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Sox agree to ship Mookie Betts, David Price to LA in blockbuster deal

With the departures of both Price and Betts, the Red Sox will achieve their desired goal of getting below the $208 million luxury tax threshold in 2020. The Sox would receive two players in the deal, with Dodgers outfielder Alex Verdugo representing the centerpiece.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Trading Mookie Betts means the Red Sox have given up on 2020 season

 A year-by-year look at Mookie Betts?s career with the Red Sox Peter Abraham: Not keeping Mookie Betts has to be considered an organizational failure

State of the Union

Trump uses State of Union to brag of ?Great American comeback,? campaign for reelection

President Trump gave his State of the Union address on the eve of his likely impeachment acquittal and in the aftermath of the chaotic first votes of the race to replace him. 18 minutes ago
Rush Limbaugh awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom during State of the Union Fact-checking President Trump's State of the Union address Read the prepared text of Trump's State of the Union Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer delivered rebuttal to State of the Union Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez boycott State of the Union address Awkward moment between Trump, Pelosi at State of the Union
Nancy Pelosi tore her copy of Trump?s State of the Union speech in half when he finished
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tore her copy of President Trump's s State of the Union address.

?I tore it up?: Nancy Pelosi ripped her copy of Trump?s State of the Union speech in half when he finished
? ? Iowa caucuses ? ?

Buttigieg, Sanders are ahead in partial Iowa results

 See county-by-county results of the Iowa caucuses

Bernie Sanders widens lead in latest N.H. poll

The always-important New Hampshire presidential primary, now less than a week away, is poised to take on additional significance this campaign cycle as the Iowa Democratic Party slowly releases results. an hour ago
Bloomberg plans to double ad spending after Iowa caucus problems Warren says she's 'feeling good' as she campaigns in N.H. Sanders touts Iowa success at N.H. rally Apparently faulty app in Iowa voting is a software developer's worst nightmare Biden hits N.H. trail as rivals hint he fared poorly in Iowa Democrats wage ground war ahead of N.H. primary

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Pete Buttigieg
26.8%419 votesBernie Sanders
25.2%394 votesElizabeth Warren
18.4%287 votesJoe Biden
15.4%241 votesAmy Klobuchar
12.6%197 votesAndrew Yang
1.0%16 votes

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YVONNE ABRAHAM
Notes on a train wreck
What else can one say at this point, given the high-speed yet somehow also slow-motion train wreck that is absolutely everything?

12 days in Iowa
Boston Globe staff photographer Jessica Rinaldi?s photos, covering the lead up to the Iowa caucuses.

Opinion

OPINION | SCOT LEHIGH

Want to beat Trump? Give Michael Bennet a chance, New Hampshire
OPINION | Caroline Kennedy

Caroline Kennedy: Joe Biden for president
OPINION | JEFF JACOBY

?Birth tourism? isn?t a serious problem ? the White House attack on it is
OPINION | Abdul Latif Nasser

I was cleared for release from Guantánamo three years ago. Why am I still here?

Don?t miss the Globe?s coverage and analysis of the Democratic primaries

The Globe?s politics team will help you sort through the noise with timely, in-depth news coverage, and sharp analysis of the state of the race. Here?s how to stay in the know.

Susan Collins says she?ll vote to acquit President Trump on impeachment charges

he Senate is so far cleaving neatly along party lines in advance of Wednesday's virtually certain votes to acquit President Trump on two impeachment charges, with just two or three undecided members even considering breaking with their party.

Amid a new impeachment drama, Monica Lewinsky works to rewrite her story
Blamed for nearly bringing down a presidency with a beret and a blue dress, Lewinsky is now pressing to refocus the last impeachment on President Clinton, not the intern.

Police departments in Mass. hunting for thieves who are ?fishing? mail out of mailboxes
Thieves who go ?mailbox fishing? typically use string attached to a glue mouse trap or a plastic bottle covered with sticky glue to pull out envelopes sitting in the mailbox.

Trooper who admitted to getting free guns sues to get his job back ? and a promotion

One argument offered by the trooper?s attorney was that his misdeeds weren?t as bad as crimes and lies committed by other troopers still on the department?s payroll.

Illnesses spark concerns about workplace hazards at Springfield courthouse
The minuscule probability of three people who worked at the Hampden County courthouse dying of ALS ? two in 100,000 people are diagnosed with the disease each year in the United States ? has unnerved employees and regular visitors to the state?s third-busiest courthouse.

Ben LaGuer, a convicted rapist, is gravely ill and seeking medical parole, court filing shows
The convicted rapist is dying from cancer and wants a judge to order the Department of Correction to grant him a medical parole so he can die outside of prison, according to court records.

More recent headlines

City Council supports lowering voting age for Cambridge?s local elections to 16

State awards funds for 11 housing developments from East Boston to Northampton

Dave Epstein: Wintry weather could affect Thursday, Friday commutes

3 police officers in Manchester, N.H. stabbed, teen charged
DINING OUT | DEVRA FIRST

In like Black Lamb

It took a while for the South End bistro to find its footing, but now it?s an asset for the area.
What she's having: A Nepalese restaurant family is cooking in Cambridge?s Huron Village
CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Survey says: These are the best hotels in Massachusetts

U.S. News & World Report is out with its annual lists, and no hotel in the state cracked the magazine?s top 50 nationally. But hotels in Vermont and Rhode Island fared better.

This Mass. General doctor helped get two new medical emojis approved
The anatomical heart and lung icons will be showing up on people?s smartphones later this year.

Love Letters Podcast
Finding yourself after grief
After losing her husband suddenly, Lisa was a widow at age 34, trying to make plans for the rest of her life.

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NAMES
TV news reporter Sharman Sacchetti is switching stations
A Lawrence native, Sacchetti has been a reporter in New England for more than 15 years.

NAMES
River Gods? old digs to reopen as a Cambridge noodle bar
River Gods was a beloved staple of Cambridge nightlife until it closed in 2016. Regulars continue to mourn the loss.

Shannen Doherty says she is battling stage 4 breast cancer
The actress is battling a recurrence of breast cancer that has progressed to stage four, telling fans ?it's a bitter pill to swallow.?

DAN SHAUGHNESSY
Thoughts on Titletown, TB12, UMass football, and other sports topics
While waiting for bigger issues to be resolved, here are some other things that are on my mind.

Recommended Reads

Picturing 150 years: Happy anniversary to Boston?s Museum of Fine Arts

Boston?s Museum of Fine Arts was incorporated 150 years ago today, on Feb. 4, 1870.

Advocates for prisoners decry conditions at maximum-security prison
A day after five state legislators decried conditions at the prison after an unannounced visit, a group of activists and relatives came to the State House to call for more transparency and safer conditions for inmates.

The delicate art of building a small ship
The USS Constitution Museum is hosting the Masters of Miniature: Model Ship Show, which runs through Feb. 29 and includes about 40 handcrafted model ships.

Rhode Island

R.I. has a law that caps property taxes. Now one city has to issue refunds.

Leaders in Central Falls say they miscalculated tax records for the current fiscal year, resulting in an 8.95 percent increase in the overall levy. That?s more than double the amount legally allowed under state law.

This Brown graduate knows how to win Iowa. Here?s what he thinks about today?s caucuses

How is the Catholic Church spending ?Peter?s Pence?? A R.I. parishioner sues to find out
Newton

For Newton co-op, boys? gymnastics remains a must-see event

The sport may not be as popular as its glory days of the ?60s, but coaches Bill Martin and Tom Steeves have Newton North in position to make a run at a seventh straight MIAA title.

Newton City Council sets March 3 special election to decide Northland mixed-use development

League of Women Voters to hold climate change forum in Newton

Special Projects

Back to the battleground

What we learned from each of the battleground states we visited ahead of the 2020 election
Who will win in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin next year? The Globe?s D.C. bureau spent time reporting in these crucial battleground states. This is what they found.

Trump?s evangelical support mystifies his critics, but in Wisconsin, it looks stronger than ever
The president?s personal behavior and some of his core political beliefs, including his hostility toward refugees, seem at odds with the major tenets of Christianity. But Trump?s bond with evangelicals has proven to be remarkably resilient.

More from the Battleground project

Trump promised Wisconsin?s farmers his trade wars would pay off. They?re still waiting

A Pennsylvania roofer loved Bill Clinton and voted for Obama. Here?s how Trump lured him from the Democrats
Spotlight Investigative Journalism Fellowship

The danger in our salad bowls

Leafy green vegetables have become the leading cause of E. coli poisoning. And the federal government still lacks the means, and maybe the will, to take it on.
Education

The Great Divide

A new Globe initiative exploring the deep inequalities in our public education system, examining both the challenges and possible solutions to creating equal opportunity for all students.
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spotlight fellow report

Seeing Red: A Globe Spotlight report on Boston?s crippling traffic

Hundreds of thousands of children face abuse every year, but there is only one federal law that directly addresses this national tragedy.
At the edge of a warming world

On Cape Cod, climate change is already terrifyingly real

Come with us as we explore the Cape to better understand what climate change is doing here, what it means for the future of this beloved place, and what the cost of inaction might be.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

OPINION | Caroline Kennedy

Caroline Kennedy: Joe Biden for president
OPINION | Ben Jackson

Trump?s land mines rollback is the last straw for veterans
OPINION | JOAN VENNOCHI

What will Mitt Romney do?
EDITORIAL

Facial-recognition tech may have value, but real-time surveillance goes too far
OPINION | Niall Ferguson

The deadliest virus we face is complacency
IDEAS

What Massachusetts can teach America

VISUAL STORIES

12 days in Iowa

Globe staff photos of the month, January 2020

Warnings of ?volcanic tsunami? after eruption in the Philippines

Ground Zero?s deadly dust claims another victim

metro

Bernie Sanders touts Iowa success at NH rally
At his first rally Tuesday in New Hampshire after the chaos of the Iowa caucuses, Senator Bernie Sanders celebrated his campaign?s success in that state and promised a resounding victory closer to home.

Willie Wood, star defensive back with the Green Bay Packers, 83

Willie Wood, who was overlooked in the NFL draft but forged a Hall of Fame career as one of pro football?s greatest defensive backs, playing on five Green Bay Packers championship teams of the 1960s, died Monday at an assisted living facility in Washington. He was 83.

Alice Mayhew, editor of a who?s who of writers, 87

Alice Mayhew, a widely admired editor who shepherded into print bestsellers by a veritable who?s who of writers ? along the way popularizing the Washington political narrative, beginning with ?All the President?s Men? in 1974 ? died on Tuesday at her home in New York. She was 87.
Adrian Walker

Does Ben LaGuer deserve ?compassionate release??

The question no parent wants to hear: ?What?s for dinner??

STAT

Experts envision two scenarios if the new coronavirus isn?t contained

How fast can biotech come up with a vaccine for the latest outbreak?

Brain ?hot spot? may explain why African-Americans feel greater pain

Walmart places a big bet on cheaper, less intimidating primary care

sports

Bruins notebook

Bruins? power play is surging

The Bruins have cashed in on six of their last 14 power-play opportunities.

Red Sox agree to trade Mookie Betts, David Price: Details of three-way deal with Dodgers, Twins

Here are the details on the players headed to Boston, to Minnesota and to Los Angeles.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Trading Mookie Betts means the Red Sox have given up on 2020 season
TUESDAY?S SCHOOL ROUNDUP

Mansfield boys? basketball takes inside track to top Franklin

Politics

Trump uses State of Union to brag of ?Great American comeback,? campaign for reelection

Business

Macy?s to close 125 stores, cut 2,000 jobs

Marijuana

Minnesota Democratic lawmakers to push for legal marijuana

magazine
Cover story

The 29 best new restaurants in Boston and the suburbs
Dinner With Cupid

Blind date: ?At our age, you never know what might happen?
Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Greater Boston, Jan. 27-Feb. 2
Cooking

Recipes: Three bold snacks for a memorable Oscar party

sports

Not keeping Mookie Betts has to be considered an organizational failure

Mookie Betts?s most memorable moments with the Red Sox

A year-by-year look at Mookie Betts?s career with the Red Sox

metro

Bernie Sanders touts Iowa success at NH rally

Willie Wood, star defensive back with the Green Bay Packers, 83

Alice Mayhew, editor of a who?s who of writers, 87

Nation

Democrats chant at Trump during State of Union

Takeaways from State of the Union: Economy not impeachment

Bernie Sanders widens lead in latest N.H. poll

World

Boris Johnson begins ?year of climate action? amid accusations that he still doesn?t get it

Putin remains coy on his future political plans

Baboon grooms little lion cub in South Africa?s Kruger park

politics

Fact-checking President Trump?s State of Union address

?I tore it up?: Nancy Pelosi ripped her copy of Trump?s State of the Union speech in half when he finished

Rush Limbaugh awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom at State of the Union

business

Macy?s to close 125 stores, cut 2,000 jobs

Business Agenda

State awards funds for 11 housing developments from East Boston to Northampton

lifestyle

Kevin Bacon spotted filming ?City on a Hill? in Boston

Dance devotees raise $2 million at Boston Ballet Ball

No good vibrations for Beach Boys, split over hunting concert

marijuana

Minnesota Democratic lawmakers to push for legal marijuana

Report: First month of Illinois pot sales netted nearly $40M

Vermont committee unanimously approves bill to legalize marijuana sales

opinion

They, robot

Iowa?s tech woes are a ringing endorsement for the paper ballot

Pelletier malpractice case highlights breakdown in coordination of care

food & dining

Seven simple ways to reduce E. coli risk

Haley House?s Misha Thomas brings new life to Roxbury?s treasured community gathering place

Maple cream, made the old-fashioned way in Vermont

travel

Survey says: These are the best hotels in Massachusetts

Bob Hope, a new dog exhibit, and horses pulling skiers

If you?re going to get snowed in, these are good places to be

Books

Sublime ?Reconstructions?; cinema ?For Kids of All Ages?; and a mischievous critter comes to dinner

For Zach Norris, a focus on fostering a community of care

?American Oligarchs? is a richly researched climb up the Trump and Kushner family trees

Movies

?Hamilton? by original cast coming to a film screen near you

2020 Oscar-nominated documentary shorts are dealing with disaster

When the Academy likes its live action kept short

Television

Craving some comedy? Try ?Brooklyn Nine-Nine?

This week?s TV: A political deluge, a host-less Oscars, and Edie Falco?s new series

Alec Baldwin returns as President Trump on ?SNL? for the impeachment trial ?you wish had happened?

music

Photos of Shakira and JLo in the 2020 Super Bowl halftime show

Watch Shakira and Jennifer Lopez?s full Super Bowl halftime show performance

A musical maverick?s opera premieres, 35 years late

Theater/Dance

Philadanco celebrates a half-century of dancing

Teicher and Tao keep time at bay in ?More Forever?

?Gloria: A Life? places Steinem at the center of a story much larger than herself

globe local

Get crafty with your holiday shopping at local fairs

Hardiest hikers, campers don?t come in from the cold

Should Massachusetts exempt police body camera footage from state public records law?

Obituaries

Willie Wood, star defensive back with the Green Bay Packers, 83

Alice Mayhew, editor of a who?s who of writers, 87

Clarence ?Jeep? Jones, Boston?s first Black deputy mayor, dies at 86