Healey warns gun dealers to follow strict state law

Attorney General Maura Healey is investigating several state gun dealers suspected of selling illegal firearms.

State may face $1 billion budget gap, officials warn

Officials said lawmakers and residents should gird themselves for belt-tightening across state government.

Shirley Leung

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Ask Ed Ansin, the owner of WHDH-TV, about his dispute with NBC and he?ll tell you, ?They are trying to steal our station.?

Diana Snyder of Brookline said of T workers, ?It?s easy for people to look at other people?s jobs and say, ?Oh that?s easy. That person doesn?t deserve that salary.???

Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

MBTA riders want to see improvements before fare hikes

Many T riders say they are disappointed ? not only by possible increased prices, but also by the shortcomings of public transit.

Philip Chism appeared in Salem Superior Court earlier this month.

Judge says Philip Chism was competent throughout his trial

Chism had the capacity to understand what was happening and the ability to help his attorneys, the trial judge said.

New leader on tap for Boston Public Health Commission

Monica Valdes Lupi, with wide experience in public health, would oversee an agency that touches nearly every segment of life in Boston.

Boston, Tufts medical centers to raise starting wage

The raise to $15 per hour, to be enacted next month, will be the highest minimum wage paid to hospital workers in Boston.

Massachusetts population growth outpaces Northeast

The state?s population increased by almost 4 percent since 2010 to 6.8 million, a growth rate slightly behind the national pace.

Stephen Silva, in a booking photo.

Associated Press/File

Man who loaned gun to Tsarnaev is released

Stephen Silva, who loaned Dzhokhar Tsarnaev the gun used to kill Sean Collier, was freed hours after his hearing.

Frozen water was seen at Antero Reservoir last week, when temperatures reached minus 51 degrees.

Temperature drops to minus 51 at Colorado reservoir

Are you lamenting the mild holiday weather this year? Be careful what you wish for.

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Corporate giving can benefit your bottom line

Research shows that when companies pay it forward with corporate giving and employee volunteer programs, it pays off in more ways than one.

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Braemoor Health Center in Brockton is one of several Massachusetts nursing homes owned by Synergy Health Centers.

Gretchen Ertl for The Boston Globe/file

Owners profited as nursing home complaints rose

Synergy Health Centers, which operates 11 nursing homes in the state, faces health and safety problems at several of its facilities.

New England Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler before a NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. (Winslow Townson/AP Images for Panini)

Seven Patriots players named to Pro Bowl

Tom Brady was selected for the seventh straight time and 11th overall, and Malcolm Butler was named for the first time.

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred speaks during a news conference after wrapping up the MLB owners meeting, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Peter Abraham | Beat Writer?s Notebook

A few suggestions to make baseball even better

Changing roster expansion rules and solving the DH dilemma are topics the commissioner should consider.

Boston, Massachusetts -- 12/21/2015- Women's Lunch Place Support Service Coordinator Linda Burston (C) hangs up a donated item that fits the criteria of being warm and in good condition as Women's Lunch Place Support Staff member Claire DesHotels (L) and Women's Lunch Place Executive Director Elizabeth Keeley sort through donations that they can't use either because they are in poor condition or simply not warm enough at the Women's Lunch Place in Boston. Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff Topic: 22donations Reporter:

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

For nonprofits, it?s possible to be drowning in donations

Holiday generosity can result in donations that nonprofits don?t need or want, creating for them not a benefit but a burden.

Christopher muther

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Like a good meal, your travel plans should be balanced, colorful, and feature a prominent and sweet ending.

The Globe stories users spent the most time reading in 2015

Ben Carson, a Marathon bombing survivor?s decision, and double-booked surgeries topped the list of stories that users spent the most time reading.

Boston, MA--12/21/2015--Living room. The Home Of The Week, at 155 Bellevue Street, in West Roxbury, is photographed, on Monday, December 21, 2015. Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: 122715HomeOfTheWeek Reporter: John Ellement

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home of week

Famous architect put own touch on West Roxbury home

This 2,972 square-foot home renovated in the 1930s includes a grand entrance, marble floors, arched windows, and stucco walls.

Movie Review

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Will Ferrell shifts from cluelessly swaggering to just clueless in reteaming with Mark Wahlberg.

BOTTLES

Eight favorite winter beers

Drinking beer on a patio is nice, but substantively, beer is a beverage made for winter.

BALTIMORE, MD - NOVEMBER 22: Quarterback Case Keenum #17 of the St. Louis Rams sits on the turf during a game against the Baltimore Ravens in the fourth quarter at M&T Bank Stadium on November 22, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

NFL disputes ESPN report about BU brain study

According to ESPN, the NFL vetoed the project because the professor who is leading it has been critical of the league.

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

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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.