Globe Magazine | Charlie Pierce

The twilight of the Patriots? dynasty has finally arrived

For almost two decades, the Patriots have torched opponents and fired up New England?s sports fans. Now the clock is ticking down.

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In an effort separate from the company?s search for a second headquarters, Amazon is poised to lease a massive new office space in Boston?s Seaport District and hire at least 2,000 employees in the city over the next few years.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/12/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/blanding051514gloucester4biz.jpg Commuter rail every 15 minutes? That?s one group?s vision

Activists on Tuesday unveiled an ambitious ? like, really ambitious ? reimagining of the commuter rail system.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/901278504.jpg How Logan Airport bounced back from the snowstorm that crippled JFK

At Boston?s international airport, the first storm of 2018 was a one-day event soon to be forgotten. In New York, it was a disaster.

Chad Finn

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/28/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/b2df4b9432e54f0d93d14b014eef447c-b2df4b9432e54f0d93d14b014eef447c-0.jpg Red Sox-Yankees rivalry returns, but Red Sox have edge

Do you know why I really can?t get on board with a new Yankees dynasty? Because the Red Sox are better and will remain that way for the foreseeable future.

In this Wednesday, April 24, 2013 photo, a sky tram gives a spectacular view of downtown and the forested West Hills in Portland, Ore. One of the latest Portland efforts is something called the 4T trail, a tour that incorporates the city's light-rail trains, trolleys, forest trails and even a sky tram that gives spectacular views of downtown and the surrounding countryside from the West Hills. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

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Could a gondola system be coming to Boston?s Seaport?

Millennium Partners and Cargo Ventures have been working on plans to run a gondola above Summer Street from South Station to the city?s marine industrial park.

Thomas Farragher

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/farragher-14268.jpg After horrible violence, a community library searches for peace

The director of the Winchester Public Library has no manual to consult about how to console a staff or reassure her patrons on how to proceed after the sudden violence Saturday morning.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/26/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/Icarus_Still_180.jpg How a Boston-backed film helped uncover the Russian doping scandal

The team behind the Oscar-nominated ?Icarus? shook up world athletics, with far-reaching consequences.

Throughout Thursday night, Friday, and potentially Friday night, the area should expect rain, with the arrival of a storm from the Midwest.

Rain arrives near the end of the week, so enjoy the sun while it lasts

Boston should expect more dry days on Wednesday and Thursday, but lots of rain as we near the weekend.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/21/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ryan_suffolk7_biz.jpg Suffolk Construction?s high-tech nerve center lets it monitor projects nationwide

A high-tech ?Smart Lab? gives CEO John Fish and his executives updates and financial data on key construction projects across the country.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/28mit.jpg MIT scientists take step toward treating memory loss diseases like Alzheimer?s

MIT neuroscientists may have come up with an answer to treating brain disorders associated with memory loss ? including epilepsy and Alzheimer?s disease.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/17/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/thesmiths001-7594189.jpg Graphic novel about the Smiths set to be released

The book?s focus is on the band members before they were famous.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/28/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/918800860.jpg Winter Olympic athlete receives warm welcome home at N.H. school

A university in New Hampshire has welcomed home a student who finished competing in the Winter Olympics with a packed assembly of supporters.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/kreiter_stpaul1_met-12116.jpg Former teacher at St. Paul?s is arrested after alleged relationship with student

A state investigation into sexual assaults against students at St. Paul?s School has resulted in charges against a former instructor.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/28/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Rex_Dicks_Sporting_Goods_no_longer_9444802C.jpg Dick?s Sporting Goods ends sale of assault-style rifles

Dick?s Sporting Goods, one of the nation?s largest outdoor gear retailers, ends sale of assault-style rifles in stores.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School staff, teachers and students return to school greeted by police and well wishers in Parkland, Florida on February 28, 2018. Students grieving for slain classmates prepared for an emotional return Wednesday to their Florida high school, where a mass shooting shocked the nation and led teen survivors to spur a growing movement to tighten America's gun laws. The community of Parkland, Florida, where residents were plunged into tragedy two weeks ago, steeled itself for the resumption of classes at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where nearby flower-draped memorials and 17 white crosses pay tribute to the 14 students and three staff members who were murdered by a former student. / AFP PHOTO / RHONA WISERHONA WISE/AFP/Getty Images

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?This is a picture of education in fear?: Students return to heavily-guarded school

Wednesday?s class schedule at the Parkland high school started with 4th period, so that students and teachers could return to the people they were with during the shooting.

Students sat on the sidewalk after a walk-out at Somerville High School Wednesday.

Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

Somerville High students walk out to protest gun violence

Some 200 Somerville High School students walked out Wednesday to demand an end to gun-related violence in the wake of the Parkland, Fla., school attack.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/28/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/925067814.jpg President Trump calls Sessions move on FISA warrants ?disgraceful?

President Trump is again publicly questioning the actions of own attorney general, this time over an investigation into the use of FISA warrants.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/28/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/925347764-2806-kW5H--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg Manafort pleads not guilty to new charges in Mueller?s money laundering case

Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman, is accused of laundering $30 million to support a lavish lifestyle.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/18/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/918717898.jpg Republicans have all the power and no idea what to do with it

Republicans seem to have fallen into a kind of legislative malaise, uncertain what to do next, now that tax reform is finished.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/27/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/fb2c4c97d2744e2eafad9a114b37d681-fb2c4c97d2744e2eafad9a114b37d681-0.jpg Woman tells police she had a child with Steve Wynn after he raped her

A woman has told police she had a child with the casino mogul after he raped her, while another said she was forced to resign after she refused to have sex with him.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/hilliard_28webrookline01_we.jpg In Brookline, calls for tax hike leads to plea for those that can?t pay

The town?s voters may be asked to increase their property taxes and residents are calling for ways to ease the financial burden on lower income homeowners.

Head of Taunton-based drug ring used son to deliver drugs

Fernando Hernandez was sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty in November.

Modeling?s glamour hides web of abuse

The fashion industry is built on glamour and allure, but many models, especially the very young, know it for something else: sexual exploitation and abuse.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/27/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/BostonWineExpo201716.jpg Where?s the accountability of the State Police?

The ?restructuring? at the Mass. State Police appears to represent a leadership and institutional crisis at the agency.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/28/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Hurd.jpg This scientist is testing a marijuana ingredient as a way to prevent relapse

Neuroscientist Yasmin Hurd thinks cannabidiol has potential in treating addiction.

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Olympic celebrations

Capturing the moments when Olympic athletes celebrated a win or their performance at the PyeongChang Games.