Family, friends remember slain Brigham doctor

Mourners left funeral services for Dr. Michael J. Davidson at Temple Beth Elohim in Wellesley.

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Nearly a thousand people gathered to mourn Dr. Michael Davidson at a temple in Wellesley.

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Central Massachusetts will see the greatest accumulation, but no part of the state will be spared, forecasters said.

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The promise and limits of ?mental health first aid?

New programs are training laypeople to deal with psychological emergencies?but how much do they actually help those in crisis?

Perspective

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/20/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/mag0125essay.jpg A cash lifeline for Boston?s working poor

A new book reveals how some struggling families manage to make ends meet.

Dixville?s nine eligible voters on Election Day in 1960, the first election after the township was incorporated.

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In Dixville Notch, a race to stay ?rst in the nation

The hotel in northern New Hampshire has, for decades, been the site of a beloved tradition. Whether that continues in 2016 is now in question.

The French firm Keolis took over the commuter rail service in July.

MBTA fines Keolis $1.6 million for late trains

The penalties against the commuter rail operator were for poor performance in November and December.

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Demonstrators who disrupt major thoroughfares ?will be dealt with swiftly and appropriately,? Governor Baker said.

NFL playoffs

Patriots QB Tom Brady warmed up before the AFC Championship.

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Deflategate probe ongoing, NFL says

Nearly 40 interviews were conducted as part of the investigation into the Patriots? use of deflated footballs in Sunday?s game, the league said.

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The Patriots QB?s quotes from Thursday?s press conference about deflated footballs were repurposed with schoolboy glee.

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Boston?s Olympic organizing group has installed Richard Davey as its top executive as it launches its campaign.

Bruce Schneier (bottom) video chats with Edward Snowden.

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Snowden, NSA face off over privacy at Harvard

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden appeared onscreen at a Harvard University symposium from Moscow.

Supreme Court to review use of midazolam as execution drug

The justices will review using the sedative in executions amid concerns that it does not ensure a painless death.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/23/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/markey--90x90.jpg Democrats say Senator Markey was muzzled on Keystone measures

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell used a procedural move to table a Markey amendment and objected to his request to speak.

Evan Horowitz

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/23/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/horowitz-090.jpg The other Deflategate: our state budget

Footballs aren?t the only things that need to be filled up in Massachusetts. Our state budget does too.

Opinion

Michael A. Cohen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/23/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/642e0d0b634e476bb0529ca89cf6fe42-642e0d0b634e476bb0529ca89cf6fe42-0.jpg Benjamin Netanyahu goes too far

The Israeli prime minister?s acceptance of an invitation to address Congress about Iran was a demonstration of hubris.

The Big Picture

An abandoned tourist Boat shipwreck lying at the Dead Sea coastal resort near Ein Gedi, Israel.

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The Big Picture

Declining water levels in the Dead Sea

Originally one of the world?s first health resorts, the Dead Sea has a far from healthy future as its water levels decline.

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