Blue Cross expands benefits for end-of-life care

The insurer aims to prod patients and health care providers to discuss death openly and expand services to help people live out their last days.

Mayor Marty Walsh at the Boston Public Library Fields Corner Branch read from Pete The Cat

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In NYC, Boston, differing paths toward universal pre-K

Two years after his election, the mayor of New York created a universal preschool program. In Boston, progress has been much slower.

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Rhode Island?s Coastal Medical is one of the accountable care organizations made possible through the Affordable Care Act.

One person wounded in Mattapan shooting

The male victim suffered non-life threatening injuries and has been taken to a local hospital for treatment.

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Customers were without ATM and debit card access for much of Sunday.

Person stabbed near Jackson Square Station

The victim is expected to survive the attack, which temporarily shut down Orange Line service.

The 14-story building is going up near North Station.

Construction kicking off on below-market-rate rentals

On Monday, developer Related Beal will launch construction on a 14-story building in downtown Boston.

US stocks ending the year with barely any gains

As major US stocks sputter across the finish line this year with barely any gains, it?s easy to forget that the ride was hardly a straight line.

Pakistani army chief visits Kabul to advance peace talks

The visit focused on the possible revival of peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, which stalled this summer.

A man looked into the window of an REI store that was closed.

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As workplace gift, a week?s vacation

Some companies don?t just hand out year-end bonuses, they send everyone home for a week.

Kathleen Greiner from Marstons Mills, (forground) cried as she watched the HBO documentary film Heroin: Cape Cod, USA at a Parents Supporting Parents Group of Cape Cod meeting in Bourne, along with Carla Ferraguto from Onset (left background) and Maggy Purdy (right) of Sandwich.

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Mothers face addicts? pain and their own in ?Heroin: Cape Cod, USA.?

?It?s watching your kid die,? said one parent who watched the HBO documentary.

JETS 26, PATRIOTS 20

The officials meet New York Jets' Darrelle Revis (24), teammate Calvin Pryor (25) and New England Patriots' Matthew Slater (18) and teammate Rob Ninkovich (50) for the coin toss before the overtime period of an NFL football game between the New York Jets and the New England Patriots Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015, in East Rutherford, N.J. The Jets won 26-20. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Overtime decision came up heads, as in head-scratcher

You can argue with Belichick?s logic, but you can?t deny that he put his best unit on the field for OT.

BEN VOLIN I ON FOOTBALL

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The Patriots tied or set season lows with 20 points and 284 total yards.

Senators 3, Bruins 1

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The Bruins? Tuukka Rask only faced 21 shots, but Mark Stone scored twice and Mika Zibanejad once in Ottawa?s win.

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The wintry mix, scheduled for Tuesday, comes at the end of one of the warmest Decembers on record.

Ellsworth Kelly.

Ellsworth Kelly, at 92; an artist of simple form and bold scale

?I think what we all want from art is a sense of fixity, a sense of opposing the chaos of daily living,? Mr. Kelly said.

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

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FBI searched Suffolk track for art from Gardner heist

The search was triggered by a tip that the thieves had hidden the 13 stolen pieces in an out-of-the-way place at the racetrack.

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The former outfielder was known to Red Sox fans for his heroics in the 1986 postseason.

LOCAL FARE

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/16/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/IMG_0762A.jpg A sweet spot for Italian in Winchester

Have you ever traveled through Italy, wandered off the beaten tourist path, and found the one restaurant the locals keep secret for themselves?

Manning denies HGH use after source recants allegations

In an interview with ESPN, Manning expressed anger and said he is ?sickened? by the report.

Ground Game

ground game

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After several confounding statements on foreign policy and then fighting claims he made about his own life for weeks, Ben Carson?s poll numbers have tanked.

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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The Big Picture

A life unraveling

Over the past year the Globe spent time with Raquel Rodriguez as she struggled to get clean for her two young daughters.

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.

Travel

A vista near Kars, Turkey.

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Going home again

Virtually no Armenians live in Kayseri ? but one of the locals knows someone who knows someone who knows the caretaker who has a key to the church where my grandfather was likely baptized.