a candy store

Winter games: Here?s where families can have some fun

The best and worst buys at Hudson News

Books

Edith Wharton?s own copy of ?The Age of Innocence? arrives at The Mount for the novel?s 100th birthday

A curious case of mass hysteria

In four tantalizing titles, food for thought

Movies

Doc Talk: From ?Paris Is Burning? to ?My First Film?

Movie events and special screenings coming soon to Boston

In Focus: The persistence of memory powers Patricio Guzmán?s Chile trilogy

Television

Julia Roberts headlines TV adaptation of Slate podcast on Watergate

The best TV episodes of the 2000s? Let?s get started

A local helps make ?Zoey?s Extraordinary Playlist? sing

music

Unplugged, the Robinson brothers conjure the soul of the Black Crowes

Jazz trumpeter Jason Palmer?s disparate inspirations: stolen paintings and stolen lives

?It?s our 1963?: Kamasi Washington talks jazz, experimentation, and living in the moment

Theater/Dance

Second City?s ?She the People? asserts our right to laugh out loud

?Swan Lake in Blue? is a jazzy re-imagination of a classic

Illness sidelines Sarah Jessica Parker for Friday night?s ?Plaza Suite?

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

Lawrence Tesler, pioneer of personal computing, dies at 74

Larry Eisenhauer, ?fierce competitor? on Patriots? defensive line in the 1960s, dies at 79

Bridging politics and education, Albert Sherman, 81, was a mainstay of UMass Medical School