AFC championship | Patriots vs. Broncos

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Tom Brady was tackled by Von Miller in the third quarter.

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Rob Gronkowski ran past Denver Broncos cornerback Chris Harris in the third quarter.

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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady walked off the field during the first half.

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Tom Brady was tackled by Von Miller.

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Owen Daniels scored on a pass from Peyton Manning.

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Tom Brady signaled to teammates.

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Steven Jackson scored for the Patriots.

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Jabaal Sheard tackled Ronnie Hillman.

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Tom Brady was sacked in the first quarter.

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Tom Brady threw a pass early in the game.

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Owen Daniels scored for the Broncos.

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Peyton Manning handed the ball to Ronnie Hillman.

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Julian Edelman carried the ball on the Patriots? first possession.

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Broncos add 3, but Patriots within striking distance

Brandon McManus kicked a 31-yard field goal to cap Denver?s first drive in the fourth quarter.

Stephen Gostkowski?s long extra-point streak comes to an end

Gostkowski had connected on 523 consecutive extra points before he pushed one wide right in the AFC Championship.

Ed Markey blocks vote on FDA chief over opiate approvals

Markey wants the agency to reverse its 2015 decision allowing the pediatric use of OxyContin.

Opinion

Is Bloomberg out to ruin Hillary Clinton?s party?

Michael Bloomberg is reportedly studying up on past third-party runs by H. Ross Perot and the granddaddy of them all, Teddy Roosevelt.

Kirsten Greenidge at the Huntington Theatre, where her play ?Milk Like Sugar? is in rehearsal. — Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff

Theater

Playwright Greenidge has her finger on the pulse

The Boston playwright will have two plays in production simultaneously ? ?Milk Like Sugar? and ?Baltimore? ? that both explore contemporary topics.

Television Review

Paranoia strikes a dreary note in ?X-Files?

If there was a creative reason to bring the show back, and not merely a financial one, I couldn?t find it anywhere in the premiere.

JEFF JACOBY

Obama regrets polarized rancor. He should.

Obama routinely speaks of his critics as if their motives couldn?t possibly be rational or decent.

Where the state senators stand on marijuana

Eight state senators traveled to Denver to gain an understanding of how to regulate the pot industry, should Massachusetts give it the green light.

Tina Zeng tossed a snow ball in the Boston Public Garden. — Keith Bedford/Globe staff

Mass. digs out after winter season?s first big snowstorm

The storm left a foot of snow across much of the Cape Cod region and 3 to 6 inches elsewhere in Eastern Mass.

Sunny day follows Northeast blizzard, but caution remains

The mammoth blizzard paralyzed Washington and set a single-day snowfall record in New York City.

Adrian Walker

SEIU head rose from low-wage worker to labor boss

Tyrék Lee initially refused to sign his union card when he was hired as a telephone operator.

Newton, MA - 1/17/2016 - Waban Square in the Waban Village of Newton, MA, January 17, 2016. (Keith Bedford/Globe Staff) — Keith Bedford/Globe Staff

location, location, location

What is it like to live in Waban?

?Just to live in a pretty house, that doesn?t do it for me. It?s really important for me to be an active part of my community, and Waban makes that available.?

Lunenburg man fatally struck by car in N.H.

An East Bridgewater man was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated following the crash Saturday evening.

Amesbury man arrested after high-speed chase in N.H.

Kenneth Coogan, 29, was driving more than 100 miles per hour when he passed a state trooper on Route 101, police said.

Bobby Curley believes his collie, Celtz, was bitten by a rattlesnake, but he is not entirely opposed to the plan to bring the snakes back to the area. — Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

Quabbin ?rattlesnake island? idea leaves some squirming

The state says the plan poses no threat to the public, but resentment still runs deep here, 75 years after four towns were destroyed for the reservoir.