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Boston Common to get $28 million in improvements

People searched for victims after an avalanche buried multiple people near the highest peak of Taos Ski Valley in New Mexico, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019.

Family: New Mexico avalanche victim was Mansfield native

AP FACT CHECK: Trump pitches wall as magic bullet for drugs January 19, 2019 | 6:18 PM

People hold their signs and voice their opinions during the 2019 Women's March at Boston Common on Saturday.

Thousands gather for Women's March in Boston January 19, 2019 | 5:19 PM

Uber and Lyft prices could go up.

Bill calls for higher fees for Uber, Lyft in Massachusetts January 19, 2019 | 3:39 PM

-A crowd gathers in front of a stage to listen to speakers during the Boston Women's March on Boston Common Saturday afternoon.

Watch: The 2019 Boston Women's March January 19, 2019 | 1:21 PM

Trump says trade deal with China 'could very well happen' January 19, 2019 | 12:44 PM

The Latest: Schumer dismisses Trump plan to end shutdown January 19, 2019 | 12:03 PM

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Lawrence man charged in connection with 11-year-old Haverhill girl's death January 19, 2019 | 10:51 AM

2 dead in Maine house fire January 19, 2019 | 10:04 AM

AP FACT CHECK: Trump on the wall, drugs, Russia, vets January 19, 2019 | 9:55 AM

The Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall in Boston, on Jan. 17, 2019.

BSO offering free tickets to furloughed federal workers January 19, 2019 | 9:31 AM

A scaled-down, but still angry, Women's March returns January 19, 2019 | 8:18 AM

This combination of photos from NASA and the National Snow & Ice Date Center shows the Getz Ice Shelf in Antarctica in 2016, left, and a remnant of ice in the Chukchi Sea, part of the Arctic Ocean, in 2018. The Associated Press reported on Friday, Jan. 18, 2018, that these photos, from opposite poles of the planet, have been circulating on the internet as a pair, falsely purporting to show the deterioration of the same portion of sea ice from 2008 to 2018.

Here's the AP's look at what didn't happen this week January 19, 2019 | 7:22 AM

Trump offers a 'Dreamers' deal for border-money proposal January 19, 2019 | 7:17 AM

Trump salutes remains of 4 Americans killed in Syria attack January 19, 2019 | 7:10 AM

Trump 'appreciates' Mueller's statement on report's accuracy January 19, 2019 | 12:54 AM

The Latest: Trump: 'Great day' for US after report disputed January 18, 2019 | 8:34 PM

Mueller disputes accuracy of BuzzFeed report on Trump, Cohen January 18, 2019 | 8:27 PM

Bowdoin College

Bowdoin College president posts letter on graduate killed in Syria January 18, 2019 | 7:46 PM

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker.

Baker: Tax hike will help towns address climate change January 18, 2019 | 5:50 PM

Supreme Court inaction suggests DACA safe for another year January 18, 2019 | 5:32 PM

Police: Man hurt in Springfield ATV crash dies from injuries January 18, 2019 | 5:27 PM

Pho Keene Great is a Vietnamese restaurant that’s about to open in Keene, N.H.

N.H. Vietnamese restaurant allowed to hang sign with profane-sounding pun January 18, 2019 | 5:16 PM

Amanda He (left) and Sophia Cukras (right).

‘Even a kid can make a difference’: The Brookline fifth graders telling Dunkin’ to ditch the plastic straw January 18, 2019 | 5:06 PM

This photo provided by Fort Bragg shows Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jonathan R. Farmer, 37, of Boynton Beach, Fla. Farmer was killed in the northern Syrian town of Manbij on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. The attack also wounded three U.S. troops and was the deadliest assault on U.S. troops in Syria since American forces went into the country in 2015. (Fort Bragg via AP)

One of the 4 Americans killed in Syria this week was a 2003 Bowdoin College grad January 18, 2019 | 4:14 PM

Trump promises March for Life crowd that he stands with them January 18, 2019 | 3:44 PM

Leicester, MA, 11/20/2018 -- Jennifer DePerrio, 45, of Jefferson (C) laughs as she waits in line at the opening of Cultivate, one of the state's first two pot shops. This the first day the store can sell recreational marijuana to adults 21 and older. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

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Cultivate is lifting its limits on marijuana purchases during weekdays January 18, 2019 | 3:16 PM

People search for victims after an avalanche buried multiple people near the highest peak of Taos Ski Valley, one of the biggest resorts in New Mexico, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. The avalanche rushed down the mountainside of the New Mexico ski resort on Thursday, injuring at least a few people who were pulled from the snow after a roughly 20-minute rescue effort, a resort spokesman said. (Morgan Timms/Taos News via AP)

A victim of an avalanche at a New Mexico ski resort has died, official says January 18, 2019 | 2:48 PM

The Latest: Iranian TV journalist not accused of crime January 18, 2019 | 2:39 PM

A sign with the Sackler name is displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. The Sackler name adorns walls at some of the world's top museums and universities, including the Met, the Guggenheim and Harvard. But the family's ties to the powerful painkiller OxyContin and the drug's role in the nation's deadly opioid crisis are bringing a new kind of attention to the Sacklers and their philanthropic legacy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

The Sackler family is known for its philanthropy. But it's now facing legal pressures for its ties to OxyContin. January 18, 2019 | 1:58 PM

Shutdown hits home for Trump; he lives in government housing January 18, 2019 | 1:03 PM