Big insurers take a big hit in shakeup of public workers? plans

Tufts Health Plan says some job cuts are ?likely?? after a state agency eliminated them from coverage options for tens of thousands of public workers.

Amazon said it now plans to ?dive deeper? into finalist cities ? studying their talent pools, potential sites, and other factors ? before picking a winner later this year.

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State, city officials chat with Amazon about HQ2

The talk signals the start of a new, more intense phase of a process that began in September and will likely stretch on for months.

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Mueller?s interest indicates he is aggressively scrutinizing possible efforts by the president or others to hamper the special counsel?s probe.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/23/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Tlumacki_johnferoli_metro071.jpg More than 30 years later, a new chance at freedom

John Feroli, 63, was convicted of murder in 1986. On Tuesday, he faced charges anew after a judge ruled in February he was denied his right to a public trial.

Demonstrators held illuminated signs during a rally supporting the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program outside the US Capitol building last week.

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Democrats? retreat puts Dreamers? fate back in the hands of GOP

The government shutdown may have ended, but Congress and the White House have only 16 days to work out a complex immigration bill.

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One student said the accused shooter, a 15-year-old, ?was determined? and ?knew what he was doing.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/28/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/tlumacki_logan%20takoof_metro802-9775.jpg A man tried to sneak $10,000 past Logan Airport agents by sewing cash into his pants. He failed

Customs agents seized more than $29,000 from a 51-year-old man who flew into Logan International Airport Thursday.

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Students say events in the past year have made the need for cohesion among student workers more clear than ever.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/03/05/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Copy%20of%20Donoghue.jpg Legislator proposes a 15% tax on revenues of daily fantasy sports companies

The 15 percent tax would be among the highest in the nation for the young industry.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Turner010318METRO04mbtaprep32.jpg Delays riddle at least three commuter rail lines during Greater Boston?s evening commute

One issue was a commuter rail train on the Needham line that was stopped between Ruggles and Forest Hills stations.

Gov. Charlie Baker delivering the State of the Commonwealth address in the house chamber of the State House.

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Baker stresses pragmatism, bipartisanship in speech

As he heads toward a reelection fight, Governor Baker used the address to further distance himself from President Trump?s hardline policies and harsh rhetoric.

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Governor Baker gave the State of the Commonwealth speech Tuesday night. And inquiring minds are probably asking why the state is called that.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/07/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/RinaldiNames21.jpg Watch Governor Baker?s speech

Governor Charlie Baker delivered his third State of the Commonwealth speech Tuesday.

Bruins 3, Devils 2

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The Bruins rallied twice from deficits and slapped a 3-2 loss on the Devils at the Garden.

Gary Washburn | On basketball

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Kyrie Irving continues to stress the learning experience that comes with losses.

PHILADELPHIA, PA - JANUARY 21: Nick Foles #9 of the Philadelphia Eagles looks to pass during the fourth quarter against the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Championship game at Lincoln Financial Field on January 21, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

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BEN VOLIN I ON FOOTBALL

With the Eagles, expect the unexpected

The QB?s injury takes some of the sizzle out of the Super Bowl, but the Eagles rebounded behind Nick Foles.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/02/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/05939659.jpg Jay Feely says Gisele asked him to convince Tom Brady to retire

Gisele Bündchen reportedly asked Brady?s college teammate to help convince her husband to retire: ?She was dead serious.?

Names

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The actor isn?t sure if he?ll go to the Super Bowl.

Lisa Davenport bottle fed calves on her family's dairy farm in Shelburne.

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THOMAS FARRAGHER

The demise of a Massachusetts dairy farm

The farms are being thinned out by a combination of development pressures and complex economics.

Graphic

How white is Oscar?

Since 2000, there have been 72 actors and actresses who won Academy Awards. Sixty are white.

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Joe Sullivan and Scott Thurston talk about the outlook for Rob Gronkowski, and Tara Sullivan discusses her feature on NHL player Brian Boyle and his cancer battle.

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Although some senators are apparently confused about this, the filibuster wasn?t part of the Senate?s original design.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/23/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/origami_tile.jpg WATCH: How origami could help treat cancer

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

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Newton couple moves three doors down, makes radical change

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