2015 a rich year for Greater Boston real estate

In August, DivcoWest paid $291 million for 42 acres at NorthPoint in east Cambridge.

Dina Rudick/Globe Staff

Big-time real estate sales in the area may eventually mean higher rents for the people who live and run businesses here.

A new year, with the economy on the same track

The US and Massachusetts economies are on track to repeat their 2015 performance.

4 gunmen, 2 troops dead in attack on Indian air base

Indian troops killed four suspected militants who entered an air force base near the border with Pakistan on Saturday.

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Many said their greatest hope is peace ? but they also pine for simpler things.

(Clockwise from right to left)- Residents Wayne Wang, Francis Chan, Wei -Li Sun, Joseph Wong, and Donald Lee eat their meal together at the group home.

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In West Roxbury, five men share more than a home

They are bound by a common Chinese heritage and by intellectual disabilities that cause each of them to crave order.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/151204_WALKER_05lynnfire_5530x.jpg More than 50 people killed in fires in 2015

?These fires are primarily what we would describe as accidental or preventable fires,? said State Fire Marshal Stephen D. Coan.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/davis_rain_met.jpg 2015 was an exceptionally dry year

Despite all the snow, Boston ended 2015 with nearly 9 inches less than its normal rainfall total.

A court reporter worked while Boston Police Officer Nichole Tyler testified.

Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff

Objections raised as courtrooms go digital

Court reporters could become the latest American workers replaced by the inexorable advancement of technology.

Gloucester Fisherman, Travis Lane.

G. Jeffrey MacDonald

Off Cape Ann, a rescue gone wrong

The Coast Guard is now considering a series of policy changes that would be binding nationwide as a result of a fatal rescue attempt.

Prices ending in the number 9 are at full or regular price at Target. Prices ending in 4 are final markdown prices.

Keep the bargains coming by knowing stores? tactics

A Toronto company is helping people navigate the on-sale universe, whether in a mall or online.

First Person

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/07/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/HariNef0103first.jpg Transgender actress/model Hari Nef?s time has arrived

With a role in ?Transparent? and a contract with IMG, the 23-year-old from Newton is making her mark.

Jeb Bush took questions at a campaign event in Milford, N.H.

How the Bush camp plans to save his candidacy

Jeb Bush and his supporters still have a pile of money to spend ? remnants of $100 million raised when he seemed early this year to be a sure bet.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/02/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/e25df42185a14f65813a3966bf2bdc2b-98922f0b2aa9420ca795355589621480-0.jpg Completing US-Mexico border wall would be daunting task

Finishing the some 1,300 miles of fencing would also be costly and logistically difficult.

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It?s not enough to simply have a passion for brewing to make it in the industry, which is getting more competitive.

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In his backyard, Mike Condon was clutch for Canadiens

The 25-year-old Holliston native stopped 27 of 28 shots to deny Bruins at Gillette Stadium.

Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant touches his chestt as he walks of the court in Boston after the Lakers' 112-104 win over the Boston Celtics in an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015.(AP Photo/Winslow Townson)

Celtics notebook

Isaiah Thomas gets advice from his hero, Kobe Bryant

The Celtics guard said Bryant made it clear that he admires his game, too, and that he would always be happy to offer advice.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/02/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/fc9ca1d821204311a8ffec09b80ff4a5-fc9ca1d821204311a8ffec09b80ff4a5-0.jpg California condor that helped save species returns to wild

It was the bird?s first free flight since 1985, when a US Fish and Wildlife Service team captured him near the same spot.

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke to supporters at the Westin Hilton Head Island Resort and Spa in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

opinion | Carol Hay and John Kaag

Welcome to UMass Lowell, Mr. Trump

Insofar as we believe that what he is saying is hateful ? sexist, racist, able-ist, and xenophobic ? we have the duty to decry his message.

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Ground Game

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/29/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/499351058.jpg A campaign fundraising deadline that matters little

This time the difference between a pretty good and a pretty bad fundraising report isn?t much. If a candidate gets an extra million, it means virtually nothing.

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

The supermoon rises behind Glastonbury Tor on Sept. 27 in Glastonbury, England. Tonight?s supermoon, so called because it is the closest full moon to the Earth this year, is particularly rare as it coincides with a lunar eclipse, a combination that has not happened since 1982 and won?t happen again until 2033. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

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The big picture

2015 Year in pictures: Part II

Photographs from July - December on a range of topics from around the world.

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.

BetaBoston

betaboston | tech lab

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/31/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Hiawatha-Bray-5753.jpg Dear FCC: Don?t fight Internet freebies

The FCC is casting a suspicious gaze on some US telecom firms that are handing out free Internet bandwidth to their customers.

Crux

The new Christian martyrs

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/22/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/12262011_26nigeria_photo-8138059.jpg A faith on the rise and under attack in Africa

Africa is also widely considered the most dynamic corner of the Christian map.