Patriots quarterback Tom Brady reacted after hitting Brandon Bolden on a third-quarter pass for a touchdown.

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Once again, Patriots will play for AFC title

The Patriots will play the Steelers or the Jaguars next Sunday for the right to advance to Super Bowl LII.

Tom Brady, who will soon be playing in his 12th AFC Championship game, celebrated Brandon Bolden's third quarter.

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DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Patriots once again take trip down easy street

Even by the low standards of recent divisional-round playoff competition, the Titans were bad.

Tara Sullivan

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/04/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/tara_sullivan_20171204.jpg James White again ready for star turn

If last year?s unforgettable Super Bowl was White?s coming-out party, consider Saturday?s game the start of a promising second act.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/14/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Gasper-15399.jpg Another timeless playoff performance by Brady

The Patriots QB was just killing time against the Titans, waiting until the playoffs really begin.

Chad Finn

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/14/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/Lee1-001.jpg You shouldn?t be surprised

It was a typical Patriots divisional round victory during this two-decade dynasty, as suspense-free as expected.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/22/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/dtlumacki_sotalbots_reg02.jpg Hingham man sues town over speed limits

Nicholas Belezos is suing the town after his insurer dropped him following a speeding ticket he received in town.

Viral images like these ricochet around the Internet, kept in circulation by people who often don?t know they are fake.

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Ideas | Bernhard Warner

Teenagers are our best hope in fighting fake news

In one Italian classroom, students are graded on how well they can spot and debunk conspiracy theories, unmask propagandists, and, when possible, set the record straight.

Globe Magazine

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Check out our dozens of picks for any budget, including pitch-perfect Italian-American cuisine, Chinese eateries, seafood and lunch spots, and more.

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The move followed an outcry over a significant disparity in pay between Wahlberg and co-star Michelle Williams.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/01/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/Boghosian_02namesDushku2_ART.jpg Eliza Dushku says she was sexually assaulted while filming when she was 12

The Watertown actress said a stunt coordinator molested her in a hotel room while filming ?True Lies.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/14/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/AP18013842547938.jpg Katie Couric breaks silence on Matt Lauer: ?I had no idea?

Couric spoke to People magazine Saturday on sexual misconduct allegations against her former ?Today? co-host.

TRAVEL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/10/BostonGlobe.com/Travel/Images/IMG_0529.jpg New year, new you, new travels

Make 2018 your most adventurous year yet.

After a hard past, she had found joy

Christa Leigh Steele-Knudslien and her husband Mark Steele-Knudslien.

A. Vicki Boisseau

Christa Leigh Steele-Knudslien had overcome so much, and she thought she had found her ?happy hubby.? Now, he?s charged with killing her.

Renée Graham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/12/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/AftVVuEU-1200.jpg The danger lurking in every home

Christa Leigh Steele-Knudslien died in the place she should have felt safest.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/200_kilgannon_back_bay_shooting.jpg 1 person dead after in double shooting in Back Bay

Police said they have ?nothing in terms of suspects? after Saturday night?s incident, which rattled one of the city?s busiest business districts.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/14/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/c80906d5d4824e51b4fa3abefa39ba21-c80906d5d4824e51b4fa3abefa39ba21-0.jpg For 38 minutes, fear gripped Hawaii

An erroneous emergency alert claiming missiles were headed toward the islands caused panic across the state.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/14/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/2e0657e3df3945fabeb3590fa1edb021-2e0657e3df3945fabeb3590fa1edb021-0.jpg Hawaii governor apologizes for alert?s resulting hysteria

?What happened today was totally unacceptable,? David Ige said.

Barbara Lynch has run three Seaport restaurants for nearly a decade.

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

Is Barbara Lynch?s crown jewel in peril?

Investors are grousing about Menton?s inability to make a profit. Lynch, the renowned chef, says they know what they signed up for.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/13/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/wiggs_Herald_02.jpg At the Herald, they?re holding their breath

The country?s largest newspaper chain wants to buy the tabloid, but GateHouse has a long history of buying papers, many near Boston, then slashing jobs.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/01-13-2018_weather_01.jpg Welcome back, winter: Cold is here, snow may be on the way

Snow is possible beginning very early Monday. Temperatures will remain in the 20s.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/26/BostonGlobe.com/BCOM/Images/greenhouse_12lilac-1_metro-4754.jpg Harvard is again at odds with neighbors ? in Roslindale

The university wants to erect a solar panel field on a grassy meadow at the Arnold Arboretum, but those living nearby fiercely oppose the plan.

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2018 file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a prison reform roundtable in the Roosevelt Room of the Washington. Many parts of the world were shocked by Trump?s vulgar insult of Africa, at least once foreign-language news organizations figured out how to translate the epithet. Japanese media went with translations ranging from simply ?filthy? to the more vivid ?dripping with excrement.? Chinese state media went with ?fenkeng,? which means ?cesspit.? And some African outlets decided to use a word meaning ?dirty countries? and leave it at that. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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Yvonne Abraham

President Trump, our racist-in-chief

Imagine how you?d feel if your family?s future lay in the hands of our racist president, and of those who share and enable his bigotry.

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Trump told a confidant that he was expressing what many people think but won?t say about immigrants from poor countries.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/1-13-2018_Immigration_03.jpg Salvadoran immigrants have many fears, and few options

Many could be forced to return home after the White House announced it will end their Temporary Protected Status.

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

Chris Gasper welcomes Bob Socci, the voice of the New England Patriots.

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Opinion & Ideas

JEFF JACOBY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/12/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/Jeff_Jacoby_150px-1216.jpg If there?s a problem with the presidency, don?t blame the Founders

The remedy for a flailing presidency is a better president.

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Abdulkader Hayani put his daughter Ameenah to bed.

The Last Refugee: A three-part series

A series of occasional articles on the Syrian refugee families resettling here, and the local people assisting them.

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STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/12/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Doctors%20Congrss.jpg Grassroots group tries to get new kind of doctor in the House (and Senate)

The group is putting its support behind candidates with the same qualifications: all women, all Democrats, and all doctors.

Real Estate

Room to Love: Shifting away from neutral colors

Newton couple opts for plum-colored living room and golden-hued dining room. Get more design inspiration at realestate.boston.com.