Courts rebuke Baker on push to strip hundreds of gun licenses

At least a dozen gun owners, some convicted decades ago of misdemeanors, filed legal challenges to win back their firearm licenses. The state is resisting a mounting number of court orders.

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Dueling lawsuits describe a difficult work environment and offer a rare glimpse inside School Department headquarters.

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A first-of-its kind deal that includes strict restraints on prices could be a model for mergers in other states ? but could also be difficult to enforce, experts say.

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With about 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 each day, the Medicare enrollment odyssey has become a generational rite of passage.

Guilherme ?Gilly? Assuncao reprised his impromptu concert of 2017 Sunday at Russo?s Market in Watertown.

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A year after his life changed forever, ?Gilly? performs again

Guilherme ?Gilly? Assuncao went viral thanks to a video of his singing in the produce aisle of a Watertown market. On Sunday, he reprised the performance.

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Bush is being widely hailed as a president of decency and integrity. How sad ? and telling ? that decency is now a standout quality in a president.

Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Rabbi Rachmeil Liberman of Congregation Lubavitch Synagogue lit the menorah in Downtown Crossing on Sunday.

A somber beginning to Hanukkah in Boston

Rain held off Sunday long enough to allow for the lighting of the menorahs in Boston.

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The driver of another vehicle involved faces multiple charges, including operating under the influence of alcohol, second offense.

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The tech titan?s low public profile in Massachusetts is a little frustrating.

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Joe Biden, Michael Dukakis, and John Kerry were among those who attended a memorial service Sunday in Boston.

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Demonstrators burned cars and smashed store windows in several of Paris?s wealthiest neighborhoods.

Tom Brady (left) congratulated fullback James Develin on one of his two touchdowns.

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It's December, when the Patriots are a sure thing at Gillette

Bill Belichick and Tom Brady are 33-4 in Foxborough in December.

Foxborough, MA 12/02/18- The New England Patriots Kyle Van Noy reacting after they thought they stopped the Minnesota Vikings on fourth an one during fourth quarter action at Gillette Stadium Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018.(Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff)

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Chad Finn | 24 thoughts

After a 1-2 start, who could have seen this coming?

Some of Sunday?s plot points and protagonists were beyond prediction unless you happened to own a high-end crystal ball.

Foxborough, MA 12-2-18: Patriots DL Trey Flowers lets out a howl after a second half stop of a Vikings running back. The New England Patriots hosted the Minnesota Vikings in a regular season NFL football game at Gillette Stadium. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

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Ben Volin | On football

Patriots? defense had the perfect cover to slow down Vikings

The Cover 0 defense featured safety blitzes and even just one down lineman.

PATRIOTS NOTEBOOK

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/03/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/lee120218patsvikings13SPTS.jpg Belichick, Vikings? Adam Thielen have heated exchange on sideline

Thielen believed Patrick Chung was stalling ? which gave Belichick time to throw a challenge flag ? after a fourth-down play in the fourth quarter.

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There?s a federal probe into whether a Newton District Court judge and court personnel helped an undocumented immigrant leave through a back door and avoid arrest.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumackismoke060.jpg Smoke shops are booming, but they?re not always welcome

With recreational marijuana now legal in Mass. and vaping becoming a booming global business, the counterculture staples of college towns are expanding quickly.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/412c8ceb7f4648f683433790b8a2ae5f-412c8ceb7f4648f683433790b8a2ae5f-0.jpg This newcomer knows how to navigate ?the swamp?

Roxbury congresswoman-elect Ayanna Pressley campaigned as an outsider, but she shows a savvy understanding of life in D.C.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/02/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/6da58741c6694f37983988f340e63c92-6da58741c6694f37983988f340e63c92-0.jpg ?He just flung it over his head.? Inside the wildest play of the Celtics? season

The play, which ended in an alley-oop dunk by Jayson Tatum, involved defense and offense and passing and awareness ? things the Celtics lacked earlier in the season.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/02/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/1stld-writethru-26ce2358-deda-11e8-b3f0-62607289efee-9682.jpg ?Saturday Night Live? teases Trump, pays tribute to Bush

Alec Baldwin returned to portray President Trump and ?Weekend Update? honored the late former president George H.W. Bush.

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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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Protesters, a few of whom brought the ashes of their children who died after insulin rationing, gathered outside Sanofi?s Cambridge office.

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In a special bonus episode, Meredith Goldstein explores what happens to summer romance when the summer ends, and ?Wet Hot American Summer? creator David Wain shares a girl-crazy memory from his own camp days.

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