US pledges nearly $1b for Green Line extension
An MBTA Green Line train pulls into Lechmere Station in Cambridge, now the end of its route.

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The money would finance 43 percent of the proposed expansion from Cambridge into Somerville and Medford.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/12/02/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/row150-3609.jpg Somerville making plans to double Assembly Row?s size

The city will consider making road and utility upgrades to encourage additional construction on 73 acres that abut the complex.

Jon Lester has a lot on his mind these days. AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

NICK CAFARDO | ON BASEBALL

Red Sox and Jon Lester have a lot going on

We?ll have to see how much beyond the $120 million mark the Red Sox will go to get Lester back.

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Officials have said an ice skating rink proposed for City Hall Plaza needs a slew of permits and approval by an engineer.

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Kindergartener Victoria Pierro alerted her family to the blaze that drove them from their house.

TOM KEANE

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/12/01/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/tkeane-1176.png We should ban tipping altogether

Waitstaff ? almost alone among all workers ? shouldn?t have to grovel for their wages.

My Morning Cup

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/12/02/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/jones150-3393.jpg How does Jermaine Jones take his coffee?

The New England Revolution midfielder shares his coffee rituals.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/12/02/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/carter150-1498.jpg Ashton Carter top candidate for defense secretary, officials say

Carter moved to the top of the White House?s short list after several leading contenders pulled their names.

Walsh appoints Boston?s first chief diversity officer

Boston?s first chief diversity officer will try to make the municipal workforce better reflect the city it serves.

Dan Dugan of Seabrook, N.H., with his father, Pat, and stepmother, Kate Knowles, was unable to use his legs after becoming ill in October. He still needs help walking.

Cheryl Senter for The Globe

Did enterovirus D68 cause limb paralysis in children?

Just as suddenly as it arrived this fall, the virus went away ? but not before it left lingering mysteries.

Latinos lack in power positions in area cities, report says

A new report from an advocacy group found a dearth of Hispanics in local government in Boston, Somerville, and Chelsea.

KEVIN CULLEN

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Last week, Brown made his Fox News debut on a show called ?Outnumbered.?

New Boston Food Market vendors are worried about being forced off of their valuable Boston real estate to make way for a stadium.

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Olympic proposal adds to worries at Boston food complex

New Boston Food Market vendors are concerned about being forced off of their real estate to make way for a stadium.

Opinion

Renee Graham

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The relationship between police departments and African-American communities is now toxic.

The Big Picture

Police used pepper spray and batons as students tried to storm Hong Kong?s government headquarters.

Jerome Favre/EPA

Police clash with protesters in Hong Kong

Tensions soared in the third month of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.