Donald Trump?s executive experience offers some clues, perhaps, into how he will govern as president.

Evan Vucci/Associated Press/File 2016

Can ?CEO Trump? offer clues on how ?President Trump? will act?

As a businessman, Trump delegated day-to-day operations and wanted quick, not detailed, briefings.

DAVID M. SHRIBMAN | LETTER FROM THE RUST BELT

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?The attitude was: ?Why not take a chance???? said Leo Gerard, the president of the United Steelworkers? union.

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As a circus-like atmosphere unfolds around the building, the president-elect is laying the groundwork for his administration.

Yvonne Abraham

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Now that Donald Trump is president-elect, we need to find the bright side in something.

Lowell, Ma., 09\14\16, Inside the second session of Lowell District Court is the bench where Debra Silvestri over dosed. Spotlight series on mental illness. Suzanne Kreiter\Globe staff

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

The desperate and the dead

A suicide in the courtroom

Defendants with mental illness are much more likely to receive punishment than treatment, putting Mass. courts behind much of the country in addressing the mental health crisis.

The desperate and the dead

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/sidebar1.jpg Experts said Jahvon Goodwin could not control himself when he killed a stranger

A Spotlight Team review shows the insanity defense is rarely used and even more rarely successful.

Read the full series

Dead infant?s father says he?s not ?a baby murderer?

Sergei Albert said he ingested a ?substance,? but defended his actions, comparing it to drinking with a child present.

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The victims, men in their late 20s, were attacked Saturday near Franklin Field, police said.

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Plaques were unveiled around the city to commemmorate the 130 people killed in the Nov. 13, 2015, assault.

A worker at FarmedHere, an organic hydroponic ?vertical farm? near Chicago, carried arugula that is ready to be packaged.

Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune

Organic farmers fight USDA to defend their turf

They are digging in their heels against what they call the invasive growth of organic hydroponics.

Kevin Cullen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/cullen-11726.jpg For service members, battles are internal and all too real

The news about US troops still dying overseas was lost in the miasma of the presidential election coverage.

Winter Travel | Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/06/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/opener1113outlets.jpg Who needs a mall? Do your holiday shopping on vacation in Vermont.

In Manchester, outlet shopping, small-town charm, and seasonal scenery all meet.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

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Like the Patriots, the Seahawks possess an identity, a championship pedigree, and a franchise QB.

A WWE Championship Belt.

Roy Rochlin/Getty Images

Ex-WWE diva joins suit, claims sexual abuse, brain injuries

Ashley Massaro made a number of health and safety complaints in a Nov. 9 court filing.

TRAVEL

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Viking makes the jump from river cruising to the ocean in its stunning new ship the Viking Star.

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