More than a foot of snow expected from Nor’easter

The leading edge of the storm will enter the region after midnight, with the heaviest snowfall expected late Thursday and early Friday.

Walsh team releases new details on mayoral inaugural

Martin Walsh will be sworn in Monday at Boston College’s Conte Forum followed by a formal, inaugural gala at the Hynes Convention Center.

Mourners lined the block outside an Abington funeral home for Sgt. Daniel Vasselian’s wake.

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More than 1,000 attend wake for Abington Marine

Mourners lined the block outside an Abington funeral home for Sgt. Daniel Vasselian’s wake.

Hundreds of half-naked revelers stampeded into the Boston Harbor for the annual Polar Bear Plunge.

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More than 600 take the plunge in South Boston

Some wore tight Speedos or string bikinis during the annual New Year’s dip into chilly Dorchester Bay.

Tom Brady at practice Wednesday. (Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff)

Tom Brady not sure he’ll watch playoff games

“Sometimes you get really riled up watching the game and you start cheering for teams to win or lose,” Brady told reporters after practice Wednesday.

Sean Azzariti, a former Marine who served in the Iraq war and has post-traumatic stress disorder, smiled as he became the first customer to buy retail marijuana at 3D Cannabis Center in Denver.

Colorado shops begin selling legal recreational marijuana

Preparation for the retail market started more than a year ago, soon after Colorado voters approved the legal pot industry.

James Avery.

‘Fresh Prince’ actor James Avery dead at 68

Avery, the bulky character actor who laid down the law as Philip Banks in ‘‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,’’ has died.

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nathaniel p. morris

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/01/01/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/0101oped_morris-959.jpg Happy holidays, but I can’t help you yet

I’ve been in medical school for 16 months, and people think I know what I’m talking about. (I don’t.)