Deval Patrick urges rejection of Sessions as AG

Patrick called Jeff Sessions? prosecution in a 1985 voting-rights case ?disqualifying? for anyone seeking the job of attorney general.

Marijuana in Mass.

Proposed medical marijuana changes not enough, patients say

Regulators have ignored problems that hamper patient access to medical marijuana, advocates said.

$325 plastic bags ? with free weed ?gift? ? advertised on Craigslist

?I am selling you an empty bag,? the person who placed the ad wrote. ?Marijuana placed in that empty sandwich bag is simply a legal gift.?

The transition to Trump

House GOP drops ethics office changes

The House GOP decided to strip the provision from a package of rule changes after widespread criticism and questions on timing from Donald Trump.

Michael A. Cohen

Republicans get caught with hand in the cookie jar

The GOP reversed their move to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics, but that doesn?t mean they recognize that they made a blunder.

What is on Beacon Hill?s agenda?

Here?s a quick primer on some of what?s expected to be on the docket when the Legislature?s two-year session begins Wednesday.

The knock on her door was an escaped federal inmate, woman says

The Framingham resident claims James Morales, who escaped from a federal detention center in R.I., knocked on her door on New Year?s Eve before leaving.

Yarmouth parents charged after 3-year-old shoots self in hand

The girl remains hospitalized, but is expected to fully recover, police said.

Health

Study suggests parental obesity could put babies at risk for developmental delays

The study is important because it also focuses on dads.

Names

Could Megyn Kelly?s move to NBC be good for the local affiliate?

Megyn Kelly?s defection from Fox News comes at an opportune time for NBC?s affiliate in Boston. Or does it?

Names

We know who Trump should ask to perform at the inauguration

Entertainers from the swing states that helped elect him, that?s who.

DANTE RAMOS

Sorry about that whole 401(k) mess

The early champions of the tax-deferred plans express regrets for what their efforts later yielded.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Lack of competition takes fun out of Patriots? playoff run

Wouldn?t it be better to have a close, hard-fought game that goes down to the wire than yet another walkover?

Talking points newsletter

Business confidence, a new partner for Partners, and popularity of pop-up shops

Here?s your recap of the most important business news for Tuesday.

Dec. 12, 2016 - Former dog fighting investigator Terry Mills stands in front of a slide showing a picture of a dog who was shot by his owner for refusing to fight another dog during a lecture at Tuft's Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in North Grafton Mass. to law enforcement, animal rights activists and animal control officers on dog fighting. Photo credit: Justin Saglio for the Boston Globe. Section: Metro. Reporter: Cristela Guerra. Slug: 13dog(2) — Justin Saglio for The Boston Globe

Learning about dog fighting in order to stop it

Through graphic videos and images, veterinary students, law enforcement officers, animal control officers, and federal agents learned about the brutal activity.

Renée Graham

Judge not, that ye be judged unfit for ?Ellen?

Perhaps homophobic gospel singer Kim Burrell skipped the biblical passages about hypocrisy and not judging others.

Parking meter rates rise in Back Bay, Seaport

Tuesday is the first day of the city?s new pilot program to test higher parking rates.

Real Deal Deli in Cleveland Circle closes

Owners wrote that the deli was closing ?due to our lease expiration,? but that locations in West Roxbury and Jamaica Plain were still open.

Watch: 2-year-old saves twin by pushing fallen dresser off of him

What started as two brothers playing quickly turned into a dire situation.

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No, don?t move to Canada ? or Australia

People appalled by the outcome of the election need to stay involved with US politics, not ignore it.

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.