Matt Lauer out after sex misconduct complaint

The ?Today? co-host was fired after a complaint about inappropriate sexual behavior.

Host Matt Lauer pauses during a break while filming NBC's

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JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi-3582.jpg Harassment firings turn the spotlight on press

Turning the microscope on our own organizations happens infrequently and usually not until some major crisis of credibility.

Co-anchors Hoda Kotb (left) and Savannah Guthrie embraced on the set of the

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Video

Guthrie announces Lauer firing

Millions of ?Today? show viewers awoke to the news.

Developer Jon Cronin wants to build a $260-million luxury condo tower at 150 Seaport Blvd. but still needs some approvals and is facing a lawsuit.

Developer coughs up $2m for slice of Seaport sidewalk

Jon Cronin needed 3,000 square feet of sidewalk to make his $260 million condo tower project work.

GLOBE SANTA

Grandparents ask for Christmas help from Globe Santa

They wrote that the opioid epidemic ?destroyed? their grandson?s family. Books to replace those lost in an eviction could help make his Christmas better.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/28/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/themooch.jpg Students rejoice after Anthony Scaramucci quits Tufts board

The former White House aide said his resignation ?will make it easier for all parties. . . . Easier for Tufts and easier for me.?

Chad Finn

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/17/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_bosgs10_spts.jpg During a break in the action, let?s take stock of the Celtics

Here is how the team meshed and ascended to the best record in the NBA.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/881353214.jpg LeBron James ejected for first time in his career

James was tossed after he screamed and gestured toward referee Kane Fitzgerald for not getting a foul call.

Ben Volin | On Football

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Sean McDermott has the Bills 6-5 and in the playoff hunt, but their real test is Sunday.

Dan Shaughnessy

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy_20131006.jpg Don?t you dare question Bill Belichick!

Take Tom Brady out with the game in hand? Obviously we don?t watch enough football, and Belichick is much, much smarter than you are.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/c26d38284a3c4365a56e477fde4d0e1a-c26d38284a3c4365a56e477fde4d0e1a-0.jpg ESPN eliminating 150 production, tech jobs in latest cuts

The cuts are just the latest move as the sports broadcasting giant continues to shift its focus to a more digital future.

Ashton Grant had 55 receptions for 845 yards and nine touchdowns for Assumption College in 2017.

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FYI, Assumption College has a pretty good football team

Assumption will face Indiana (Pa.) on Saturday in the quarterfinals of the Division 2 playoffs.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/a1864d3022b84af38124a075aa3a1a5c-a1864d3022b84af38124a075aa3a1a5c-0.jpg Monica Lewinsky slams HLN special carrying her name

Monica Lewinsky isn?t too pleased with the title of an upcoming TV special about her affair with President Bill Clinton that led to his impeachment.

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/30namesThePost01.jpg Former Globe, Post editors discuss Pentagon Papers

Panelists highlighted similarities between the national mood when the Pentagon Papers were leaked in 1971 and today.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/newtonpantry.jpg Food pantries step up to meet another need: cleanliness

Federal assistance doesn?t cover household cleaning and personal hygiene products.

Starts & Stops

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/04/11/BostonGlobe.com/BCOM/Images/highway.jpg New Hampshire is considering first big highway toll hike in a decade

Your trip up to Maine or the White Mountains could get more expensive.

TECH LAB

Like Y2K, the Net neutrality crisis is way overhyped

As the Federal Communications Commission nears a fateful decision on network neutrality, it?s beginning to feel a lot like Y2K all over again.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/AFP_UP4O7.jpg Trump retweets series of anti-Muslim videos posted by far-right ?Britain First?

The series of anti-Muslim videos were originally posted by Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader of the far-right group Britain First.

South Korea?s missile system fired a Hyunmoo-2 missile into the East Sea.

President Trump pledges more North Korea sanctions

After 2 1/2 months of relative quiet, North Korea said it successfully fired a ??significantly more?? powerful, nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/200_lucian_wintrich.jpg Conservative speaker arrested after altercation at UConn

Lucian Wintrich grabbed a woman after she took papers off his lectern. He was briefly taken into custody.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/29blspic05.jpg IRS audit results in $1 million in penalties for city

The agency issued seven findings, four of which centered on mismanagement of student activity accounts at Boston schools.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/11-20-2017_weather_01-10465.jpg Enjoy this reprieve from the cold while you can

Temperatures could hit 60 degrees in some Massachusetts communities Wednesday.

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Opinion | Lawrence H. Summers and Rachel Lipson

A tax on the American Dream

Congress and the president are gravely wrong to levy punitive taxes on engines of opportunity.

Police officers processed potential evidence at a McDonalds in Tampa, Fla, Tuesday.

Mysterious murders paralyzed a Tampa neighborhood. Then police got a tip

Police say Howell Emanuel Donaldson III was behind four fatal shootings, which had stymied investigators and terrified residents for more than a month.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/04gloucester06-10507.jpg Attorney rejected for state bench accused of domestic abuse

The estranged wife of North Shore attorney Edward O?Reilly told a judge she has suffered a series of violent encounters with her husband.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/28/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/a8fa793565924b52a562a75b17307036-a8fa793565924b52a562a75b17307036-0.jpg John McCain slams Trump over ?Pocahontas? ?insult?

Families of Navajo war veterans who were honored at the White House also weighed in, saying they were dumbfounded over the remark.

Jason Torres, of Mason, N.H., uses his camera to search for evidence of the Earth?s curvature. He says he hasn?t found any.

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A lonely world for a flat-earther at the point of no turn

Jason Torres believes that everything we?ve been taught about our planet is a lie; there is no globe, no blue-and-green orb spinning endlessly on its axis in space.

Good Samaritan who was homeless gets paid back many times over

The New Jersey woman helped by the man raised more than $385,000 so that the man can get a home, truck, and a trust fund.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumacki_deerhunt_metro058.jpg Hunting or hiking next week? Wear bright orange

It?s the start of shotgun deer hunting season on Monday, and state officials are urging you to wear bright clothing if you?re anywhere near a hunting site.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Image%20Tease%20Place%20Holder.png The Season Ticket podcast

Pro Bowl safety Devin McCourty joins host Chris Gasper to talk about the season the Patriots are having.

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One hundred years ago, one of the world?s top conductors was ensnared in a scandal involving patriotism and sex. It almost toppled Boston?s famed orchestra.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Tlumacki_statehousegovbakeropiod_metro210.jpg The secrets of Governor Charlie Baker

Despite a reform of the state?s public records law, some offices, including the governor?s, still claim to be exempt.

Confidential tips

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Do you know about wrongdoing that needs to be exposed? Call the Globe Spotlight team: 617-929-7483 or [email protected].

Holiday Arts Preview

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/17/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/Holiday%20Arts%20preview%20web150-5211.jpg The best of the arts this upcoming holiday season

?Tis the season for music, shows, and productions of all kinds, just in time for the holidays.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/San%20Diego.jpg Come for a new hip, stay for SeaWorld? San Diego bets on medical tourism

A San Diego campaign aims to attract patients, but experts say it?ll take more than online ads to build a medical tourism hub.

Crossword

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/crossword.jpg Play the crossword

Puzzled? Keep trying and see if you can triumph.