Gene O?Flaherty is a trusted adviser to Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and a longtime friend.
Antiboycott groups pay for state officials? Israel tripsGovernor Baker and state lawmakers are touring Israel even as Beacon Hill considers legislation that would benefit that country.
New Green Line stations are delayed until 2021The delay for the seven new stations for the Green Line extension into Somerville and Medford pushes the project back yet again.
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Staff members at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station appear ?overwhelmed? by the task of running the Plymouth facility, inspectors found.
For child sex abuse victims, court may feel unsafeProsecutors are mulling ways to make testifying easier for children, but standing in the way are the state?s strong defendant?s rights laws.
A dramatic increase in his property tax bill comes after a dispute over whether he was paying his fair share.
United States Southern Command
John F. Kelly is remembered fondly as an adventurous Irish-Catholic son who reached the highest echelons of military service.
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Knowing the cost of war and of being unrealisticJohn Kelly, who grew up in Brighton, is the right person to protect the homeland, because he will tell us what we need to hear.
Yvonne Abraham
John McCain was born for this moment. Will he seize it?
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Only a handful of national sororities have explicit bylaws that protect transgender women from discrimination.
Globe Santa
?I wish I could give my girl the Christmas my mom always did, but I don?t have the funds to do that,? the mother said in her letter.
The power of will | Chapter 5
Out of options, a father sees one way forward: start a drug companyMeryl Witmer and Pat Lacey needed to start a drug company to continue giving a promising drug to children with a rare cancer. It could easily take years. They had 106 days before their supply ran out.
After delay, Boston Winter opens on City Hall PlazaLights, a giant ice skating loop, gift ?chalets,? and bountiful decorations drew hundreds to experience the installation?s opening night.
US life expectancy declines for the first time since 1993Overall, life expectancy fell by one-tenth of a year, from 78.9 in 2014 to 78.8 in 2015, according to the latest data.
Art Review
The sculpture goes round and roundOr at least it does at the MIT Museum when Arthur Ganson is the sculptor.
Movie REview
Lock up the copier, ?Office Christmas Party? is here?Office Christmas Party? is a surprisingly listless bacchanal from directors Will Speck and Josh Gordon (?Blades of Glory?) and a stacked cast that includes Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston.
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TV CRITIC?s CORNER
What?s going to happen with Mickey and Ian?
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Teams are calling Red Sox about extra starting pitchers The Sox aren?t inclined to deal lefthander Drew Pomeranz, even though he may not crack the starting five.
special report
Pat and Dina Lacey had been parents for only a few months when doctors discovered a tumor in their new baby?s chest. Told to take their son home to die, they put their faith in a young doctor who wouldn?t accept death as the answer.
JOAN VENNOCHI
Give the devil his due ? the people like TrumpDemonizing Donald Trump won?t be easy. At least half the American people like the president-elect they are getting to know.
STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.
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.?
Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight??Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
Wakefield resident and two-time Olympic gold winner Kayla Harrison is reportedly making the jump from judo to MMA.
?He wanted to advise, comfort, and encourage. He wanted to make you feel at ease through humor and respect, a firm handshake,?? said daughter Debby.
If you're willing to cough up $2 million, you can get a pretty substantial condo in Boston proper. Outside of the city, however, you'll nab a very large house.
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has fought for the rollback of President Obama?s climate change efforts.
Killer quakes occur regularly in the region, where many live with the terrifying memory of a giant Dec. 26, 2004, earthquake that struck off Sumatra.
When the deal was announced, days before the presidential election, leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee issued strong cautionary statements about it.
Dutch pianist Reinier Van Houdt?s performance of Michael Pisaro?s ?Green Hour, Gray Future? invited the listener into an untethered state of hyper-sensitive listening.
How to tell a relative that you can no longer fund fancy dinners.
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Thousands gathered in Hawaii Wednesday, 75 years after the attack that drew the United States into World War II.
Ground Game
Convenient truths about Al Gore?s meeting with Donald TrumpThree things are absolutely incredible about this meeting.
Design New England
A Gardener?s GardenThe lush landscape around Andrew Grossman?s home and studio is a showcase of possibilities.
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