Walsh takes aim at teen smoking

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh.

Keith Bedford/Globe Staff

Boston teenagers would be prohibited from purchasing tobacco products under strict rules being proposed by Mayor Walsh.

Mass. becomes draw for GOP hopefuls

An open GOP race and the state?s prominent date on the primary calendar have made Mass. a destination for Republican hopefuls.

Donald Trump spent Wednesday evening, November 18, 2015 at a rally at the DCU Center in Worcester.

Trump says preference for Christian Syrians isn?t feasible

Speaking in Worcester, Donald Trump questioned a proposal to allow only Syrian refugees who are Christian into the US.

Congressman Seth Moulton.

Yvonne Abraham

Seth Moulton opened his home, heart to a refugee

The representative from the Sixth District speaks from experience as he takes a blessedly unequivocal stand in favor of compassion and common sense.

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French Prime Minister Manual Valls warned Thursday that Islamic extremists might at some point use chemical weapons.

Alain Yeh-Ling helped his son, Jackson, 3, sample some of the desserts at Monday?s dinner.

photos by Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff

In Brighton, Thanksgiving dinner held for motel-bound homeless

One hundred fifty families were fed a Thanksgiving Dinner at a community center.

STAT

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Professor Vicki Sato made her name ? and plenty of industry connections ? in a celebrated 22-year career as a biotech executive.

The crisp white coat has long been worn to symbolize a profession ? and purity.

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Doctors debate hanging up the white coat

A small contingent of physicians are forsaking their white coats, long a symbol of their profession, in the name of health.

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The Everett native is looking forward to returning to his old haunts to face Boston College.

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The quick-moving receiver stepped in to spark the decisive drive against the Giants after Julian Edelman was hurt.

FILE Ñ Ta-Nehisi Coates, the national correspondent for The Atlantic, in Baltimore, July 16, 2015. While CoatesÕ works on being black in America have won great acclaim, he also has a not-so-secret identity as a Marvel Comics superfan, and has aged to helm a new series about Black Panther, the first black superhero, for the comics publisher. (Gabriella Demczuk/The New York Times)

Ta-Nehisi Coates wins National Book Award for nonfiction

Coates? book ?Between the World and Me,? an examination of race and police violence, has been a bestseller for months.

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The college?s unofficial Lord Jeff mascot has a besmirched reputation, and students and faculty have complained about him.

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There?s a battle going down near Yawkey Way Thursday between Boston and New York, but it doesn?t involve bats and balls.

Alex Forest inspected and shined boots before packaging them at the factory in Brunswick, Maine.

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L.L. Bean boots are booming, and backlogged, again

Imagine 50,000 people, waiting. Not for a driver?s license renewal. Not for a reservation at a restaurant. They?re waiting for a pair of L.L.Bean?s signature boots.

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Intelligence agencies and lawmakers warn that the use of encryption on digital devices makes it much harder to observe terrorist activities.

Former New England Patriot Doug Flutie in February 2015.

Doug Flutie?s parents die of heart attacks in Fla.

The former BC football star?s parents died of heart attacks within an hour of each other on Wednesday.

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Local designer Pat Peltier hand-embroidered Converse sneakers with brightly colored threads, making them look as if they?ve been splattered with paint.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/19/BostonGlobe.com/Obits/Images/Judith_Isaacson_4A-545--90x90.jpg Judith Magyar Isaacson, former Bates College dean and Holocaust survivor, dies at 90

Mrs. Isaacson?s 1990 memoir chronicled the months following her 19th birthday when she was packed into a cattle car and deposited at the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Ground Game

Ground Game

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A new poll finds Trump the clear leader in the field, while Ben Carson and Marco Rubio were tied for second.

Globe investigations

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A look at the high-impact investigations from The Boston Globe, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning report on abuse in the Catholic Church.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

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?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

The Big Picture

Terrorism attacks in Paris

France called for three days of national mourning following Friday?s attacks.