City tries to find a path forward for Dudley Square

Men gathered to play chess in a nearly empty Tasty Burger, which will close soon, in Dudley Square.  A new restaurant is planned for the site.

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The long-struggling district was once Boston?s second-most-active business center. It?s now at a pivotal crossroads.

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Anthony Perry?s father remembered him on Christmas morning as a loving son who had long been troubled.

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President Trump on Christmas Eve retweeted a doctored image with the CNN logo imposed on a bloodlike splatter under his shoe.

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President Trump is the first president in almost a century to close his first year in office without welcoming a visiting counterpart to the US with a state dinner.

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??Merry Catsmess!?? read the caption in the card. And in a personal touch, as if for emphasis, Robby Strong had enclosed a box of horse manure.

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Russian election officials barred the opposition leader Aleksei Navalny from running in next year?s presidential election.

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In a statement on Christmas Eve, the US Mission to the United Nations said that the UN?s 2018-2019 budget would be slashed by over $285 million.

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President Trump is celebrating Christmas the way millions of Americans do: surrounded by family, the White House said.

What?s open, closed on Christmas Day

Supermarkets? Liquor stores? Banks? Here?s a look at what?s open and what?s closed on Christmas Day.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ashley150-12207.jpg ?She always wanted to help others?

Family members are mourning 19-year-old Ashley St. Onge, who was killed Saturday when she was struck by a tractor-trailer after she?d pulled over to the side of I-93.

Man killed in Abington fire on Christmas Eve is identified

A man who died in a Christmas Eve fire at an elderly housing complex in Abington was identified Monday as 71-year-old Stanly Simon.

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A twist on spiked cider. A true hot, buttered rum. A drink made with quince? Make these recipes and cheers to good cheer.

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12/25/2017 - Boston, MA - Christmas Day brought an early snowstorm that created whiteout conditions for a time in the Boston area and made a pretty canvas of the Boston Common. Photo by Dina Rudick/Globe Staff

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Frigid temperatures are expected after snowy Christmas

Temperatures are expected to plummet and winds will be strong after the storm that brought snow across New England.

Dave Epstein

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Temperatures are going to drop dramatically in the coming days.

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How many inches of snow fell where you live?

Globe Santa

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At the end of his sleigh ride, Globe Santa will have distributed presents to 34,322 children in 19,181 families.

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Queen Elizabeth II and senior members of the royal family ? along with Prince Harry?s American fiancee ? attended a Christmas church service on Monday.

In this Dec. 22, 2017 photo, 75 year old Joaquin Rivera Calderon gets up early to check out a model allusive to the birth of the baby Jesus established on the balcony of his house in Morovis, Puerto Rico. Over 30,000 residents of that mountain town wait for the restoration of electric power service, one of the last municipalities of Puerto Rico that remains completely in the dark more than three months after the passage of Hurricane Maria. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Dark, desperate life without power in Puerto Rico

Uncertainty, depression and anger is growing among the 30,000 people in the small mountain town of Morovis nestled in the center of the island that remains in the dark.

12/25/2017 - Boston, MA - Cardinal Sean O'Malley visited the St. Francis House on Christmas morning and held a special service for residents and guests. Photo by Dina Rudick/Globe Staff

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Cardinal O?Malley brings Christmas message to St. Francis House guests

?The great virtue of Christmas is hospitality, making room for God and for each other, in our lives and in our hearts,? O?Malley said in a sermon Monday morning.

Boston MA 11/27/16 Boston Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid (54) with pressure from Tampa Bay Lightning center Cedric Paquette (13) during second period action at the TD Garden. (Photo by Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff) topic: reporter:

FLUTO SHINZAWA | ON HOCKEY

Bruins are facing a decision with Adam McQuaid

Now healthy, the stay-at-homer faces blue-line competition.

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The oldest daughter of Eric Garner, the black man whose dying calls of ?I can?t breathe?became a protest chant across the country, has been hospitalized following a heart attack.

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson said he?s relying on daily physical therapy, medication and prayer to manage Parkinson?s disease, but he showed few signs of slowing down Monday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Kuruvilla_02.jpg New college for conservative Christians planned in Boston

Finny Kuruvilla, an investment fund manager, has pledged $30 million to fund Sattler College.

Love Letters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/25/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/Meredith_Goldstein_NewLogo-2932.jpg Am I being strung along?

I?m OK with being single for now, but I?m worried that I may be pining for a man who will never love me the way he used to.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/06/11/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/2013-06-11T175742Z_1873488190_GM1E9591PIS01_RTRMADP_3_GOOGLE-WAZE.jpg As apps like Waze reroute commuter traffic, towns fight back

From Medford, Mass., to Fremont, Calif., communities are grappling with gridlock caused by well-intentioned traffic apps like Waze.

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Host Chris Gasper welcomes Buffalo Bills reporter Vic Carucci to preview the upcoming Patriots-Bills game.

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Globe Santa has brought gifts, and immeasurable joy, to children in need for 61 years.

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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/2011-2020/2017/12/22/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Air%20travel.jpg Traveling over the holidays? Follow these tips to stay healthy

Admit it. There are few things worse than being sick over the holidays. So we have some advice.