AFC Playoffs: Patriots 27, Chiefs 20

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

No worries, just another trip to AFC title game

After a week of mystery and uncertainty, the Patriots came out Saturday and did what we?re used to seeing them do: advance in the playoffs.

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The Patriots looked healthy once again as they earned a trip to the AFC title game for a fifth consecutive season.

Ben Volin | On Football

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The return of Julian Edelman and Sebastian Vollmer and a healthy Rob Gronkowski made for a smooth ride.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/17/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Lee_patriotschiefs3_spts.jpg Julian Edelman shakes off the rust

After a few early drops, the receiver said he was pleased with his return after a long layoff because of a foot injury.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/IMG_4055.JPG Middlesex DA investigates Waltham murder-suicide

?This is an isolated incident and there is no threat to public safety,? police said late Saturday.

Matthew Trevithick.

Hingham man freed as part of US-Iran prisoner swap

Matthew Trevithick, who was studying in Iran, spent 40 days in a Tehran prison, his family said.

Shane Hague waited for Donald Trump in Portsmouth, N.H.

Despite hosting Trump, Scott Brown still neutral on N.H. primary

The former US senator has not said if he will endorse a candidate in the upcoming election.

Pope Francis addresses the crowd from the window of the Apostolic palace overlooking St.Peter's square during his Sunday Angelus prayer on January 10, 2016 at the Vatican. / AFP / ANDREAS SOLAROANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images

ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images

John Allen Jr. | All Things Catholic

As pope visits synagogue, some issues still unsettled

These visits are always special, given that arguably no Jewish community has felt the sting of Catholic opprobrium more than the one in Rome.

Shirley Leung

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/13/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/leung-5678.jpg The mayor and governor who brought GE to Boston

Two young administrations came together when it counted, helping the city to land the corporate giant.

Kevin Cullen

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Aisling Brady McCarthy is back home, not able to get away from Boston fast enough after her release from prison.

The state inspector general says the transportation department has failed to take into account fluctuations in the price of asphalt, resulting in over- and underpayments to contractors, or to periodically test the quality of contractors? materials.

Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff/File 2010

Starts & Stops

State criticized for paving contracts

A new report Transportation department employees don?t follow their own policies or best practices on paving contracts.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/14/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AP_05112909162A.jpg As a senator, Hillary Clinton was hands-off on Wall Street

Clinton rarely signed on to bills related to the financial services industry ? whether banks backed or opposed the measures.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/17/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/ChristopherOrlando_1.jpg Family of missing Marine thanks public for concern

Corporal Christopher Orlando of Hingham was aboard one of two helicopters that collided Thursday off the Hawaiian coast.

For 19 months ? through a ferocious winter ? Murphy wouldn?t return.

Missing dog spurs Vt. town to action

For 19 months ? through a ferocious winter ? Murphy wouldn?t return.

International inspectors confirmed Saturday that Iran had dismantled large sections of its nuclear program, as agreed in a historic accord last summer, paving the way for the lifting of oil and financial sanctions.

Kevin Lamarque/Pool via The New York Times

Editorial

Iran, US must continue to live up to their bargain

If the International Atomic Energy Agency certifies that Iran has lived up to its side of the bargain, the United States and its allies must hold up their end as well.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/14/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/150814_WALKER_CHELSEA_00819x.jpg As Chelsea begins to blossom, struggles remain

The gentrifying city still battles poverty, addiction, and homelessness.

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/abrahamy-9966.jpg In Dudley Square, anxious residents await the boom

They long for enough development to fill in the long-empty lots, but not enough to put housing beyond the reach of the middle class.

UFC FIGHT NIGHT | 8:30 p.m. (FS1)

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/15/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/AP_146887561045.jpg UFC president Dana White has deep bond with Boston

White and his partners, who have passed on offers of up to $4 billion for the promotion, bring UFC back to Boston tonight.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_ServiceDay_593741.jpg Eighth-graders honor MLK with day of service

Nearly 400 students from across the state came together Saturday to volunteer at six sites across the Boston area.

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Ground Game

ground game

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Sunday?s debate will run during a long weekend filled with distractions such as the NFL playoffs and ?Downton Abbey.?

Globe investigations

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/spotlight150x150-165.jpg Globe investigations and Spotlight reports

A look at high-impact investigations from The Boston Globe, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning report on abuse in the Catholic Church.

The Big Picture

 Peugeot?s French driver Stephane Peterhansel and co-driver Jean Paul Cottret compete during the seventh stage of the Dakar Rally 2016 from Uyuni, Bolivia to Salta, Argentina on Jan. 9. (Marcos Brindicci/AFP/Getty Images)

Marcos Brindicci/AFP/Getty Images

The Big picture

Dakar Rally 2016

The 13-stage Dakar Rally is traveling through Argentina and Bolivia via motorcycle, quad bike, car, or truck over extreme terrain.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

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?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

BetaBoston

betaboston

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/14/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Enterprise%20NCC%201701.jpg Disruptor Beam fires up new Star Trek game

A new video game from Framingham?s Disruptor Beam Inc. lets people play as any ?Star Trek? character.

Crux

John L. Allen Jr. | ALL THINGS CATHOLIC

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/10/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/Popes-John-Paul-I-Francis.jpg Francis sees kindred spirit in John Paul I

In his first book as pope, Francis ponders what would have been the legacy the ?Smiling Pope,? had he lived.

Globe Insiders

Design New England

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/13/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/dne.png Home Sweets Home

Interior designer Holly Joe cooks up the love in her sophisticated yet cozy family house in Westwood.