MBTA considers discounts for low-income riders

Transit experts say there are roadblocks that have stifled such ideas in the past, including logistical difficulties.

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A positive jobs report and China?s actions to calm volatility in its financial markets may mean Wall Street ends its weeklong slide.

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He accused the powerful lobby group of peddling an ?imaginary fiction? that he said has distorted the national debate about gun violence.

Economy added 292,000 jobs in Dec.

The Labor Department says the unemployment rate remained at 5 percent for the third straight month.

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The decision came after a two-hour meeting between attorneys for the victims and trustees of the prestigious Rhode Island prep school.

Responders at the scene early this evening.

Jim Davis/Globe Staff

Blast critically injures four at North Andover chemical plant

Fire officials say it is too early to determine if Thursday?s explosion occurred because of human error.

Hillary Clinton campaigned at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

New batch of Hillary Clinton e-mails released

The State Department said the documents include 66 messages that have been classified.

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The network said the new station would carry the NBC programs now seen on Channel 7 as well as new syndicated shows.

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Jennifer Amyot-Garvey was indicted by a Suffolk County grand jury last month after an investigation by the Suffolk district attorney?s office.

 At a press event at an MBTA facility in Dorchester, Charlie Baker took the opportunity to talk to a member of the T?s management. Transit problems have proved to be one of the biggest issues facing the governor.

For Charlie Baker, the hardest part may be ahead

The governor has taken on many of the state?s problems that won?t be easily solved.

Significant delays on Franklin commuter rail line

Problems with a train and a separate issue with a track signaling system are to blame, according to Keolis.

The sun broke through the clouds as a jet headed to Logan Airport over South Boston Friday morning.

Jonathan Wiggs/Globe staff

Partly sunny day expected in Greater Boston

Temperatures on the last day of the work week in Boston should reach into the 40s and should remain above freezing overnight.

Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning pulls grass off his helmet during the second half in an NFL football game against the San Diego Chargers, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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CHAD FINN I SPORTS MEDIA

NFL media looks other way on Peyton Manning, HGH

Had the HGH been sent to Tom Brady and his wife, would there be such radio silence?

opinion | Hillary Clinton

A make-or-break moment for Supreme Court appointments

There?s a lot at stake in this election. Nowhere is this clearer than in the US Supreme Court.

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The Pew Research Center also projects that the estimated 3.3 million Muslims in America will more than double by 2050.

adrian walker

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Council president is the kind of job that is whatever you make it. Michelle Wu seems to see her role primarily as a facilitator.

Maine Governor Paul LePage in October.

Drug dealers impregnate ?young white? girls, Maine governor says

Governor Paul LePage, a Republican, described out-of-state drug dealers as ??guys with the name D-Money, Smoothie, Shifty.??

One big idea from the presidential candidates

The Globe asked each campaign for one big idea that the White House hopeful believes would have a major impact on the country.

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The price of eggs in Massachusetts will almost certainly go up should voters pass a controversial animal welfare ballot initiative.

Joe Tucci and Michael Dell.

innovation economy

Feeling jitters as Dell-EMC marriage approaches

A lot of questions hang over the combination including how many employees will lose jobs.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/07/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy-8748.jpg A piece of this, and a piece of that

The Globe columnist takes a few moments to weigh in on topics from around the sports world.

Spotlight Follow-Up

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The move comes in the wake of a series of reports by the Globe Spotlight Team about double-booked operations.

Turkey chases after Natick Police cruiser during ?poultry pursuit?

Another day, another wild turkey pestering the people of the Commonwealth.

Movie Review

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In ?Janis: Little Girl Blue,? Joplin herself provides both the excess and the nuance.

album review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/30/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/G4Q1148-HI.jpg David Bowie?s enigmatic return

Maybe David Bowie can?t give everything away, but he certainly put his all into ?Blackstar.?

Letter from the publisher

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We recognize that you depend on us, and that we?ve let you down. We?re working around the clock to solve this.

Note to subscribers

Updated: Jan. 6, 4:09 p.m.

To our subscribers,

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As a result of this change, we are hoping to see improved delivery service in these areas as soon as Monday, Jan. 11.

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Ground Game

ground game

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With about a month to go before the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary, there is an emerging political dynamic in both sides.

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

 Cats crowd the harbor on Aoshima Island in the Ehime prefecture in southern Japan, Feb. 25. An army of cats rules the remote island in southern Japan, curling up in abandoned houses or strutting about in a fishing village that is overrun with felines outnumbering humans six to one. (Thomas Peter/Reuters)

Thomas Peter/Reuters

The Big picture

The year 2015 in pictures: Animals

A selection of some of the best animal images from photographers around the world.

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.

BetaBoston

BetaBoston

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New Balance offers smartwatch at CES and Under Armour teams with IBM.

Crux

crux

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/05/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/Francesca-Chaouqui.jpg Woman at heart of Vatileaks 2.0 sees herself as martyr for reform

Francesca Chaouqui believes she?s been a target since being named to a reform panel independent of the Vatican bureaucracy.