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Woman dragged for miles after being struck by a vehicle

Workers removed a Toyota RAV-4 that police say was involved in a Monday morning incident in which two people were struck in Chinatown, with one of them being dragged to Dorchester. — Dina Rudick/Globe Staff

The woman and her husband were walking in Chinatown early Monday when they were struck by a vehicle, according to police.

Several Mass. schools receive bomb threats ? two for the second time

High schools in Lexington, Billerica, and Mashpee took precautions, including evacuations.

Proposed T fare hikes draw flak at meeting

Residents and activists criticized the proposal at a meeting in downtown Boston on Monday.

Virginia Tech students charged in death of girl, 13

Nicole Madison Lovell?s family said she vanished from her bedroom last week, sparking a four-day search.

Officials work to determine Va. teen?s final moments

Nicole Madison Lovell, who police say was abducted and killed by a Virginia Tech student, was described by friends as an energetic and outspoken girl.

Child with life-threatening injuries removed from Roxbury home

Boston police detectives are currently investigating how the 3-year-old was hurt.

Needham High assistant principal picked to lead school

Aaron Sicotte will take the position left vacant by Jonathan Pizzi?s sudden departure last spring.

Own Google.com for 1 minute, get paid $12,000

The online titan made the payout to a Babson MBA student for highlighting the bug that allowed him to buy the domain.

FCC plan would give consumer control of set-top box

The plan could not only lead to lower costs for consumers, but a burst of attractive new offerings.

The finale of ?Grease: Live? on Fox. — Kevin Estrada/FOX

Why are live TV musicals taking off?

This small wave is actually a canny attempt to solve a very big problem.

Readers talk about their own bald eagle sightings

At least a dozen people have reported seeing one or more bald eagles flying around the Boston area since a Globe story published last week about recent sightings.

Embattled Suffolk University president challenges trustees

?I will not stand by while this board fabricates reasons to justify my termination,? Margaret McKenna wrote.

Adrian Walker

Margaret McKenna?s worst sin is acting like a president

McKenna?s real mistake seems to be operating under the delusion that she is in charge of something.

ground game

Could Marco Rubio surprise on caucus night?

Such a result could really shake up things in New Hampshire.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

Changing minds in the Iowa caucuses

Convincing voters to change their minds at the last minute is a fundamental part of how the Iowa caucuses are supposed to work.

Inside the primaries

Guide to the Iowa caucuses

In this Thursday Oct. 8, 2015, photo, a sign welcoming visitors in both English and French is seen across the border from Vermont in Cornish, N.H. Students studying French at Plymouth State University are using their language and cultural skills to attract Canadian tourists to New Hampshire?s North Country. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

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DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Patriots would have been Super Bowl?s biggest story

Here?s what we?re missing out on with the Kraft-Belichick-Brady trinity absent from the NFL?s top event.

Opinion & Ideas

Alex Beam

Kitten heels, nose hairs, and candidates in the closet

I am starting a collection of electioneering oddities: Campaign TMI.

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Ground Game

Ground Game

Four things to watch in the Iowa caucuses and later

The state?s results can yield clues on how a candidate might be able to perform in other states later on the calendar.

The Big Picture

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Zika virus spreading in Latin America

The virus has spread rapidly, transforming from a little-known ailment to an international public health concern.

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John Krasinksi was interviewed Thursday at the premiere of ?The Hollars? at the Sundance Film Festival.

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John Krasinski brings ?The Hollars? to Sundance

An MBTA commuter rail train fronted by a new locomotive entered West Medford station.

Defects plague new MBTA locomotives

Simanta and Brian Buck, who are expecting a baby in July, shelved a trip to the Dominican Republic.

Can the travel industry survive Zika?

The finale of ?Grease: Live? on Fox.

TELEVISION REVIEW

Fox delivers a slickly staged, visually appealing ?Grease?

Gabe and Lisa Bernson, the maternal grandparents of the girl at the center of our story, tried to get custody of her while she was living with her father.

?I think my mom believed me?

The MIT Hyperloop Team placed first out of more than 100 university teams from around the world.

MIT students are tops in ?Hyperloop? design competition

Jane Fonda and Margery Eagan shared a laugh Sunday night at the Coolidge Corner Theater.

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Jane Fonda honored with Coolidge Award

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 30: Actor Idris Elba accepts the Male Actor in a Supporting Role award for 'Beasts of No Nation' onstage during The 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 30, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. 25650_021 (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Turner)

From SAG Awards to Sundance, diversity makes a comeback

Becca Pizzi, 35, of Belmont has completed 45 marathons.

Belmont woman?s marathon accomplishment

Aaron Hernandez appeared in Suffolk Superior Court on Dec. 22.

Purported Aaron Hernandez letter trashes Robert Kraft, praises Tom Brady

Paula Skelley displays a photograph of her daughter Lydia Valdez, seen here at age 8, who died a year later, in 2013.

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Parents should talk to sick children about death

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Harvard's Jim Vesey believes the Crimson have the chance to ?do something special? this year.

64th annual Beanpot | Games at 5 p.m., 8 p.m.

High-powered Harvard out to end Beanpot drought

The Crimson haven?t hoisted the pot in 23 years, but feel they have the talent to break BU and BC?s grip on the title.

Metro

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Traffic was slow on Interstate 93 in Somerville as the sun rose Monday morning.

February starts with a spring-like day

The National Weather Service said some communities could hit 60 degrees Monday.

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A voter placed a ballot inside a box at Woodstock Town Hall in Woodstock, N.H., in 2012. What bonds Iowa and New Hampshire, the early states on the way to the party nominations for president? ?They?re white, they?re less metropolitan, they?re rural, and they?re aging,? said William H. Frey, demographer and senior fellow at The Brookings Institution.

Early-voting states are white, old, and rural

Voters in Iowa and New Hampshire together form a small, yet strikingly homogeneous group.

Columnists

A press room monitor showed moments from the Republican presidential primary debate last Thursday.

Alex Beam

Kitten heels, nose hairs, and candidates in the closet

RENÉE LOTH

Diluting the power of big money

A tour group soaked in the scenery on Harvard?s campus.

Meredith Warren

A ?millionaire tax? for colleges and universities

A season that began with much promise faded to black in Denver with missed opportunities, missed blocks, and mistakes.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

It?s still hard to believe Patriots? season is over

Stephen Curry (left) and Chris Bosh watched a Curry 3-pointer fall into the basket on Jan. 11.

Bob Ryan

Unfortunately, the 3-pointer is here to stay

A woman put money into the Salvation Army kettle at the South Shore Plaza.

JEFF JACOBY

Ordinary Americans? extraordinary generosity

Juan, right, is headed to Boston?s Shriners Hospitals for Children for burn treatment after he fell into an open pot of boiling water in his rural village in Guatemala last year.

Thomas Farragher

Burn victim hopes for treatment in Boston

Members of the Michigan National Guard loaded bottled water at a fire station in Flint, Mich., on Thursday.

Derrick Z. Jackson

Flint evokes the public health racism of years past

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke to supporters in Nashua, N.H.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Trump isn?t too big to ask for votes

SCOT LEHIGH

Iowa is not do-or-die

With Drew Bledsoe as his quarterback, Bill Belichick (left) started 0-4 in 2000, on the way to a 5-11 season.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Bill Belichick came a long way from rocky start here

The Massachusetts State House.

Shirley Leung

No unity on bill to grant women equality in pay

Nation & World

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Afghan security personnel gathered as victims were treated Monday at the site of a suicide car bombing next to a police base in Kabul.

At least 9 killed in suicide car bombing at Kabul police base

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in Afghanistan?s capital, which also wounded another 12 people.

Business

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State Attorney General Maura Healey has warned Gilead that it may be engaged in unfair trade practices.

State challenge to Gilead would hinge on untested legal theory

AG Maura Healey?s case probably will rely on a legal theory that could be applied widely to other specialty pharmaceuticals.

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John Krasinksi was interviewed Thursday at the premiere of ?The Hollars? at the Sundance Film Festival.

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John Krasinski brings ?The Hollars? to Sundance

Krasinski closed out the film festival with his family story.

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Boston changes app for parking tickets

Drivers in Boston are getting a new way to settle their parking tickets with a smartphone.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight?

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

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Pope Francis meets Iranian leader to discuss Middle East

The meeting marked the first time ranian President Hassan Rouhani has visited the West since a landmark nuclear agreement with Iran last year.

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Is it OK to alert a stranger to a wardrobe malfunction?

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