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City Councilor Julia Mejia

A caller told Julia Mejia she's a criminal 'pushing for a fight.' Then she released the voicemail message he left.

BOSTON, MA - 01/20/2020 Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley is applauded by Governor Charlie Baker during a panel conversation at the annual MLK Memorial Breakfast Committee, the nations longest-running event honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The event hosted an audience of over 1,350 guests including business, civic, community and religious leaders. Erin Clark / Globe Staff

Charlie Baker says calling Ayanna Pressley's remarks a 'rant' was an 'obviously terrible' word choice

A syringe with an influenza vaccine.

State confirms first child flu death of season

Nurses work during a media tour at a designated treatment clinic for the Wuhan coronavirus in the Kowloon Bay district of Hong Kong on Jan. 23, 2020.

Chicago woman is 2nd US patient with new virus from China January 24, 2020 | 12:49 PM

Phoebe is freed after Hyannis Firefighter's cut through the drywall and pulled her out.

Hyannis firefighters rescue cat trapped in wall January 24, 2020 | 11:48 AM

This Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020 photo provided by the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department shows a moose on railroad tracks in Ludlow, Vt. A moose that was stuck on an active railroad bridge in Vermont was removed and relocated with minimal injuries, according to state fish and wildlife officials. Local game wardens and wildlife biologists, with assistance from the Springfield Fire Department and a crew from the Vermont Rail System, sedated the moose and picked it up with a railroad crane truck. (Warden Kyle Isherwood/Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department via AP)

A moose got stuck on an active railroad bridge in Vermont January 24, 2020 | 10:58 AM

California threatened with funds loss over abortion coverage January 24, 2020 | 10:56 AM

Grace Rett's parents, Mary Jo and and Christopher, and younger sister, Brianne, leave the funeral Mass Tuesday.

Photos: Mourners pay their respects to Holy Cross rower Grace Rett January 24, 2020 | 10:52 AM

Source of norovirus outbreak at popular N.H. restaurant remains a mystery January 24, 2020 | 10:50 AM

A penny was fused to the metal prongs of a phone charger after an incident at Plymouth North High School where two students performed a viral trend, which originated on the video app TikTok, on Tuesday.

Plymouth students charged with attempted arson after mimicking a viral video January 24, 2020 | 10:16 AM

Location of the Lawrence fire on Thursday night.

Man killed in multi-family Lawrence house fire January 24, 2020 | 9:48 AM

If you get a text that looks like it's from FedEx, think twice before responding, say authorities.

Scam texts are impersonating FedEx to bilk victims January 24, 2020 | 9:34 AM

Actress Annabella Sciorra in January, 2019.

Annabella Sciorra testifies that Harvey Weinstein raped her January 23, 2020 | 7:24 PM

Andrea Grocer

Natick police catch alleged serial defecator relieving herself in business's lot January 23, 2020 | 4:53 PM

Denis Coffey on Jeopardy!

A Maine bartender remembered 2 local victims of the opioid crisis in his ‘Jeopardy!’ interview January 23, 2020 | 3:19 PM

Four people indicted in connection to October assault at Encore Boston Harbor, prosecutors say January 23, 2020 | 3:02 PM

Bryan Davila Martinez and Jan Rivera

'2 very close stepbrothers' were the victims of the double-fatal crash in Braintree January 23, 2020 | 2:35 PM

BOSTON MA - 11/04/2019: Rte 93 northbound by Dorchester an aerial view of morning traffic coming into the city during rush hour (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: SPOTLIGHT TOPIC

Do Massachusetts residents support the TCI? Depends how you ask the question. January 23, 2020 | 2:10 PM

The Doomsday Clock reads 100 seconds to midnight, a decision made by The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, during an announcement at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on January 23.

The Doomsday Clock just moved as close to the apocalypse as its gotten in its 73-year history January 23, 2020 | 1:31 PM

State police reported found a Glock 27 with a round in the chamber and multiple knotted plastic bags containing a substance police believed to be fentanyl after investigating a crash in Taunton.

Taunton crash leads to plethora of drug and gun charges January 23, 2020 | 1:24 PM

Travelers walk through the arrival hall at West Kowloon Station n Hong Kong, China on Jan. 23.

9 people traveling from Hong Kong screened at Logan Airport for new virus January 23, 2020 | 12:31 PM

Wrong-Way Crash

3 vehicles involved, 4 taken to hospital in Route 128 wrong-way driver crash January 23, 2020 | 12:21 PM

Southborough map

A man allegedly flashed a Southborough student after school January 23, 2020 | 12:19 PM

pregnant dolphin rescued

Pregnant dolphin rescued after becoming stranded in Wellfleet January 23, 2020 | 12:01 PM

Leominster High School.

Video shows Leominster High School student slap another teen in class January 23, 2020 | 10:50 AM

TripAdvisor is reportedly cutting hundreds of jobs January 23, 2020 | 10:47 AM

This poster released by the Kleberg County Sheriff's Office in Kingsville, Texas, shows James and Michelle Butler, of Rumney, N.H., who have been reported missing along with their vehicle. Relatives last heard from them Oct. 14, 2019, and believe the pair visited Padre Island, near Corpus Christi, Texas. The sheriff's office said remains of a man and woman were found in a shallow grave on Padre Island, and have been transported to a medical examiner to be identified. (Kleberg County Sheriff's Office via AP)

New charges filed in case linked to New Hampshire couple's deaths in Texas January 23, 2020 | 10:15 AM

Piano Row

RACIST GRAFFITI

Swastikas found in Emerson College dormitory January 23, 2020 | 9:53 AM

John Tlumacki / The Boston Globe

Michelle Carter

Michelle Carter, of texting suicide case, released from jail January 23, 2020 | 9:34 AM

Boston, MA - 4/26/18 - Kids walk in a light rain, toward the Mildred Avenue Middle School.
Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
Topic: standalone rain
Reporter: XXX

DISAPPEARING KIDS

Boston’s 'becoming a city of high-income, childless professionals' January 23, 2020 | 9:31 AM

Author Salman Rushdie.

BABSON CONTROVERSY

Prominent authors defending Babson employee fired for Facebook post January 23, 2020 | 9:05 AM

01/22/2020 Boston MA - Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker (cq) at a afternoon press-conference to discuss his $44.6 billion fiscal 2021 budget proposal for Massachusetts, that includes funding for the MBTA and the public education.
(Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff)

Here's how Charlie Baker wants to replace the MBTA's oversight board January 22, 2020 | 5:56 PM

Boston - 11/14/19 - Many drivers pick up fares for both Uber and Lyft. (Lane Turner/Globe Staff) Reporter: (Nicole Dunca) Topic: ()

Charlie Baker proposes a fivefold increase in Uber and Lyft fees January 22, 2020 | 4:42 PM