Six American troops killed in Afghan attack

Six US service members were killed and three were wounded when a motorcycle detonated near them in an apparent suicide attack.

02/23/15: Boston, MA: NU's Colton Saucerman is down and out as BU's Nick Roberto (15) and Matt Lane start the celebration following a second period goal by teammate Matt Grzelcyk (not pictured) that put the Terriers ahead 3-1. Northeastern University and Boston University met in the Beanpot Championship game at the TD Garden. (Globe Staff Photo/Jim Davis) section:sports topic: Beanpot (1)

Jim Davis/Globe staff

BU hockey player off team amid gambling allegation

The announcement that Nick Roberto will not return came the same day a report emerged that said he was involved in gambling.

A driver passing by the scene of the crash reported it to police around 8 a.m.

Bus crash in Brookline sends child, driver to hospital

The Boston Public Schools bus, carrying five children believed to be under eight, hit a utility pole.

Nashua schools to reopen Tuesday

More than 11,000 students had an emergency day off Monday as officials responded to a ?detailed threat of violence to harm students.?

Mona Haydar and her husband, Sebastian Robins, stood outside of a library in Cambridge.

Mona Haydar

Couple sets up ?Ask a Muslim? booth in Cambridge

A couple stood outside a public library for several hours last Friday and Saturday, talking with more than 100 complete strangers.

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Two police officers helped guide a woman and two infants out of the building while firefighters were tied up with a different blaze.

The warm glow of sunset's light covered Boston in 1999.

JOHN BOHN/Globe Staff/File 1999

Winter solstice means only 9 hours of sun for Boston

Even though the area could see record high temperatures this week, Boston will see its shortest days Monday and Tuesday.

8th woman joins accusers suing Bill Cosby in Springfield court

Kathy McKee, 66, an actress and casting director in Las Vegas, filed a seven-page civil complaint Monday.

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It?s the third time state pathologists have changed their findings in Middlesex County child death cases.

Denzel Washington (right) and director Antoine Fuqua, between takes on the set of Columbia Pictures? ?The Equalizer.?

State gave $58 million in film tax credits in 2014

Movies about a group of hustlers, a vigilante, and a foul-mouthed teddy bear took the vast majority of credits in 2014.

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The Hall of Fame third baseman will be the ninth Red Sox player to have his number retired.

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An 11-year veteran, Jackson has been out of the league since being released by the Falcons in January.

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Beckham drew three personal foul penalties during a game-long battle with Carolina?s Josh Norman on Sunday.

KEVIN CULLEN

What you give away

Tim Davis has learned that when you give something that you love away, it will come back to you again and again.

spotlight

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Heart%20Surgery-1245657.jpg Concurrent surgeries come under new scrutiny

Following controversy at MGH, the world?s largest surgeons? group is considering new guidelines for overlapping surgery.

renderings of new 22-story residential building planned for 150 Seaport Boulevard on the South Boston Waterfront. (CREDIT: Elkus Manfredi Architects)

Tower featuring ?billowing sails? proposed for Seaport

Developer Jon Cronin filed notice with the city Monday that he wants to build the tower at the current site of the Whiskey Priest and Atlantic Beer Garden.

Foxboro, MA - 12/21/2015 - Workers lay the foundation for the ice rink to be used for the NHL winter classic game at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA, December 21, 2015. (Keith Bedford/Globe Staff)

Keith Bedford/Globe Staff

NHL begins moving in at Gillette Stadium

Dan Craig, the NHL?s man in charge of building the Winter Classic rink, expects a ?pristine? surface for the Jan. 1 game.

Chelsea Clinton.

Bill and Hillary Clinton to become grandparents, again

Chelsea Clinton announced Monday that she is expecting her second child next summer.

The library at Yvonne's.

Bold Types

Flocking to Yvonne?s for creamed finnan haddie

Yvonne?s is bringing back an extravagant holiday tradition: Locke-Ober?s historic holiday lunch.

Judges Olivia Culpo and Perez Hilton at the 2015 Miss Universe Pageant Sunday in Las Vegas.

Names

Olivia Culpo supports Steve Harvey after gaffe

The former Miss Universe, serving as a judge at this year?s pageant, witnessed the host declare the wrong winner.

A seaside home, boarded up for the winter, in Provincetown, Mass., Dec. 15, 2015. Second-home owners and investors now own 71 percent of the homes in the popular summer vacation town. ()

Provincetown?s winter population sinks

With housing and year-round jobs increasingly scarce, the resort town at the tip of Cape Cod is hollowing out.

Ground Game

Ground Game | Q&A

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A Q&A with DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz before Saturday?s Democratic debate.

Globe Santa

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Globe Santa delivers holiday gifts to local children in need.

Globe investigations

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/spotlight150x150-165.jpg Globe investigations and Spotlight reports

A look at high-impact investigations from The Boston Globe, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning report on abuse in the Catholic Church.

The Big Picture

Treehouse resident Liz Poudrier hugs Sarah D?Amato,19, who had just delivered her a hot Thanksgiving meal.

Joanne Rathe/Globe Staff

The Big Picture

Fostering a community

The Treehouse Community was founded to support families that take in foster children in the hopes of stopping the bounce through the system.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

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?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.