Trump digs in as some Republicans grow weary of shutdown

A handful of key Senate Republicans are beginning to call for an end to the government shutdown, as the president?s quest for a wall begins to look politically untenable.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., pose for photographers after speaking on Capitol Hill in response President Donald Trump's address, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Matthew Gilbert

TV rerun: Chuck and Nancy were a gift to GIF-makers everywhere Tuesday

Social media may have had fun, but as television programming goes, the Oval Office address and Democratic response were pointless, awkward exercises.

NESTOR RAMOS

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/lee010819cameron2MET.jpg ?We?re doing American carnage!? An immigration lawyer hate-watches Trump?s speech

Matt Cameron has more facts than most: while a lot of us have vacillated between irritated and irate over the Trump administration?s hard-line immigration policies and tactics, Cameron has lived it.

Gov Charlie Baker spoke at his Inaugural with Karen Spilka Mass State Senator President on the left and Robert DeLeo Speaker of the House.

Beacon Hill looks to tackle school funding formula in new session

Governor Charlie Baker is on board, and so are Senate and House leaders. Is this the year that the state?s education funding formula gets an overhaul?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/10council07.jpg Althea Garrison finally takes her seat on the Boston City Council

A political lightning bolt has vaulted the 78-year-old Trump supporter back into the halls of power, and she couldn?t be happier about it.

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Advisory panel recommends approval of marijuana delivery, cafes

If a group of marijuana advocates gets their way, Massachusetts could one day host cannabis-enhanced pedicures, massages, and yoga classes.

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Temescal Wellness in Hudson received a ?commence operations? notice from the Cannabis Control Commission, giving it approval to open as early as Saturday.

Senator Elizabeth Warren.

Warren to make first New Hampshire visit this weekend as she explores presidential run

Elizabeth Warren?s scheduled visits to the first-in-the-nation primary state will include a stop at Manchester Community College on Saturday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/d9e93025324b48d8bcd7a426fd9e33db-d9e93025324b48d8bcd7a426fd9e33db-0.jpg Passengers on Alaska Airlines describe 30-hour odyssey

The Boston-to-Los Angeles flight was diverted to Buffalo, where passengers endured a long wait, before flying back to Logan ? with some continuing on to L.A.

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The head of the Food and Drug Administration said that the government shutdown prevents it from doing some routine food safety inspections.

MOLASSES SLIDER Boston, MA - 1/15/1919: Police, firemen, Red Cross workers, civilian volunteers, and cadets from the USS Nantucket training ship berthed nearby rushed to the scene on Jan. 15, 1919, after a giant tank in the North End collapsed, sending a wave of an estimated 2.3 million gallons of molasses through the streets of Boston. They rescued many terrified people but others they were unable to reach. Twenty-one people died and 150 were injured. (Boston Globe Archive/) --- BGPA Reference: 150115_MJ_006

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MOLASSES SLIDER Boston, MA - 1/16/1919: On January 15, 1919, a giant tank in the North End collapsed, sending a wave of an estimated 2.3 million gallons of molasses through the streets of Boston, killing 21 people and injuring 150. The gooey molasses formed a tidal wave that reached a depth of 15 feet and in places was 100 yards wide over a two block area. (Boston Globe Archive/) --- BGPA Reference: 150114_MJ_002

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MOLASSES SLIDER Section of tank after Molasses Disaster explosion.

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MOLASSES SLIDER Boston, MA - 1/20/1919: Welders carefully began cutting up the molasses tank with torches in the search for bodies on Jan. 20, 1919, five days after the Great Molasses Flood in Boston's North End. Even though firemen constantly sprayed water upon the twisted wreckage, it wasn't until the city ordered powerful streams from the city fireboat that the molasses began to disappear. The salt water of the harbor

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MOLASSES SLIDER Wreckage under the elevated where many express trucks parked, Molasses Disaster

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MOLASSES SLIDER Site of Molasses Disaster showing lumberyard to left near Charleston Bridge

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MOLASSES SLIDER Boston, MA - 1/16/1919: Rubble is all that's left of a fire station on Jan. 16, 1919, the day after a giant tank in the North End collapsed, sending a wave of an estimated 2.3 million gallons of molasses through the streets of Boston. The tank was 58 feet high and 98 feet in diameter. It was used to store molasses which eventually was shipped to a distillery in Cambridge. At the time of the explosion it was estimated that 2.5 million gallons of molasses were in the tank. (Boston Globe Archive/) --- BGPA Reference: 150114_MJ_003

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MOLASSES SLIDER Boston, MA - 1/15/1919: On Jan. 15, 1919, a giant tank in the North End collapsed, sending a wave of an estimated 2.3 million gallons of molasses through the streets of Boston, killing 21 people and injuring 150. The flood knocked down a house and smashed vehicles up and down Commercial Street, seen here. (Boston Globe Archive/) --- BGPA Reference: 150114_MJ_001

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Globe Magazine

The day Boston was swamped by a deadly wave of molasses

One hundred years ago this month an enormous steel tank ruptured, sending a torrent of brown syrup on a deadly path through the North End.

EDITORIAL

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The demographics and culture of the Boston Fire Department remain an embarrassment, and it?s time for both Mayor Marty Walsh and the City Council to act.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/04/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/HEALEY_08treehouse_06.jpg Can this startup make Tree House beer a little greener?

Tree House is trying a novel approach to treating its waste water that could help solve its sewage issues and reduce its carbon footprint.

CELTICS 135, PACERS 108

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Seven Celtics scored in double figures, including 22 points each from Marcus Morris and the rejuvenated Jaylen Brown.

The Fine Print

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/08/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/lee010719salemcat3MET.jpg A brief frolic outside may cost a woman her cat

In June, Pamela Howard adopted Muse, a blue-eyed, gray-striped, half-Siamese cat who had suffered terrible burns in a previous owner?s neglectful care.

COMMENTARY | Jeneé OSTERHELDT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/07/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/8a7ce4af1c1d4bb8b688e476f874d027-8a7ce4af1c1d4bb8b688e476f874d027-0.jpg Cyntoia Brown will be free. But the country remains locked in a culture of violence

Statistically speaking, we all know a victim of domestic violence ? or are a victim.

Chef Mary Dumont posed for a photo in 2016 outside the space that would become Cultivar.

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Cultivar restaurant in downtown Boston to shut its doors

The restaurant at the Ames Hotel is the latest in the city to close down, which its proprietor said was due to ?unforeseen events that have created the perfect storm.?

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

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Frontier enters the Boston market in April with low introductory fares on flights to Orlando and Raleigh-Durham. But watch out for the large number of ancillary fees.

Nicole Kidman plays an alcoholic detective in ?Destroyer.?

Movie Review

With Nicole Kidman, in ?Destroyer,? desperation is skin deep

This tale of an alcoholic detective seeking to absolve her guilty conscience and bring culprits to justice 17 years after a deadly crime barely rises to the level of a genre rehash.

TARA SULLIVAN

/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/10/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Tara_Sullivan%20(5)-25405.tif The Maori Davenport case will boil your blood and break your heart

This is a reminder of what happens when those in power value service to their rules over servicing their constituents.

Love Letters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/09/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/Meredith_New_Logo-5361.jpg I support my unemployed boyfriend, and I?ve had enough

I dumped him when I found out he was hanging out with his ex. Then he started making some big promises. Do I believe him?

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.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/08/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Starghill181226_0186-1600x900.jpg People who don?t respond to HIV meds overlooked by pharma, researchers

Patient advocates are pursuing orphan drug status to give companies incentives to develop new treatments.

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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