Boston police officer shot in Dorchester

Authorities searched the scene where a Boston police officer was shot Friday morning.

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A suspect was reportedly taken into custody on Geneva Avenue a few minutes afterwards.

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An official said teams were unable to go inside the North Andover facility Thursday night after an explosion left four men with critical injuries.

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Paul LePage has apologized for his remark about out-of-state drug dealers impregnating ?young white? girls.

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The officer was in his cruiser in West Philadelphia when the shooter approached and started firing into the driver?s-side window.

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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.

FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016 file photo, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith (11) throws as offensive tackle Eric Fisher (72) blocks Oakland Raiders defensive back Dewey McDonald (35) during the first half of an NFL football game in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)

NFL

Wild Card playoff preview: Bengals, Chiefs out to end long droughts

Cincinnati and Kansas City haven?t won playoff games since the 90s and are out to change that this weekend.

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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.

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.

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

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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.

Dec. jobs report caps strong year

For all of 2015, employers added 2.65 million jobs, a monthly average of 221,000.

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?

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

Gracia Lam

Connections

Confessions of a fortuneteller

Madame Wishbone offers lessons gleaned from years of gazing into a crystal ball at the school carnival.

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

Campbell Soup to begin placing GMO labels on product packaging

The company broke ranks with other major food producers.

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Major stock indices began the day positively but began to fluctuate.

Harry Groome, of Arlington, Mass., third from right, a former student at St. George?s School from 1978-1982 claimed he was raped at age 14 by a fellow student. He spoke to the media earlier this week.

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St. George?s School agrees to new probe of sex abuse

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

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.

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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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)

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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

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