Who could be the new US attorney for Massachusetts?

The US attorney for Massachusetts? main office is at the Seaport?s John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse (above).

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Republicans are set to appoint their first federal prosecutor in Boston in eight years.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/kreiter_xmasstree14_met.jpg Nova Scotians want Boston to know the Christmas tree ain?t for free

The province?s taxpayers footed a $179,000 bill for cutting, shipping, and surrounding last year?s tree with plenty of pomp and circumstance.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/28/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/626181002.jpg Tom Brady says his knee feels better this week

The injury did not affect his performance in Sunday?s win over the Jets, Brady said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/28/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/roofcrop1.jpg S.C. church shooting suspect to represent himself at trial

Dylann Roof?s request came against his lawyers? advice, but the federal judge said he would reluctantly accept the ?unwise? decision.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/PostIts.jpg ?Subway Therapy Boston? project offers messages of hope

The sticky notes that once dotted the walls of MBTA subway station with empowering messages are now being archived online.

Names

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The film?s producer shares the story of how Kenneth Lonergan went from writer to writer-director.

All geared up, Ramon Armen is set to descend into a cave in upstate New York.

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In search of the Northeast?s mysterious marble caves

Members of the Berkshire Area Diggers Association are cavers addicted to the thrill of finding new caves in New England and New York.

Donations for Globe Santa filled a basket at Burlington Mall.

GLOBE SANTA

Family stressed by at-home care calls on Globe Santa for help

When a child is born with a chronic illness, everyone in the family, along with Globe Santa, is a caretaker.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/kreiter_keno2_met.jpg Even in a casino era, Keno still pulling in big bucks

Keno rang up $900 million in sales in Mass. last fiscal year ? about one-quarter of the nationwide take.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/25/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/StandingRock22.jpg Devotion, despair fill teeming Standing Rock protest camp

As tension with law enforcement intensifies, a sense of unease has fallen as protesters continue to demonstrate against the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Police respond to reports of an active shooter on campus at Ohio State University on Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. (Tom Dodge/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

Tom Dodge/The Columbus Dispatch via AP

At least 8 sent to hospital after report of active shooter at Ohio State

A shelter-in-place order has been lifted on Ohio State University?s campus.

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At least seven people have been sent to the hospital amid reports of an active shooter on Ohio State?s campus.

The transition to Trump

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/28/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/AFP_IJ1Q5.jpg On Twitter, Trump threatens to terminate Cuba deal

The president-elect took to Twitter to threaten Cuba unless it makes ?a better deal for the Cuban people . . . and the US as a whole.?

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The president-elect wrote that he received the most votes nationwide ?if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.?

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Donald Trump?s comment about ?serious voter fraud? in New Hampshire has been debunked previously.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/28/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/a017d856736b46398a24b55f3d00b1e7-a16afcc8bc334f6e97670027bfd829ce-1.jpg In father?s scandal, the genesis of Kushner?s unflinching loyalty

The 35-year-old Jared Kushner is poised to become one of the top advisers to his father-in-law, the president-elect.

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From the very first day, the man who has become one of the most controversial advisers to Donald Trump, made an impression.

Doctors say MRIs of children?s brains are easily misread.

Boston Children?s Hospital

GE, Children?s Hospital form medical software venture

The two will try to help doctors more accurately interpret brain scans of young patients.

Sponsored by Cross Insurance

Local startups use tech to further health care innovation

From new insights into battling mental health disorders to tools that help relieve chronic pain, New England businesses are using advanced technology to improve health care for the future.

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Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/spotlight150x150-5331asdf-11556.jpg The Desperate and the Dead: The ?new asylums?

There may be no worse place for mentally ill people to receive treatment than prison, yet a growing number end up in the ?new asylums.?

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.

The Big Picture

People are seen on giant fried eggs art installation as part of ?Hecho en Casa? (Made at home) urban artwork festival in downtown Santiago, Chile, Nov. 8.

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big picture

Art for the public

A look at how artists around the world are transforming shared spaces. Photographers captured recent exhibitions and permanent works on display in various locations for all to experience.

Real Estate

A hot summer for home sales has continued into fall

A hot summer for home sales has morphed into a sizzling fall, with the number of homes put under contract up by double-digit percentage points in Massachusetts as we head into the holiday season, new real estate stats show.