A Boston suicide hot line is reaching out through text messages

Jarrod LaBarge, a volunteer at Samaritans in Boston, assists suicidal people via text messaging.

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Volunteers with Samaritans, the suicide prevention hot line, offer potentially lifesaving aid via text message.

Bernie and Dolly Wax were not refunded the $2,300 they paid Norwegian Cruise Lines for a trip they were kept off of because of a mistake with passports and luggage.

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The Fine Print | Sean P. Murphy

Cruise line keeps elderly couple from ?last trip together?

Bernie and Dolly Wax were not refunded $2,300 for a trip they were kept off of because of a mistake with passports and luggage.

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Many organizations fear any mention of the crimes could damage their reputations and make it harder to raise money.

Bill Belichick deflects unwanted questions with ease ? deploying a death stare, a disgusted exhale, or a long silence as appropriate.

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Fighting teen snark? Find your inner Belichick

Watch his press conferences, look at reporters as teen drama queens, and you?ll realize Bill Belichick is a parenting genius.

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President Trump targeted Jay-Z in a tweet Sunday morning over the unemployment rate for black Americans.

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?We all knew that [Hernandez] was a bad guy,? said Bart Scott, who played for the NFL?s Ravens and Jets.

TARA SULLIVAN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/28/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/tara_sullivan_20171204[1].jpg Larry Nassar?s heinous acts didn?t silence Rachael Denhollander

Denhollander opened the floodgates that ended Nassar?s decades-long reign of terror.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/28/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/16wynn16.jpg Steve Wynn resigns RNC post amid misconduct claims

Reports emerged Friday that a number of women said they were harassed or assaulted by the casino mogul.

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President Trump criticized British Prime Minister Theresa May?s handling of Britain?s withdrawal from the European Union, saying he would have taken ?a different attitude.?

Elias Rosenfeld, a Brandeis sophomore, immigrated to Florida from Venezuela with his mother and older sister when he was 6 years old.

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?This is really the only place I would say I know?

The uncertainty over DACA in Washington leaves many young immigrants wondering what comes next for them ? and where.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/WALKER_112216_23dimasipic_2810xA.jpg DiMasi?s illness raised awareness for compassionate release bill

The former House speaker battled cancer while in federal prison. Advocates say that made Beacon Hill lawmakers take notice.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/13/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/DorcenaForry1030politics.jpg It?s a wide-open field to replace Linda Dorcena Forry on Beacon Hill

A number of people are considering running for the First Suffolk state Senate seat.

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/abraham-13612.jpg At Trump address, a soldier who stands tall for her rights

Sitting in the House chamber for the State of the Union will be a soldier the president believes has no right to serve this country.

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, right, and quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo look on during the second half of an NFL preseason football game against the New York Giants, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)

BEN VOLIN

Jimmy Garoppolo will make more off Super Bowl LII than Tom Brady

Jimmy Garoppolo was with the Patriots long enough this season to qualify for a playoff payout, according to the collective bargaining agreement.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/27/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Tlumacki_patriotspractice_sports275-001.jpg Concussed Rob Gronkowski gets back on the field

It was the first time Gronk practiced since he was left the Jan. 21 AFC Championship game.

BEN VOLIN I ON FOOTBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/21/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/grossfeld12.jpg Who will replace Josh McDaniels and Matt Patricia?

If history is any guide, Bill Belichick will promote coaches from within ? if he hires anyone at all ? to serve as his new coordinators.

The interior of the Shotgun House from the TV show ?Fixer Upper.?

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Christopher Muther

A chance to live inside a ?Fixer Upper? episode

Chip and Joanna Gaines?s empire has turned Waco, Texas, into one of the country?s tourist hot spots.

The Weddings Issue

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/28/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/200_wedding_issue.jpg A radio reporter gets married on a Christmas tree farm

From the engagement to the favors, one New Hampshire couple keeps their wedding fun, festive, and very personal.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/28/BostonGlobe.com/Obits/Images/Rex_Foundor_of_IKEA_Ingvar_Kamprad_h_9336852G.jpg IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad dies at 91

Kamprad turned a small-scale mail order business into a global furniture empire.

Starts & Stops

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The MBTA should look to the corporate world for more riders ? and more money, a new report argues.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/28/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/077221b70cf148efb28e5817c88d55d4-077221b70cf148efb28e5817c88d55d4-0.jpg How a Dunkin? Donuts bag full of cash led to the downfall of a Florida mayor

Hallandale Beach Mayor Joy Cooper vowed to ??vigorously fight?? corruption accusations.

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

Host Chris Gasper once again takes you behind enemy lines as he speaks with Philadelphia Eagles reporter Zach Berman.

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Opinion & Ideas

Ideas | Cathy Young

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/25/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/GettyImages-868798556.jpg How campus politics hijacked American politics

The campus-bred identitarian left is leaving its mark on society.

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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

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Why can?t the broader health care industry agree on how to make drugs more affordable? Here are five factors.

Real Estate

Tips to prevent a carbon monoxide tragedy

Carbon monoxide is invisible to the senses, and every year, the poison endangers thousands statewide. The top culprit? Your home heating system.