Dragged down by its insurance arm, Partners lost money on operations in the last fiscal year for the first time since 1999.
N.H. woman in deadly bike crash to plead guiltyDarriean Hess, charged in the deaths of two Mass. women, plans to plead guilty to two counts of manslaughter and two counts of second-degree assault.
The ruling upheld the NFL?s decision last month to suspend Peterson without pay at least until next spring.
Market Basket sale finalized, ending bitter family feudArthur T. Demoulas closed a deal to buy 50.5 percent of the business from his relatives for more than $1.6 billion.
Victim?s text messages tossed in Hernandez caseA judge ruled that text messages sent by Odin Lloyd on the night he died were not admissible at the trial of Aaron Hernandez.
The innovation-themed festival is designed to showcase Boston as a center of technology, medicine, academia and the arts.
Evan Horowitz
Oil prices hit a five-year low Thursday, bringing cheer to Americans at gas stations everywhere.
As a $1.1 trillion spending bill moves forward, an unlikely pair are finding themselves united in opposition to it.
Morgan Schweitzer for The Boston Globe
Ideas
What we are learning about the militants from their declassified spreadsheets.
Capital
A new online venture wants to give Hillary Clinton a headstart on the process of collecting signatures for Democratic primaries.
Examiner
Christmas card season is here. We break down the numbers.
The woman walked into a Bellingham store and she paid thousands to settle payments on 150 layaway orders.
Santa Claus disinvited from Cambridge school concertSanta, a festive fixture at the Peabody School?s concert in past years, is an apparent victim of a single complaint.
A Nantucket mansion at 9 Kimball Ave. sold this week for $27.16 million, but Mass. still has a wealth of top-dollar real estate available.
Double Shot
A White House coffee quest comes to an endWhat is served at fancy functions at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.? On Thursday, Globe reporter Matt Viser found out.
Tom Brady?s meticulous health regimen revealed in SI articleBrady?s days are mapped out for not just months, but for years, a feature in Sports Illustrated explained.
ward sutton
Where race relations stand in AmericaA look at how some people react to cases like Michael Brown and Eric Garner.
Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
Magazine
The stories behind the Globe?s most memorable pictures of the year.
Here?s a closer look at the players who were added to the Red Sox pitching rotation on Thursday.
The changes Baker made after his failed 2010 campaign offer the clearest picture yet of how he?ll govern.
Kristen Lepore, who worked for Baker under Governor Cellucci, is taking one of the most influential positions in state government.
Ronald Walker II is the first person of color to join the cabinet.
A 12-year-old boy carrying a pellet gun died from a single shot fired by a rookie police officer, according to an autopsy.
The total value of Boston?s residential and commercial property climbed to a total of $110 billion, according to a new city assessment.
In the documentary, filmmaker Mitchell Kezin digs deep into the world of Christmas music and its diehard collectors.
The movie may twist the facts a bit but it gets the formula of a serious Oscar contender just right.
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How ?deadbeats? can still be good dadsChild support needs to catch up to reflect new roles for fathers, say experts.
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