T pension fund ignored lots of red flags on investment

The man pitching the $25 million investment? He was the pension fund?s former head.

The transition to Trump

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The selection of Rex Tillerson as secretary of state marks the end of a bizarre courtship between Mitt Romney and Donald Trump.

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Why the stock market is surging and business confidence is soaring under Donald Trump.

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The Democratic attorney general is locked in a court battle with ExxonMobil, which has used aggressive tactics to thwart subpoenas.

Renée Graham

Donald Trump?s master in Moscow

Trump is too vain to recognize that he?s nothing more than the easily manipulated means to Putin?s nefarious ends.

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With pot law, Mass. enters legal gray zone

Adults will be permitted to purchase, possess, and use marijuana, but sellers will be breaking the law.

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Baker signed a bill to increase the safety of amphibious tour vehicles, after a woman was fatally struck last spring.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/21/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/ryan_Milllenniumtower27_arts.jpg Michael Dell reportedly pays $11m for a downtown penthouse

The purchase was for a penthouse unit and two parking spaces, according to the deed.

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Debate over digital tracking for truck drivers shifts into high gear

Truckers and government are clashing over preventing fatigued driving by keeping digital logs. There's a good reason why this change is being pushed now.

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Alan Thicke at the Daytime Emmy Awards in 2015.

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Alan Thicke, Canadian actor, dies at 69

Thicke found fame while starring in ?Growing Pains? from 1985 to 1992.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

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Underinflated footballs are back in the news, but the war is over and the Patriots lost.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/14/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/colton.jpg Aly Raisman reportedly admits to secretly dating Colton Underwood

After a gold-medal courtship this summer, Needham native Aly Raisman and the NFL tight end are officially a couple.

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Former Bauhaus frontman Peter Murphy complained that the guard was eating a hamburger and fries during his show Friday.

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In its first guidelines specifically directed toward passengers, Uber wants people to remember: Don?t have sex while riding in the car.

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Google?s self-driving car is ready to take the wheel.

Packages are stored at the Amazon electronic commerce company's logistics center in San Fernando de Henares, near Madrid, on the eve of

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How to deal with the cardboard tsunami

As online purchases soar during the holiday season, consumers face a growing pile of boxes and pouches.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/25/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/Was8869131%20-%20Copy-6427.jpg Plastic bag proposal hits snag with Walsh administration

A top city environmental official said the city is already actively engaged in efforts to reduce the amount of plastic in the environment.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/13/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Offshoots_14jpcondos02_biz.jpg Controversial West Roxbury proposal wins key city approval

A project to build 18 luxury townhouses near Faulkner Hospital received unanimous approval from Boston?s zoning board.

Edward Tutunjian (right) left the court house in Boston on Tuesday.

Ex-taxi king must serve 18 months in halfway house?and pay for it

Edward Tutunjian must pay one-quarter of his gross income to the Coolidge House during the next 18 months, a federal judge ruled.

Special reports

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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

JEFF JACOBY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/13/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/jacoby-1941.jpg Is Miss World silencing Anastasia Lin?

For the second year in a row, a human-rights plea is being silenced.

Life sciences

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

Investigations

The Desperate and the Dead | Part 7

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/20160923_SAMentalHealth_312.jpg The San Antonio solution

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

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.

Real Estate

5 ways to organize and decorate a tiny space

Living in a city like Boston?especially for those who call coveted neighborhoods like the South End, South Boston, and Back Bay home?often requires fitting a big life into a small space. The good news? Whatever your home lacks in square footage, you can make up for with smart design.