Federal judge: State fails to provide prompt mental health care to poor children

US District Court Judge Michael Ponsor said that constant delays can lead to violent physical outbursts, removal from homes, and traumatizing and unnecessary hospital stays.

Pedestrians crossed the Duck Bridge on South Union Street in Lawrence.

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With Lawrence as her backdrop, Warren expected to draw on gender, labor in 2020 announcement

The city?s rich history in the labor movement and large immigrant population will serve as the backdrop for Warren to announce her campaign for the White House.

EDITORIAL

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The best thing Elizabeth Warren can do ? what she needs to do ? is put all the facts about her past in front of voters and stop the drip-drip-drip of fresh revelations.

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The lawsuits brought by national fraternities and sororities claim the school has unfairly penalized women in its effort to crack down on male-only social clubs.

Michelle Carter was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for her role in her boyfriend?s 2014 suicide.

Michelle Carter?s lawyers to ask to extend stay on her jail sentence

?There?s a legal issue worthy of appeal that should be decided and answered fully before we incarcerate somebody,? her attorney said Friday.

Governor Ralph Northam, who is a year into his four-year term, announced his intention to stay during an afternoon Cabinet meeting.

Va. governor says he won?t quit; new allegation hits deputy

The news comes at the end of an unprecedented week in Virginia history that has seen the state?s three top Democrats embroiled in potentially career-ending scandals.

A group of lawmakers on Beacon Hill is pushing legislation that would subject investors to the same civil discrimination and harassment laws that apply to employers.

Mass. lawmakers want to extend antidiscrimination laws to venture capitalists

Civil laws generally don?t apply to perpetrators who are investors, or potential investors, in a company.

A rotating circle of ice formed on the Presumpscot River in Westbrook, Maine.

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RIP ice disk: Warm weather spells end to spinning mass of ice in Maine

Maine?s giant spinning ice disk has met its end because of unseasonably warm weather.

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State inspectors say they found dangerous violations related to security, sanitation, waste disposal, and product labeling, officials said.

 A woman walked past the soon-to-be-closed Payless in Dudley Square.

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City, residents struggle to boost Dudley Square

For every new business opening up, there are still four vacant storefronts across the street.

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An anti-Trump backlash has turned the traditional ? and traditionally harmless and hokey ? White House victory celebration into the new third rail of sports.

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The White House did not release details of the exam at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and did not say whether more details would be released later.

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The outcry from the left follows the court?s 5-4 vote to block a restrictive Louisiana abortion law.

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Here are some key takeaways from the big story that broke Thursday night.

Cambridge, MA--02/08/2019--Milo Ventimiglia accepts the Hasty Pudding Theatricals Man of the Year award Friday evening. (Nathan Klima for the Boston Globe) Topic: 10namesHasty Reporter:

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?This Is Us? actor Milo Ventimiglia roasted at Harvard

?This Is Us? star Milo Ventimiglia was fêted and roasted at Harvard on Friday night as the Hasty Pudding Theatricals presented him with their 2019 Man of the Year award.

On his 101st birthday, veteran serenaded by a comrade

?I love you so,? Peter Nazzaro, 77, a Korean War veteran, sang to 101-year-old Army veteran Tony Barrasso Friday at the Don Orione Home in East Boston.

Opinion | Christopher Weyant

Bad news at the doctor?s office

Cartoonist and illustrator Christopher Weyant envisions the new meaning to ?bad news at the doctor?s office.?

Cambridge, Ma., 12/31/2018, Senator Elizabeth Warren and her husband Bruce and dog Bailey greet the media outside her home after announcing she has launched an exploratory committee for President 2020. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

Letters

In Elizabeth Warren?s case, has decision already been made for her?

The Native American issue continues to tug at the Massachusetts senator, who is expected to announce her candidacy for the 2020 presidential race.

Quincy Police Officer Tim Kaes brought an injured Cooper's hawk to the New England Wildlife Center in Weymouth.

BLOTTER TALES

With a boost, injured hawk takes wing

A hawk is rescued from an MBTA station, an alleged thief leaves behind an important clue, a lost cat is reunited with its family, and other odd tales from local police blotters.

Dinner with Cupid

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Will too much talk about their exes haunt this date?

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NAMES

The New England-born co-writer of ?Shallow? on why the ?Star Is Born? song is deeply personal

?I had to get myself help because I wasn?t really showing up for my life,? said Anthony Rossomando, founder of former Boston band the Damn Personals and co-writer of the Oscar-nominated song.

Special reports

They were the top of their class at Boston public schools. Then life happened

Read a multi-part investigation into how and why the lives of promising Boston valedictorians didn?t quite turn out the way they expected.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Season Two: How do you meet someone?

Dating in 2019 is?complicated. Frustrating. Sometimes completely exhilarating. In Season 2 of the podcast, Meredith Goldstein goes deep on one of her most-asked questions.

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The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Highlights from the Patriots Super Bowl parade

Patriots fans filled the streets to celebrate New England?s sixth Super Bowl win.

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Boston police Captain Timothy Connolly at his arraignment in Quincy District Court on Friday.

Boston police captain pleads not guilty in domestic violence case

A Boston police captain pleaded not guilty to domestic violence charges stemming from an alleged assault of his wife of 13 years, incidents that the wife testified about in court Friday.

Real Estate

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Mobile homes may be the least expensive and most effective means of addressing the region?s housing shortage.

STAT

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Childhood cancer experts say there are specific, actionable research questions that the money could help them answer.

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