Trump not ready to declare emergency over wall

The president says the ??easy solution is for me to call a national emergency . . . but I?m not going to do it so fast.??

TSA agents worked in a security line at LaGuardia Airport in New York this week. Due to staffing shortages, some security checkpoints at airports will soon be shut down.

Here?s a look at how the effects of the shutdown go beyond federal workers

How the effects of the government shutdown extend to everyone from home buyers, to air travelers, to farmers.

Governor Charlie Baker.

Governor Baker vetoes ban on flame retardants

Governor Charlie Baker told lawmakers Friday that he would not sign the controversial bill passed by the Legislature last week.

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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.

Jake Thomas Patterson of Gordon, Wis.

21-year-old man arrested in disappearance of Wisconsin 13-year-old 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.

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The governor?s office said Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel ?has repeatedly failed and has demonstrated a pattern of poor leadership.?

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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.

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It?s just the latest change for an agency that?s weathered a string of controversies and administrative turnover over the past 14 months.

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The university intends to continue to look into the allegation after the semester begins Jan. 21, but through a different office.

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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.

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Doctors for the 85-year-old Supreme Court justice confirmed their initial evaluation.

JON CHASE FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

OPINION | WILL GILSON

Confessions of a Boston-area restaurant owner

As more restaurants close, here?s one New Year?s resolution: Go out and eat at your favorite places. If you don?t, then you can?t be shocked when they close.

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Morris confronted Brown during Thursday?s Celtics-Heat game. ?It?s two good kids that are competitive,? Ainge said Friday. ?They both want the same thing.?

Buzzsaw | Matthew Gilbert

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/10/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/BCcouch.jpg Some of TV?s biggest shows are on the way out in 2019

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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Elizabeth Warren?s presidential exploratory committee?s website includes a questionnaire for visitors to say why they don?t support her.

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EDITORIAL

Gaming commission must see all of its own report on Steve Wynn

Massachusetts gaming regulators have a right to see its own report ? and all of it ? on Steve Wynn and what his former company knew about his sexual misconduct.

Letters

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Jeff Jacoby?s suggestion that bike-lane fever is breaking stirred much response from readers.

IDEAS | A.J.B. LANE

Putting the ?he? in ?heroes?

Saving lives and fighting fires, it?s all heroics until you get back to the firehouse.

ON THE JOB

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

Boston, MA - 10/23/2018 - Mookie Betts waves to Andrew Benintendi after being driven home crossing the plate in the first inning. Manny Machado can't make the tag. The Boston Red Sox host the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the World Series at Fenway Park. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

Red Sox settle with all arbitration players; Mookie Betts gets $20m

The Sox started out with 12 possible cases but none will go to hearings, including Betts, whose deal set a record.

The Patriots beat the Chargers, 21-17, in their last meeting at Gillette Stadium in 2017.

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Patriots? keys to victory over the Chargers

A berth in the AFC Championship game is on the line as the teams square off in Foxborough.

NAMES

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When the ?Sex and the City? actress posted a photo of herself at South Station, fans couldn?t help but wonder . . . why was she visiting Boston?

Dinner With Cupid

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Will this analytical dater be forced to revise his first impression?

Globe Local

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Three local businesses strive to offer a delicious solution to the healthy eating conundrum.

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The judge issued an order stopping the Alabama High School Athletic Association from disqualifying Davenport until the court rules on a complaint filed by the teen?s parents.

Broadcasting from deep space, a mysterious series of radio signals

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

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

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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.

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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