Senate adjourns, meaning shutdown could drag on for days

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell addressed reporters after speaking to the Senate on Saturday.

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Administration officials say President Trump will not relent on his demand for funding for a border wall.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_122218_23shutdownlocal_346x.jpg Some Boston historic sites are closed in shutdown (but not all)

Across New England, residents and visitors awoke Saturday morning to reduced services and shuttered federal sites.

Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren may find themselves fighting for the same backers.

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Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders could fight for same left lane in primary

As Warren gets closer to taking her first big public step toward launching her presidential campaign, she contemplates a snowy-haired iceberg in her path.

(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 6, 2016, Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, Brett McGurk, speaks during a press conference in Amman. - McGurk has resigned, a US State Department official said December 22, 2018. His resignation, effective December 31, comes just after US President Donald Trump abruptly ordered the withdrawal of US troops from Syria as well as the announcement that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis was quitting, citing key disagreements with the US president. Just last week McGurk said

Top US diplomat in battle against Islamic State resigns after Trump?s Syria decision

Brett McGurk, the special envoy to the coalition fighting the ISIS, told colleagues that he could not carry out President Trump?s mandate.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/greenhouse_24guns-10_metro.jpg David Hogg, survivor of Parkland school shooting, will attend Harvard

Hogg became a leading voice against gun violence after February?s shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Patrice Bergeron (center) gave the Bruins a 1-0 lead in the first period.

`BRUINS 5, PREDATORS 2

Patrice Bergeron scores 300th career goal in return to Bruins? lineup

Bergeron scored two goals and assisted on two others as the Bruins won their third consecutive game.

BEN VOLIN I SUNDAY FOOTBALL NOTES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/20/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/davisgordon9.jpg NFL, Browns, and Patriots tried to work with Josh Gordon

Whatever Gordon did this time, it became clear to the NFL that he needed to be away from football.

The Patriots? acquiring of Josh Gordon did not pay off in the long run.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Patriots took a risk by relying on Josh Gordon ? and lost

The Patriots eschewed their own credo: that dependability is more important than ability.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 18: LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers attempts a basket during warmups prior to the game against the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center on December 18, 2018 in New York City. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

LeBron James rips NFL owners as ?old white men? with ?slave mentality?

The Lakers star spoke out on the difference in approaches between the NBA and NFL on his HBO show.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/KREITER12212018newtrain2.jpg At last, Green Line has a brand-new car

MBTA passengers on Friday had the chance to ride the first new MBTA subway car in nearly a decade. More new cars are expected on the Green Line over the coming months.

Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., stands outside the U.S Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 14, 2018. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Andrew Harrer

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Michael A. Cohen

For Ocasio-Cortez, the sky?s the limit ? but is she flying too close to the sun?

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is one of the best things to happen in American politics. She should pick her battles wisely.

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/21/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Advance/Images/Clipboard-0245.jpg State?s future of transportation report needs a champion ? or else it will collect dust

Fresh from a convincing reelection campaign, Governor Charlie Baker has political capital to spare, and the future of transportation report provides a list of ways he can use it.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/lee_042018_420bos1_met.jpg State panel: Penalize drivers for pot like alcohol

Drivers who refuse a drug test after being pulled over would face the same penalty drivers get when they refuse a breathalyzer test: a six-month license suspension.

Woman is killed in early-morning fire in South Boston

Firefighters responded about 5 a.m. to 380 East 8th St. in South Boston, where a fire had broken out on the first floor of a two-story multi-family house.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/121819WiggsCold1.jpg As temperatures fall, a chance of snow is ahead for Christmas Eve

Temperatures are expected drop, making way for a chance of snow Monday morning.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/05032009_03oldman3-7628315-24234.jpg Funding approved for Old Man of the Mountain memorial

The massive, naturally formed granite profile in Franconia Notch, N.H., crumbled in 2003.

The deal for the MidTown Hotel site is expected to close in the first half of 2019, according to the First Church of Christ, Scientist.

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Ink Block developer close to deal for MidTown Hotel

National Development, which built the Ink Block development in the South End, is close to a deal for the site.

COMMENTARY | JENEE OSTERHELDT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/99991cfadcfe488d84572fd6d4f866ec-99991cfadcfe488d84572fd6d4f866ec-24220.jpg ?Fortnite? and the legal dance battle royale

With more than 200 million registered players, it?s a game of world-building and post-apocalyptic battles and cultural appropriation.

Arielle McCain worked off an Amazon app, picking up packages in Everett and then delivering them in Cambridge.

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In a race against the clock ? and gas gauge ? Amazon driver brings you your packages

Arielle McCain is one of about 8,000 Flex drivers in Mass. They?ve collectively driven more than 9 million miles for the company since December 2016.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/22/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/28cb36f478e5429a80ab8d3c83a414fc-28cb36f478e5429a80ab8d3c83a414fc-0.jpg Woman names baby after medic who saved her during wildfire

In his 20 years as a paramedic, the most memorable birth for Mickey Huber is the one that didn?t happen on his watch.

Globe Magazine

Meet the 2018 Bostonians of the Year: Ayanna Pressley and Alex Cora

She?s the first African-American woman to represent Massachusetts in Congress. He?s the first manager of color in Red Sox history. Both are blazing bold paths forward grounded in smart strategy.

NICK CAFARDO | SUNDAY BASEBALL NOTES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/18/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/101718Chin42.jpg There?s a reason why the Red Sox? holiday shopping list appears modest

Already sporting the game?s largest payroll and with much of their nucleus returning, the Sox have set their sights on bullpen reinforcements.

The Big Picture

The Big Picture

The year 2018 in pictures: Part I

Photographs from January to June on a range of topics from around the world.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Rinaldi09acton02-HERO.jpg After suicides in Acton and Boxborough, a communion of sorrow

The unthinkable has been an all-too-common companion in two small neighboring towns, where six young people took their lives in the short span of 30 months. The questions keep coming: What is happening? Why? When will it stop?

Podcasts

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/gladiator%20pic5.jpg Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc.

The story of a profoundly troubled young man and the ugly underside of America?s most popular sport.

Newsletters

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Follow the Celtics? quest for a title and other NBA news both on and off the court. Sign up here.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/21/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/New-York-Newsstand-Bernice-Abbott-1024x576.jpg We wish we?d written that: our favorite stories of 2018

It?s been a busy 2018 at STAT, but we still have found the time to see what other journalists are writing ? and get jealous we didn?t do it ourselves.

Love Letters: The Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/29/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/200_love_letters_bonus.jpg Love Letters: Until next year, my sweetheart

In a special bonus episode, Meredith Goldstein explores what happens to summer romance when the summer ends, and ?Wet Hot American Summer? creator David Wain shares a girl-crazy memory from his own camp days.

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