Townsend police sergeant, wife killed in wrong-way N.H. crash

The New Hampshire State Police received a report of a wrong-way driver on Route 101 westbound near exit 7 Thursday night just moments before the fatal crash.

Jake Thomas Patterson of Gordon, Wis.

21-year-old man arrested in disappearance of Jayme Closs and the murder of her parents

Jake Thomas Patterson is jailed in the deaths of a Wisconsin couple he killed because he wanted to kidnap their daughter, investigators said, a day after the girl was found.

A conceptual rendering of Soldiers Field Road in a new viaduct above the Massachusetts Turnpike along the Charles River in Allston, presented publicly in November.

MassDOT

Final plan for Mass. Pike project in Allston revealed

The $1.1 billion project promises to radically reshape the western face of the city and will certainly disrupt travel for years.

Lynn man arrested in armed robbery of three men in Public Garden on New Year?s Eve

In a statement, Boston police identified the suspect as Joshua Enos, of Lynn.

President Donald Trump speaks as he tours the U.S. border with Mexico at the Rio Grande on the southern border, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, in McAllen, Texas, as Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, listens at right. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump claims he never said Mexico would cut a check for the wall. Let?s go to the tape

On his way to visit the border, President Trump tried to clarify his past promise that Mexico would pay for the wall: ?I never meant they?re going to write out a check.?

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Viral pictures of these protected trees show a vastly different scene unfolding at Joshua Tree National Park, about 130 miles east of Los Angeles.

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A person was struck by a train at the MBTA?s Fields Corner station in Dorchester, leading to the suspension of service for a short time on the Ashmont line.

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Attorney David F. Anderson, who represents Carman, said the boat insurer?s request to extend the deadline for disclosing expert witness materials should be denied.

Talking Points AM/Larry Edelman

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Some companies will have a legitimate alibi for weak financial results. Others will be taking advantage of a particularly unsettled global environment to paper over their own problems.

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REBECCA PACHECO

How to keep from going insane when it?s only light out nine hours a day

Who can blame you for skipping the gym in favor of Netflix and sweatpants? This time of year can feel like punishment. But there are ways to get out of your frigid winter funk.

Buzzsaw | Matthew Gilbert

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In 2019, the credits will roll for the last time for ?Game of Thrones,? ?The Big Bang Theory,? ?Veep,? ?Homeland? and many more.

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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez lashed out at a right-wing news site after it posted a photo that had been falsely described as a nude selfie of the congresswoman.

(From left) Ellen Hume, Marie Symbol, and Kirsten Hoffman want to save the Nazzaro Community Center from redevelopment.

This building once served as a beacon for North End immigrants. Should it be saved?

The Nazzaro served as a bathhouse for the immigrants who came to define the North End. Now the neighborhood is trying to balance that history with a new community center.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - JANUARY 09: Demonstrators gather near the studio of singer R. Kelly to call for a boycott of his music after allegations of sexual abuse against young girls were raised on the highly-rated Lifetime mini-series

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Renée Graham

Time?s up for R. Kelly ? but why only now?

The singer?s pattern of alleged sexual predation goes back a quarter-century, but it?s been treated more as a punchline.

Kevin Hart and Bryan Cranston star in THE UPSIDE.

Courtesy of STXfilms

JEFF JACOBY

The PC commissars vs. Bryan Cranston

To insist that only actors who are X be tapped to play characters who are X is to insist that acting can never be more than skin deep. It is an attack on the very purpose of acting itself.

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N.H. Democrats vote for progressives, candidates from neighboring states, and ? perhaps more so than any other state ? for women.

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ON THE JOB

She?ll wait at the RMV so you don?t have to

Susan Ho reentered the workforce to start her one-woman concierge company, with a little inspiration from Mr. Rogers.

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Don Lutes Jr., who died in September, found the bronze penny in his lunch money when he was in high school.

Broadcasting from deep space, a mysterious series of radio signals

Something is happening out there, and astronomers sure wish they knew what it was.

NAMES

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The screening at the Brattle Theatre was organzied by Pultizer winner Ron Suskind and drew Samantha Power, Jill Lepore, Atul Gawande and host of others.

Names

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Peter Farrelly apologized for his past behavior, which was unearthed by The Cut. ?I?m embarrassed and it makes me cringe now,? he said.

Boston, MA: 5-2-18: The Red Sox Mookie Betts rounds first base following his bottom of the fifth inning solo home run,his second long ball of the game. The Boston Red Sox hosted the Kansas City Royals in a regular season MLB baseball game at Fenway Park. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

Alex Speier

Where did all the long-term deals in Major League Baseball go?

Young superstars are willing to forego signing a long-term deal in order to get to free agency as early as possible.

HEAT 115, CELTICS 99

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Irving put up shots after the game to release some stress, but a video emerged of Morris shoving Brown during a second quarter timeout.

Special reports

Boston, MA - 1/16/1919: Looking across North End Park on Jan. 16, 1919, the day after a giant tank at the Purity Distilling Co. on Commercial Street collapsed, sending a wave of an estimated 2.3 million gallons of molasses through the streets of Boston. The great molasses tank was located in the center of this picture. Sections of the metal may be seen at the extreme left and right in the picture. Twenty-one people perished, including two 10-year-olds, Pasquale Iantosca and Maria Distasio, who were collecting firewood near the molasses tank while home from school for lunch. (Boston Globe Archive/) --- BGPA Reference: 150115_MJ_001

Boston Globe Archive

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.

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

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A whole slate of Democratic hopefuls are suddenly fixating on the same policy target: high prescription drug prices.

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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