Kevin Spacey enters not guilty plea in sexual assault case

Actor Kevin Spacey appeared in court where a not-guilty plea was entered on his behalf to a single felony count for allegedly sexually assaulting an 18-year-old man at a Nantucket bar in 2016.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/AFP_1C2031.jpg Kevin Spacey?s lawyers: Encounter was ?mutual and consensual flirtation?

Lawyers for Kevin Spacey Monday said the man at the center of a criminal sexual misconduct charge against the actor has made ?patently false? allegations.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/de8fc2a35b624b5db4d3187bf226f9fd-de8fc2a35b624b5db4d3187bf226f9fd-0.jpg Judge presiding over Kevin Spacey case is no stranger to controversy

Thomas Barrett is a veteran judge, having spent nearly 20 years in the district courts in Quincy, Plymouth, Hingham, New Bedford, Fall River and Barnstable.

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/07/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi-6162.jpg Spikes to keep out homeless people? That?s outrageous

The spikes, known as ?hostile architecture,? are designed to let people know they, like pigeons, are not welcome.

Opinion | Aimee Ortiz

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/07/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/AFP_1BL2V7.jpg Bernie Sanders shouldn?t run for president

A newspaper in Vermont is not only asking Senator Bernie Sanders not to run for president, it?s begging him.

President Donald Trump speaks at an economics meeting in Washington, D.C, on Oct. 17, 2018. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Andrew Harrer

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Is the US ?the greatest country on the face of this earth?? Not even close

What sets America apart from other countries is how little we value the lives of our fellow citizens.

Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers (17) prepares to run a play in the first half of an NFL wild card playoff football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)

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CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

To win this one, the Patriots have to let Philip Rivers and the Chargers lose it

The Patriots won?t mind if history repeats itself and the more talented team loses again. They?re banking on it.

MATTHEW GILBERT/YOUR TV GPS

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/04/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/TV%20SPORTS%20NIGHT-279870.jpg The week in watching: Rescuing ?Sports Night,? George R.R. Martin?s roots, and the virgin ?Bachelor?

Globe TV critic Matthew Gilbert navigates the week ahead in television.

08namesSnoop -- Snoop Dogg at The Grand in Boston, Jan 4. (Big Night Entertainment Group)

NAMES

Snoop Dogg dropped it like it was hot in Boston

The man of many nicknames pumped up a sold-out crowd at The Grand.

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2018 file photo, Ethan Hawke arrives at the Governors Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. On Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019, the National Society of Film Critics awarded Hawke its best actor award for his performance in

NAMES

Somerville residents behind quirky Ethan Hawke podcast get a hat tip from ... Ethan Hawke

?I?m just relieved that he doesn?t think I?m crazy,? one of the hosts said.

Elsie Fisher, left, and Bo Burnham arrive at the 76th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Red carpet hits (and a miss) at the Golden Globes

Stars of the big and small screens stepped out in style at the first big Hollywood awards show of 2019.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryanpuffycoats1met.jpg Some women think they can escape the long, dark, puffy coat. But many have succumbed

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

Two unions approve National Grid contract

01/07/2019 MALDEN, MA 12012-4 union members L-R David Monahan (cq), Barry Johns (cq), and John Buonopane (cq) talk with fellow National Grid workers as they react to vote on new contract to end six-month lockout at the Irish American Club in Malden. (Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe)

Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe

Workers voted Monday to approve a contract agreement between the utility and two United Steelworkers locals, ending a lockout that kept 1,250 employees out of work for six months.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_11142018_weather_6294x-23459.jpg Some parts of Mass. could see a dusting of snow overnight

The latest forecast shows up to 2 inches of snow could fall ?mainly across the higher terrain toward the NH/MA border west of Fitchburg.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/07/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/bdec60db69df4a5d85354d34368c494c-3ed20ae8bcfb42c2a3913a862a4c8190-0.jpg Trump to give primetime address, head to border as shutdown continues

With no breakthrough in sight to end the partial government shutdown, President Trump is highlighting his demands for a border wall.

Senator Elizabeth Warren.

Elizabeth Warren is talking about Trump. She just doesn?t want to name him

Elizabeth Warren pushed back against numerous aspects of the Trump presidency, but rarely uttered his name and refrained from the insults and direct attacks the two have traded previously.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/1090192516.jpg Here?s what you need to know about Elizabeth Warren?s campaign swing through Iowa

Miss her jaunt through Council Bluffs, Storm Lake, and Des Moines? Here are four takeaways from the opening weekend of Elizabeth Warren?s budding 2020 campaign.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Marijuana_384700-8630-11542-24286.jpg Great Barrington pot shop to open on Friday

The shop received a ?commence full operations? notice from the Cannabis Control Commission on Monday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/AFP_1AG5CN.jpg Cambridge officials want to add gender-neutral option to birth certificates

The state legislature would need to approve a rule in Cambridge that would allow people born in the city to amend their birth certificates and choose ?X? as a gender option.

Mass. Attorney General Maura Healey.

US Supreme Court refuses to block Healey?s bid to investigate ExxonMobil

A Massachusetts judge had ruled in 2017 that ExxonMobil must turn over 40 years of documents on climate change but the company appealed.

Wall Street?s 2019 forecast? You might not want to know

As we limp into the new year, about the most upbeat line the pros can spin is that, hey, the recession probably won?t hit until next year.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/suarez_22marathon_photo_MET_004.jpg Adrianne Haslet, Marathon bombing survivor struck by car in Back Bay, still hospitalized

The man behind the wheel during the Saturday evening crash is a Middleborough resident in his early 20s, records show.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/aoc60minutes.jpg Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls Trump a racist, outlines ?radical? policies on ?60 Minutes?

Go ahead, ?call me radical,? the 29-year-old Boston University graduate told Anderson Cooper on ?60 Minutes? Sunday night.

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

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At 15 weeks of gestation, our daughter had severe malformations due to trisomy 18, a deadly genetic condition.

Love Letters: The Podcast

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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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