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MBTA overtime spending spiked last year

The MBTA paid more overtime pay to workers last year than it has in several years. — John Blanding/Globe Staff/File/2010

The T spent more on overtime last year than it did in 2015, when record-breaking snowfall drove up the agency?s labor costs.

A common smartphone feature helped find missing woman

It wasn?t an exotic computer program but a feature many people have learned to master on their smartphones that was key in locating Olivia Ambrose.

Issues of safety, surveillance, and privacy raised in rescue of Olivia Ambrose

Camera footage, and a signal from Olivia Ambrose?s iPhone, were key in helping police find the young kidnapped woman alive, but these advances are not without privacy concerns.

01/23/2019 Falmouth MA - A wind turbine looms over the Craggy Ridge neighborhood in West Falmouth. Opponents of the town of Falmouth's wind turbines,have complained, that they are eyesores, and even cause neighbors physical harm. .Jonathan Wiggs/Globe StaffReporter:Topic: — Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff

Bid to go green leaves Falmouth with the blues

Facing neighborhood opposition and multiple lawsuits, selectmen voted to remove the twin wind turbines, which cost about $10 million to build, and saddled residents with years of debt.

John Kelly joins former DHS secretaries in calling for Homeland Security funding

Former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly is among the signers of a letter urging President Trump and members of Congress to fund the Department of Homeland Security.

Kamala Harris makes first campaign staff hire in N.H., days after joining presidential race

Craig Brown, 28, will serve as Harris?s New Hampshire state director.

Man shot multiple times in Acton is expected to survive

The shooting occurred shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday at a residential complex on Strawberry Hill Road, authorities said.

Accused bank shooter was fascinated with violence, ex-girlfriend says

Those people who could have done something about the suspect?s fascination with violence didn?t take his threats seriously, a woman who identified herself as a former girlfriend said.

Abandoned cat found shoved under Charlestown bench

A Good Samaritan turned a cat named Marlee over to the Animal Rescue League of Boston after finding it in a carrier shoved under a bench in Charlestown.

Globe Magazine

The 37 best new restaurants in Boston and the suburbs

Dozens of inventive new spots to try, including fast-casual and top picks north, west, and south of the city.

Tommy Leonard, Falmouth Road Race founder and fabled bartender, dies at 85

Tommy Leonard, 85, who died Jan. 16, founded the Falmouth Road Race in 1973, and was a fabled bartender, principally at the Eliot Lounge in the Back Bay.

Sudbury?s Duck Soup is saving the Sky Bar

Louise Mawhinney, who owns the gourmet shop Duck Soup, entered an online auction run by Necco in the wake of its closure and placed a bid for the Sky Bar brand. To her surprise, she won.

Tony Romo and Jim Nantz will have the call for Super Bowl 53. — Morry Gash/Associated Press

Chad Finn | Sports Media

Tony Romo still sees the field like a quarterback at the top of his game

After impressing viewers with his analysis of the AFC Championship, Romo is now preparing to call his first Super Bowl.

Patriots will hold Super Bowl sendoff rally at Gillette Stadium Sunday

The event, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 10 a.m., with doors opening at 8.

OPINION | CHRISTOPHER WEYANT

The state of President Trump

Cartoonist and illustrator Christopher Weyant envisions the president?s mood after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi canceled the State of the Union.

Worcester, MA- April 25, 2017: Annalise Lamprey (cq) , 3, plays a nutrition game at the Guild of St. Agnes in Worcester, MA on April 25, 2017. The Guild of St. Agnes is an early education and care agency that relies on state subsidies for 95% of their students according to director Gloria Johnson. The availability of state-subsidized child care has been narrowing, and growing more separate from private daycare, as fewer providers accept low-income students. (Globe staff photo / Craig F. Walker) section: business reporter: — Craig F. Walker/ Globe Staff

EDITORIAL

Massachusetts shouldn?t depend on Yelp for child-care ratings

Massachusetts, a leader in quality child care in so many ways, remains behind the curve on monitoring care and sharing that information.

Flash flood watch in effect as heavy rains and melting snow promise a soggy day

Warm temperatures abound on Thursday, and heavy rains will soak southern New England.

Man says emotional support alligator helps his depression

Sixty-five-year-old Joie Henney says his registered emotional support animal likes to snuggle and give hugs, despite being a 5-foot-long alligator.

Could this be the return of the ?milkman model??

A new shopping platform aims to do away with disposable containers and instead deliver goods like shampoo and laundry detergent in sleek containers that will later be collected and reused.

Baker files bill aimed at helping police fight impaired driving

The proposed changes were recommended by a panel of lawyers and law enforcement, but some were opposed by civil liberties advocates.

Kevin Cullen

An ode to Charlie Federico, the hub of Southie

When he died Sunday, at 86, Charlie Federico was the richest guy in Southie, and it had nothing to do with money.

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The Big Picture

The best Globe staff photos of 2018

Our photographers share the stories behind what went into making the year?s best photos, as selected by the editors of the Globe Magazine and photo department.

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Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc.

The story of a profoundly troubled young man and the ugly underside of America?s most popular sport.

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HELP DESK

Here are small, realistic ways to start eating healthier

You don?t have to leave photos on your phone, where they could be lost. Protect them by saving them to the cloud and printing them.

How to protect all of those pictures trapped on your phone (and how to untrap them)

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*RETRANSMISSION TO CHANGE SLUG TO FEWER-VERMONTERS. NO OTHER CHANGES -- (NYT51) POULTNEY, Vt. -- March 3, 2006 -- FEWER-VERMONTERS -- Students from Green Mountain College pass the college's Dean's home along Main Street across from the campus, Feb. 9, 2006. Vermont schools like Green Mountain College draw many students from other states, but most Vermonters choose to attend college elsewhere. (Librado Romero/The New York Times)

Green Mountain College in Vermont will shut down

N.Y. penthouse sells for $238m, a new US record

Renderings of the new One Congress Street office tower.

State Street?s new HQ deal boosts Government Center Garage project

This product image provided by Amazon shows the Amazon Echo speaker. The biggest feature in Amazon?s Echo speaker is a voice-recognition system called Alexa that is designed to control Pandora, Amazon Music and Prime Music services as well as give information on news, weather and traffic. (Amazon via AP)

Alexa predicts says Brady will need other hand for next ring

Manchester, NH - 6/13/2016 - Donald Trump speaks during an event at St. Anselm College New Hampshire Institute of Politics in Manchester, NH June 13, 2016. Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff Topic: 14Trump Reporter:

NESTOR RAMOS

N.H. police arrest people for lying online

23MGH -- A rendering of the new building project proposed by Massachusetts General Hospital (courtesy of the hospital). This would be built on Cambridge Street between Blossom and North Grove. (Massachusetts General Hospital)

Mass. General Hospital plans large addition

Perspective | Magazine

New England?s losing political clout

Sergeant Michael Blackwood was among the former Boston valedictorians profiled in a Globe Magazine series published Sunday.

Adrian Walker

Valedictorians? struggles reflect rising inequity

Struggling Mount Ida College and the University of Massachusetts have struck a formal agreement for students of the small school to complete their degrees at UMass Dartmouth.

Mass. plans closer oversight of private colleges

It?s a long-running problem for the local real estate market: Too few homes with a sign like this out front.

Home prices were up in December, but sales dropped

Boston, MA - December 27, 2018: Former House speaker Sal DiMasi poses for a portrait in Boston, MA on December 27, 2018. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) section: metro reporter:

Sal DiMasi?s next chapter? Maybe lobbying

Major construction projects have remade the area around TD Garden and North Station, which Boston Properties wants to be known as Uptown. Above is the view looking out from the new entrance to the MBTA station.

There?s really no place like Boston?s ?Uptown?

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01-23-19: Boston, MA: The Celtics Terry Rozier celebrates after he hit a first quarter three pointer that brough some fans out of their seats. The Boston Celtics hosted the Cleveland Cavaliers in a regular season NBA basketball game at the TD Garden. (Jim Davis /Globe Staff)

celtics 123, cavaliers 103

The Celtics put Terry Rozier in charge, and he hit a career high

Rozier, subbing for Kyrie Irving, scored 26 points to lead the Celtics to their fifth straight win.

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Richard Chenery rests after injecting heroin he bought on the street at the Insite safe injection clinic in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday May 11, 2011. Insite, North America's first and only legal injection site, promoted by its founders as a safe, humane facility for drug abusers, is now facing a court challenge from the Conservative government that sees it as a facilitator of drug abuse. The case opens before the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa on Thursday, May 12, 2011 and has drawn international attention. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)

Back from Canada, mayors impressed with safe injection sites

Boston?s Martin J. Walsh, a one-time skeptic, stopped short of endorsing such a center but said, ?It?s something we?re going to look at.?

Politics

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President Donald Trump participates in a roundtable discussion on healthcare in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Jan. 23, 2019. Trump sent a letter on Wednesday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), telling her he planned to deliver his State of the Union address in Congress as originally scheduled next Tuesday, despite her earlier warning of security concerns. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

Trump will give State of the Union ?when the shutdown is over?

After a standoff with Nancy Pelosi, President Trump said in a tweet he is postponing his State of the Union address until the partial government shutdown ends.