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National Grid, union reach tentative agreement to end lockout

National Grid and the United Steelworkers reached a tentative agreement to end a six-month lockout of 1,250 union workers, the utility and the unions announced late Wednesday night.

Mitt Romney?s latest anti-Trump broadside raises question: What kind of senator is he going to be?

Official Washington was buzzing with chatter about whether Romney will use the power of the Senate to try to restrain Trump or limit his criticism to expressions of regret and sorrow.

Nathan and Patty Benjamin, owners of Charlton Orchards, attended Wednesday night?s Charlton Planning Board meeting. The family?s orchard could be the future home of a 1 million-square-foot marijuana growing facility. — Matthew Healey for The Boston Globe

Charlton board rejects huge marijuana cultivation facility

The planning board voted 4-0 Wednesday night against approving a site plan to build a $100 million facility on the current site of Charlton Orchards Farm & Winery.

Pelosi poised to become House speaker, making history again

Nancy Pelosi is poised to be elected as House speaker with the first vote of the new Democratic majority.

After shutdown talks go nowhere, officials to try again on Friday

No one budged at President Donald Trump?s closed-door meeting with congressional leaders, so the partial government shutdown persisted. They?ll all try again Friday.

Here?s how Elizabeth Warren responded to critics who say she?s too liberal

Speaking at Beacon Hill on Wednesday, Senator Warren says she isn?t fazed by pundits who predict that voters outside of Massachusetts won?t back her as a presidential contender.

For Bernie Sanders, claims of sexism in 2016 campaign hang over 2020 bid

Accounts describing episodes of sexual harassment and demeaning treatment in Bernie Sanders? 2016 campaign have circulated in recent weeks.

Man found with severe head injury in Cambridge park dies

The man, believed to be in his 60s, was found unresponsive in Danehy Park by Cambridge police Wednesday night and later died at a hospital.

2nd woman dies from car crash that sparked fire at Fall River apartments

Crews were still at the scene Wednesday morning trying to put out hotspots, officials said.

Boston, MA - January 02, 2019: A bus uses the dedicated bus lane on Washington in Boston, MA on January 02, 2019 Boston banned parking on the inbound side of Washington Street during the morning rush and replaced it with a dedicated space for MBTA buses. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) section: metro reporter: — Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

Boston?s new bus-only lanes are an improvement. But who will pay for them?

The city and state are debating who is responsible for maintaining such additions to the roads ? the state-run transit agency that owns the buses or the city that owns the streets?

BPS to boot older students from high school

Officials this year are taking a hard-line approach in enforcing a policy that calls for ejecting students from school on their 22nd birthday ? an edict they had routinely ignored in the past.

Light snow, freezing drizzle could make for slippery morning commute

The National Weather Service is predicting some snow and freezing drizzle in parts of Massachusetts that, when mixed with untreated roads, could complicate the morning commute.

Ahead of second term, Charlie Baker remains an enigma

The most popular governor in the nation begins his second four-year term Thursday. But what do we really know about Baker and what drives him?

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

General Electric?s resolution: to lead again

General Electric?s executives want it to be a leader in any industry in which the company does business.

Bishop Mulvee said, ?If you want to have healing, you have to listen to what the victims are saying.? — Robert Klein/Associated Press/File 2001

Retired Roman Catholic Bishop Robert Mulvee dies at 88

Bishop Mulvee led the Providence Diocese into an agreement in 2002 with victims of clergy sexual abuse.

CELTICS 115, TIMBERWOLVES 102

Celtics get a big lift from Gordon Hayward in victory

The forward scored a season-high 35 points, hitting 14 of 18 shots from the field, as Boston held off the Timberwolves.

Chinese spacecraft makes first landing on moon?s far side

A Chinese spacecraft on Thursday made the first-ever landing on the far side of the moon, state media said.

Here are the first photos from NASA of a ?reddish snowman? way past Pluto

A NASA spacecraft 4 billion miles from Earth yielded its first close-up pictures Wednesday of the most distant celestial object ever explored.

Editorial

Can Mitt Romney be an effective check on Trump?

The bigger test is whether Mitt Romney will actually use some of his new power as a US Senator to rein in President Trump.

Opinion | Colette A.M. Phillips

It?s time to end delays on Encore

Working people need the jobs promised by the casino.

Opinion | Robert L. Reynolds

Our retirement savings fuel a stronger nation

America?s globally unique workplace savings system has become a dynamic engine for capital formation, growth, and American competitiveness.

Special reports

After her cancer diagnoses, Marie Cajuste?s life unraveled. She was unable to work during the most intense part of her treatment. — Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

Unhealthy Divide

Battling a double diagnosis ? cancer and poverty

Cancer is a tremendous burden for anyone, but for a growing number of lower-income and even middle-class patients, an illness means an avalanche of trouble.