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Holy Cross identifies 5 student athletes and coach who remain hospitalized following deadly crash

Boston College identifies student struck by commuter rail train in West Newton

Tulsi Gabbard got into a push-up contest in New Hampshire

A man browsed the Twitter account of Alt News, a fact-checking website.

Survey says: Many Americans love their fake news January 18, 2020 | 8:27 AM

U.S Congressional candidate Robert Hyde of Simsbury displays campaign phone-grips under the Genius of Connecticut statue in the Connecticut State Capitol Friday.

Judge may revoke bail for impeachment figure Robert Hyde of Simsbury, Conn. January 18, 2020 | 7:49 AM

Billionaire Bloomberg is granted financial disclosure delay January 17, 2020 | 7:44 PM

Passengers wait at the check-in counter of Hong Kong Express Airways at the Hong Kong International Airport. The airline Hong Kong Express has apologized for having required some female passengers bound for the U.S. territory of Saipan to take pregnancy tests.

Airline apologizes for requiring passenger to take pregnancy test before flight January 17, 2020 | 7:33 PM

Evelyn Yang (right) and her husband Andrew, who is running for the Democratic nomination for president.

Evelyn Yang, Andrew Yang's wife, says she was sexually assaulted by her OB/GYN while pregnant January 17, 2020 | 7:27 PM

salt & olive closing in harvard square

OUT OF BUSINESS

Salt & Olive Market closing its doors in Harvard Square January 17, 2020 | 2:57 PM

Elizabeth Warren's three brothers feature in a campaign video.

Elizabeth Warren's new video introduces three fresh faces: Her brothers. January 17, 2020 | 2:09 PM

Police arrested a man who allegedly fired shots at a dog walker near the baseball diamond in McKinney Playground by Keenan Road in Brighton.

Playground Arrest

Two men walking dogs met in Brighton. One left in handcuffs after allegedly pulling a gun. January 17, 2020 | 1:51 PM

Northbridge High.

Northbridge High

17-year-old critically injured in school gym fight January 17, 2020 | 1:00 PM

Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., left, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., right, exchanged handshakes before this week's debate, but were less chummy afterwards.

Sanders-Warren rift highlights liberal divide: purity versus pragmatism January 17, 2020 | 12:37 PM

Boston-11/27/19-Gov. Charlie Baker signed the first in the nation ban on all flavored tobacco products. Called an Act Modernizing Tobacco Regulations, the Governor was joined by Mass. Attorney General Maura Healey(left) Lt. Gov Karyn Polito and Mass. Dept of Public Health Commissioner(rt) and other politicians. other politicians in the State House library. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(metro)

Charlie Baker's long reign as America's most popular governor is over January 17, 2020 | 12:09 PM

Back window shattered after wind causes debris to fall onto parked car with child inside.

High winds send loose concrete into car with child inside January 17, 2020 | 11:47 AM

Springfield, MA - 1/16/20 - A stuffed animal lays on the ground in front of the front door to the home of a girl who was abducted yesterday in Springfield. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

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SPRINGFIELD KIDNAPPING

‘We are eternally grateful’: Read the statement from the family of Charlotte Moccia January 17, 2020 | 11:09 AM

Pittsfield

Pittsfield woman blackmailed into assaulting young child pleads guilty January 17, 2020 | 10:39 AM

DCF

Couple suing DCF over alleged assault of their daughter by foster child with abusive history January 17, 2020 | 9:45 AM

A rose is rests on the gravestone of David Paul at Walnut Grove Cemetery in Meriden, Conn. DNA testing has helped police identify the mother of David Paul, an infant who was abandoned and found frozen to death in a Connecticut parking lot in 1988.

Three decades after she left her baby for dead, police knocked on her door. She had been waiting. January 17, 2020 | 9:30 AM

Shannon Liss-Riordan.

Labor lawyer ends campaign for US Senate January 17, 2020 | 8:48 AM

Sophia Palladino

Missing Malden Girl

Malden police searching for missing 15-year-old January 17, 2020 | 8:39 AM

Board hears evidence against strip club over prostitution, drugs January 16, 2020 | 7:52 PM

A screen grab from a social media post by the Guizhou Forerunner College announcing that Wu Huayan, 24, died of heart failure on Monday.

She was known in China by her weight: 47 pounds. Her death sparked outrage. January 16, 2020 | 6:46 PM

Massachusetts State House.

Mass. Senate approves comprehensive sex ed bill January 16, 2020 | 6:21 PM

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gives pens to, from left, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., after she signed the resolution to transmit the two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.

Nancy Pelosi hands out impeachment pens, a signing tradition January 16, 2020 | 6:06 PM

House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving and Clerk of the House Cheryl Johnson carry the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to Secretary of the Senate Julie Adams on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020.

Trump's trial begins, senators vowing 'impartial justice' January 16, 2020 | 5:57 PM

KEENE, NH - 01/02/2020 Mayor of South Bend, Indiana Pete Buttigieg speaks to a crowd of over 850 people during his sixth visit to the Monadnock region. With a little over a month to go before New Hampshire's First in the Nation primary, Pete Buttigieg began his four-day, eight-town hall tour of New Hampshire at the Colonial Theatre in downtown Keene. Erin Clark for the Boston Globe

Here's why Boston College 'broke' Pete Buttigieg's heart January 16, 2020 | 5:47 PM

Massachusetts State Police headquarters.

Baker announces bill to overhaul state police January 16, 2020 | 5:33 PM

The scene of the fatal shooting of a DPW worker in Lawrence.

Slain Lawrence city worker was not intended target, authorities say January 16, 2020 | 4:24 PM

Ayanna Pressley in an interview with The Root.

Ayanna Pressley

Ayanna Pressley spoke about going bald due to her struggle with alopecia January 16, 2020 | 4:07 PM

Nicky's law passes in the house on Wednesday.

'Nicky's Law' paving way for a registry of accused abusers of people with disabilities January 16, 2020 | 3:27 PM

The diner the Sanford family hoped to open up together.

WANT TO OWN A DINER?

A Westport man is giving away two vintage diners for free — here's why January 16, 2020 | 3:07 PM

Everett virtual hearings

Virtual Citation Appeals

Watch: Here’s how Everett will let you protest that parking ticket over Skype or FaceTime January 16, 2020 | 2:39 PM