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Is a mass exodus from Facebook even possible?

Leaving feels like a betrayal of a whole system of emotional and cognitive reflexes we?ve spent a decade constructing. What lies on the other side?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_23spilka-1_metro.jpg Spilka claimed the votes to be Senate president, but Chandler wants to serve out the year. It?s awkward

Senator Karen Spilka trumpeted a ?new era? in the Senate, while Chandler said she wants to remain in the post until her term expires Jan. 2.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/1200_sullivan_brissette_boston_calling.jpg Charges in Boston Calling case dismissed

A day after canceling the upcoming trial in the public corruption case, US District Judge Leo T. Sorokin formally dismissed the charges.

SCOT LEHIGH

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/22/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Scot_Lehigh_150px-4672.jpg An embarrassing failure for federal prosecutors in Boston Calling case

An ill-advised case collapses on the US Attorney?s office.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ammo.jpeg 70-year-old Winthrop man allegedly had AR-15 to fight ?jihadists on the highway?

Police also seized a .45 caliber pistol, more than 350 rounds of ammunition, and a black tactical vest with ballistic armor.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/22/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/d5fa50f66f7a4f3a9b9fb2076a50d9be-d5fa50f66f7a4f3a9b9fb2076a50d9be-0.jpg Patriots re-sign offensive tackle LaAdrian Waddle

Waddle could see increased playing time with the departure of Nate Solder to free agency.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/22/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/5b45fb4d02af42d19f14ad07864d75ea-5b45fb4d02af42d19f14ad07864d75ea-0.jpg Here?s how Globe writers are predicting the 2018 baseball season

Division winners, wild cards and five very different World Series projections from six Boston Globe sports writers.

Mile-high waterfall might have once connected eastern, western Mediterranean

The waterfall might have once connected the western and eastern Mediterranean Sea as it filled up after drying out 6 million years ago.

The Dating Issue | Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/20/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/30%20great%20dates.jpg 30 great dates in Boston and beyond

From seaside oyster feasting to stargazing to joy riding, here are some creative ways to have fun with your new crush or your longtime sweetheart.

The Dating Issue | Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/19/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/help0325web_crop.jpg How Meredith Goldstein became an advice columnist when her own love life was falling apart

An exclusive excerpt from Love Letters columnist Meredith Goldstein?s new memoir, ?Can?t Help Myself.?

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CAPITAL SOURCE

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/blanding04121713judge2met.jpg Arroyo uses 70th birthday bash to pay bills from suspension

Arroyo is throwing himself a 70th birthday party and asking for $70 to attend ? to help pay his legal bills against ?my unjust suspension last year.?

Dow closes down more than 700 points amid China trade fears

Stocks are falling sharply and bond prices are climbing as investors fear that trade tensions will spike between the US and China.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

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But that doesn?t mean US consumers and businesses won?t pay a price.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumacki_massrmvathaymarket_metro249.jpg Here?s what you need for new driver?s licenses

Real ID licenses will be needed by late 2020 to board domestic flights and to enter federal buildings.

Former vice president Joe Biden.

Tale of the tape: President Trump vs. Joe Biden

Who would win in a match-up between the 45th president and the former vice president? Let?s look at the stats.

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/DERSHOWITZ_REPUTATION_ADV13_1.jpg Here?s what Alan Dershowitz said when we asked if he?ll join Trump legal team

The former Harvard Law professor has been an outspoken supporter of some of the president?s legal positions.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/22/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/216836ee416c4e2084bf06ef56af4e9d-216836ee416c4e2084bf06ef56af4e9d-0.jpg Stormy Daniels beating Trump at his own game

The adult film star has rolled out a textbook negative media campaign against the master of media manipulation. And the worst for President Trump is yet to come.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/12/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/929942948.jpg Stormy Daniels? attorneys ask the Trump Organization, banks to preserve records

Alan Garten, Daniels? attorney, argued that the company has ??unmistakable links?? to the lawsuit.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/23prize-14356-kE2D--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg Dorchester woman wins $10m on scratch ticket

A Dorchester woman won a $10 million grand prize in a Massachusetts State Lottery instant game Tuesday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-14375.jpg Wild turkey ?forcibly entered? Maine home

Police in Maine say they?re on the lookout for a wild turkey that broke into a home through a bedroom window.

Dave Epstein

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/22/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/greenhouse_23storm-4_metro.jpg How did all the forecasters get this nor?easter wrong?

The forecasting industry gets it right a lot, but in the face of ever-changing conditions, sometimes even the professionals get it wrong.

Talking Points

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/20/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/2015-02-11T165628Z_507668188_TM3EB2B0X6501_RTRMADP_3_OBAMA-HEALTHCARE-STAPLES-3833[1].jpg New owner?s track record signals big changes for Staples

Breaking up can be hard to do. But it?s a little easier when your private equity owner has done it before.

Debuting Love Letters: The Podcast

PODCAST

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/21/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/LoveLetters-Podcast-AlbumArt-7096.png The Love Letters podcast: How to get over an ex

Is rebound sex empowering, or does it leave you feeling lonelier? Meredith Goldstein investigates.

Vote in round 2 of Munch Madness

The results are in from Round 1 of this year?s Munch Madness restaurant tournament bracket. Appropriately for New England, seafood dominated.

Opinion & Ideas

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/22/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/sqweiser.jpg Had a strange dream? Your online audience awaits

Online dream-sharing communities sprang to life as soon as technology allowed.

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/2011-2020/2018/03/21/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Jack%20Hogan.jpg In Boston, the anxious launch of a gene therapy with a record price

Luxturna is a gene therapy for a rare, inherited retina disease that carries a list price of $850,000.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/levine_xref_teze.jpg Inside the ?cult? that catapulted conductor James Levine?s career

At the beginning of the maestro?s 50-year career, Levine ran what some young musicians considered a cult, allegedly making members take loyalty tests and engage in group sex.

The Big Picture

The Big Picture

2018 Paralympic Winter Games

Scenes from the Paralympics taking place March 9-18 in PyeongChang, South Korea. 670 athletes with disabilities from around the world compete in 80 events in six different sports.

Crossword

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/crossword.jpg Play the crossword

Puzzled? Keep trying your hand at our interactive crossword and see if you can triumph.