Jeff Sessions interviewed in Russia probe

Attorney General Jeff Sessions was interviewed last week in Special Counsel Robert Mueller?s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

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At least one person is dead and many have been reported injured in high school shooting in southwest Kentucky.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/23/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/908923416.jpg The shutdown is over, but debate on Dreamers isn?t

Democrats relented Monday, allowing passage of a bill to end the three-day federal government shutdown.

The Bersimis-1 plant?s outflow canal feeds into the Betsiamites River below a mountain 50 miles north of the St. Lawrence River.

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Tribes in Québec hold breath over Mass. decision

The state might buy more hydropower from Canada, but indigenous peoples are protesting. ?Hydro-Québec has destroyed our territories,? said a chief.

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Tom Kawczynski made comments bashing Islam and called for the preservation of white European heritage in northern New England.

Dedham police

Franklin commuter rail line affected after tractor-trailer slams into Dedham bridge

The crash forced Keolis Commuter Services to alternate train travel near the Endicott station on the Franklin line during the Tuesday morning commute.

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The internal review discovered ?payroll discrepancies,? State Police said.

Sean P. Murphy | The Fine Print

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The lights are still on in Keh-Jiann Pan?s office. Marjan Sadegh has a beautiful new deck on the back of her house. Denise Roney is on the road again after settling with the T.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_bostonview7_landmark.jpg State panel under fire after it restricts insurance options

Unions representing state employees said they received little or no notice that three health plans were being dropped.

Employees and internal documents have blamed problems on a new inventory system.

Associated Press

Empty Whole Foods shelves have customers fuming

?This is going to be Amazon?s retail version of Vietnam; it?s going to take three to five years to fix and at a really really high cost,? one analyst said.

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The governor will address his bread-and-butter issues: fighting the scourge of opioid overdoses, investing in education, and holding the line on taxes.

Super Bowl LII: Patriots vs. Eagles

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/27/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/davis_sb24_spts.jpg The Patriots will wear white jerseys in Super Bowl LII

The team wearing white has won 12 of the last 13 Super Bowls, including a 3-0 mark by New England.

Don?t worry: Eagles fan who slammed into pole says he?s OK

The fan?s misguided attempt to rally subway passengers ended with a hard hit from a concrete pole and a video that quickly spread online.

Sally Hawkins and Octavia Spencer in Guillermo del Toro?s ?The Shape of Water,? which picked up 13 Oscar nominations, including best picture, director, actress (Hawkins), supporting actress (Spencer), and original screenplay.

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Movies

?Shape of Water? leads diverse group of Oscar nominees

The variety reflected a year in which changing technologies and new generations of creative blood continue to alter film.

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Just as we?ve come to predict that the Patriots will make it to the Super Bowl, we now expect big things from local actors and movies with local ties. Not so fast.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/19/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/lady-bird-V1-0067_LB_00000-6035.jpg Read Globe critic Ty Burr?s original takes on the 9 Oscar best picture nominees

Nine movies are nominated for the best picture Oscar. So what did Globe film critic Ty Burr think of them when they were first released? Read on.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/18/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/8deaf348aea34a738af050c84ea0351f-8deaf348aea34a738af050c84ea0351f-0.jpg Amid Aziz Ansari accusations, singles say these are scary times to be dating

In the wake of sexual misconduct accusations against the comedian, lots of people are questioning what it means to say yes ? or not say yes.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/06/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Copy%20(2)%20of%20WT130-5401.jpg Neil Diamond of ?Sweet Caroline? fame says he has Parkinson?s

The crooner, who was in the middle of his 50th anniversary tour, said he?d no longer perform in public.

Billy Joel is pictured in concert at Fenway Park.

Billy Joel will be back at Fenway in August

For the fifth year in a row, Billy Joel will perform at Fenway Park this summer, Live Nation announced on Tuesday.

Names

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/06/12/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/13namespatz1.jpg In recovery, Nan Goldin calls on Harvard to reject money from family tied to OxyContin

The celebrated photographer, who?s been drug-free for 10 months, is taking on the Sackler family.

Names

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His largesse stunned the staff at Empire Asian Restaurant & Lounge in the Seaport.

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NFL reporter Ben Volin joins host Chris Gasper to break down yet another Tom Brady comeback and Super Bowl berth.

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Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | David M. Shribman

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The editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette throws cold water on Boston?s Amazon plans.

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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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One MIT-Harvard researcher is developing a new way to deliver chemotherapy to the abdomen using origami.

Real Estate

Newton couple moves three doors down, makes radical change

Empty-nesters in their 50s were tired of their big Victorian, so they built a contemporary. Read more Design New England stories at realestate.boston.com.