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No injuries were reported by the Boston Fire Department.

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Firefighters are battling a six-alarm blaze in Charlestown.

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Firefighters reported problems supplying water due to frozen hydrants.

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The temperature at the scene was in the single digits.

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The building was featured in Ben Affleck?s movie ?The Town.?

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A total of six residents have been displaced.

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One resident described escaping the building: ?I grabbed what I could.?

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Flames could be seen for miles as winds blew smoke over the Tobin Bridge.

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Mayor Walsh arrived at the scene.

Flames rage through Charlestown on frigid morning

Firefighters are still battling a fire that broke out just before dawn and quickly grew into a powerful blaze in a building featured in ?The Town.?

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Boston firefighters called a sixth alarm as they battled a blaze amid below-freezing temperatures Friday.

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Crews pumped out a million gallons of water from the tank in order to reach the unidentified man?s body.

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On this first day of legal marijuana in Massachusetts, a Globe reporter attempted to buy some weed. Here?s how his day unfolded.

A rendering of the new headquarters General Electric plans to build along the Fort Point Channel.

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GE picks Suffolk Construction to build Boston headquarters

The city?s largest construction firm will manage the creation of a new, 12-story building at General Electric?s planned campus in South Boston.

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Superintendent Tommy Chang?s proposal calls for schools to adopt one of two grade spans: pre-kindergarten through grade 6 or grades 7-12.

THINGS TO DO

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The Globe?s picks for the best ways to spend your weekend.

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The 93-year-old billionaire will retain his title and continue to participate in meetings, but he will no longer have a voting role on the board.

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The Boston Planning & Development Agency board approved plans for a 51-story office and condominium tower over the busy rail hub.

The transition to Trump

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Donald Trump went to Twitter after President Obama said he believes Russian President Putin himself was involved in election-related hacks.

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The coldest weather in Massachusetts is behind us, but don?t expect much relief.

Mount Washington Observatory

Think it?s cold? The wind chill was 86 below zero at N.H. peak

If you thought it was cold walking getting to the office this morning, imagine how employees at the Mount Washington observatory must feel.

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There?s more hustle than hope behind an effort to derail Donald Trump?s presidency in the Electoral College.

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The most unexpected presidential election in memory led to some unexpected successes.

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THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE COMMON GOOD

Child care for $10 a day

Massachusetts should give every family access to high quality, affordable child care from infancy.

The Year in Arts

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The personal was often political in this year?s best films.

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It?s unclear if he?ll be in uniform as his new team takes on the Broncos Sunday afternoon.

Special reports

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Every doctor told the Lacey family their son would die ? except one

Pat and Dina Lacey had been parents for only a few months when doctors discovered a tumor in their new baby?s chest. Told to take their son home to die, they put their faith in a young doctor who wouldn?t accept death as the answer.

Opinion & Ideas

Renée Graham

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The only black host on late-night TV may finally emerge from Jon Stewart?s shadow.

Life sciences

STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.

Investigations

The Desperate and the Dead | Part 7

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How one Texas city took on mental health as a community and became a national model.

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.

Cars

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Google's self-driving car project gets a new name

The self-driving car project that Google started seven years ago has grown into a company called Waymo, signaling its confidence that it will be able to bring robot-controlled vehicles to the masses within the next few years