Smoke-filled train causes panic, severe delays on Red Line

Bystanders kicked in windows to help passengers out of a smoke-filled Red-Line train at Quincy Station.

Kristin Bello

Bystanders kicked in windows to help passengers out of a smoke-filled Red Line train at Quincy Station, according to witnesses.

Blizzard of 2015

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The Blizzard of 2015 and 36 inches of snow brought this small community a state championship.

On Chester Street in Allston on Tuesday, a group of friends played beer pong during the blizzard.

Allston parties hard, glad for snow day

When a weekend arrives unscheduled in the middle of a week, Allston has a long history of charging hard at it.

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For parents forced to return to work while their children had another snow day, the announcement was frustrating.

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The storms are expected to hit after midnight Thursday into Friday and Sunday into Monday.

Impresario Seth Greenberg (left) and Scott Brown at Bastille Kitchen.

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Seth Greenberg enjoys an evening with ?Scotty? Brown

The Mistral owner has been returning to Boston to assay Bastille Kitchen, his new French Bistro in Fort Point.

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Sixpoint?s Bengali is one cool brew

Sixpoint comes in shiny, skinny, silver cans, the kind you associate more with energy drinks than cream ales.

Aaron Hernandez?s fiancee, Shayanna Jenkins, outside of Bristol Superior Court on Thursday.

Start of Hernandez trial hits snag over jurors

Opening statements in the Odin Lloyd murder case have been delayed this morning.

The cause of the fire, which caused an estimated $250,000 in damage, is under investigation.

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Woman dies in two-alarm Dorchester fire

A woman rescued from her home by Boston firefighters died Thursday morning, in the first fire fatality of 2015.

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Carl Krawitt?s son Rhett, 6, has leukemia and is vulnerable to infection and unable to be vaccinated.

Gas blast at Mexican hospital kills at least 4, injures dozens

A powerful gas tank truck explosion shattered a maternity and children?s hospital in Mexico City.

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Overdoses rose last month in Mass., prompting health workers and police to scramble to curb the crisis.

Dartmouth to ban hard alcohol, forbid Greek life pledging

The school will also roll out a mandatory sexual violence prevention program as part of a slew of policy changes.

Super Bowl XLIX

Ben Volin

Indianapolis reporter at center of Deflategate media storm

Bob Kravitz, who writes for TV station WTHR, hasn?t exactly been the most popular man with Patriots fans.

Patriots use their smarts as their key intangible

Dumb jocks? You?d better do your homework before slapping that tag on these Patriots, because they do theirs.

Opinion

nicholas burns

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On the 70th anniversary of liberation, a survivor?s journey is a reminder to recall each victim?s story of strength.

The Big Picture

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Massive snowstorm hits the Northeast

The storm blasted the region with wind-whipped snow that piled nearly three-feet high in some places.

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