Shirley Leung

Historic span may be rebuilt as part of GE deal

The Old Northern Avenue Bridge closed in December 2014 due to safety concerns.

Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff

Tucked in the agreement to bring GE to Boston is a commitment from the city to spend as much as $100 million to reopen the Old Northern Avenue Bridge.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/160118_KDB_SNOW_004.jpg Intensity of weekend storm for Mass. still unclear

There is ?uncertainty on the area of potential heavy snow? on Saturday and Sunday, forecasters wrote.

Boston, Massachusetts -- 2/19/2015-- Pedestrians are obscured by snow banks in downtown Boston, Massachusetts February 19, 2015. Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff Topic: Reporter:

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff/File

With weekend storm looming, snow anxiety hits

The storm is still days away, but residents are already groaning about the wintry weather.

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The global average temperature was the highest among all 136 years in the 1880-2015 records, beating the previous record.

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged close to 400 points around 10:40 a.m., and remained about 2.5 percent down in the morning.

ground game

A year from today, ?ask what your country can do for you?

What should be clear at this point is what the next president, in this age of populist politics, will say.

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Life lessons

Formerly homeless undergraduate teaches peers the real price tag of their student loans.

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An artistic rendering of the so-called Planet 9 shows the view facing back towards the sun.

Handout/Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)

Evidence found for new planet

The gas giant is thought to be almost as big as Neptune and orbiting billions of miles beyond Neptune?s path.

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The planetary performance is set to repeat every morning until next month.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/20/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/Dye_21pancake_hero1_8x5.jpg Olin College students create machine that makes pancakes

The entire process took nine weeks, three iterations of the original design, and several homemade pancake batter recipes to complete.

THEATER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/wiggs_Theatre_476388.jpg Local arts groups launch campaign to support Huntington Theatre

The #HuntingtonOnHuntington campaign aims to help keep the theatre company in its Huntington Ave. home.

Fort Myers-January 17, 2015-Sunrise over JetBlue Park.

Stan Grossfeld/Globe Staff

For some Red Sox, spring has already sprung

Catcher Christian Vazquez, infielder Yoan Moncada, and pitcher Matt Barnes were all in Fort Myers last weekend.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/11/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Boghosian_13windows1_BIZ.jpg Contractors scrambling to replace window units

Last year?s brutal winter and a recovering economy combined to produce a banner year for replacement window manufacturers.

PATRIOTS NOTEBOOK

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Lee_patriotsbroncos35_spts.jpg Broncos take aim at Rob Gronkowski and Tom Brady

The Broncos talked about how to hit Gronk (low) and called Brady a crybaby.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/03/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/turner041615BIZ19kirsner11-5100-5875.jpg Zafgen hopes new data may lift trial hold

The Boston company?s findings show many patients taking its experimental obesity treatment lost weight and engaged in less binge-eating.

Staples, Office Depot extend merger agreement

The Framingham-based retailer has delayed its planned merger as federal regulators continue their effort to block the deal.

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/19/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/IMG_3497(PhotobyHilaryScott).jpg Seiji Ozawa returning to Tanglewood Festival this summer

Ozawa, the former music director of the Boston Symphony, will come to Tanglewood for the first time since 2006.

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Ground Game

ground game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/15/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/be27a16e-6606-4d6c-9491-e51788e9f95c.jpg The dangers of a two-candidate race for Cruz and Trump

In a multi-candidate contest, a nasty fight between two front-runners often allows someone in third place to run up the middle and win.

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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/19/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/good.jpg Good Start Genetics, Helix partner for affordable genetic testing

The Cambridge diagnostics company has partnered with Helix, a startup in California, to bring its genetic tests to a bigger market.

Crux

John Allen Jr. | All Things Catholic

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/17/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_6Z1O5.jpg As pope visits synagogue, some issues still unsettled

These visits are always special, given that arguably no Jewish community has felt the sting of Catholic opprobrium more than the one in Rome.

Globe Insiders

Design New England

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/13/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/dne.png Home Sweets Home

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