Inquiry nearing end on unions? ties to City Hall

The investigation is focusing on whether organized labor used its influence with local governments to gain construction jobs.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/WALKER_101520_30pain_6626x.jpg When chronic pain is a child?s companion

When pain strikes children, the problem is complex ? and often overlooked.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/20/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/bee5bab0f86b4b94bf4782c8ff474042-bee5bab0f86b4b94bf4782c8ff474042-0.jpg As GOP looks ahead, a realization it must deliver

If President-elect Donald Trump and congressional Republicans don?t come through, they will face a serious reckoning with voters.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/20/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/b0fc2dca-0542-4100-82cb-792c91135224.jpg White nationalists converge on capital to celebrate ?an awakening?

In D.C., members of the alt-right movement celebrated the unexpected march of their white nationalist ideas toward the mainstream.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/08/BostonGlobe.com/BCOM/Images/05143658-6550.jpg N.H. police chief may be in line for Trump post

Trump?s incoming administration has been in talks with Nick Willard about a possible law enforcement position.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/19/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/AFP_I90JR.jpg Romney says his talk with Trump was ?far-reaching?

Mitt Romney was vocal with his criticism of Donald Trump during the campaign but met with him today.

Trump says ?Hamilton? cast should apologize after how they treated Pence

?We are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us,? a ?Hamilton? actor told the VP-elect.

Construction worker killed at Duxbury work site

A construction worker was hospitalized with serious injuries after a work site accident in Duxbury Saturday afternoon, officials said.

Man fatally shot early Saturday on Normandy Street in Dorchester

A man in his late 20s was shot and killed early Saturday morning and was declared dead at the scene, police said.

Body found on Hull beach

An unidentified man?s body was found Saturday morning near an overturned kayak, police said.

A diverse audience attended the racial dialogue session at Boston?s Cutler Majestic Theatre. The event was packed.

Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff

A candid look at Boston?s racial divide

The extraordinary session was marked by frank and emotional remarks, intense at times but also civil.

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/abrahamy-11636.jpg He retells Holocaust horror, for future generations

He is 90 now, one of a dwindling group of men and women who saw the Holocaust with their own eyes.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/10/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/first%20night%20fireworks-1355605.jpg First Night?s midnight fireworks over harbor may be moved

Organizers of First Night Boston are considering plans to scrap the traditional fireworks in favor of a pyrotechnics display in Copley Square.

Ideas | Michael Rezendes

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/16/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Advance/Images/1120JEREMYFORWEB.jpg Recoil, reform, repeat

Why the cycle of scandal, reform, and scandal at Bridgewater State Hospital has seemed impossible to break.

Kevin Cullen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/19/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/cullen-2361.jpg Turning the tables on witness intimidation

A young Suffolk prosecutor is using a novel legal approach to fight the problem.

Nov 19, 2016; Auburn Hills, MI, USA; Boston Celtics forward Jae Crowder (99) celebrates during the first quarter against the Detroit Pistons at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Mandatory Credit: Tim Fuller-USA TODAY Sports

Tim Fuller/USA TODAY Sports

Celtics 94, Pistons 92

Horford, Celtics get better of Pistons

The center blocked Aron Baynes?s jumper at the buzzer for the 94-92 win.

bruins 4, jets 1

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/20/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chin111916Jets-Bruins_Spt7.jpg Bruins ride second-period surge past Jets

The Bruins again won easily on home ice Saturday night, pinning a 4-1 defeat on the Winnipeg Jets.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/_MG_0744.jpg Crowd rallies in Natick against discrimination

More than 100 people crowded on the Natick Common Saturday to show solidarity against discrimination.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/_MG_7059-001.jpg Cornel West will return to teach at Harvard

West, the fiery African-American scholar who broke with Harvard 14 years ago, has been invited back to the university to teach.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/10/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chin111016PatriotsPractice_Spt9.jpg The 49ers passed on Tom Brady in the 2000 draft. He?s got some payback for them

Sunday offers Brady his first chance to get back at the 49ers in his home area, 16 years after they passed on him in the draft.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/29/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/savy1.jpg ?I still should be playing?

Five years after concussions forced Marc Savard out of the NHL, he?s found a new way to stay in the game.

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

Mohammad Ismail/Reuters

Big Picture

Training Afghanistan?s women soldiers

Kabul?s military training academy is churning out classes of enthusiastic women to serve in Afghanistan?s army.