A child jumped on the beach in Sayulita, Nayarit state, Mexico.

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Searches for flights to warmer places are way up

Dreaming of fleeing the deep freeze and heading to a warmer place? You aren?t alone.

Ben Volin | On Football

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The deal was made out of sheer loyalty to Tom Brady ? nothing else makes sense ? and that?s OK.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/03/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy1-15365.jpg Even if the Patriots aren?t that good, it won?t matter

The NFL playoff field ? in both conferences ? is the weakest it has been in a long time.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/14/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/838634756.jpg The full list of the 103 Kmart, Sears stores closing around the US

More Kmart, Sears stores are closing around the country.

Names

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Jenna and Barbara Bush have a new book called ?Sisters First.?

Paul Thomas Anderson looks at love and relationships in ?Phantom Thread.?

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Romance, Paul Thomas Anderson style

?Phantom Thread? marks the second collaboration between the director and Daniel Day-Lewis following 2007?s ?There Will Be Blood,? for which Day-Lewis nabbed his second Oscar.

Buzzsaw

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For the holiday week, I switched off TV series and watched only movies. Here?s what I learned.

Things to Do

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The Globe?s picks for the best ways to spend your weekend.

Rancor infiltrates Boston Winter

BOSTON, MA- NOVEMBER 24, 2017- : After the lighting of Boston Winter Holiday Tree youths took part in the First skate on the Ice Skating Path during the opening celebration at

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The business partners behind City Hall Plaza?s popular Boston Winter festivities appear to be headed toward a messy divorce.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

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Imminent threats are tough to spot, but there are gathering signs that our long recovery may be entering its final phase.

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Students who attended the now-defunct ITT Technical Institute would have nearly $600 million in loans cancelled under a proposed settlement.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Sessions rescinds policy that allowed legal pot to flourish

The move will leave it to US attorneys where pot is legal to decide whether to aggressively enforce federal marijuana law.

Nestor Ramos

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/nestormugfull-12719.jpg For the first time, Tom Tinlin is only digging himself out

The former state highway administrator might be the only man in Massachusetts who kinda wished he had been at work Thursday.

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, file photo, a girl has a doughnut and a beverage at a Dunkin' Donuts in New York. Dunkin' Brands reports financial earnings on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

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Dunkin? drops dyes from its donuts

The Canton-based chain is pushing for a ?cleaner? menu.

After clash with Trump, can Bannon survive at Breitbart?

The website and its chairman found themselves isolated after Bannon?s comments caused a backlash inside the White House.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Sports/BostonGlobe.com/2016/01/20moresports/seasonticket_90.jpg The Season Ticket podcast

NBA reporter Gary Washburn joins host Chris Gasper to break down the Celtics? surprisingly easy victory over the Cavs Wednesday.

Follow:   iTunes   |   Stitcher   |   RSS

 

Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | Richard North Patterson

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The real question is: What can go right for Trump?

Newsletters

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Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/14/BostonGlobe.com/Spotlight/Images/Faraoni_14Espn02_spts.jpg At ESPN, the problems for women run deep

The unforgiving culture at the sports media behemoth has led some women to feel pressured to hide pregnancies or take short maternity leaves. One anchor even did her scheduled broadcast while she was having a miscarriage.

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STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/04/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Minka.jpg He wants to upend the nursing home industry ? and reinvent senior living

Dr. Bill Thomas is developing the Minka to create an assisted-living model completely on seniors? own turf and terms.