Pricey student housing triggers debate over income, inequality

A Northeastern residence hall run by a private developer will open in the fall.

Nathan Klima for The Boston Globe

Northeastern, Tufts, and others are creating more expensive student housing options ? with more amenities than your average dorm.

Yvonne Abraham

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There seem to be so many reasons to write the senator off. None of them would have anything to do with her being a woman. Right?

Senator Elizabeth Warren greeted an overflow crowd Saturday in Storm Lake, Iowa.

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Iowa women meet Warren and wonder anew about the glass ceiling

For many female Democrats in Iowa, it is thrilling to see another woman candidate take the stump after the disappointment they felt when Hillary Clinton lost.

The Color of Money | Michelle Singletary

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Even if a deal is reached quickly to reopen the shuttered agencies, workers probably won?t get a paycheck until mid-January or later.

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Hundreds of Transportation Security Administration agents ? required to work without pay during the shutdown ? called out of work across the US this week.

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Ireland this week began offering legalized abortion services, a historic shift in a country that for decades had some of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe.

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Authorities in Texas have charged a 20-year-old man in the shooting death of a 7-year-old black girl who was killed while riding in a vehicle with her family.

President Donald Trump pauses while speaking about border security, Thursday Jan. 3, 2019, in a surprise appearance in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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For Trump, a wall may be an obsession that?s boxed him in

President Trump?s fixation with a border wall has run into the new realities of divided government, pitting him against Democrats who have rejected the idea.

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Paul Wilson?s relatives are still struggling with his death, which happened as a result of a violent beating Wednesday at a local park.

Man?s body found under Route 1 overpass in Revere

The body showed no signs of trauma, but the state medical examiner?s office will conduct an autopsy, officials said.

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Part of the purpose, the governor said, was to remind customers ?that these folks are up and operating.?

Jerusha Hall has put everything else on hold as she searches for her son, Aksil.

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff

?I can?t abandon him. He?s my son?: A mom spends months in Algeria searching for her child

Jerusha Hall?s ex-husband fled with their 3-year-old to Algeria one day in July. She hasn?t seen her boy since, but it?s not for a lack of trying.

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Does the long puffy coat indicate a woman?s given up? Or is it a sign of empowerment?

Travel

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This southern Vermont beauty, considered one of the prettiest towns in New England, is best in winter. Here?s why.

Starts & Stops

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A new report, along with activists, calls for better transportation in sparsely populated areas of the state.

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 03: Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg, hosts of the 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards, pose after rolling out the red carpet during a preview day at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 3, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Sandra Oh, Andy Samberg at Golden Globes may shape up to be epic

The hosts are key to the success of the annual awards show, and these two seem to have a special rapport.

From her office at City Hall, Ruthanne Fuller said her goal for 2019 is ?making sure the Newton in the future is the Newton we want.?

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

Mayors around the region chart course for 2019

Six city leaders completing their first year in office, plus two veterans, outline their challenges and goals.

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The skateboarding legend said ?Skate Jam? was the tentative name for the follow-up to the 1996 Looney Tunes cult classic that starred Michael Jordan.

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) leaps over teammate Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle Ronnie Stanley (79) and a Cleveland Browns defender as he runs for a touchdown in the first half of an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018, in Baltimore. Looking on is Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle James Hurst (74). (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Things got a little tougher for the Patriots on Saturday

The Texans lost to the Colts, 21-7. We were all hoping the Texans would come here next weekend, happy to take their beating. Now that?s off the table.

At least one teammate believes Stephon Gilmore is the best cornerback in the NFL.

TARA SULLIVAN

?Bro, hands down, you?re the best corner I played with?: Stephon Gilmore wows his teammates

Gilmore has allowed only one 50-plus-yard game by a receiver this season.

Bruins 2, Sabres 1

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/06/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chin010519Sabres-Bruins_Spt5.jpg Energetic Chris Wagner leads Bruins over Sabres

Wagner and David Backes scored for Boston in their fourth straight victory.

Obituary

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_100_232820.jpg Stoughton?s Leona Benoit, a tireless advocate for peace, dies at 105

Benoit founded Stoughton Mothers for Peace in 1967, during the Vietnam War. ?It wasn?t anything I really wanted to do,? she said. ?I just felt my conscience wouldn?t let me rest.?

Connections | Magazines

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/02/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/Jan6WEBconnections2.jpg Sorting through my mother?s closets

Winnowing down the possessions of a lifetime shows what really matters.

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.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

The year 2018 in pictures: Part II

Here are the photos from July to December that summed up the year.

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.

Real Estate

Recent home sales north of Boston (Jan. 4)

ANDOVER: 16 Balmoral St. #422, Condominium Condo/Apt, built 1925, 768 square feet, 1 bedroom, 1 bath. $225,000 | realestate.boston.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/04/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/JPM_PAINTED_LADIES-1024x576.jpg Will San Francisco?s issues push people away from J.P. Morgan?

The annual trip to the J.P Morgan Healthcare Conference is getting harder to justify each year, executives and investors told STAT.

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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