At least 1 person killed in Ill. shooting; 4 officers wounded

A shooter was apprehended after opening fire in an industrial park in in Aurora, Ill., city officials said Friday.

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President Trump officially signed legislation Friday to avert another government shutdown, while also declaring a federal emergency to pay for a border wall.

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President Trump, among other things, said the Japanese prime minister nominated him for a Nobel Prize and took credit for saving 3 million lives in Syria.

Bicycle rider struck, killed by cement truck in Fenway

The incident took place around 1:30 p.m. at the intersection of Brookline Avenue and Park Drive.

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Man went out to dinner after killing woman in Somerville hit and run, prosecutors say

After Edward Clark allegedly struck and killed 40-year-old Allison Donovan, he kept driving to his girlfriend?s Medford residence, and the couple enjoyed a dinner out, authorities said.

Boston Cardinal Sean P. O?Malley in 2018.

Cardinal O?Malley and Pope Francis had disagreements over clergy abuse crisis, reports say

Reports have emerged detailing his clashes with Pope Francis over how best to tackle a crisis that has rocked the church for nearly two decades.

Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito?s home in Shrewsbury.

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Polito?s home left off town?s online database ? at husband?s request

Before settling into their new lakeside home, Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito?s husband had a request: that details of their $1.5 million house be scrubbed from a public database.

Bedford, NH, 02/15/2019, Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld speaks to the media. He was the featured speaker at the latest installment of Politics & Eggs at the Bedford Village Inn. The Politics & Eggs series is a forum for presidential candidates, political leaders, and other political analysts and commentators as they visit New Hampshire, home of the nation's first presidential primary. Globe staff/Suzanne Kreiter

In challenge to Trump, Bill Weld exploring 2020 run as a Republican

The former Mass. governor said Friday he is taking the formal step to become the first Republican to directly challenge the president in the 2020 primary.

Boston 25 among TV stations sold to private equity firm

Cox Enterprises said in a statement Friday that it has agreed to sell a majority stake in its media holdings to Apollo Global Management.

A copy of a rendering of the proposed ball park in Worcester.

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The perilous, high-stakes question of what to call the PawSox once they move

The Worcester Mitten Kittens? The Worcester Tube Sox? The Worcester Hot Weiners? Nothing?s off the table it appears when it comes to renaming the PawSox.

TALKING POINTS AM/LARRY EDELMAN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/15/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/amazon%20protesters.jpg Even Jeff Bezos screws up

Amazon?s breakup with New York City is the kind of story where you can draw your own conclusions and find some evidence to support them. Here are mine.

SHIRLEY LEUNG

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For the state, the deal was as much a bet on GE as it was on South Boston real estate.

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AAA has announced its 2019 list of best restaurants nationwide ? and several of the top-rated establishments are located right here in Massachusetts.

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Lisa Drexhage/ Pow! Wow! Worcester!

People are going crazy ? again ? over this giant ?triple mural? on Worcester?s Hanover Theatre

It was first completed a few months ago. But after the artist, Insane51, posted a video of his work this week on Instagram, the mural gained renewed attention.

2/5/19 -- MANSFIELD -- Crowded commuter rail filled to capacity with Patriot's fans, does not pick up passengers at the Mansfield train station where hundreds wait on the platform, hoping to get to the Patriots victory parade early Tuesday morning. (Leanne Burden Seidel /Globe staff) boston globe super bowl victory parade

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Opinion | Joseph M. Giglio and Charlies Chieppo

Self-driving cars could make commuter rail obsolete

The rise of shared, self-driving cars will pose an existential threat to public transportation.

Editorial

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For the president to label the border an ?emergency? renders the term meaningless.

Michael A. Cohen

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There?s no crisis at the border, but there is a democratic crisis within the GOP.

Renée Graham

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A new book details white women?s critical role in normalizing slavery. Many continue to embrace those values 154 years later.

BUZZSAW | Matthew Gilbert

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/12/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/1461500-240000-zoomedR.jpg Why ?Russian Doll? may be the best show of 2019

The Netflix series has hit me on a deeper-than-usual emotional level. I?ve been trying to understand why.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/13/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/1095275310.jpg Dane Cook opens up about his 20-year-old girlfriend

?Sometimes I actually find myself saying, ?Where has she been all my life??? Cook told Jimmy Kimmel. ?And then I realize she wasn?t alive for the first 26 years of it.?

NAMES

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Ellen DeGeneres has put the beard trimmings up for auction.

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A police spokesman said the suspects were arrested for ??probable cause?? of committing assault and battery on the ?Empire? cast member.

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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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.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Smartphone society

In a world where the smartphone is now ubiquitous, photographers capture daily life in which the personal device is part of the moment.

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/2011-2020/2019/02/15/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/RinaldiRainFeature02-001-1024x576.jpg How biopharma is girding for climate change

Hurricanes, power outages, floods, droughts, forest fires ? all pose a risk for biopharma companies.

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