The transition to Trump

Trump expected to pick Tillerson as secretary of state

Rex Tillerson, CEO of Exxon Mobil Corporation. — EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY

Rex Tillerson, the president and chief executive of Exxon Mobil, has extensive experience working with foreign leaders, including Russian officials.

BATON ROUGE, LA - DECEMBER 9: President-elect Donald Trump tosses a 'Make America Great Again' hat into the crowd while speaking at the Dow Chemical Hangar, December 9, 2016 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Trump is in Louisiana to campaign for Republican U.S. Senate candidate John Kennedy. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** — Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Trump team disputes Russian influence on US election

Donald Trump?s transition team on Saturday challenged US assessments that Russia tried to tip the election in Trump?s favor.

Trump tweets he will not let new ?Apprentice? conflict with presidency

Trump accuses CNN of reporting ??rediculous?? fake news.

Snow is expected late Sunday afternoon

Up to 3 inches of snow for the Boston area is forecast to begin late Sunday afternoon, followed by rain by Monday morning.

Two women die in fiery crash on Route 2 in Templeton

The women died when their vehicle veered off the road, hit a bridge abutment, and burst into flames.

Freedom House in Falmouth where a resident was shot in the hip by police Friday night, Dec. 9, 2016. (Vincent DeWitt for the Boston Globe) — Vincent DeWitt for the Boston Globe

Police shoot man who pointed handgun at officers in Falmouth

A man who had been threatening suicide suffered a non-life threatening injury Friday night when police shot him after he pointed a handgun at officers.

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2016 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks in New York, where she conceded her defeat to Republican Donald Trump after the hard-fought presidential election. A group of election lawyers and data experts have asked Clintonâ??s campaign to call for a recount of the vote totals in three battleground states, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, in order to ensure that a cyberattack was not committed to manipulate the totals. There is no evidence that the results were hacked or that electronic voting machines were compromised. The Clinton campaign on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016, did not respond to a request for comment as to whether it would petition for a recount before the three statesâ?? fast-approaching deadlines to ask for one.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) — Associated Press/file

Yvonne Abraham

Women are ready for their turn

A training program for Democratic women who want to become political candidates has seen a spike in applications.

Theater review

?Cirque Dreams Holidaze? casts a strange but hard-to-resist spell

A bizarre, hyperactive mashup of elements can?t obsure the circus artistry on display.

Car that was struck by train was said to have been hemmed in by traffic

A woman?s car was on the tracks, hemmed in during Friday morning?s rush hour. And train was approaching, with one child still in the vehicle.

BEN VOLIN

The Patriots have been calling more run plays. And LeGarrette Blount has capitalized

New England has called run plays 44.3 percent of the time this year, its highest percentage since the 2010 season.

How the Red Sox made the Chris Sale trade happen

We take a detailed, day-by-day look at how Boston and Chicago reached an agreement at the winter meetings.

NICK CAFARDO | SUNDAY BASEBALL NOTES

Should we still believe David Ortiz will stay retired?

Ortiz has dropped hints about returning, and the Red Sox haven?t acquired anyone to replace his major league-leading 1.021 OPS. Does this mean anything?

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Making Baseball Hall of Fame votes public a home run

The Hall of Fame vote carries great influence and with that influence comes responsibility.

Renée Graham

?Moonlight? in Donald Trump?s America

?At some point, you gotta decide who you gonna be,? says a line in ?Moonlight.? Exactly.

Holidays in the time of Trump. Even the gifts have been weaponized.

Tensions are running so high that even the world?s blandest gift -- a candle -- threatens to become a flash point.

Islamic State militants re-enter Syria?s historic Palmyra

Activists said the Islamic State has re-entered Palmyra nine months after their fighters were expelled by Syrian and Russian forces.

Special reports

special report

Every doctor told the Lacey family their son would die ? except one

Pat and Dina Lacey had been parents for only a few months when doctors discovered a tumor in their new baby?s chest. Told to take their son home to die, they put their faith in a young doctor who wouldn?t accept death as the answer.

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

Protest that goes beyond political theater

In recent months protest movements are being defined by new urgency ?and efficacy.

Life sciences

STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.

Investigations

The Desperate and the Dead

The hidden cost when mental illness meets homelessness

Everyone knows David, and wants to help, as he bounces between shelters, hospitals, jail. He is among the many homeless people with mental illness who find no care system to address their desperation.