Berlin truck suspect killed in shootout, police say

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Checks conducted after the shootout showed ??the person killed, without a shadow of a doubt, is Anis Amri, the suspect of the terrorist attack,?? one official said.

Shirley Leung

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We end 2016 the way we started: fussing over the details of Don Chiofaro?s Boston Harbor Garage project.

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One high school student was killed and another suffered life-threatening injuries in a one-car crash in Falmouth Thursday night.

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Chiefs of staff usually work in the shadows. But in Dan Koh, Boston City Hall has something it has not seen since 1968.

Changing the game, one YouTube video at a time

Toy companies are releasing a new category of board games that embrace, not avoid, our smartphone habits.

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It is the first time the public has heard from the 57-year-old Sampson since his violent crime spree in 2001.

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Could the end be in sight for Punter?s Pub?

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Fourteen days since its delayed grand opening, the village has attracted 5,000 weekday and 15,000 weekend visitors on average.

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The future of Obamacare: What we know now

The incoming administration has made it clear the controversial legislation will be scrutinized, and possibly upended. We examine what businesses can do in the face of these expected changes.

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The transition to Trump

President-elect Donald Trump.

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In a day of tweets, Trump suggests major change on national security issues

Before lunchtime Thursday, President-elect Donald Trump said he would expand the U.S. nuclear arsenal.

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A man claims he and his husband were removed from a Florida-bound flight after his spouse ?expressed displeasure? about flying with Trump and her husband.

Globe Santa

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Globe Santa?s helpers have noticed an increase in the number of letter-writers who say they have paused at the thought of asking for a helpful hand.

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Maine dad Dan Howard shared a two-minute video of himself describing what life is like now that his daughter has moved back in for Christmas break.

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What fun is holiday travel if that?s all we ever did during our time off? And so, a new tradition was born. Behold, Hotel Christmas.

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book review

George Lucas and the force that was with him

Being fiercely independent and a ?control freak? helped the filmmaker wend his way from the central California farm country of his youth to a galaxy far, far away.

quick bites

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The South End nook features an Italian-influenced menu from chef Douglass Williams, previously at Coppa, Radius, and Corton.

Opinion | Stephen Kinzer

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Around the world, voters have placed their faith in authoritarian leaders.

CHAD FINN | SPORTS MEDIA

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The long-established veterans will be terminated at the end of the year.

THINGS TO DO

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The Globe?s picks for the best ways to spend your weekend.

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We are about to see a collision between complexity and simplicity ? and it will be a public-policy pile-up for the ages.

Special reports

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Every doctor told the Lacey family their son would die ? except one

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.

Life sciences

STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.

Investigations

The Desperate and the Dead | Part 7

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One Texas city took on mental health as a community and became a national model. Why can?t Mass. do the same?

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.

Real Estate

Home of the week: A Newton condo in a Colonial-style home for under $500,000

Well before the Massachusetts Turnpike was built, this New England Colonial graced its Newton street. Converted into condos in 2015, the home retains its welcoming front porch and its charm.

Cars

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Prime opens Audi, Acura, and Porsche dealerships

A few years back, motorists leaving Rte. 95 and driving down Rte. 1 South in Westwood could look to the right and see a group of businesses: a daycare center, menswear store, pool and patio company, and some warehouses. David Rosenberg, president of Prime Motor Group, who drove by daily, instead saw that large parcel [?]

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Marie-Paule Kieny of the World Health Organization discussed the Ebola vaccine Thursday in Geneva.

Latest Ebola vaccine is deemed effective

In a scientific triumph that will change the way the world fights a terrifying killer, an experimental Ebola vaccine tested on humans in the waning days of the West African epidemic has been shown to provide 100 percent protection against the lethal disease.