Judge orders DraftKings, FanDuel to shut down in N.Y.

Workers set up a DraftKings promotions tent in the parking lot of Gillette Stadium in October.

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DraftKings filed an appeal of the shutdown order, the heaviest blow yet to the beleaguered daily fantasy sports industry.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/19/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/draftkings-big-5424.jpg Five takeaways from the DraftKings N.Y. ruling

DraftKings hasn?t lost its case, though Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says the ruling takes effect immediately.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/10/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Del6446476.jpg Favorable Mass. taxes a factor in GE?s hunt

The Boston area is on the short list of contenders for General Electric?s headquarters and its 800 people.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/11/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/dead150-4544.jpg ?Grateful Doe? identified after dying in 1995 car accident

The victim became known as ??Grateful Doe?? because of two Grateful Dead ticket stubs in his pocket.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/08/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/12MFH.jpg In Maine house, the way life should be

Writer Meadow Rue Merrill and her husband won their first home in a lottery.

The snow base on Thursday at Mount Snow Resort in Vermont was little changed from what it was in late November: minimal.

KRISTOPHER RADDER/BRATTLEBORO REFORMER VIA AP

El Niño?s warming breezes give ski industry the blues

A strong El Niño is bringing warmer than normal temperatures ? and with it, prospects for much less snow.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_couples2D_met.jpg Shared lifetimes of love, wit, and wisdom

On Thursday, three couples who have been married for decades offered their secrets on life and love.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/07/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/HolidayDecorWars(4)-13A.jpg When Christmas pits holiday tacky vs. holiday tasteful

Some couples who love Christmas just differ in what it should look like. Call it the great decorating divide.

television Review

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With his astonishing work as trans heroine Maura Pfefferman, Jeffrey Tambor is in a rarefied group of TV actors.

Stat

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/11/BostonGlobe.com/HealthScience/Images/ad150-279.jpg The untold story of TV?s first prescription drug ad

TV ads for prescription drugs are as commonplace as ads for cars or food these days. But it wasn?t always that way.

CHAD FINN I SPORTS MEDIA

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/10/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/6fcdb63cee7d4599b79a04100d51c7bc-6fcdb63cee7d4599b79a04100d51c7bc-0.jpg NBC?s Michele Tafoya reaches 200 games on Sunday night

Twenty-seven of those games have involved the Patriots, including Super Bowl XLIX.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/11redlinepic09.jpg MBTA operator tied off throttle, didn?t set brakes on runaway train

The operator apparently ?tied a cord around the throttle? and also failed to set the brake before climbing out of the cab, a source said.

Homeowner Tracy Griswold (left) stood at the scene of the fatal car accident on Elm Street in North Reading.

Aram Boghosian for The Globe

Woman killed after car crashes into North Reading home

The car slammed into the exterior of the house, killing the driver and punching a hole into the living room wall.

Emergency officials were on the scene at a triple shooting in Revere on Thursday.

Scott Eisen for The Boston Globe

Revere triple shooting likely drug-related, mayor says

A home invasion on Waite Street claimed the lives of two people and left a third person with serious gunshot wounds.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/10/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Gibbons.jpg Convention Center authority taps David Gibbons to lead agency

The authority?s board voted unanimously to hire the veteran hotelier to run the agency as its new executive director.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/21/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/kreiter_snowblowing1_met.jpg Cost of winter cleanup hit some Mass. towns hard

Massachusetts cities and towns spent more than $325 million to clear snow and ice last winter.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/10/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/43f12a71245543268453876cd9e08e9b-43f12a71245543268453876cd9e08e9b-0.jpg Dow Chemical, DuPont to merge, create $130b firm

The new company, DowDuPont, will be owned 50-50 by the current shareholders of both companies.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/11/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/2015-12-11T063419Z_1597028383_TB3EBCB0I8W3I_RTRMADP_3_CANADA-SYRIA-MIGRANTS.jpg First government plane carrying Syrian refugees arrives in Canada

Syrian refugees arrived in Toronto late Thursday where they were greeted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/11/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/banker150-5815.jpg Judge denies bail for Irish banker facing fraud charges

David Drumm will remain in jail until a March 2016 hearing on his extradition to Ireland.

The fire that tore through the Malden Mills plant in Lawrence in December 1995 drew fire departments from as far away as New Hampshire to get it under control.

GLOBE FILE PHOTO

20 years after fire, Polartec will close Lawrence facility

The decision to close came on the eve of the 20th anniversary of a fire that destroyed its textile mills.

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/08/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/trump150-2064.jpg Three scenarios for Trump and the GOP

What happens after Donald Trump, particularly for the Republican Party?

Globe Santa

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Globe Santa delivers holiday gifts to local children in need.

Globe investigations

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/spotlight150x150-165.jpg Globe investigations and Spotlight reports

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'

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/spotlight-9497.jpg Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight?

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

The Big Picture

The best Boston Globe photos of 2015

Staff photographers share the stories behind the year?s most powerful pictures.