Signs of Green Line extension costs ignored

The MBTA and the firm hired to oversee the Green Line project ignored multiple warning signs that showed the extension?s costs would eventually balloon.

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Military officials searched for 12 Marines, including one from Hingham, Friday after two helicopters collided in Hawaii.

Melrose teacher made ?plantation? reference to black student

The Melrose Superintendent said she received word that the civil rights office had completed its review of the ?deeply unfortunate incident.?

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Major crime falls to 10-year low in Boston

Major crime in Boston dropped 10 percent between 2014 and 2015, bringing the figure to its lowest point in a decade.

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A judge has ordered that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev pay more than $101 million in restitution to Marathon bombing victims.

An East Boston resident saw the fatally injured victim being taken away after the shooting on Falcon Street in East Boston.

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Teen shooting victim had been attacked in Chelsea last May

The 16-year-old was attacked in May, allegedly by two men he described as members of a rival gang.

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??The U.S. should be accustomed to the status of the DPRK as a nuclear weapons state whether it likes it or not,?? a Foreign Ministry spokesman said.

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Officials said three extremists were killed and 126 people were freeded from the luxuxry hotel in downtown Ouagadougou.

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The stock market capped the first two weeks of 2016 with a steep slide Friday that sent the Dow Jones industrial average down nearly 400 points.

Sunset at Half Dome in Yosemite National Park.

Derrick Jackson

What?s in a name? At Yosemite, maybe $51m

The owner of the Boston Bruins and TD Garden is locked in an unusual trademark fight with the US government.

CHIEFS AT PATRIOTS, SATURDAY, 4:35 P.M. (CBS)

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A close look at Saturday?s divisional-round game, with an emphasis on who has the edge in the running and passing games.

Rob Gronkowski was listed as having limited participation on the Patriots? practice report Friday.

Patriots Notebook

Rob Gronkowski listed as questionable for Saturday

The tight end was one of 12 Patriots listed as questionable on the final injury report before the playoff game.

Newspapers were packaged at a Boston Globe delivery distribution center in Medfield earlier this month.

Globe delivery woes traced back to faulty routes

The crisis has been a lesson in old-world logistics for an increasingly digital company.

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The former Cranston official persuaded a middle-aged man to dress up in a wig, earrings, lipstick, and a dress.

THOMAS FARRAGHER

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Once a domestic worker, Natalicia Tracy is finishing a doctoral dissertation on ?immigration policy and mixed-status families.?

Organizer Ken Brolin looked at door decorations as volunteer Jerry Dunleavy, of Columbus, Ohio, signed a poster in the hallway at ?Camp Cruz?earlier this month.

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Cruz volunteers live, work and play together at Des Moines ?camp?

Hundreds of Ted Cruz supporters arrived in Des Moines from across the country over the past month to help the Texas senator win the GOP nomination.

Boston Celtics center Jared Sullinger (7) and forward Amir Johnson (90) react to the ball under the defensive boards during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game against the Phoenix Suns, Friday, Jan. 15, 2016, in Boston. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

Amir Johnson fitting in, and Celtics are better for it

In the last 11 games, the veteran big man is averaging 10.8 points and 8.1 rebounds with 68.7 percent shooting

cars

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While self-driving cars already are being tested on public roads, newly released safety data support a cautious approach.

There?s an app for that

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Peach, a new all-in-one social network from one of the co-founders of Vine, looks like it could have a surprising shelf life.

Love Letters

She hung up on his family

I don?t want my daughter to grow up with separated parents, but I don?t know how much more disrespect I can take.

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Ground Game

ground game

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The debate will run during a long weekend filled with distractions such as the NFL playoffs and ?Downton Abbey.?

Globe investigations

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A look at high-impact investigations from The Boston Globe, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning report on abuse in the Catholic Church.

The Big Picture

 Peugeot?s French driver Stephane Peterhansel and co-driver Jean Paul Cottret compete during the seventh stage of the Dakar Rally 2016 from Uyuni, Bolivia to Salta, Argentina on Jan. 9. (Marcos Brindicci/AFP/Getty Images)

Marcos Brindicci/AFP/Getty Images

The Big picture

Dakar Rally 2016

The 13-stage Dakar Rally is traveling through Argentina and Bolivia via motorcycle, quad bike, car, or truck over extreme terrain.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

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?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

BetaBoston

betaboston

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A new video game from Framingham?s Disruptor Beam Inc. lets people play as any ?Star Trek? character.

Crux

John L. Allen Jr. | ALL THINGS CATHOLIC

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In his first book as pope, Francis ponders what would have been the legacy the ?Smiling Pope,? had he lived.

Globe Insiders

Design New England

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Interior designer Holly Joe cooks up the love in her sophisticated yet cozy family house in Westwood.