Up to 10 inches of snow expected Sat.

Forecasters cautioned that blizzard conditions will make driving hazardous late Saturday.

US issues guidelines to banks on marijuana firms

The guidelines are intended to increase availability of financial services for legal marijuana businesses.

Judge issues gag order in Aaron Hernandez murder case

The judge cited an “extraordinary level of media attention” in issuing the gag order to prosecution and defense lawyers.

In Boston, 1 in 4 city workers made $100,000 or more

More than 4,300 employees were paid in excess of $100,000 in 2013, payroll records show.

Merger talks collapse among 3 health providers

The merger among Beth Israel, Lahey Health, and Atrius Health would have created a health care system rivaling Partners.

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Ideas

For pregnant women, two sets of rights in one body

A new wave of fetal-protection measures creates a collision in American law — and exposes a moral conundrum

There is enormous pressure on the Russian men's hockey team to win gold on home ice in Sochi, but they weren’t impressive in an opening win over Slovenia. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

US, Russia set for big faceoff on Sochi ice

Much has changed since 1980. When the teams meet on Saturday, the Americans will be favored on Russian ice.

“It’s been horrible. She’s been made to look terrible by half truths. . . . She never hit that guy,” said Philip R. Boncore,  who is representing  Patricia Campatelli (above).

Probate official to pay $10,000 for campaign violations

Patricia Campatelli, already on paid leave after allegedly punching an employee, settled charges that she violated state campaign finance rules.

Science In Mind

MIT researchers untangle the science of curly hair

Researchers solved “the deceivingly simple problem” of knowing what shape a hair strand will form.

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Sage Stossel is an Atlantic contributing editor and author of the graphic novel “Starling.”

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Colin Farrell and Jessica Brown Findlay (top) as Gilded Age mansion burglar and resident, and Eva Marie Saint (above) as an acquaintance Farrell runs into in modern day.

‘Winter’s Tale’ fails to go with flow of Mark Helprin novel

Writer-director Akiva Goldsman takes Helprin’s book — a work overflowing with events, ideas, characters, passions — and pounds away at it until it’s mush.