Ukrainian president won’t resign

Parliament called early elections for May 25, but the president said he would not recognize any of the lawmakers’ decisions as valid.

Walpole woman dies in car crash in Needham

A 22-year-old woman from Walpole is dead after a car she was driving struck a train bridge in Needham.

UN demands humanitarian aid for all of Syria

The UN Security Council is sending a message to President Bashar Assad’s government that civilians must be helped.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/02/12/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/20130227_190759.jpg Opiates taking heavy toll on Cape

The overdoses “have become almost an epidemic problem down here,” a Yarmouth official said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/02/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumacki_big-asspothole_metro660.jpg With wintry weather, scourge of potholes plague region

Below-average temperatures and above-average snowfall have created the perfect storm of broken axles and gashed roads.

Kenny Gaudette prepared to take aim at a target during the Dalton Gang’s Primitive Biathlon in Dalton, N.H.

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Kenny Gaudette prepared to take aim at a target during the Dalton Gang’s Primitive Biathlon in Dalton, N.H.

Roger Knowlton, 62, of Cabot, Vt., stepped into a snowshoe as he prepares to compete in the biathlon.

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Roger Knowlton, 62, of Cabot, Vt., stepped into a snowshoe as he prepares to compete in the biathlon.

A competitor used a ramrod to load his rifle during the biathlon.

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A competitor used a ramrod to load his rifle during the biathlon.

Judges Donald Drake (right) of Wilson Mills, Maine, and Bob Lagerstedt, of Berlin, Vt., kept warm as they waited for competitors.

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Judges Donald Drake (right) of Wilson Mills, Maine, and Bob Lagerstedt, of Berlin, Vt., kept warm as they waited for competitors.

Nick Wirkkala, 33, of Winchester, N.H., ran along the biathlon course.

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Nick Wirkkala, 33, of Winchester, N.H., ran along the biathlon course.

Lisa Wildey, 53, of New Haven, Vt., picked up her rifle after breaking for lunch.

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Lisa Wildey, 53, of New Haven, Vt., picked up her rifle after breaking for lunch.

A race from winters past

A New Hampshire group’s take on the biathlon is just like the Olympic version, but with the clock wound back.

Bronze medallist s Kathrin Zettel of Austria, left, and silver medallist Marlies Schild celebrate with US gold medallist Mikaela Shiffrin.

Mikaela Shiffrin, the future of US ski racing

The 18-year-old’s victory at Sochi made her the first American to take slalom gold since Phil Mahre in 1984.

Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz will need his political savvy in advancing the president’s agenda.

As energy chief, Ernest Moniz is man in the middle

The former MIT professor tries to balance environment and industry to cut carbon.

Opinion

opinion | Simon Saradzhyan

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/02/21/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/TS-Par7798169.jpg Threat of a failed Ukraine

More than 20 years since its independence, the country is still lacking cultural and political cohesion.