Startup seeks OK for medicine used in the event of a nuclear attack

Boston, MA 1-30-18: Robert Mulroy is pictured. His new company called PTx is about to acquire Leukine. It is about to be approved by the FDA for treatment of radiation sickness. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

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Partner Therapeutics Inc., based in Lexington, expects the Food and Drug Administration to approve a drug by March 29 to treat acute radiation syndrome.

Gaming chairman Stephen Crosby on Wednesday defended the state?s licensing investigation into Wynn Resorts.

Mass. warns Wynn Resorts its license isn?t final

Massachusetts will pay close attention to how the Wynn Resorts board of directors addresses the sexual misconduct accusations against Steve Wynn, state casino regulators said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/31/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/norwood2.jpg 2 people are killed, 2 seriously injured in head-on crash in Norwood

Two young Norwood residents died in a violent head-on crash early Wednesday morning.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/PlusTommyChang.jpg Roxbury alternative high school is placed on probation

The school kept students on its rosters longer than it should have and committed other violations, including questionable practices in awarding students course credits, school officials said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/01/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/AFP_Y86WQ.jpg MIT?s latest goal: make computers think more like people

The effort could cost hundreds of millions as organizers look to harness the individual efforts researchers for wide-ranging goals.

Amani Fadli, 8, attended Muslim Lobby Day at the Massachusetts State House Tuesday. Fadli prepared her hijab before the events.

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Muslim students and families get a close-up view of politics at State House

On Muslim Lobby Day on Beacon Hill, some of the most outspoken, curious, and determined visitors weren?t yet old enough to vote.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/01/20/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/slider3.jpg What was in the Tiffany box Melania Trump gave Michelle Obama? The former first lady finally spills

Michelle Obama opened up to Ellen DeGeneres about why she seemed so awkward when Melania Trump gave her a gift before President Trump?s inauguration.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/22/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/wiggs_Construction_08.jpg UMass Boston finds big fix for budget woes

Interim chancellor Barry Mills said he has a new solution that will repair the campus?s unsafe underground garage for dramatically less than estimated.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/MarkChiarelli_01editor_02_met.jpg Editor says he pushed for equal pay for women and was fired

The editor of a chain of Western Massachusetts newspapers told his staff Wednesday that he was fired for advocating for raises for female staffers.

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A chartered train carrying dozens of GOP lawmakers to a Republican retreat in West Virginia struck a garbage truck west of Charlottesville, Va.

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Foxborough, MA - 1/22/2017 - (4th quarter) - New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick talking on the head set during the fourth quarter. The New England Patriots host the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Championship game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Ben Volin, Topic: 23Patriots-Steelers , LOID: 8.3.1361625046.

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BOB HOHLER

Bill Belichick has built a compound on Nantucket

Since 1979, Patriots coach Bill Belichick has acquired and developed more than $10 million in real estate to create a compound on Nantucket for his family and friends.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/31/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy1-16058.jpg Nick Foles is a good story ? but it won?t be good enough

The Eagles backup QB deserves praise for taking his team this far, but now he is up against Tom Brady.

Pittsburgh, PA - 12/17/2017: Ron Gronkowski reception during third quarter action. The New England Patriots vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field. Jim Davis / Globe staff

JIM McBRIDE

In Rob Gronkowski, Patriots have a weapon unlike any the NFL has seen

His combination of receiving and blocking skills is incomparable ? just ask Mark Bavaro.

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/31/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi-4199.jpg For Tom Brady, outrage is another way to sell the product

If Tom Brady didn?t want his daughter talked about, he shouldn?t have put her in a documentary.

A letter dated April 19, 1864, written by Florence Burke.

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Civil War letters found in Andover attic to be gifted to Boston College

The 19 letters and two photographs tell the story of an Irish immigrant who fought with the Union army.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/01/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_bosny2_spts.jpg Terry Rozier and Celtics roll past Knicks at TD Garden

Terry Rozier registered his first career triple-double in his first career start as the Celtics won despite being without Kyrie Irving.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/31/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/902977504.jpg FBI says it has ?grave concerns? about House memo on Russia investigation

The statement Wednesday was the FBI?s first public comment about the four-page document drafted by Republicans on the House intelligence committee.

Tech Lab

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/01/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/bray-6894.jpg In 2018, is Putin on the ballot?

After stirring up chaos on social media during last year?s election, the Russian president has no reason to stop now.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/31/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ryan_seaport4_landmark.jpg GE electrical work will be union after all

A union-affiliated firm beat out a contractor that had complained bidding for the GE job should not have excluded nonunion shops.

Love Letters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/24/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/Meredith_Goldstein_NewLogo.jpg Should she leave her boyfriend for a man she met on vacation?

He made me feel empowered and free; it?s not that I don?t feel those things with my actual boyfriend ? I love him dearly ? but it?s just different.

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.

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Former Patriot Rodney Harrison joins Chris Gasper to discuss what the Patriots need to do defensively in the Super Bowl.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/31/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Advance/Images/PlusGas.jpg Arrival of Russian gas stirs Ukrainian community

It?s been a bad week for efforts to deter Russia?s president, Vladimir Putin.

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//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?