Shifting skyline means congestion on the horizon

Marc Berkowitz?s view from his deck once extended to the Prudential Center, but is now blocked by a Target.

Jim Davis/Globe Staff

Amid $7 billion in construction, some Boston residents are losing their views as buildings rise around them.

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The move comes after reports that a childhood friend of the city?s top lawyer leveraged relationships for access to administration officials.

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/abrahamy-9724.jpg Lobbying rules would be a step toward a new Boston

It?s a good move by Mayor Marty Walsh ? and for this mayor in particular, it?s an essential one.

Sean Penn (left) and Joaquín Guzmán Loera.

In interview with Sean Penn, Guzmán says he is drug kingpin

?Look, all I do is defend myself, nothing more,? Joaquín ?El Chapo? Guzmán told actor Sean Penn.

Four-alarm fire breaks out at Publick House in Sturbridge

The fire did not break out at the historic inn portion of the property, and all guests were evacuated, officials said.

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Wednesday?s jackpot could hit $1.3 billion after a winner failed to emerge from Saturday?s drawing.

Firefighters battled the three-alarm blaze on Saturday.

Astead W. Herndon/Globe Staff

Up to 30 displaced in Jamaica Plain blaze

No injuries were reported in the three-alarm blaze on Centre Street, according to officials.

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Palmer police say Christopher Lemek Jr., who hasn?t been charged in the Dec. 31 crash, crushed and buried the truck in his backyard.

From left, Barbara Comperchio, Corrinne Flynn?s mother; Courtney Flynn, her daughter; and Paul Flynn Jr., her ex-husband, reacted during Gerry Craffey?s 1996 sentencing.

Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff/File

Kevin Cullen

Corrine Flynn?s family relives the nightmare, again

Every five years, when Gerry Craffey is up for parole, the trauma, the betrayal, the anger, the hurt resurface.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/_AVS0054A.jpg Suspect?s father contrite over officer?s shooting

?I?m sorry for what happened to the officer,? said Grantley Headley, whose son was arrested after Kurt Stokinger was shot Friday.

Tony Juiliani left a Framingham distribution center at 2:21 a.m., after picking up newspapers for his route.

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Long hours, little pay, no vacation for delivery drivers

The job of delivering newspapers has become a nocturnal marathon for low-income workers on the edge of the economy.

NFL PLAYOFFS

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It?ll be the first meeting between the teams since the Patriots? humbling loss in Kansas City early in the 2014 season.

Steelers 18, Bengals 16

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Cincinnati?s meltdown was as ugly and ill-timed as it was complete.

Letter

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?I suppose I didn?t look like the ?bloodthirsty gun nut? you thought I should be.?

stat

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/200_stat_concussions.jpg College football recruiters look past concussions

Players with a history of incapacitating concussions can transfer to colleges that will let them play, a STAT investigation has found.

Bob Ryan

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Didn?t we all want to believe Lance Armstrong when the accusations that he was a doper first surfaced?

John Tlumacki/globe staff/file

Best of the New

21 fresh faces and bold new ideas from Boston

Two museums get new bosses, a novel treatment for Lyme disease, the rise of repurposed shipping containers, and more from 2015.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/22/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/nicole_curtis.jpg ?Don?t be scared of buying an old home?

Nicole Curtis, the self-taught star of ?Rehab Addict,? talks about restoring homes.

John L. Allen Jr. | ALL THINGS CATHOLIC

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In his first book as pope, Francis ponders what would have been the legacy the ?Smiling Pope,? had he lived.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/31/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/10downsizing.jpg How you downsize depends on you

Homeowners have a lot of decisions to make when they consider downsizing but they also have many options.

Financial planning for the ages

A generation-by-generation financial planning guide geared to different stages of life and the transitions faced along the way.

scott kirsner | innovation economy

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/08/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/scott_kirsner_150-5545.jpg Feeling jitters as Dell-EMC marriage approaches

A lot of questions hang over the combination including how many employees will lose jobs.

Letter from the publisher

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We recognize that you depend on us, and that we?ve let you down. We?re working around the clock to solve this.

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Ground Game

ground game

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With about a month to go before the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary, there is an emerging political dynamic in both sides.

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

Robert Galvan, who is on death row for murder, speaks to members of the media at the Adjustment Center yard during a tour of California?s Death Row at San Quentin State Prison.

Stephen Lam/Reuters

The Big Picture

On death row in San Quentin

A rare look at life on death row at San Quentin State Prison in California.

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

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New Balance offers smartwatch at CES and Under Armour teams with IBM.

Crux

crux

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/05/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/Francesca-Chaouqui.jpg Woman at heart of Vatileaks 2.0 sees herself as martyr for reform

Francesca Chaouqui believes she?s been a target since being named to a reform panel independent of the Vatican bureaucracy.