Trump fires acting AG after she defies ban

Sally Yates, a Democratic appointee, had directed Justice Department attorneys not to defend President Trump?s executive order on refugees.

01/28/2017 BOSTON, MA AG Maura Healey (cq) (left) speaks with immigration attorney Susan Church (cq) at Boston Logan Airport's Terminal E for international arrivals. (Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe)

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Healey to join suit by UMass professors against ban

Massachusetts would be a plaintiff in a federal lawsuit challenging President Trump?s orders.

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Governor Charlie Baker?s advisers think he has found a middle ground in his reaction to President Trump.

Liz Norden, a Stoneham mother whose two adult sons each lost legs in the Boston Marathon bombing.

Trump?s spokesman brought up terrorism. What do the victims think?

Survivors of the Boston Marathon attack are divided when it comes to the president?s immigration order.

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A man who President Trump has promoted as an authority on voter fraud was registered in multiple states during the 2016 election.

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Automakers are walking a tightrope as they court the president, whose policies on clean-air standards, corporate taxes, and trade will affect their fortunes.

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Don?t talk about airport protests in Trump Country.

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Donald Trump?s unsmiling picture, against a backdrop of the White House, struck many in Boston?s immigration court Friday as severe.

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The former president rejected the idea that Donald Trump based his immigration executive order on a policy adopted by Obama?s administration.

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Hopsters in Newton failed to get financing from banks and angel investors, so it turned to the Wefunder site.

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Funding via the crowd is now a reality for businesses

Equity crowdfunding took effect last May, part of a post-recession family of federal laws meant to spur startup investments.

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New England Patriots' Tom Brady answers questions during opening night for the NFL Super Bowl 51 football game at Minute Maid Park Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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It?s opening night in Houston for Super Bowl LI

The Patriots are facing the media tonight after having arrived in Houston earlier in the day.

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The two owners did a joint segment during Opening Night on Monday.

Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan, left, walks through a workout at the football team's practice facility in Flowery Branch, Ga., Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017. Shanahan is trying to keep the next 10 days as normal as possible. Good luck with that. Shanahan is preparing for his first Super Bowl, a game his father won twice, and is expected to become coach of the San Francisco 49ers as soon as the season is over. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Kyle Shanahan lost, then found his backpack containing Falcons? gameplan

A columnist mistakenly took the offensive coordinator?s backpack at Opening Night before realizing it and returning it.

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Sanu said he is praying the country and the world would ?unite as one.?

Tony Meng, of Westwood, now needs a home health aide for basic tasks.

Spotlight followup

Double surgery did not cause man?s quadriplegia, jury finds

A Boston jury on Monday concluded that the Mass. General Hospital surgeon?s divided attention did not cause a Westwood man?s quadriplegia.

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Colleges in Boston mobilize to help students, academics affected by Trump order

President Trump?s immigration order was a heavy blow for Boston, a city that prides itself on drawing the brightest minds from around the world.

KEVIN CULLEN

Boston used to be on the Underground Railroad. Now it?s on the Overground Railroad.

Lawyers are advising those who hold visas or green cards to come to Boston because they are more likely to avoid being detained.

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?The sinking was caused by your intentional acts,? the insurer wrote to Nathan Carman.

An entrance to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, in Boston, is illuminated by lights Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014. A patient at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, in Braintree, Mass., who has visited Liberia, was brought to the medical center in Boston by ambulance Sunday. The medical center in Braintree said the patient complained of a headache and muscle aches. A statement from Ben Kruskal, chief of infectious disease at the Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, does not mention Ebola in the Sunday incident. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Beth Israel, Lahey health systems agree to pursue merger

The two hospital networks signed a letter of intent to merge, with Beth Israel Deaconess CEO Dr. Kevin Tabb to lead the combined organization.

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The 1970 Boston Marathon champ ended his record streak after experiencing chest pain.

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Muslim women prayed during a protest in Copley Square Sunday.

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ALEX SPEIER

At Naval Academy, ?Belichick Collection? speaks volumes
New owners have given vendors at the Boston Flower Exchange an added month to remain at its South End location.

Flower exchange gets one-month extension in South End
Samantha Bee on ?Full Frontal.?

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Rob Ninkovich and Chris Long keep each other smiling.

The Patriots? resident comedy duo: Ninkovich and Long
Governor Charlie Baker plans to send the Trump administration a brief detailing ?concerns? about the executive order on immigration that took effect Friday.

Baker to send Trump ?concerns? about immigration order
Atlanta Falcons head coach Dan Quinn walks into a press conference at the football team's practice facility in Flowery Branch, Ga., Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. The Falcons (13-5) take on the New England Patriots (16-2) in Super Bowl LI in Houston on Feb. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

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Mahasen Khatib, a Syrian refugee who is settling her family in Rutland, Vt., after months in Turkey, fed Dania, 5, one of her children.

Syrian refugee family settles in Vermont city amid uncertainty
Neon Therapeutics chief executive Hugh O?Dowd came to the Cambridge company last year from Novartis.

Independence is a constant challenge for cancer drug startups
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A fresh look at a forgotten battle for civil rights, fought in Boston
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Iranian scientist headed for Harvard can?t enter US
Boston, MA -- 1/29/2017 - Amy Burnap, of Meredith, NH (C) chants as people gather in Copley Square to protest Trump's executive order banning people from several predominantly Muslim countries from entering the country. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: Reporter:

Anxiety about refugees is stoked by far-right media

President Trump's immigration order

President Donald Trump signed an executive order severely limiting immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations on Friday.

Special report

Chaos, protests follow Trump?s order

As the patchwork resistance effort in Boston started, two attorneys came up with a plan.

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CELTICS 113, PISTONS 109

Isaiah Thomas ignites in fourth quarter, drives Celtics past Pistons

Thomas racked up 24 of his 41 points in the final period as Boston won its fourth straight.

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Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez appears in Suffolk Superior Court during a pretrial hearing before Judge Jeffrey Locke, on Tuesday, December 27, 2016 in Boston. Hernandez, who is serving a life sentence for a 2013 murder, is scheduled to go on trial in Feb 13, 2017 for the murder of two men in a 2012 drive-by shooting. Josh Reynolds for The Boston Globe/Pool (Metro, Pool )

Aaron Hernandez tattoo artist to testify at double murder trial

The man who tattooed guns and the phrase ?God Forgives? on former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez will testify for prosecutors.

Real Estate

Home of the week: A 24-acre estate in Sudbury with a home theater and a gentleman?s retreat

The stone wall along the perimeter says New England, but this custom house on 24 acres exudes Holland, flappers, farmers, and formality.

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Jay Gonzalez served in the Patrick administration.

Democrat Jay Gonzalez launches bid for governor

Gonzalez, budget chief during the Patrick administration, is the first to formally say he?s challenging Charlie Baker.

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ATLANTA, GA - JANUARY 14: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell talks with Arthur Blank, owner of the Atlanta Falcons, prior to the game against the Seattle Seahwaks at the Georgia Dome on January 14, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Noisegate didn?t make a peep compared with Deflategate
A crowd gathered at Logan Airport Saturday to protest the immigration ban.

Michael A. Cohen

Shame on you, Mr. President
Foxborough, MA - 1/22/2017 - Bill Belichick and Tom Brady celebrate after the victory. Rob Gronkowski at right. The New England Patriots host the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Championship game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., on Jan. 22, 2017. (Stan Grossfeld/Globe Staff)

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

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JEFF JACOBY

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Snow fell on a statue located on the steps of the Boston Public Library in Copley Square in January 2015.

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At Boston Public Library, new light and life for visitors
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President Donald Trump speaks at the Republican congressional retreat in Philadelphia on Thursday.

Michael A. Cohen

A week of ?me? for our narcissist-in-chief

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Suspect identified in Canadian mosque attack

Police initially arrested two men but later said just one remains a suspect.

Business

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GE adds to the size of its future South Boston campus

A 6.800-square-foot land buy will allow the company to meet the state?s open space requirement.

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Joe Keery backstage at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

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Local ?Stranger Things? actor talks about the SAG Awards ? and costar Winona Ryder?s many faces

Joe Keery said that meeting Denzel Washington was ?one of the coolest parts of the night.?

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Young lives lost

The morning after a 16-year-old was fatally shot on the streets of Dorchester, Globe staff photographer Pat Greenhouse started documenting the destruction of three young lives.

Ground Game

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For the first time in a dozen years, there is an open race to run the Democratic Party. And unlike previous races for the influential gig, there?s not a clear front-runner.

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The lush landscape around Andrew Grossman?s home and studio is a showcase of possibilities.

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