Romney?s fight could be harder in 2016

In 2012, Mitt Romney faced a weaker field of candidates who at times seemed to be auditioning for a reality show.

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The success or failure of Boston?s Olympic bid could have a dramatic impact on the leaders of the state and its capital.

City unveils new shelter to house homeless

Officials hope to eventually house most of the 700 people displaced from Long Island after the connecting bridge was condemned.

Andrew Luck passed for 265 yards in guiding the Colts past the Broncos in Saturday?s AFC divisional round. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

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Colts will face Patriots for Super Bowl berth

Indianapolis defeated Peyton Manning and the Broncos Sunday to advance in the NFL playoffs.

Ben Volin | On football

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Sunday?s Broncos-Colts game just might be the last time we see Manning in an NFL uniform.

Lucy Brown, 16, of Cumberland, Maine, held a sign as her brother Nico, 14, and father Mark held another.

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Locals show solidarity with France in wake of attacks

Hundreds gathered at the Parkman Bandstand on Boston Common in below-freezing temperatures for the rally.

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Tamed/untamed

Your brain on pets

Researchers can explain the source of our companion animals? healing powers: Our pets profoundly change the biochemistry of our brains.

Jesula Dube attended a Requiem Mass held Sunday at St. Angela?s Parish to honor victims of the 2010 earthquake.

Hope links Haiti, Boston 5 years after quake

A pipeline of financial and emotional support still flows from Boston to the ravaged Caribbean island nation.

As biotech booms, high drug costs cause worry

The backlash from health insurers on expensive prescriptions will be an unavoidable topic at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference.

An Airbus investigator walks near part of the tail of the AirAsia QZ8501 passenger plane in Kumai Port, near Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan January 12, 2015. Flight QZ8501 vanished from radar screens over the northern Java Sea on December 28, 2014 less than half-way into a two-hour flight from Indonesia's second-biggest city of Surabaya to Singapore. REUTERS/ (INDONESIA - Tags: DISASTER TRANSPORT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Divers find both black boxes in AirAsia crash

The findings are a key development that will help investigators unravel what caused the aircraft to plummet into the Java Sea.

Tina Fey (far left) and Amy Poehler hosting the Golden Globes telecast.

Hosts were the highlight at Golden Globes

The annual movie-TV-celebrity mishmash veered all over the place, trying to be all things to all people.

Governor Charlie Baker and his wife, Lauren, attended a hometown inaugural reception at Swampscott Town Hall on Sunday.

Swampscott celebrates neighbor turned governor

In Charlie Baker?s hometown of more than 13,700, the new governor and the first lady are simply ?the Bakers.?

Patient impact a worry with TV crews in Boston ERs

With crews camped out in three of Boston?s big teaching hospitals, a debate about the privacy rights of patients has emerged.

Opinion

Ori Nir

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If you ask the six most recent leaders of Israel?s General Security Service, they will tell you that a pessimistic attitude is disastrous.

The Big Picture

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The natural world: animal patterns

Animals, and their interesting forms, textures, patterns, movements, and colors, offer rich inspiration for photographers.

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