Are Boston?s dive bars disappearing?

Rising rents and land values are changing the places where neighborhood folks can feel comfortable just being themselves.

One person killed in Plymouth house fire

One person has died in a house fire in Plymouth, according to the state fire marshal?s office.

Bloodied and battered in N.H., Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio are engaged in a vigorous fight before Saturday?s primary.

Wire photos

The gloves come off before GOP primary in S.C.

Bloodied and battered in N.H., Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, and Ted Cruz are engaged in a vigorous fight before Saturday?s primary.

Opinion | Stephen Kinzer

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American presidential campaigns no longer offer voters reasoned debate about world affairs.

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President Obama will become the first sitting president to set foot on the island for a state visit in nearly nine decades.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/lorenz_18immigration_16.jpg Immigrant advocates rally against raids, deportation

In Burlington, protesters sought to underscore the anxiety of undocumented parents and their children living under threat of separation.

Amid probe, home care agency cuts most staffers

Compassionate Homecare is one of a dozen home health care companies under investigation for possible fraud.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_joyce5_met150-11090.jpg FBI, IRS raid law office of state Senator Joyce

The raid apparently stems from recent Boston Globe stories detailing ways Joyce allegedly used his position to benefit himself.

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Alyssa Leader claims the school failed to take her allegations seriously, leaving her to live in fear in the same dorm as her alleged abuser.

Jason Rohrer transposes life?s dilemmas into video games. His work is on view in ?The Game Worlds of Jason Rohrer? at the Davis Museum at Wellesley College.

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Art Review

Video games as art, in a fascinating show at Davis Museum

?The Game Worlds of Jason Rohrer,? now on view at Wellesley College?s Davis Museum, is billed as the first solo exhibition by a video-game maker.

1/28/2016 - Cambridge, MA - Eric Minikel and Sonia Valabh, cq, ran an experiment involving denaturing proteins at the Broad Institute lab in Cambridge on Thursday, January 28, 2016. They are looking for a cure for

Globe Magazine

A husband and wife?s race to cure her fatal genetic disease

How the threat of fatal familial insomnia turned them into scientists with an urgent mission.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/18/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/3_Comp.jpg Have central banks lost ability to boost struggling economies?

Many economists now believed that the Federal Reserve will raise its benchmark interest rate only two times this year, instead of the four projected.

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The pontiff prayed at the border for the thousands who have died trying to reach the United States.

Photography Review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/04/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/CindySherman.jpg Scenes of domestic life at the Addison

Laurie Simmons?s 1976 photo series, ?In and Around the House,? is on display in Andover through April 17.

Apple Inc. chief executive Tim Cook.

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Hiawatha Bray | Tech Lab

Why Apple?s CEO shouldn?t crack the iPhone for the FBI

By taking a stand now, the CEO could go a long way toward protecting Americans? privacy for a long time to come.

Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens gives instructions during a timeout against the Detroit Pistons in the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015 in Auburn Hills, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

For Celtics, best move at trade deadline is none at all

The Celtics don?t need to act right now, because bigger things are not so far down the road.

Plated

Aerosmith?s Joey Kramer cranks the coffee to 11

The Aerosmith drummer is launching brick-and-mortar Rockin? & Roastin? cafes, including one in North Attleborough.

Globe investigations

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

BetaBoston

BetaBoston

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The staff of ratings website Dunwello announced over the long weekend that the service would cease operations.

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.

Crux

Crux

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A Mexican journalist presented Pope Francis with a traditional hat as the pontiff departed from the Vatican Friday.

Globe Insiders

Design New England

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/03/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/bath.jpg Immersed in the View

A seaside location sets the tone for a free-flowing master bathroom with partitions and angles ? but no doors to restrict sightlines.