Moulton aims to build network of veterans as House candidates

Representative Seth Moulton is raising eyebrows with his claims to have ?recruited?? a whole new class of veterans, but he nonetheless is bringing energy to the cause.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_longfellow2_met.jpg Longfellow Bridge will reopen in May, Baker says

The announcement was made during a Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce breakfast Thursday morning.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/bucampus-10255.jpg Sexual harassment will jeopardize research grants

The National Science Foundation is tightening its restrictions on grants after reports of sexual harassment by scientists the agency has backed.

Police are trying to identify this suspect who allegedly has been lurking in people's backyards near the Needham and Dover town line.

Needham Police Department

?Peeping Tom? strikes again

Police believe the same individual has been looking into homes near the Dover and Needham town line.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/davis_lot2_met.jpg $560m N.H. jackpot winner suing to keep name secret has a court date

The New Hampshire woman who won the Powerball jackpot is suing her state for the right to anonymously collect it.

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The US Coast Guard said it received three mayday radio calls Wednesday night and began a search.

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Police believe the cash is the single largest amount recovered in the history of the department.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/07/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/Principal9.jpg ?I am transgender,? Swampscott elementary school principal announces

Principal Daniels shared an ?intensely personal decision to identify as transgender? with parents this week, garnering support from the administration.

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A group of 25 or so senators ? the ?Common Sense Coalition?? made up of moderates from both parties ? is pursuing an immigration compromise.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/gunguy1.jpg Watertown police release dramatic video of armed suspect robbing store

The video shows a masked man quickly approaching the clerk behind the counter as he pulls out a knife and yells for the clerk to give him ?all the money.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/09sterling.jpg School bus catches fire in Sterling while warming up for morning

An unoccupied Sterling school bus burst into flames Thursday morning after the driver left the engine running.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/08/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/11-19_17_tito_01-U84885439741YuD--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg Tito Jackson has announced his next move

On Wednesday, the former city councilor put some of the guesswork to rest.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/88128a59e9824a00a8dee42790edb835-b85bb4836d7e49a6aa9911875a91af5f-0.jpg Northeastern professor on Trump: ?I wouldn?t mind seeing him dead?

The school is distancing itself from Barry Bluestone?s comments.

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?If he really loved me would he have polluted me with his flu germs??

No one ever wants to catch the flu. But this year, the stakes feel even higher.

Olympic volunteers walked under Winter Olympics balloon decorations in PyeongChang, South Korea, on Thursday.

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Should I be nervous to travel to South Korea for the Olympics?

When I tell people I am traveling as part of the Globe team covering the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, the questions are inevitable.

FILE - In this March 2, 2017, file photo, Mike Tirico attends the NBC Universal mid-season press day at the Four Seasons in New York. Tirico will be NBC's prime-time host for the Winter Olympics, which begin a few days after the Super Bowl in February. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

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Officials in Australia have found a way to reduce crashes of over-height vehicles into low overpasses.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Handout_08Tbillboard_02_met.jpg The MBTA wants digital billboards outside some stations. Not everyone is OK with it

The MBTA?s quest to embrace the digital age is at odds with some stalwarts of the city?s history.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/01/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/80397768657e48d29d39fbdf1f911896-c80112be85b04551adf500e6e73fcce0-4198.jpg Aly Raisman to People magazine: ?I won?t be silenced?

The gymnast from Needham is on the cover of People magazine this week in an issue set to hit newsstands Friday.

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It acts as a pressure relief valve for someone sticking to a strict nutrition regimen.

Gisele Bundchen.

NAMES

Donnie Wahlberg defends Gisele Bundchen for post-Super Bowl comments to her kids

Donnie Walhberg has a message for ?the haters.?

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

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McDaniels?s name is toxic right now in the NFL, and he was not given written assurances about being the successor to Bill Belichick in New England.

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Matt Patricia was almost unrecognizable at his Lions press conference

The former Patriots defensive coordinator was introduced as the Detroit Lions head coach Wednesday ? without his most recognizable feature.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_020118_roosterdrama_2841x-001.jpg ?Emotional support rooster? has people complaining

Like the now-famous peacock named Dexter, Little G the comfort rooster has generated eye-rolls. But Laura Ceurvels says her rooster is different.

Love Letters

My old high school sweetheart has feelings for me, and her husband

She also says I?m being selfish because I want space and she doesn?t. What do I do?

Boston, MA - 2/7/2018 - Airport contract workers march in a picket line near Logan Airport after goin on strike in Boston, MA, Feb. 7, 2018. (Keith Bedford/Globe Staff)

JetBlue contract workers at Logan Airport go on picket line

Baggage handlers, wheelchair attendants, cabin cleaners, and skycaps were on a picket line Wednesday. JetBlue said it expected the effect to be minimal.

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Host Chris Gasper and Chad Finn react to the stunning news that New England Patriots Offensive Coordinator Josh McDaniels has decided to return to the team.

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The president has called for a grand military parade, because there are no other problems in our country that need resources right now.

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Anthony Bellotti has taken a novel approach to animal rights advocacy, branding animal testing as government waste.

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FILE - In this May 21, 2016, file photo, graduates toss their caps in the air at the end of a graduation and commissioning ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. The number of sexual assaults reported at the U.S. Military Academy roughly doubled during the last school year, according to data reviewed by The Associated Press, in the latest example of the armed forces' persistent struggle to root out such misbehavior. It's the fourth year in a row that sexual assault reports increased at the school in West Point. There were 50 cases in the school year that ended last summer, compared with 26 made during the 2015-2016 school year. By comparison, the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., and the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., saw only slight increases. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Sexual assault reports doubled at West Point

The number of sexual assaults reported at the U.S. Military Academy roughly doubled during the last school year, according to data reviewed by The Associated Press, in the latest example of the armed forces? persistent struggle to root out such misbehavior.