Kevin Cullen

What they ask us when another mass shooting happens

Mourners added to a memorial outside the Inland Regional Center on Thursday, the scene a mass shooting that left 14 dead the day before, in San Bernardino, Calif.

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?How do you live like that?? It?s a good question. How do we surf from one mass murder to another?

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With a young wife, infant daughter and government job, Syed Farook appeared to have arrived at a sweet-spot in life.

editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/03/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/1204editorial-shooting.jpg Mass shootings: It doesn?t have to be this way

Tragedies like the one in San Bernardino, Calif., are the consequence of laws ? and laws can be changed. Constitutions, too.

Wynn Resorts CEO Steve Wynn delivered the keynote address at Colliers International Annual Seminar at the Boston Convention Center in Boston.

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Judge rejects Boston suit to block casino

Judge Janet L. Sanders also chided the city and its lawyers for ?inflammatory descriptions,? ?spurious? claims, and ?hyperbole? used in the complaint.

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Scott Weiland, the former frontman for the Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, has died.

Shirley Leung

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A chief reason why there are so few women and minorities on public corporate boards is that the white guys don?t want to give up their seats.

Dogwalker Kai Hsieh with (from left) Tucker, Bogey, and Beau in South Boston.

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New leash on life for dog walkers

As the US economy improves, young professionals are spending more for pet services and TLC while they work and travel.

adrian walker

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walker-9999.jpg The activists who promised to grade Walsh earn an ?incomplete?

Though the group held a few meetings with Mayor Marty Walsh, it never came close to producing an assessment of anything.

Ronald Grim noticed that markings on a map offered for sale for $285,000 matched those on a digital image made from a negative the BPL had kept.

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At BPL, sharp eye steers missing map home

A rare 1612 map that was stolen from the Boston Public Library at least a decade ago has been returned, thanks to a library curator who saw it advertised for sale.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton spoke to students and faculty at the Southern New Hampshire University.

Clinton calls for gun measures

Hillary Clinton chastised Republicans for blocking a vote on a plan that she said would ban those on the No Fly List from buying guns.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.

Christie may have tools to take Trump on in N.H.

This week has been a particularly good one for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.

JEFF JACOBY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/03/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Jeff_Jacoby_150px-1711.jpg Sorry, Chris Christie, endorsements don?t matter

How many voters look for the imprimatur of an editorial board when deciding whom to support in a marquee election?

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An excerpt from ?Lion of the Senate? describes Senator Edward M. Kennedy?s 1995 push to increase the federal minimum wage.

Speaking from his golf tournament in the Dominican Republic, David Ortiz said he no longer harbors a grudge against former rival turned teammate David Price. ?You?ve got to turn the page,? Ortiz said.

Ortiz embraces Price deal, says it?s time to turn page on feud

?I told them I got no problem with it,? David Ortiz said Thursday night. ?All that matters to me is winning.?

Kings big man DeMarcus Cousins struggles to escape a double team by the Celtics? Jae Crowder (left) and Jared Sullinger.

CELTICS 114, KINGS 97

Celtics rout Kings in Mexico City

Boston had no trouble in a rare neutral site game, shooting nearly 50 percent from 3-point range while Sacramento?s Rajon Rondo was ejected.

Jim Doherty, commander of VFW Post 1046, holds the Purple Heart that was awarded to John Russell Johnson.

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A Purple Heart finally returns to Brockton

That symbol of sacrifice had gone missing for decades, until Laura Daley and her daughter embarked on a search to unite the medal with John Russell Johnson?s relatives.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/04/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/24SMA-5918.jpg Parents press Biogen for accessible medicines

Parents say more can be done to win quick approval of a drug designed to treat the leading cause of genetic death among infants.

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A vocal group of parents is saying Mayor Marty Walsh wants to torpedo the city?s public school system.

Movie Review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/04theeb1.jpg ?Theeb? is not Lawrence?s Arabia

The film is a mesmerizing adventure, beautifully shot.

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/497297304.jpg Could Martin O?Malley get zero delegates in Iowa?

This is a strong possibility for a candidate who has spent more time campaigning in the Hawkeye State than his primary rivals.

Globe Santa

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Globe Santa delivers holiday gifts to local children in need.

Globe investigations

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A look at 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

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Globe photos of the month: November 2015

A look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month.