Nestor Ramos

Worcester?s Kelley Square: Terrifying. Woefully confusing. Peak Massachusetts.

It?s terrifying. It woefully confusing. It?s Worcester?s Kelley Square. Your best bet for getting through? Be a shark. Be a wolf. And don?t ever stop moving.

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Coyote fur pelts are in big demand to provide the lush, silvery or tawny-tinged arcs of fur on the hoods on Canada Goose coats and their many global imitators.

Stan Grossfeld | Postcard from Spring Training

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The center fielder showcased his Gold Glove skills with diving catches and throws from the seat of his pants.

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Hill and his wife, Caitlin, launched the ?Field of Genes? campaign in honor of their son, Brooks, who died in 2014.

You could drive yourself mad if you start really thinking about all of the places that could potentially harbor a virus. That?s where frequent hand-washing comes in.

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HELP DESK

How to make it through the rest of cold and flu season without getting sick

Living with, commuting with, and working near sick people can seem unavoidable in mid-winter, but there are many relatively simple things you can do to reduce your risk of falling ill.

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Opinion | Luke O?Neil

Ivanka Trump?s comments about the Green New Deal are real rich

Ivanka Trump, it turns out, has 296 jobs. No wonder she?s so much richer than the rest of us.

Editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/11/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/RinaldiTraffic04.jpg It will take more than a fare hike to fix Mass. transit

Beacon Hill must come up with a real plan that generates the billions of dollars needed to adequately maintain the transportation system the Commonwealth has today and upgrade it for the future.

Letters

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?The wealth gap between communities of color and their wealthy white counterparts is the result of years of institutional inequalities.?

Alex Chu modeled his new lacrosse helmet.

The Fine Print | Sean P. Murphy

Lacrosse player sidelined by helmet issue is back on field with new headgear

Alex Chu, the Wheaton College lacrosse goalie sidelined for months because the team couldn?t get a helmet big enough to fit him, is back in goal.

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Officials in Germany seized an indebted family?s pet pug and sold it on eBay, saying the move was a last resort because they were unable to find anything else to take.

Love Letters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/26/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/Meredith_New_Logo-5165.jpg My partner and I have bedroom problems

And I?m not talking about sex.

US, North Korea summit ends without a deal

President Trump said US sanctions were a sticking point in talks with Kim Jong Un, which were cut short Thursday without reaching an agreement.

Jassy Correia (left) and the person of interest in her disappearance.

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Suspect wanted for kidnapping in disappearance of Jassy Correia, who went missing after leaving Boston club

Boston police on Wednesday released photos of Jassy Correia and surveillance images of a man described as a person of interest in her disappearance.

Michael Cohen testified before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Capitol Hill on Wednesday

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Opinion | Michael A. Cohen

Michael Cohen testifies, and Republicans could not care less about getting to the truth

All that mattered was carrying water for the president.

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Ground Game

10 big moments from Cohen?s testimony

There were several eye-popping snippets involving Trump ? some of which could open the door to more inquiries into the president.

Yvonne Abraham

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They started showing up right after news broke Friday that Patriots owner Robert Kraft was allegedly a customer at the massage parlor in a Jupiter, Fla., strip mall.

The new station on Blue Hill Avenue.

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Commuters in Mattapan welcome new Blue Hill Avenue rail station

The $16.9 million station passed final inspections Sunday, allowing passenger service to begin Monday, the MBTA said.

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Kraft has hired Jack Goldberger, a veteran Florida criminal defense lawyer whose former clients include Jeffrey Epstein, a financier ultimately convicted of procuring underage girls for sex.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was formally notified Thursday that the attorney general plans to put him on trial for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust.

Newsletters

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Opinion columnist Michael Cohen takes a candid and no-holds-barred look at the current political moment. Sign up now.

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

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The reassuring finding contradicts an earlier study by the same researchers that raised questions about the safety of getting a flu shot during pregnancy.

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