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Embattled former union boss retires from Mass. State Police

Facing a federal fraud investigation, the former head of the Massachusetts State Police union has retired from the job he held for the past three decades as a trooper.

Trump?s Thanksgiving threat to close the US-Mexico border

President Trump is threatening to close the border if his administration determines Mexico has lost ?control? on its side.

Protesters at Bristol sheriff?s home decry arrests for ICE

Demonstrators gathered outside Sheriff Thomas Hodgson?s home to protest arrests his department has made to assist immigration authorities.

Elderly driver killed in wrong-way crash on I-495, six injured

The driver, an 84-year-old man from Foxborough, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on the Taunton/Norton line, officials said.

Kyrie Irving walks back his Thanksgiving comment

?Meant no disrespect to the Holiday and those who celebrate it respectfully,? Irving tweeted Thursday morning.

KNICKS 117, CELTICS 109

Celtics lose again, this time to the Knicks at TD Garden

The Celtics staged a furious rally late but came up short to fall to 9-9 on the season.

Consumers spent $440,000 on marijuana products Tuesday in Massachusetts

Data from the state?s Cannabis Control Commission offer a window into consumer demand on opening day.

Are recreational marijuana companies preparing to open in your community? Check our maps

Data released by the Cannabis Control Commission show where marijuana operators hope to set up shop.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts raps Trump for ?Obama judge? comment; Trump hits back

It?s the first time the Republican-appointed leader of the federal judiciary has offered even a hint of criticism of President Trump.

Massive wildfire in Southern California finally contained

Southern California?s Woolsey Fire was 100 percent contained on Wednesday, according to officials.

?Whitey? Bulger slaying: Two more inmates investigated

Investigators are focusing on Felix Wilson, who shared a cell with James ?Whitey? Bulger before his death, and Sean McKinnon, a Vermont man serving an eight-year sentence.

Here?s why this Mass. produce stand is still selling romaine despite the CDC warning

A stand at the Boston Public Market was selling romaine Wednesday, after the CDC said the lettuce was tied to am E. coli outbreak.

BOSTON, 11/8/2018 - Head Coach Ryan Conway and player Alex Lazu during a recent practice for the Boston English/NewMission co-op football team, which will play in the D8 North final on Friday night in Everett. Josh Reynolds for The Boston Globe (Sports, weitzer) — Josh Reynolds for The Boston Globe

Live updates: 2018 Thanksgiving high school football

Get scores and the latest info as traditional rivals square off for bragging rights.

Thanksgiving gets underway in Lawrence

The city is preparing to deliver and serve a holiday feast for the residents affected by the Sept. 13 gas fires and explosions that devastated the Merrimack Valley.

Record-breaking cold temperatures greet Thanksgiving celebrations

Providence and Hartford saw old records fall, but Boston?s low of 14 degrees wasn?t its coldest Nov. 22 in history.

Thanksgiving should be big in Boston. So how did we let New York steal it from us?

The Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock, not Rockaway Beach. Yet somehow New York has stolen a holiday that by all rights should be ours.

Recipe: How to cook a perfect Thanksgiving turkey

You need an instant-read meat thermometer to cook a turkey. Pop-up thermometers that come with the bird usually pop up when the meat is overcooked.

After devastating accident, Athol boy excited to return home for the holidays

Javan Fox, 13, was discharged from Franciscan Children?s hospital in Brighton on Wednesday and was finally able to go home.

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 22: The SpongeBob SquarePants balloon floats along the parade route during the 2018 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 22, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images) — Michael Loccisano/Getty Images

Despite cold, balloons fly at Macy?s Thanksgiving Day parade

Macy?s Thanksgiving Day Parade began amid blustery winds and some of the coldest temperatures in the event?s history.

Carver-10/19/18 From September 15 until November 15, the A.D. Makepeace Company harvests cranberries at their 1700 acres of bogs throughout the South Shore, including the 250 acres of cranberry bogs on Pond Street. Water pours from a wash truck where debris is removed from the cranberries before dropping into a shipping truck. Most of the workers are immigrants who are hired for the seasonal work. Eighteen tractor trailer truckloadshaul away the cranberries from the Pond Street bog. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(metro) — John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

Editorial

Thanks for nothing, Trump. Trade war has cranberry growers seeing red

The little red fruit has been drawn into President Trump?s trade wars. To ease the pain, the federal government should extend financial assistance to cranberry growers.

Opinion | Jessie Little Doe Baird

The true story of the first Thanksgiving and what it meant

The original event, with its story of mutual respect and humanity, has been obscured.

Trouble is brewing at craft beer darling Trillium

Current and former employees said the wildly successful brewery forced many retail workers to reapply for their jobs and then offered them ?promotions? for less money.

Globe Santa launches annual campaign to bring Christmas to families in need

Globe Santa kicks off his 63rd annual campaign to make sure that gifts are under the Christmas tree for thousands of deserving Boston-area children.

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Globe Magazine

Help was a few feet away. Why didn?t they save her?

My wife, Laura Levis, did everything she could to save herself when the asthma attack began. She went to Somerville Hospital and called 911, too. How could she have been left to die just outside the emergency room?

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Aerial photos show devastation from Calif. wildfires

At least 79 people have lost their lives in California?s deadliest wildfire.

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Boston, MA - November 17, 2018: Julie Swain, left, talks with Jelani Waheed, right, after she gave Jelani a sign with quote from Abraham Lincoln at the Violence Intervention Advocacy Program offices at Boston Medical Center in Boston, MA on November 20, 2018. (Julie Swain is a veteran nurse. Two years ago, she raised her hand to work on the hospital's violence intervention program. And that's how she came to meet Jelani, who had been shot in the leg. It looked bad, swollen, life-threatening. At Julie's insistence, Jelani was treated for a blood clot that could have killed him. Today, 32-year-old Jelani is an apprentice iron worker. A photo of him now hangs on Julie Swain's bulletin board. He sits on a girder. He is smiling. And so is the nurse who saved his life. A Thanksgiving Day tale of a nurse, who cares for those trapped in violence without judgment. And of a young man, shot and almost killed last year.

THOMAS FARRAGHER

A bond to be thankful for ? every day

Sharryn Ross and Jon Truslow took a food order from the back of the family vehicle. The couple has been volunteering at Community Servings for more than two decades, delivering meals to people in need in the Boston area.

On a holiday built on food, Thanksgiving meals from Community Servings are medicine

Former Mass. governor Michael Dukakis appeared before the MBTA board to express his support for a North-South rail link in Boston. Seated in the backround is former Mass. governor William Weld, who spoke after Dukakis.

NESTOR RAMOS

He ran a state. He ran for president. Now, Michael Dukakis waits his turn

Greenpeace activists display a big banner reading

UN weather group warns climate change ?window of opportunity? nearly closed

October 12, 2018-- BEDFORD, MA - Michael Leonard, who has played around the world, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Pops, now in the instrument rental and repair business, Leonard's music. (Joanne Rathe/ Globe Staff)

ON THE JOB

Michael Leonard toots his own horn, and rents out others

US Senator Edward M. Markey cut a rug with State Treasurer Deb Goldberg (in orange) at the event, with Mayor Martin J. Walsh (background, white shirt) and other volunteers.

Hundreds get turkey with all the fixings at Goodwill?s annual Thanks-For-Giving event

With romaine lettuce out this holiday, archivists from the city shared an old book containing salad recipes from the 1900s ? including how to make ?meat salad.?

With romaine lettuce out, how about a meat salad?

Laura Alefantis (left) helped Hadde Diaz, 4, find a pair of snow pants and a winter jacket as she volunteers at Debbie's Treasure Chest during Keeping The Merrimack Valley Warm Night.

Lawrence-area residents prepare for a cold Thanksgiving

The annual gift of an evergreen Christmas tree from Nova Scotia arrived Tuesday and was set up for the holidays.

Christmas tree arrives at Boston Common from Nova Scotia

The National Monument to the Forefathers.

On Thanksgiving, revisiting the other Plymouth

A police photo of the building on University Road in Cambridge outside Harvard Square where Jane Britton lived and was killed. Britton was a Harvard student who was killed in January 1969.

Serial rapist is linked to 1969 murder of Jane Britton at Harvard

A man stretches out across empty airplane seats. As the number of passengers increases on flights, it's becoming rarer for passengers to wind up with an empty seat next to them, or better yet, their own row.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

An ode to the disappearing empty airplane seat

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Boston Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask (40) stops a Detroit Red Wings center Michael Rasmussen (27) shot in the second period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

RED WINGS 3, BRUINS 2

Shorthanded Bruins fight, but lose in OT to Red Wings

The Bruins couldn?t hang on in Detroit and lost in overtime.

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Boston, MA, 11/21/2018 -- Tom Egan of Dorchester takes pictures of the now demolished Whiskey Priest in the Seaport District. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: Reporter:

The Whiskey Priest and Atlantic Beer Garden are officially no more

Two mainstay Boston bars ? The Whiskey Priest and Atlantic Beer Garden ? have been demolished.

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Nancy Pelosi has said she has the votes to become the Speaker of the House when Democrats take control of the chamber in January.

So far, half of the House Democrats in New England support Pelosi

Half of the recently elected Democrats from New England ? who now occupy every House seat in the region ? are so far publicly supporting Nancy Pelosi to serve as their next speaker.