Elizabeth Warren makes presidential campaign official

Speaking in Lawrence, Warren began her campaign by recognizing the women who had gone on strike more than a century ago, connecting themes of labor rights, immigration, and gender to her own campaign.

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Elizabeth Warren is set to speak in Lawrence after earlier announcing that she had formed a presidential exploratory committee.

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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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.

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.

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Wind gusts could reach up to 50 miles per hour in Boston and temperatures are expected to reach the upper 20s to low 30s in some parts of the state.

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.

Harvard University.

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Harvard wants lawsuits by sororities, fraternities dismissed

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.

this week in weed

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Applicants for city marijuana permits are learning the system has hidden steps.

Jessica Delaney

Your Home | Makeovers

How a nondescript home was transformed into a picturesque New England farmhouse

A designer employed shades of blue and quaint architectural upgrades to give this 1990s five-bedroom Needham home a family-friendly makeover.

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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.

Ty Law heads for the end zone after his second-quarter interception of Kurt Warner inSuper Bowl XXXVI in 2002.

BEN VOLIN | SUNDAY FOOTBALL NOTES

New Hall of Fame member Ty Law enjoyed a dream week

The Patriots? great was inducted into the Hall, watched his former team win the Super Bowl, and rode in the Duck Boat parade.

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

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

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

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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?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.

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.

Dinner with Cupid

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Will too much talk about their exes haunt this date?

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

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.

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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/08/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/GettyImages-1094227284-1024x576.jpg Scientists have ideas to spend Trump?s $500 million for childhood cancer

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

Podcasts