Analysis

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/31/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Rex_US_President_Donald_J_Trump_del_9348834AK.jpg Teleprompter Trump has a much different persona

When he?s at a podium reading from prepared remarks, the president can seem measured, moderate, and utterly conventional.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/31/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/AFP_YD6ZB.jpg Fact-checking Trump?s State of the Union address

How did President Trump?s claims hold up?

Representative Joe Kennedy III entered the room Tuesday to give one of the Democratic responses to President Trump?s State of the Union.

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Kennedy: Americans feel ?fault lines of a fractured country?

The Brookline Democrat delivered his party?s official rebuttal ? a stinging one ? to President Trump from a Fall River school.

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?I do not know where it came from,? Daniels said of a statement attributed to her that shot down rumors of the affair.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/31/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/AFP_YD66P.jpg Melania Trump outfitted in Dior, D&G, Louboutin

Wearing a cream-colored Christian Dior pantsuit, the first lady received a standing ovation when she arrived at the House chamber.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/31/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/912424092.jpg Here?s how Democrats looked while watching Trump

Some looked bored. Others looked downright distraught.

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6 things that make Boston a truly stellar sports city

Championship rings count for a lot, but they?re not the only reason Boston is a great city for sports.

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Gronkowski made his first public appearance, at ?Madden 18,? since he went into concussion protocol.

Doug Pederson is in his second year at the helm of the Eagles.

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DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Think the Patriots are losing? There?s no chance

Do you really think Doug Pederson will outsmart Bill Belichick?

Tara Sullivan

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/04/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/tara_sullivan_20171204.jpg This Minny Mall is really . . . super

The Mall of America is the seventh largest in the world, and you are welcomed with a smile.

NESTOR RAMOS

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/nestormugfull-13401.jpg The annoying prevalence of the word ?Southies? and why it might be catching on

Hey you ? yeah, you, double parked outside your own house so you don?t have to move your space saver: You?re a Southie. To the world at large, anyway.

Blizzard of ?78: 40 years later

Tell us your Blizzard of ?78 memories

Almost everyone who lived through the massive storm has a story about it.

Discuss the story:

"I came home from work and parked my car on Winthrop Shore Drive. About 7:30 p.m., I could see that this was no ordinary storm and attempted to go move my car, but the ocean was in the street! The next morning, my car was 2 streets away, having floated away (heavy Monte Carlo too), and never ran again. -- Bernard"
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North Andover rejects proposal for pot farm

Town Meeting voted down the plan after more than two hours of heated debate.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/11/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/blanding112514immigration1met.jpg Plan would let police detain immigrants at request of feds

Governor Baker?s proposal would formalize what had been an informal practice during the Obama administration.

A passenger skeptically eyed a full Orange Line train as it pulled up to the platform.

David L. Ryan/Globe Staff

Nowadays, it?s crush hour on T trains, buses

Increasing development near transit is worsening an already bad problem, riders say.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/200_steven_c_touch.jpg Lynn man on State Police most wanted list nabbed

Steven Touch, 28, of Lynn, was sought in connection with a fatal home invasion in 2012.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/30/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/turner013018BIZ31fenwaycenter55.jpg After years of delays, Fenway Center complex breaks ground

The $240 million first phase means work now begins on a project that?s been on hold for 15 years.

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6 things that make Boston a truly stellar sports city

Championship rings count for a lot, but they?re not the only reason Boston is a great city for sports.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/WebGraphics/Sports/BostonGlobe.com/2016/01/20moresports/seasonticket_90.jpg The Season Ticket podcast

Season Ticket continues its week of Super Bowl shows from Radio Row at the Mall of America outside Minneapolis.

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Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/30/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Advance/Images/PlusVaccine.jpg Mounting a ground war against anti-vaxxers

Wise state policy, micro-targeted toward local schools and communities, is the best remedy for anti-vax luddites.

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Abdulkader Hayani put his daughter Ameenah to bed.

The Last Refugee: A three-part series

A series of occasional articles on the Syrian refugee families resettling here, and the local people assisting them.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/30/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Warning.jpg A must-read site for early warnings of shady scientific findings

Investors may first get wind of problems with the science they?re funding by reading forums where scientists scrutinize research.

Real Estate

Recent home sales in Boston and Cambridge (Jan. 30)

ALLSTON: 39 Glenville Ave. #4; Condominium Low-Rise, built in 1920, 547 square feet, 3 rooms, 1 bedroom, 1 bath, on 547-square-foot lot.