Trump?s truths often fail the test

Donald Trump showed off the Twitter app on his phone during a meeting in Trump Tower last year.

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Donald Trump is taking the country into uncharted territory, a Twitter-age president-elect with little regard for facts.

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President-elect Donald Trump is lashing out on Twitter as he faces questions about his unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/08/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/kreiter_longlines9_met.jpg Widespread fraud in N.H.? Officials haven?t seen it

Donald Trump said many people in New Hampshire voted illegally. State officials there say no they didn?t.

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The epic building boom that has added thousands of luxury housing units in the Boston area may have peaked.

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Terrorism is suspected in attack at Ohio State

An attacker, identified as a Somali-born Ohio State student, drove his car into a crowd and stabbed people, injuring 11, one critically.

Governor says he?s not worried Trump will retaliate against Mass.

Charlie Baker would not accept a position in Trump?s administration if asked, he said.

JOAN VENNOCHI

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Kellyanne Conway?s thrashing of Mitt Romney is but a hint of the dark Trump World mindset.

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Local startups use tech to further health care innovation

From new insights into battling mental health disorders to tools that help relieve chronic pain, New England businesses are using advanced technology to improve health care for the future.

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10/28/2016 - Boston, MA - October 28, 52016: Train tracks cross Brighton St. in Belmont, MA on October 28, 2016. It is here that David J. Haverty was struck by an MBTA commuter train in 2009. (The widow and five grown children of the late David J. Haverty of Belmont refuse to give up their quest to do one last thing in his memory: To fix his death certificate so that it no longer contain the word

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Haunted by a word, a family battles medical examiner?s office

One word on a blue death certificate has tormented the family of David J. Haverty Jr. in the seven years since he died.

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An official says Donald Trump has selected the six-term Republican congressman from Georgia to be secretary of health and human services.

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Retired Army Gen. David Petraeus?s visit with the president-elect raised questions about whether he is being considered for secretary of state.

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Some students say they plan to protest the arrival of Kellyanne Conway and Steve Bannon at a Harvard event this week.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump (L) and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney emerge after their meeting at the main clubhouse at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., November 19, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo

KEVIN CULLEN

Massachusetts is irrelevant? Fuggedaboudit

The conventional wisdom after Donald Trump defied the conventional wisdom is that true-blue Massachusetts is utterly irrelevant.

AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2016 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump waves as he steps out of his plane for a rally at the JetCenters of Colorado in Colorado Springs, Colorado on September 17, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Mandel NganMANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images

Opinion | Michael A. Cohen

A legitimacy crisis for our democracy

The American presidency ? and indeed, democracy itself ? is facing one of its most serious legitimacy crises in this nation?s history.

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They?re called citizen initiatives, but they?re dominated by big money

Ballot referendums were meant to let ordinary citizens have their say, but those efforts are being financed by special interests and wealthy out-of-staters with national agendas.

Mass. lawmakers are quietly engaged in discussions about delaying some of the deadlines in Question 4, including delaying legalization of home growing.

Vote certifying delay could slow rollout of marijuana law in Massachusetts

Legislators are considering a delay in the opening of retail marijuana shops and slowing other aspects of the ballot measure.

11/28/16-AMHERST, MA - Snow fencing has been put around the empty flag pole at Hampshire College. (Joanne Rathe/ Globe Staff) topic: : section: metro

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Flag flap is only the latest protest at Hampshire College

The Amherst institution has a long history of drawing national attention with its students? methods of voicing their convictions.

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - NOVEMBER 27: Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots runs off the field after defeating the New York Jets with a score of 22 to 17 at MetLife Stadium on November 27, 2016 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

For Patriots, simply winning is not enough

They?re the only team in the NFL that can win and have fans feel worse about them.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/kreiter_xmasstree14_met.jpg Nova Scotians learn the Christmas tree for Boston is far from free

The province?s taxpayers footed a $179,000 bill for cutting, shipping, and surrounding last year?s tree with plenty of pomp and circumstance.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/spotlight150x150-5331asdf-11556.jpg The Desperate and the Dead: The ?new asylums?

There may be no worse place for mentally ill people to receive treatment than prison, yet a growing number end up in the ?new asylums.?

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.

The Big Picture

People are seen on giant fried eggs art installation as part of ?Hecho en Casa? (Made at home) urban artwork festival in downtown Santiago, Chile, Nov. 8.

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big picture

Art for the public

A look at how artists around the world are transforming shared spaces. Photographers captured recent exhibitions and permanent works on display in various locations for all to experience.