National Weather Service

First significant snow of the season set for tonight

In the northwestern section of the state, up to 5 inches could fall, while Boston could see up to 2 inches.

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Maybe it?s some kind of meteorological karma. Or just another example of the fickleness of New England weather.

Most patients who overdose can get new prescriptions

More than 90 percent of people who survived a prescription opioid overdose obtained another prescription, a Boston study found.

Demonstrators blocked Public Square in Cleveland during a protest over the police shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice.

Tony Dejak/AP/File

Grand jury declines to indict officer in Tamir Rice death

A grainy video of the 2014 shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice captured by a surveillance camera provoked outrage nationally.

Boston police say threat to city not credible

Boston police said they are questioning the credibility of a threat made to the New York Police Department about Boston.

Holly Fowler, 42, listened to the court therapist during her arraignment in Haverhill District Court on Monday.

Mark Lorenz for the Boston Globe

Haverhill woman held on $5,000 bail in dead baby hoax

Holly Fowler and her daughter allegedly made up a story about seeing a man throw a baby into the Merrimack River.

Taxi dispatcher?s suspicions lead to arrest of suspect in Lynn

The dispatcher was wary after a call for a taxi, and police arrested a man wanted for allegedly smashing a car into a cafe.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Santos1.png N.H. authorities seeking missing woman

Jennifer Santos did not return to her Dover, N.H. home for Christmas, authorities said.

Howard Leibowitz, key aide to Boston mayors, dies at 63

Leibowitz worked for mayors Raymond Flynn and Thomas Menino where he always looked to make Boston a better city.

Boston Inspectional Services Department Commissioner William Christopher ate lunch at the Chipotle in Brighton, which closed after 136 people got infected with norovirus.

Keith Bedford/Globe Staff

Inspection head dines at reopened Chipotle in Brighton

Commissioner William Christopher ate at the Beacon Street location on Monday after it reopened following a norovirus outbreak.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

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The decision to kick off in OT and the loss to the Jets will not deter them from going to Santa Clara.

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - DECEMBER 27: Eric Decker #87 of the New York Jets scores the game winning touchdown in overtime against the New England Patriots in their game at MetLife Stadium on December 27, 2015 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Jets defeated the Patriots with a score of 26 to 20 in overtime. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images)

Alex Speier

Odds were on Patriots? side following overtime decision

NFL teams that stop their opponent on the first drive of overtime have a very high win percentage.

Matt Damon in ?The Martian.?

Names

Calculating the cost of rescuing Matt Damon

The answer responds to the question, ?How much money has been spent attempting to bring Matt Damon back from distant places??

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/28/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/neverettphoto-8649.jpg Tim Neverett to join Red Sox radio broadcast team

Neverett, a New Hampshire native, was offered the position last week, and the deal was formalized Monday.

Governor Charlie Baker spoke during a news conference following the Boston Olympics announcement in January.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

When it came to spending in 2015, Mass. said ?no?

Whether it was the Olympics or efforts to fix the T, lawmakers consistently opted against using taxpayer dollars to make big investments.

People gathered in front of Puerto Rico?s capitol building in April to protest Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla's budget proposal for the next fiscal year in San Juan.

Ricardo Arduengo/AP/File

Julio Ricardo Varela | opinion

Puerto Rico and presidential politics

If Florida didn?t have so many Puerto Rican voters, the federal government likely wouldn?t be so preoccupied with the island?s finances.

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Amazon has been a prime beneficiary of more consumers doing their holiday shopping online and procrastinating.

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Since its inception with the snow-globe game in Buffalo in 2008, the Classic has been a made-for-TV event.

The CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin, the largest container ship to ever call at a North America port, docked at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, Calif.

Huge new container ship arrives at Port of Los Angeles

The CMA-CGM Benjamin Franklin is the largest container ship ever to call at a North American port.

Betaboston

Software turns smartphone into 3-D scanner

Researchers have developed a new technology that could turn most smartphones into high-quality 3-D scanners.

Ground Game

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/16/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/eaf6cae7-5caf-4783-9ee6-d9797b95b83d.jpg Iowa, N.H. could knock out 15 of 23 presidential candidates

Iowa and New Hampshire do not pick presidents. What they have done in the past is winnow the field and point the way on a few options.

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

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

The Big Picture

A life unraveling

Over the past year the Globe spent time with Raquel Rodriguez as she struggled to get clean for her two young daughters.

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.