Meet the students behind The Valedictorians Project

The city?s top students from 2005 to 2007 set out to change the world. But then life happened. Explore their stories here.

Governor Baker seeks big real estate sales tax hike to fund climate programs

The plan marks one of Governor Charlie Baker?s most high-profile bids to address climate resiliency as he begins his second term.

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Baker intends to tuck the plan, one of his most high-profile bids to address climate resiliency, into his upcoming state budget proposal.

Employees affected by the partial federal government shutdown rallied earlier this week in front of the State House.

The financial strain deepens for furloughed government employees

The federal government shutdown, long past a mere annoyance, is lurching into its fifth week as the human and financial costs on unpaid workers continue to mount.

The special counsel?s office has taken issue with a BuzzFeed report about Michael Cohen?s testimony before Congress.

Special counsel?s office takes issue with BuzzFeed report

??BuzzFeed?s description of specific statements . . . are not accurate,? said a spokesman for Robert Mueller.

Boston Red Sox owner John Henry (left) and chairman Tom Werner held the championship trophy at the World Series.

Red Sox visit to White House could be contingent on government shutdown

Red Sox principal owner John Henry said the team will be monitoring the shutdown and weighing their decision thusly.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley gave high-fives to children on Friday after speaking at a Temple Israel gathering dedicated to the vision of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Ayanna Pressley stresses MLK?s message in temple address

The new Democratic congresswoman was the guest speaker at Temple Israel?s annual Shabbat Tzedek, at which participants sang songs of peace, love, and light.

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Warren introduced herself as an economic populist to a Claremont crowd eager to size her up as a challenger to President Trump.

Erin Cronin said her approach to teaching calculus is collaborative. Students are encouraged to stay after school to get help from Cronin or Cheryl Szymanski, the other calculus teacher.

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At Revere High, students ace AP calculus exam

In the last two years, all of Erin Cronin?s students at Revere High School have scored a passing grade of 3 or higher on the AP Calculus AB exam.

Chesto Means Business

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/08/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/turner050818BIZ09rally338.jpg Supporters look to revive the ?millionaires tax?

Proponents suffered a crushing defeat in June when the state?s high court ruled that the ?Fair Share Amendment? would be unconstitutional.

1 person killed in Jamaica Plain double shooting

A law enforcement official said it appeared two people were shooting at each other.

Crews salted the roads in advance of the coming storm.

David L. Ryan/Globe staff

Expected snow totals for Boston drop slightly, but northern Mass. will still get hit hard

Areas near the N.H. border could get up to 16 inches, according to forecasters, with Boston forecast to receive 7 inches.

Dave Epstein

How much snow will you get Sunday? It?s all about the timing

When does snow start in Boston? How much snow with Boston get? David Epstein?s weather report explains.

Foxborough, MA - 10/14/2018 - (2nd quarter) Kansas City Chiefs running back Spencer Ware (32) is wrapped up by a host of New England Patriots defenders. The New England Patriots host the Kansas City Chiefs in a Sunday night NFL game at Gillette stadium in Foxborough. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Jim McBride, Topic: 15Patriots-Chiefs, LOID: 8.4.3482575762.

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CHAD FINN | UNCONVENTIONAL PREVIEW

Patriots-Chiefs is the one we expected, and it should be a thriller

Arrowhead Stadium will be raucously loud, but in the end, it will be the Patriots making the happy noises.

Jim McBride

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/11/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_kraft1_spts.jpg When Robert Kraft bought the Patriots, it signaled a new beginning for the franchise

Since Kraft purchased the team ? 25 years ago next week ? the Patriots have won 310 games, been to nine Super Bowls, and won five titles.

CELTICS 122, GRIZZLIES 116

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The points guard scored 28 in the second half and added 11 assists to lead Boston past Memphis.

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/18/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Clipboard-6330.jpg Beacon Hill?s new rules but same old MeToo problems

What?s most important is that legislative leaders send a message that they?re serious about changing a sexist culture that has thrived for too long. New rules only go so far.

Ideas | Beth Wolfensberger Singer

The six New England attitudes about winter

Boston?s statues are buried in snow but full of personality.

REBECCA PACHECO

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/turner011215METRO13yoga156.jpg 10 ways to feel good about yourself that don?t include social media?s 10-year challenge

Here are some alternative ways to boost your self image that don?t involve an Instagram filter, Rebecca Pacheco writes.

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.

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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/29/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/200_love_letters_bonus.jpg Love Letters: Until next year, my sweetheart

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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