3 winners, but none from here, for Powerball jackpot

Tickets sold in in North Carolina, Puerto Rico, and Texas matched all six numbers to split a $564.1 million prize.

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It?s unclear whether Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels have agreed on the terms of the deal.

MBTA General Manager Beverly Scott spoke at a Tuesday press conference.

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MBTA chief Beverly Scott decides to step down

Scott abruptly resigned Wednesday, taking Governor Baker?s administration by surprise.

Commuters waited in a line that snaked from the parking lot through the Wollaston T station to board Red Line shuttle buses on Wednesday.

Boston, region gird for another big storm

?All signs point to . . . a significant, plowable snow? this weekend, a meteorologist said.

Hull gets helping heave from National Guard units

Some streets are buried under more than 12 feet of snow from drifts, officials said.

Charmaine Carroll has been unable to drive her car out of her Hyde Park neighborhood.

Lacking transport, low-wage workers take a hit

For some people, a heavy snowfall and its disruptions can make all the difference in getting bills paid and putting food on the table.

Loon Mountain in Lincoln, N.H., was one of the major ski resorts that reported a stronger-than-normal Monday and Tuesday this week.

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Region?s ski areas could turn white into gold

As a big holiday week looms, New England?s resorts see near-ideal conditions and hope for a long, profitable season.

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Fifty shades of sheepish

For fans of the erotic book series ? and the new film ? the sex isn?t what makes them blush. It?s the politics.

Bill Belichick talks about ?Deflategate? on ?Late Show?

The Patriots coach appeared on David Letterman?s show Wednesday and tried his best not to talk about deflated footballs.

Peyton Manning is reportedly working with a guru as he readies for his 18 season.

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This is no time for Peyton Manning to walk off into the sunset

Like his chief rival Tom Brady, the Broncos? quarterback is a football junkie.

John Lakian in 1994.

Ex-GOP candidate for governor facing fraud charges

John Lakian, a former Republican candidate for governor in Mass. in 1982, allegedly defrauded investors out of millions of dollars.

Yvonne Abraham

In snowbound Somerville, mail carrier deftly delivers goods

?People seem surprised and happy I?m working,? Tim Young said. ?They shovel and we get through, and it?s like a little reward.?

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker delivered his state budget address at the Wisconsin state Capitol in Madison earlier this month.

Scott Walker?s ambitions fostered at Marquette

The rising Republican star was passionately active in campus politics but dropped out 36 credits short of graduating.

Hiawatha Bray | Tech Lab

How to make Facebook forget

Dstrux is a New York-based Internet service that?s figured out a way to make Facebook postings self-destruct.

Anne Hawley.

Longtime Gardner Museum director to step down

Anne Hawley has announced that she plans to step down at the end of the year.

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Clay Buchholz needs to become a leader, not a follower

The righthander, 30, is now the elder statesman in the Red Sox? rotation.

The final course for ?Top Chef: Boston?

The two remaining contestants went head-to-head in the show?s finale, which aired Wednesday night.

The Big Picture

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Big Picture

Portraits of conflict in Ukraine

Photographers captured the lives of soldiers and civilians on both sides of the Ukrainian conflict.