Nursing home owners profited as complaints rose

Synergy Health Centers, which operates 11 facilities in Mass., faces health and safety problems at several locations.

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Maura Healey said her office would send out investigators to conduct spot checks on gun stores across the state.

THOMAS FARRAGHER

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St. Mary?s Center for Women and Children in Dorchester provides a place where kids can ?feel loved and nurtured and safe.?

Linda Burston hung a suitable donation at the Women?s Lunch Place.

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Donations can overwhelm groups, not help those in need

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

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Governor Baker?s budget chief didn?t endorse the figure, but said the group ?has a lot of credibility in this area.?

Mass. population growth close to national rate, stats say

The state has seen its population grow 3.8 percent since 2010, to 6.8 million, easily outpacing the regional rate of growth.

Ed Ansin has owned WHDH in Boston since 1993.

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Shirley Leung

To Channel 7 owner, NBC?s offer is $300 million too little

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.?

Healey sues Waltham law firm over debt-collection practices

Attorney General Maura Healey alleges Lustig, Glaser & Wilson PC preyed on some of the state?s poorest people.

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Stephen Silva, who owned the weapon used in Sean Collier?s killing, was freed Tuesday after serving 17 months in prison.

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Civil War historical groups on Tuesday reenacted the ceremony, which saw soldiers return infantry flags to the governor.

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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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Jimmy Rider pedaled through Boston toward Copley Square with a Christmas tree in tow. Rider has delivered 200 trees this season.

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Spreading comfort and joy ? and trees ? by bike

Jimmy Rider uses his bike and an attached trailer to deliver a dash of holiday tradition to his customers.

Globe Santa representative Bill Connolly (left) accepted a generous donation this week from Nixon Peabody?s Pam DiBella and managing partner Cary Oberstein. ?We donate to Globe Santa because of the children,? said DiBella.

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Postal Service, Globe drivers delight in delivering presents

The delivery of more than 20,000 packages is a challenging task that takes organization to another level.

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Some transit users also expressed frustration with many MBTA workers making more than $100,000 per year.

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Mark Perrone?s history of financial troubles includes a federal criminal conviction for failing to file his income taxes.

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Officials say the changes will bring much-needed housing, open space, and perhaps a long-desired grocery store to the area.

Sounding off on the big business stories of 2015

Here?s a short list of a few of our favorite sound bites from 2015?s biggest business stories.

Nothing eludes Epix?s cameras, including this hug between Tuukka Rask and Patrice Bergeron after the Bruins? recent game with Pittsburgh at TD Garden.

?Road to the Winter Classic? series goes behind the scenes

Producer Ross Greenburg?s mandate: bring viewers, both hardcore and casual fans, inside the game.

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It?s the holiday season and so it?s a perfect time for an awesome video of big robots with Santa?s sleigh.

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Saahil Sud?s startup will offer others the chance to use the tools that earned him more than $3.5 million from fantasy sports in 2015.

BOTTLES

Eight favorite winter beers

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

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

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.

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.

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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.