Snow and stress: Tracking the storm with no paycheck

The National Weather Service's Aviation Weather Center in Kansas City.

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While the financial toll on National Weather Service employees mounts, worry is also growing that the stress could begin to affect their ability to do their jobs.

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A winter storm watch is still in effect for all of Massachusetts from Saturday afternoon through Sunday evening, with the storm just over a day away.

Dave Epstein

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryansaltmet.jpg How much snow will you get Sunday? It?s all about the timing

The length of time that we see mixing Sunday morning and how quickly that mixing begins will have a tremendous impact on final snow totals.

KANSAS CITY, MO - JANUARY 12: Justin Houston #50 of the Kansas City Chiefs celebrates a sack against the Indianapolis Colts with teammate Chris Jones #95 during the third quarter of the AFC Divisional Round playoff game at Arrowhead Stadium on January 12, 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

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BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

What to expect from the Chiefs defense, and how the Patriots should attack it

The Chiefs are stingy at home, play a multitude of complex coverage schemes, and have one of the best defensive lines in the NFL.

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Jim McBride, Nora Princiotti, and Ben Volin discuss how the cold might affect the game, how the Patriots can slow Patrick Mahomes, Tom Brady?s biggest challenge, and more.

Nora Princiotti

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/09/30/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/chin092914patschiefs_spt32.jpg Why do the Patriots run into trouble when they?re on the road?

?I don?t think it?s a broad, sweeping thing,? quarterback Tom Brady said.

Michael A. Cohen

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Congressional Republicans are having their Captain Renault moment with Rep. Steve King.

Editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/17/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/chin060415NBolympicsailing_met4.jpg New Bedford?s promising charter compromise

Union opposition can?t be a stumbling block to a charter-school compromise in New Bedford.

Opinion | Leonard L. Glass and Bandy X. Lee

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/17/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/18Glass4WEB.jpg Why Trump lies, and why you should care

The president is wedded only to what nurtures his exaggerated self-image in dangerous ways.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/18/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/tlumackibruins342blues.jpg Zdeno Chara dishes out punishment in his first fight of the season

The Bruins captain topped St. Louis winger Patrick Maroon with a pair of rights late in the first period.

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Bjork, 22, has not played since Dec. 30 and is expected to miss five to six months.

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The House intelligence committee chairman said he will ??do what is necessary?? to confirm a published report that President Donald Trump directed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is canceling a congressional fact-finding trip to Afghanistan and claiming the White House leaked her plans to fly commercial.

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This year, the committee is expected to get an infusion of freshman Democrats ? including Ayanna Pressley, of Massachusetts? Seventh District ? who say they plan to approach things differently.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/18/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ryan_boston5_met.jpg State Street says it?s laying off 1,500 workers to cut costs

The reduction amounts to about 6 percent of the workforce in high-cost locations, the Boston-based bank said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/121518WiggsPot7.jpg Rejected Salem marijuana shop sues city to stop it from allowing competitor to advance

The lawsuit could test the limits of local governments? freedom to choose winners and losers in the pot business.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/12/05/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/cavanaugh_drunkdriving2_spo.jpg Here?s what happens if a driver gets pulled over while high on marijuana

Under existing laws, it?s not the same as drunken driving.

?Where?s the T??: Man allegedly steals, crashes Newton city vehicle, then looks for train

Michael Carter faces arraignment in Newton District Court on several charges, including larceny of a motor vehicle and receiving stolen property.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse16womensmarch35.jpg Amid controversy, women?s march persists

The movement that united women two years ago has broken down into tribal divisions, but women participating again this year suggest the march is not the point of their activism, but the exclamation point.

Alex Speier

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/18/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Boghosian_soxdinner8_SPTS-25553.jpg Alex Cora boldly proclaims: ?Wait till this year?

The Red Sox manager dismissed notions of complacency or satisfaction after his team?s convincing championship season.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/icedisk2electricboogaloo.jpg This state park in Maine wants you to know that it has an ice disk too

The massive ice disk that formed on a Maine river in Westbrook has a baby brother up in Baxter State Park.

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Two shark researchers came face-to-face with what could be one of the largest great whites ever recorded.

Special reports

Boston, MA - 1/16/1919: Looking across North End Park on Jan. 16, 1919, the day after a giant tank at the Purity Distilling Co. on Commercial Street collapsed, sending a wave of an estimated 2.3 million gallons of molasses through the streets of Boston. The great molasses tank was located in the center of this picture. Sections of the metal may be seen at the extreme left and right in the picture. Twenty-one people perished, including two 10-year-olds, Pasquale Iantosca and Maria Distasio, who were collecting firewood near the molasses tank while home from school for lunch. (Boston Globe Archive/) --- BGPA Reference: 150115_MJ_001

Boston Globe Archive

Globe Magazine

The day Boston was swamped by a deadly wave of molasses

One hundred years ago today an enormous steel tank ruptured, sending a torrent of brown syrup on a deadly path through the North End.

The Big Picture

Jim Davis/Globe Staff

The best Globe staff photos of 2018

Our photographers share the stories behind what went into making the year?s best photos, as selected by the editors of the Globe Magazine and photo department.

Podcasts

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/gladiator%20pic5.jpg Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc.

The story of a profoundly troubled young man and the ugly underside of America?s most popular sport.

Newsletters

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Follow the Celtics? quest for a title and other NBA news both on and off the court. Sign up here.

Real Estate

12 must-see open houses in Greater Boston this weekend (Jan. 19-20)

As snow (potentially) begins to fall this weekend, you can spend your time searching for a new home. From a condo in Malden to a house with a barn in Dover, the open houses this weekend are plentiful. Check them out: Under $500,000 131 Pierce St.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/18/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/HERD_IMMUNITY_FOR_HP.jpg The herd to the rescue: How an invisible shield can keep us healthy

When you get a vaccination, you make the herd stronger.

Love Letters: The Podcast

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In a special bonus episode, Meredith Goldstein explores what happens to summer romance when the summer ends, and ?Wet Hot American Summer? creator David Wain shares a girl-crazy memory from his own camp days.

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