At least 6 dead after train derails, falls onto Wash. highway

This aerial image from video provided by KOMO-TV shows the site of an Amtrak train that derailed south of Seattle.

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The train derailed south of Seattle, spilling 13 train cars onto busy Interstate 5 and resulting in at least six deaths.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/18/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/Rex_President_Trump_returns_to_the_W_9295696F.jpg Critics slam Trump after he uses train disaster to plug infrastructure plan

President Trump used the event as an example of why lawmakers should approve his infrastructure plan.

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/18/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi-3770.jpg Matt Damon is right about sexual misconduct

There is a big difference between patting someone on the rear and rape or child molestation.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Rinaldi28caslerpic10-11737.jpg Man will go to trial in fatal Newton pizza shop crash

Bradford Casler formally notified a judge Monday that he will go on trial rather than agree to a plea deal that would put him behind bars for two years.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/MistyBlue.jpg Divers recover bodies of two missing men from sunken fishing boat

The crewmen had been missing since the ?Misty Blue? sank 10 miles off the coast of Nantucket on Dec. 4.

Christopher Muther

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/18/BostonGlobe.com/Travel/Images/Screen%20Shot%202017-12-17%20at%2010.11.16%20PM.png Qantas denies passenger lounge access ? over her Uggs

They are divisive, sartorially offensive, and ugly as sin, but should the boots be banned from airport lounges?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/18/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/3ce29ea0-0c87-4206-9a14-ee9751d79b9e-15005-U834025026061gcH--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg ESPN president John Skipper resigns

Skipper said he was leaving to seek treatment for a substance addiction.

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A white former Connecticut college student accused of smearing body fluids on her black roommate?s belongings has avoided a hate crimes charge.

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Governor Gina Raimondo said a new tree is coming after the first one dried up and dropped piles of needles more than a week before Christmas.

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A Trump judicial nominee whose inability to answer basic legal questions brought him widespread ridicule has withdrawn.

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Three Boston mixologists shake-up and share their favorite holiday cocktails

A twist on spiked cider. A true hot, buttered rum. A drink made with quince? Make these recipes and cheers to good cheer.

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Chad Finn

Patriots-Steelers game was one of the greatest

This was one of those Patriots performances where you go to bed thinking about it and wake up with it still on your mind.

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NFL reporter Ben Volin joins host Chris Gasper to break down the epic battle between the Patriots and the Steelers Sunday.

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CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/18/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Gasper-15001.jpg Better to be lucky than good? The Patriots are both

Being on the receiving end of good fortune is one thing, but being able to capitalize on it is another entirely.

Dan Shaughnessy

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/18/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy.jpg When will they learn?

If you are the Patriots, you always prepare for the inevitable moment when the opponent loses his mind.

BEN VOLIN I ON FOOTBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/18/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_nepitt2A_spts.jpg Patriots were not tricked by Steelers? fake spike

After being told to fake spike it and go for the win, the Pittsburgh QB threw the interception that sealed it for the Patriots.

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However, Brady did give Guerrero credit for helping to keep Rob Gronkowski healthy this season.

Boston Red Sox's Mitch Moreland hits a double during the third inning in Game 4 of baseball's American League Division Series against the Houston Astros, Monday, Oct. 9, 2017, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Red Sox bring back Mitch Moreland on a two-year deal

The signing is surprising given speculation that the Sox are looking for a power bat such as Eric Hosmer or J.D. Martinez.

Tom Hanks in the 2017 documentary film

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Ding! A Wellesley family asked Tom Hanks for a typewriter, and he delivered

The actor loves typewriters, and he loves to give them away.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/19toyruck.jpg Guard members march 5 miles for special toy delivery

Drivers honked and bypassers cheered as the soldiers, their backpacks stuffed with around 4,000 toys, walked from Dorchester to Boston Children?s Hospital.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/158435.jpg That ?spaceship? that visited our solar system may have been just a crusty rock

The strange interstellar object that passed close to Earth this fall appears to be a naturally formed, icy object covered with a dry crust.

Cambridge, MA - 11/16/17 - Zachary Gagnon (cq), a co-op student from Wentworth Institute of Technology, focuses on a screen at Akamai, a computer security firm in Kendall Square. (Lane Turner/Globe Staff) Reporter: (Hiawatha Bray) Topic: (17ddos)

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Akamai?s future gets complicated with arrival of activist Paul Singer

This was a good day for many Akamai shareholders. CEO Tom Leighton? Well, the situation is a bit more complicated for him.

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See Globe critics? top picks this year from the world of movies, music, theater, books, and more.

Cambridge, MA - 12/09/2017 - Miracle, a Christmas-themed bar at the Hotel Marlowe in Cambridge for feature on local holiday bars. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Lifestyle, Reporter: Unknown, Topic: 09xmasbars, LOID: 8.4.300187859.

At these holiday pop-up bars, it?s cheers, temporarily

This holiday season, pop-up bars are on the menu for some businesses.

Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | Richard North Patterson

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President Trump?s foreign policy is a disaster.

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One hundred years ago, one of the world?s top conductors was ensnared in a scandal involving patriotism and sex. It almost toppled Boston?s famed orchestra.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/18/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/DEA%20quotas.jpg Pressure builds on the DEA to stem the supply of prescription drugs

Some lawmakers say the DEA has been too liberal in settling limits on the production of certain prescription drugs.