Boston area could now see up to 6 inches of snow
The National Weather Service?s 3 a.m. prediction of Saturday?s snowfall totals.

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More moisture allowed snow to start accumulating earlier, resulting in an increased forecast.

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The Boston airfield was tied with Chicago O?Hare for the fifth worst on the list, according to a J.D. Power survey.

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Developer Jay Doherty says Edward Tutunjian reneged on a series of business deals and violated an exclusivity agreement.

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Critics say the transit agency may have violated the state?s opening meeting law in agreeing to the $277 million deal.

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The cameras have generated nearly 1,500 hours of footage, according to the department?s spokesman.

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Bishops wrote earlier this month to Governor Charlie Baker and legislative leaders expressing their concerns on the reforms.

The transition to Trump

?We?ve lost track of what it is that we?re about and what we stand for,? President Obama said at the news conference.

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Partisan divisions make US vulnerable, Obama warns

Obama also warned President-elect Trump to be less casual in his dealings with foreign leaders.

Opinion | John Shattuck

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Why is Trump rejecting a bipartisan proposal for a congressional investigation into Russian election-related hacking?

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The revelations could put to rest suggestions that the CIA and the FBI weren?t on the same page.

An investigation into a ?labor-inducing cream cheese?

The owner of Eric?s La Patisserie in Worcester, the creator of the cream cheese, claims a 100 percent success rate. We decided to test it out.

Globe Santa

A plea for a ?normal? holiday for a 10-year-old Eritrean boy

A refugee grandmother from Eritrea asks for holiday presents for her grandson.

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The auction offered a 45-minute private meeting with the president-elect?s daughter in exchange for a charitable donation.

?Heatzone 1000 TurboDown? parka by Columbia Sportswear, $650, at rei.com

When did parkas become a status symbol?

Does anyone need to wear a $1,700 down jacket to make a coffee run? More shoppers are saying yes, you do.

ADDRESS

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Fulfilling the desire for a tight-knit community, cohousing is gaining a foothold.

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The agreement allows the firms to share the science behind CRISPR-Cas9.

Dr. Joseph Russo says that 90?percent of his breast implant patients choose stable silicone ?gummy bear? implants.

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For the ?selfie generation,? a different kind of breast implant

Avoiding the oversize implants of the 1990s, they favor a stable silicone implant commonly referred to as the ?gummy bear.?

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All a cute, curly haired 10-year-old girl named Gayla Peevey wanted for Christmas in 1953 was a hippo.

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

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The lack of public oversight at the agency, even as taxpayers pick up the bill, has no justification.

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

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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.

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K-2SO and Jyn Erso in ?Rogue One.?

Why K-2SO is the droid we?ve been looking for
Julia Child at her French vacation home in 1978.

Travel

Stay and cook in Julia Child?s French vacation home
Mason Thorp called his day among antique construction equipment ?the best day of my life.??

THOMAS FARRAGHER

This is a love story. About heavy equipment.
Viet Wings at The Automatic.

Quick bites

Spice is right at The Automatic in Kendall Square
A deer at the Jackie Robinson Park in Harlem, where it had been living for about a month, in Manhattan, Dec. 14, 2016. The one-antler white-tail buck was captured by police after wandering onto the lawn of a nearby housing complex on Thursday. Because state regulations prohibit its relocation, the city says it will be killed. (Emon Hassan/The New York Times)

New York City deer dies before it can be relocated
Dugan Arnett wandered down Winter Street while looking for marijuana in Boston.

How hard is it to buy pot now that it?s legal?
FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2012, file photo, Sumner Redstone attends the premiere of

Redstone gives up his vote on Viacom board
The Kirkham family?s holiday card reflects the messy reality of life with small children.

A new tradition: Holiday cards with a dash of snark

THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE COMMON GOOD

Child care for $10 a day
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Diver?s body recovered from Braintree water tank
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker.

State accused of denying shelter to homeless moms

Check out the ugliest of ugly sweaters

Sports

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Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas drove past Hornets guard Nicolas Batum during the first quarter.

Celtics 96, Hornets 88

Isaiah Thomas?s return boosts Celtics

The Celtics guard, who missed four games with a strained groin, scored 26 points.

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Charlestown fire displaces 25 people

No civilians were hurt in the blaze, which tore through a building once featured in ?The Town.?

Real Estate

Home of the week: A five-bedroom fully restored Victorian in Dorchester

Everybody needs options, the opportunity to see what life is like on the other side of the door. This fully restored Victorian in Dorchester?s Meetinghouse Hill neighborhood offers choices, particularly for where the master can lay his or her head.

Politics

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A protester shouted as she was arrested during a special session of the North Carolina General Assembly on Friday.

N.C. GOP strips powers from incoming Democratic governor

State legislators were on the cusp of an even greater power grab, an extraordinary move that critics said flies in the face of voters.

Cars

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'Do I really need special oil for my car?'

The Car Doc advises a new Toyota Corolla owner.

Columnists

Eric Marcotulli is CEO of the health supplements startup Elysium Health. Dan Alminana is chief operating officer. Lenny Guarente is chief scientist and a professor of chemistry at MIT.

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Search for a youth medicine never grows old
Rachel Jordan protested outside Friday?s special session of the North Carolina General Assembly in Raleigh.

Michael A. Cohen

North Carolina?s legislative coup
Mason Thorp called his day among antique construction equipment ?the best day of my life.??

THOMAS FARRAGHER

This is a love story. About heavy equipment.
Former commissioner Bud Selig did a lot of good things in office, but he goes down as the Steroid Era Commissioner.

Dan Shaughnessy

Is it time for Hall voters to ease up on steroids?
The newsroom at WHDH-TV (Channel 7).

Shirley Leung

Channel 7 doubles down on local news
An ultrasound examination.

Michael A. Cohen

The unimaginable cruelty of 20-week abortion bans
Carly Fiorina stops to talk with the press in the lobby of Trump Tower, after her meeting with President-elect Donald Trump, Monday in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

JOAN VENNOCHI

Fiorina is one of the guys when it comes to groveling
President-elect Donald Trump tosses a 'Make America Great Again' hat into the crowd while speaking at the Dow Chemical Hangar in Baton Rouge on Dec. 9.

Eric Fehrnstrom

Donald Trump is leaving his critics in the dust
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 12: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) listens as Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee November 12, 2013 in Washington, DC. Cordray testified before the committee on the topic on

Yvonne Abraham

From Senator Warren, a regret
FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2016, file photo, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady passes during an NFL football game against the New York Jets, in East Rutherford, N.J. Brady-Siemian. It doesn't have the same ring to it as Brady-Manning. Still, Trevor Siemian is providing the Broncos with better numbers than Peyton Manning or Brock Osweiler did last year when Denver swept Tom Brady and the Patriots on their way to winning Super Bowl 50.(Winslow Townson/File)

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Deflategate shouldn?t cost Tom Brady the MVP award
Donald Trump?s frequent use of Twitter has been a promotional boon for the company.

Tech Lab

Is Trump Twitter?s salvation?

JEFF JACOBY

Is Miss World silencing Anastasia Lin?

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Crews recovered US and British unmanned ocean gliders during an exercise earleir this year off the Scottish coast. Chinese naval forces seized a similar vehicle Thursday.

Pentagon demands that China return seized Navy drone

The incident occurred Thursday in disputed international waters in the South China Sea.

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A rendering of the new headquarters General Electric plans to build along the Fort Point Channel.

GE picks Suffolk Construction to build headquarters

The city?s largest construction firm will manage the creation of a 12-story building at General Electric?s Fort Point campus.

Arts

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Casey Affleck in ?Manchester by the Sea.?

The Year in Arts

Ty Burr?s top 10 films: Movies aren?t dead yet

The personal was often political in this year?s best films.

Lifestyle

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MY FIRST HOME

What?s it like to be single and buying a house?

I had never really relished the prospect of buying a place alone.

The Big Picture

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Becoming Santa

Some two hundred Santas and Mrs. Clauses came from across the world to a Michigan Santa school to learn how to spread Christmas spirit.

Ground Game

Ground Game

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Somehow Donald Trump, who claims a net worth of $10 billion, was standing up for the little guy, against their own union boss.

Design New England

Design New England

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The lush landscape around Andrew Grossman?s home and studio is a showcase of possibilities.

Magazine

The cover for the December 11 2016 issue

Santa is real
The cover for the December 4 2016 issue

Advice: Is it rude to give out lists for holiday presents?
The cover for the November 27 2016 issue

Blind date: The officer and the law student
The cover for the November 20 2016 issue

Blind date: ?He tried to feed me a smelt?