New scrutiny for simultaneous surgeries

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has told surgeons that ?plans for overlapping surgery should be disclosed to the patient prior to the surgery.?

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Following controversy at MGH, the world?s largest surgeons? group is now considering new guidelines for overlapping surgery.

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton listened as Senator Bernie Sanders defended his positions and votes on gun control.

Sanders apologizes to Clinton over data breach during debate

The debate is the first time that the candidates have taken the stage since the San Bernardino shootings.

KEVIN CULLEN

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All yoga instructors and the veterans they serve at a local hospital want for Christmas is a room to call their own.

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (left) celebrated with Alex Guerrero after the Patriots beat the Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX in February.

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The health guru and Tom Brady

Some have wondered why Brady and the Patriots would want to forge financial relationships with an entrepreneur who has a history of legal trouble.

BEN VOLIN I SUNDAY FOOTBALL NOTES

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The answers take you in circles, so we asked a coach and a player who have faced the same question.

Air France flight forced to land in Kenya over bomb scare

A Kenyan police official says an Air France flight from Mauritius to Paris has been forced to land in Mombasa.

JOAN VENNOCHI

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Any time the T tries to balance its budget by cutting a service, it leaves behind another slice of the riding public.

Two former Chelmsford school administrators win arbitration

The two were abruptly laid off by the former superintendent, who said it was necessary because of a budget deficit.

An altar boy at a midnight service at Our Lady of Charity Church in Raikia, India. Christians in India face persecution for their faith.

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In India and across Asia, Christians targeted for faith

An Indian website reporting anti-Christian persecution claims that in 2015 there has been an average of one violent episode a week.

Olivia Trask, 3, ran into the open arms of Globe Santa during a recent visit to Faneuil Hall.

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Despite string of hardships, mother has faith that life will get better

A single mom of three in Boston needs help giving her children presents this season, and she turned to Globe Santa.

Yvonne Abraham

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What happened, New Hampshire? Why are you so enamored with Donald Trump?

Art Review

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To make her sculptures, Simpson transposes details of clothing or architecture that have caught her fancy. The results are superb.

Kevin Paul Dupont | On Second Thought

Once again, grown-ups are messing up kids? games

From stealing plays at a Pop Warner game to a high school coach ordering players to assault a referee, adult interference wreaks havoc with youth sports.

Personal finance

How to become a Jedi money master

Utilitize 10 of Yoda?s maxims to become a money master.

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opinion | Kenneth N. Berkowitz

When hiring police, look for blue

It?s more critical that officers be culturally fluent in the communities they serve than that they match residents? skin color.

How to keep a closer eye on volcanoes

Common-sense preparations are both inexpensive and effective against geological disasters.

Book Review  

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Everything Hitchens touches is treated in a style that?s actively probing, often fiercely critical, but always infused with ironic wit.

On the job

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Sarah Stopyra, a mortuary instructor, says it?s difficult to convey how all-consuming the profession is.

Mr. Macomber was named to the US Ski Team for the 1948 and ?52 Olympics. He was also president of the George B.H. Macomber Co. and a philanthropist.

George Macomber, an Olympic skier who built Faneuil Hall Marketplace, dies at 88

Mr. Macomber was the third generation to run the family?s construction firm.

Ground Game

Ground Game | Q&A

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A Q&A with DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz before Saturday?s Democratic debate.

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 Big Picture

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Star Wars mania

The decade wait is over for ?Star Wars? fans with the opening of the seventh film, ?The Force Awakens,? this week.

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.