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ICE agent was in courthouse. Did judge and others help man flee?

There?s a federal probe into whether a Newton District Court judge and court personnel helped an undocumented immigrant leave through a back door and avoid arrest.

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Alec Baldwin returned to portray President Trump and ?Weekend Update? honored the late former president George H.W. Bush.

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The former Chiefs running back spoke for the first time since a video of him assaulting a woman surfaced Friday.

Foxborough, MA 12/02/18- Patriots Rex Burkhead jumps over Vikings defenders in the second quarter. The New England Patriots play against the Minnesota Vikings at Gillette Stadium Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018.(Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

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Vikings strike early in 3rd quarter

The Patriots led by 10 at intermission, but Minnesota?s cut into the lead.

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Brady rushed for 5 yards on third and 3 during the first quarter to reach the milestone.

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David Allan Boucher has been lulling listeners for 35 years and has worked at Magic 106.7 since its launch in 1982

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Oklahoma faces Alabama in the opening round on Dec. 29, with the title game on Jan. 7.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/27/BostonGlobe.com/Travel/Images/IMG_3231.jpg High in the hills of Jamaica, Pantrepant Farm

It is far from the Jamaica we know, the antithesis of the island?s slick, gated resorts. And it is exactly what owner Chris Blackwell wants us to see.

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What we mourn when we mourn George H.W. Bush

FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2007, file photo, former President George H.W. Bush arrives at the 2007 Ronald Reagan Freedom Award gala dinner held in his honor in Beverly Hills, Calif. Bush has died at age 94. Family spokesman Jim McGrath says Bush died shortly after 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, about eight months after the death of his wife, Barbara Bush. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

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Bush is being widely hailed as a president of decency and integrity. How sad ? and telling ? that decency is now a standout quality in a president.

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His was a model of gentlemanly public service that has, in some ways, been abandoned.

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Lawmakers agreed to release a transcript of Comey?s testimony in 24 hours and to allow him to speak about the meeting, he said.

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Demonstrators burned cars and smashed store windows in several of Paris?s wealthiest neighborhoods.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/dtlumacki_soroute123_reg05.jpg Fires intentionally set in 2 Wheaton College dorm bathrooms

About 100 students were evacuated from a residence hall and moved to nearby buildings at about 6 a.m. Sunday, but no injuries were reported.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Swensen_1812203RainFeat0001.jpg After a rainy Sunday and mild Monday, chilly week ahead

The Boston area is expected to see a high in the mid-50s Monday, and then colder air as the week continues.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/lee120118schoolbuscrash1MET.jpg R.I. woman involved in Berkley bus crash is charged with OUI

A 27-year-old Rhode Island woman was involved in a crash Saturday night that sent her car and a bus into the woods, leaving two passengers on the bus seriously injured, police said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Chin112818MikeCramer_Met6.jpg A year after near-fatal heart attack, Mike Cramer is back on the road

Cramer collapsed and died at the finish line of last year?s Winter Classic in Cambridge. He was revived. On Sunday, he ran the race again.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/28/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/Chin112718QuickBiteBalaniArts5.jpg Chef Dave Becker?s new Balani in Waltham offers a menu of flashy flavors

Go to Balani for small plates, snacks, dumplings, pizzas, and jazzy entrees in a cavernous space made more intimate with floor-to-ceiling curtains to cordon off seating areas for large groups.

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Fentanyl has killed thousands of Americans, and China has been a source of the drug.

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