State of the Union Analysis

In speech, Trump polishes illusion of importance

President Trump delivered the State of the Union address on Tuesday.

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

Train carrying members of Congress hits vehicle

A train carrying Republican members of Congress has collided with a vehicle, according to members on board the train.

//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?

SCOT LEHIGH

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/31/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/lehigh-4192.jpg Trump?s address was a muddled road to nowhere

President Trump?s speech took a detour into the dystopia he sees when he looks at America.

Here?s how Joe Biden and other Democrats responded to Joe Kennedy III?s speech

The Brookline Democrat gave his party?s response to the State of the Union on Tuesday night.

//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.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/31/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/JKlips.jpg No, that wasn?t drool on his lips, Representative Joe Kennedy says

Kennedy joked on ?Good Morning America? Wednesday that he ??decided to go a little bit light on the ChapStick this morning.?

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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.

North Andover High School?s field house was filled with residents for Tuesday?s town meeting on the proposed marijuana growing facility.

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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/2011-2020/2018/01/31/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/1a6dbd16-0538-11e8-94e8-e8b8600ade23.jpg FEMA plans to end storm aid to Puerto Rico Wednesday

About 35 percent of population still has no power, months after Hurricane Maria battered the island.

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Bureaucrats botched the rollout of big changes to health care coverage for state workers, yet Governor Charlie Baker (above) managed to dodge much of the blame.

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Charlie Baker escapes a health care mess

Bureaucrats botched the rollout of big changes to health care coverage for state workers, yet the governor managed to dodge much of the blame.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief Brenda Fitzgerald has resigned due to investment issues, the government says.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_orangeline1_met.jpg Nowadays, it?s crush hour on T trains, buses

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

Photos

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/31/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/turner013118METRO01moon3-5542.jpg Rare blue supermoon hangs in the sky

The rare eclipse is the first of its kind since 1866, combining a blue moon, supermoon, and lunar eclipse at the same time.

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/02/01/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/e992b929a8264660abd791e5e4b28fd7-e992b929a8264660abd791e5e4b28fd7-0.jpg Gisele shared an inspiring message in honor of the moon

The supermodel posted a sweet pre-dawn pic.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/RinaldiColdWeather05-13427.jpg Cold will persist Wednesday before a warm-up

?Dry and cold? best describe Wednesday?s conditions. Winds will be noticeable, gusting up to 25 miles an hour at times.

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/31/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/891266280.jpg Country star Luke Bryan will play Fenway this summer

The four-time Entertainer of the Year will perform at the ballpark July 5.

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A United Airlines passenger had her bird turned away by the airline because of health and safety concerns.

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

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View from Philadelphia

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/31/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/1bfc2d6ed0d14346887d958e71ddb3ab-1bfc2d6ed0d14346887d958e71ddb3ab-0.jpg Meet the architect of the Eagles? Super Bowl team

General manager Howie Roseman survived a one-year banishment from football decisions and now has his team in the title game.

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.

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:

"At Simmons College, we were snowed in with no electricity at first, and dwindling food supplies. Card games galore ? but by day four or so, the cafeteria was down to fish cakes, and a cold virus merrily ran rampant over the populace." -- Pam
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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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STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/31/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/NGF.jpg To replace opioids, biopharma bets on pain drugs with a checkered past

A promising class of drugs being developed don?t seem to be addictive as opioids. But are they safe?

Real Estate

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

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