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Chiefs at Patriots | In Progress

Chiefs are now in control

This rematch of last year’s AFC title game could have major playoff ramifications. 5 minutes ago

Some of the Chiefs’ equipment went missing, but it got to Gillette in time for the gamePhotos: Scenes from Foxborough

Here are the stories behind the special cleats some Patriots are wearing
It’s the NFL’s fourth “My Cause, My Cleats’’ campaign, and the Patriots are well-represented.

Brandon Bolden’s grandfather, a Chiefs legend, is pulling for the Patriots today

Pensacola shooting being investigated as terror attack, FBI says

The Saudi gunman went on Twitter shortly before the shooting to blast US support of Israel and accuse America of being anti-Muslim, a US official said. 3 hours ago

A recent boot camp grad and former midshipman were among Pensacola victims

Temperatures begin a steady climb Sunday, reaching near 60 by Tuesday

After a cold start to Sunday, temperatures will increase to the 50s on Monday and near 60 degrees Tuesday. Rain also is in the forecast, beginning Monday and continuing into Wednesday. But then cold temperatures will return. 3 hours ago

obituary
Caroll Spinney, who played Big Bird and Oscar The Grouch on ‘Sesame Street,’ dies at 85
For half a century, Spinney portrayed two of the most beloved characters on “Sesame Street,” Big Bird and Oscar The Grouch. A native of Waltham who lived in Connecticut, Spinney transformed Big Bird into a shy first-grader, turning the character into a worldwide icon.

The Great Divide
Boston’s school bathrooms are a big mess
Filthy, unsanitary, and often lacking basics like toilet paper and hot water, the bathrooms of the city’s public schools are, far too frequently, in appalling condition.

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The working class battles The Man in Harvard strike

Thousands of graduate students, some making as little as minimum wage, have walked off the Harvard. They want better pay and health care, and a better system for addressing harassment and discrimination. 2 hours ago

Hiawatha Bray | Tech Lab
Not so fast: Bostonians may want to wait a bit longer on 5G service
The new service is now available in Boston, but it still has many limitations. 2 hours ago

WORK SPACE
Serious as a surgeon, but less so as a collector
“There’s a fine line between collecting and hoarding,” says Mass. General’s Roy Phitayakorn. 56 minutes ago

opinion

The 2020 election must be a time of reckoning on climate change

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We’re all shark researchers now

OPINION | Conrad Crawford and Jim Stergios

Dynamic pricing for the Expressway

What should our Editorial Board ask the 2020 presidential candidates?

Starting at second base for the Red Sox? TBD
The Sox lack an obvious in-house second base option with big league experience. Michael Chavis is the closest thing, but with questions on both sides of the ball. an hour ago

‘SNL’ makes fun of impeachment, Peloton, and the NATO ‘cool kids’
Paul Rudd, Jimmy Fallon, and James Corden made cameos to play world leaders making fun of President Trump in the show’s cold open.

The focus now isn’t on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. It’s on the judge, the attorneys, and the jurors
Did Tsarnaev get a fair trial when he was prosecuted for the Boston Marathon bombings? Oral arguments before three judges on the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit are slated for Thursday.

Elizabeth Warren has ‘a plan for that’ — more than 50 expensive ones

Rapper Juice WRLD is dead after Chicago medical emergency

Former congresswoman Katie Hill says, ‘I’m in the fight’

Tiny Dixville Notch may see its midnight tradition disappear
It is increasingly likely that the New Hampshire community is now too small to meet the legal threshold to be a polling place. That probably won’t change in the weeks leading up to the first-in-the-nation primary.

City Council ballot recount continues into second day

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The return of John Moore allows Bruins to put Steve Kampfer on waivers
But the journeyman defenseman is likely to remain with the Black and Gold. 40 minutes ago

Janelle Nanos
The Peloton ad angered America. That’s why Ryan Reynolds’ Aviation American Gin ad is so brilliant
Driving angry is problematic. Going to bed angry isn’t advised. But shopping angry? Well, that might actually have some benefits.

Yvonne Abraham
There are Real Americans, and then there are the rest of us
This is a tale of two welfare programs. They’re both run by the USDA, but that’s all they have in common — or so the federal government would have you believe.

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Cancer diagnosis leaves family reeling
A single mother with two healthy sons living in southeastern Massachusetts remembers beaming with joy as she welcomed a third baby boy into the world in 2017. Then last summer doctors told her that the little boy had cancer. 2 hours ago

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Trump’s evangelical support mystifies his critics, but in Wisconsin, it looks stronger than ever
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Man shot after fight at Randolph gas station
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Cancer diagnosis leaves family reeling

A single mother with two healthy sons living in southeastern Massachusetts remembers beaming with joy as she welcomed a third baby boy into the world in 2017. Then last summer doctors told her that the little boy had cancer.

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Chiefs up 23-16 in the fourth quarter

Patriots cut lead to seven after 10-point burst in second half.

The return of John Moore allows Bruins to put Steve Kampfer on waivers

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Marijuana

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Jimmy Garropolo throws 4 TD passes, rallies 49ers past Saints

Ravens hold off Bills, clinch AFC playoff berth

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Florida gunman showed mass shootings videos at party

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In prisoner swap, Iran frees American held since 2016

France’s weekend of discontent: Yellow vest and pension protesters gather

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marijuana

Mass. health officials concede lung patients may have used illicit vapes, too

Six with lung illness linked to regulated marijuana vapes, state says

Cowboys DT Antwaun Woods arrested on marijuana, tampering charges

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Doing away with legacy admissions is not the answer to economic diversity

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