Does path to Oval Office now begin with celebrity?

Donald Trump won in 2016. Now Oprah Winfrey has vaulted into the conversation as a possible candidate in 2020, as have other big names.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/e8621c2daa954185aef699fdeb77a1ea-e8621c2daa954185aef699fdeb77a1ea-0.jpg A cloud now hangs over cannabis in Massachusetts

A statement by the US attorney for Mass. sets the state up as a front line in a battle between the Justice Department and states that have legalized pot.

Mitt Romney still had not made up his mind to run for the US Senate from Utah, sources said.

Cancer scare won?t play into Romney?s decision on Senate run

The former governor may seek the seat now held by Utah?s Orrin Hatch. Treatment was successful, friends said.

Luz Elena Martinez, originally from El Salvador, previously expressed concerns about her visa being renewed.

Local Salvadorans worry about what?s next

Monday?s announcement by DHS that it was once again terminating the status of a group of federally protected immigrants did not necessarily surprise.

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Questions remain about the fate of the classified payload and whether the mission was a success.

Reeds Ferry Market owner Sam Safa is still waiting to find out who bought the winning $560 million Powerball ticket at his shop.

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In Merrimack, N.H., no one knows who won the jackpot

The winner of Saturday?s Powerball drawing hasn?t claimed the $560 million prize, and town residents are busy trying to figure out the lucky person.

Jacob Bradley, a Lynn firefighter with Ladder 2, worked to fight the blaze at a three-story apartment building on Broad Street in Lynn Monday afternoon.

28 people displaced by 4-alarm fire in Lynn

The fast-moving blaze engulfed a three-story apartment building. One person was taken to the hospital.

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Back for another season: Boston?s winter parking wars

There are the standard fights over shoveled-out spots and space savers, and a few nasty notes left along the way.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/200_jaffier_composite.jpg ?I?ll never see my superstar again?

The father of the slain Dawnn Jaffier, speaking at the sentencing for his daughter?s killers, offered a heartfelt plea in court.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/09/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/902760164.jpg After talks, North Korea agrees to send athletes to Olympics

The first direct talks between North and South Korea in years raised hopes for a thaw in inter-Korean relations.

Leah Sabatino swapped a Hubway bike Monday for the Uber rides she?d been forced to use to commute to work amid recent brutal weather.

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The warm(er) weather is melting our hearts

After two weeks of frigid weather, Monday?s seasonable temperatures buoyed many Bostonians. And it could be in the 50s by Friday.

KEVIN CULLEN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/cullen-12970.jpg For those battling addictions, this bridge could be a lifeline

Marty Walsh is right to push for a new bridge to make Long Island a recovery center, because that?s exactly what people battling addiction need.

CHAD FINN

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What changed between April and October? Agent Don Yee has to know.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

With former Patriots coach Brian Daboll, it?s big games and big comebacks

After Alabama?s win in Monday?s national title game, the Crimson Tide offensive coordinator has won two championships in 11 months.

Christopher L. Gasper

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/24/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/gasper_20161024.jpg It was great to be a Georgia Bulldog, until it wasn?t

Georgia looked like it had college football?s national title wrapped up, but you can never count out Nick Saban.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/08/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/839681988-15425.jpg Three unanimous votes for the Hall of Fame. After that, it?s complicated

The Globe?s five voters have revealed their ballots in the 2018 Baseball Hall of Fame election.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/08/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/RinaldiStrega01.jpg Strega fights $20,000 award to former employee for sexual harassment

The 25-year-old said she was repeatedly subjected to inappropriate comments about her breasts and her sex life by a supervisor.

Another Boston garage will get topped with housing

A New York-based developer plans to put nine floors of housing atop the Dock Square Garage.

Work has started on the Fenway Center project in Boston?s Fenway neighborhood, which will contain 312 apartments when completed.

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The rent is still too high! But there?s some good news

New apartment buildings in the region have helped to blunt the surge in rents, according to two reports.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/09/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/turner101717BIZXXspinrazaday2main70-6408.jpg Pending first drug?s approval, Cambridge biotech plans major expansion

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals expects the FDA to approve Patisiran, for a rare genetic disease, by midyear.

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Mass. biotechs increasingly are hiring people only if they have completed four-year programs in the field.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/08/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/902753420-5774.jpg With one withering comment at Golden Globes, Natalie Portman made a big statement

The actress was on stage to announce the winner for best director ? a group that included only men.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Handout_09dogtrack01_met.jpg This Roslindale resident created a racetrack in the snow for his greyhounds

Desperate to get his dogs some exercise after Thursday?s storm, Jay Moschella dug a track in the snow for his house-bound canines.

It was so cold in Maine on Sunday, someone was ice skating on the beach

Cold weather records were broken around New England on Sunday, but that didn?t stop one man from getting some creative outdoor exercise.

Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Falchuk are engaged.

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Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Falchuk confirm engagement

The actress and the Newton-bred producer have been together for a few years.

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

NFL reporter Ben Volin joins guest host Joe Sullivan to take a look at the looming Patriots-Titans playoff matchup.

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Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | Martin J. Walsh

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/08/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/05WALSHWEB1.jpg A new bridge to recovery on Long Island

Rebuilding the Long Island Bridge will allow Boston to create an addiction recovery campus.

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H3N2 is a quirky virus that seems, at every turn, to misbehave and make life miserable for people who contract it.

Real Estate

Luxury home of week: $10.5 million Back Bay condo was two units

Located in The Clarendon, this three-bedroom, 4.5-bath condo used to be two separate units. Now 3,506 square feet, the condo takes up the north and south corners of the luxury Back Bay building. The property, 400 Stuart St., Unit 19D, is listed for $10,500,000 and features herringbone walnut floors and custom millwork.