For Wahlberg, ?Patriots Day? is personal

Kevin Bacon, Mark Wahlberg and John Goodman in the 2016 film ?Patriots Day,? directed by Peter Berg. — Karen Ballard/CBS Films

?It?s not too soon,? Mark Wahlberg said. ?It?s not soon enough.?

Dave Epstein

Snow will turn to rain ? but exactly when is the big question

The exact time of the changeover from snow to rain will make a big difference in how much snow ends up in your backyard.

A commuter rail train. — David L. Ryan/Globe Staff/File 2015

Commuter rail cancellations surge in fall

It?s one of the worst stretches since the winter of 2015 and a stark illustration of the commuter rail operator?s persistent struggles.

The transition to Trump

An elevator door closed as former Texas governor Rick Perry arrived at Trump Tower on November 21. — Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press

Rick Perry said to be Trump?s top candidate for energy secretary

Donald Trump has narrowed his search for energy secretary to four people, with former Texas governor Rick Perry the leading candidate.

@LARGE | Michael Andor Brodeur

How to deal with trolls on Twitter (when they?re the president)

It?s tempting, but dangerous, to treat Donald Trump as an ordinary troll.

Trump says he doesn?t believe Russia intervened in election

Donald Trump said on Sunday morning that the CIA?s conclusion that Russia interfered in the election is ?ridiculous.?

Adrian Walker

Boston should celebrate $30m housing grant while it can

The money will be used to demolish and rebuild one of the city?s oldest developments.

Wrongly convicted have hard time getting Mass. compensation

Kevin O?Loughlin is suing over the four years he spent in prison for a rape that prosecutors have now dropped the charges for.

How many evictions are there in Boston? No one really knows.

City officials and housing advocates have long complained there is no comprehensive data on evictions collected in Boston.

Senator Warren, Mayor Walsh speak at interfaith event at mosque

?An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us, and we will fight back against discrimination,? Senator Elizabeth Warren said.

Monday night at Gillette? They?re punting

The prospect of attending a weeknight game at Gillette Stadium is where season ticket holder Paul McCarthy draws the line.

Dan Shaughnessy

Bill Belichick has a long history with Baltimore

The Patriots-Ravens Monday night clash could add another chapter to the bad blood between the teams.

Chad Finn

From banished to brilliant, Patriots have run gamut on Monday night

The Patriots, who could not have home Monday Night Football games for 14 years, make their 48th appearance Monday.

Jasper Milstein, 11, of Brookline (center) and Lucas Harvey, 10, of Haverhill (right) picketed with fellow fifth-grade students outside of Wendy's on Saturday. — Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

In Downtown Crossing, a picket line of fifth graders

The demonstration was an annual rite of passage at the Boston Workmen?s Circle Center for Jewish Culture and Social Justice in Brookline.

Beauty, not need, often sways charitable givers, study finds

It takes extra deliberation to give to the neediest rather than the prettiest, according to researchers.

Globe Spotlight Team report

The Desperate and the Dead | Part 7

The San Antonio solution

How one Texas city took on mental health as a community and became a national model.

City councilor clashes with ministers group

Andrea Campbell has become embroiled in a tense exchange with members of Boston?s African-American clergy.

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

Thomas Levenson

Let?s waste more money on science

The United States has long had the world?s most successful scientific research establishment, built and mostly sustained with federal money.

Life sciences

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

Investigations

The Desperate and the Dead | Part 6

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.