Walsh blames Chang for not telling him about IRS audit

Mayor Martin Walsh blamed Superintendent Tommy Chang on Wednesday for not informing him sooner about the mismanagement of student activity accounts found in an IRS audit.

Cambridge firefighters battled a four-alarm blaze near Central Square.

Cambridge fire

Cambridge 4-alarm fire strikes two residences in Central Square

Two wood-frame buildings on Magazine Street were on fire just before 1:30 a.m.

James O'Keefe, the founder of Project Veritas.

That group that tried to sting The Washington Post? It?s suing the DA in Boston

Project Veritas, which uses deceptive tactics and secret taping, doesn?t like the Massachusetts law against recording a convervation without the knowledge of everyone involved.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/28/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/accuser-1stld-writethru-cb3b0ecc-d3bb-11e7-b62d-d9345ced896d.jpg Endeavor to in?ltrate The Washington Post dates back months

Starting in July, Jaime Phillips, an operative with the organization Project Veritas, joined two dozen networking groups related to either journalism or left-leaning politics.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wahlburgers-10568.jpg California newspaper editor apologizes for calling a South Boston resident ?a Southie?

?Gee, you?d think we?d accused the Patriots of deflating footballs or something,? Linda Zavoral wrote.

shirley leung

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/shirley-6098.jpg CEOs don?t buy the trickle-down promises of the tax bill

Republicans are pushing tax plans that only corporate America and the rich could love. But not all of them do.

Police officers take Orion Krause, covered in a white sheet, to a police vehicle in Groton.

Courtesy via AP

?He keeps saying he murdered four people?

The 911 tapes from the aftermath of a bloody quadruple homicide in Groton in September have been released.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un

GROUND GAME

How to avert the North Korea crisis in just one step

War would likely be catastrophic, and sanctions aren?t working. But an option remains: pay the North Koreans to end their nuclear weapons program.

TAJI, IRAQ - NOVEMBER 29: British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks with British soldiers at the Camp Taji military base on November 29, 2017 in Taji, Iraq. Theresa May has made a surprise visit to Iraq during a planned visit to the Middle East. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Trump rebuked in UK after retweets targeting Muslims

The series of anti-Muslim videos retweeted by President Trump were originally posted by Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader of the far-right group Britain First.

Audience members applauded after Boston City Council passed a ban on single-use plastic bags.

Boston is close to banning plastic bags at stores

The measure still needs Mayor Walsh?s approval, but Boston is preparing to join other communities that have moved against plastic bags.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/1130opioids4.jpg An ad campaign against opioid addiction is drawing criticism

The ads employ scare tactics long known to be ineffective, one doctor said. They will appear on buses, trains, and billboards, and on social media channels.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/01/31/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/05152008_massmover15-6655757.jpg Semma Therapeutics raises $114m for novel diabetes treatment

Cambridge startup hopes to eliminate the need for insulin injections.

Shawn Hogan of Lynn says, ?The lights can?t go on until after Thanksgiving; that?s my wife?s and daughter?s rule.?

Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

For some people, it?s (almost) never too early for holiday decorations

After years of griping that retailers are rushing the holidays, civilians are doing it, too.

Matt Lauer was fired by NBC News for ?inappropriate sexual behavior.?

Matthew Gilbert

Another media figure falls, and mistrust grows

Accused men in the media present a distinct problem, since credibility is essential to legitimate news outlets.

Matt Lauer, former cohost of ?Today.?

Matt Lauer could lock his office door from his desk, according to Variety investigation

The detail was reported in a Variety story about the longtime host of the ?Today? show, who is accused of sexual misconduct and was fired Wednesday.

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/32b1d1d861e34ca79ead75792c14b1b1-32b1d1d861e34ca79ead75792c14b1b1-10498-U8483544779wRE--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg Matt Lauer?s interview with Bill O?Reilly looks different now

O?Reilly spent the interview vehemently denying the harassment allegations made against him. Lauer did not hold back with his questioning.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/keillor-2a9260f0-9556-11e6-9b7c-57290af48a49-4721.jpg Garrison Keillor says he?s been fired over alleged improper behavior

News of Keillor?s firing from Minnesota Public Radio came shortly after he wrote a column ridiculing the idea that Senator Al Franken should resign over sexual harassment allegations.

BRUINS 3, LIGHTNING 2

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_bostb1_spts.jpg With Tuukka Rask in net, Bruins start fast and beat Lightning

Charlie McAvoy and Riley Nash scored first-period goals and Rask won for the first time since Nov. 6.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Trial_01.jpg DNA will convict once-homeless man of 1992 murder of Tufts graduate, prosecutors say

The man accused of killing Lena Bruce is on trial in a Boston courtroom, where DNA evidence will play a key role in the prosecution?s case.

A image from the ?Boston #StandsWithImmigrants? art project, which features portraits that have been projected around the city.

Photography project highlights contributions of Boston?s immigrant community

Images from a project titled ?Boston #StandsWithImmigrants? have been projected onto structures around the city.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/kreiter_newdresses1_met.jpg Yawkey Club teens to receive free dresses

The girls selected to participate are actively involved in the club?s Girls Group, which meets Wednesdays and emphasizes self-esteem.

Fred Sharf, in his home library and collection room in Chestnut Hil, in 2009.

obituary

Frederic A. Sharf, art collector, philanthropist, and writer, dies at 83

Frederic Sharf, who died Nov. 27, was a noted collector and expert, and he and his wife were known in the Boston area for their philanthropic work.

/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/30bizNallicheri.psd Cambridge firm has high hopes for diagnostic test for cancer

The testing would detect all four classes of genomic alterations in more than 300 cancer-related genes that cause solid tumors.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/02/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Bedford_170221_CRIMINAL_JUSTICE_001.jpg Mass. braces for possible loss of federal funding for children?s health program

Massachusetts will run out of money in January for the CHIP program, which provides health coverage for 172,000 children in the state unless Congress approves new funding.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/letter.jpg This Roslindale resident received some unexpectedly ugly mail

?Stop Muslim lessons in Roslindale schools,? the letter said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/DPv4YFJXkAMMhGA.jpg Someone wanted a bike lane on the Congress Street bridge ? so they drew one on with spray paint

The fake bike lane runs over the Fort Point Channel.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/884010c522c44da4815d6a1417b8b430-884010c522c44da4815d6a1417b8b430-0.jpg American Airlines is scrambling to find pilots for holidays after glitch

American isn?t saying how many flights are affected, but the pilots? union says that about 15,000 flights were scheduled without a captain, a co-pilot, or both.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Saglio_ElfMusical-1.jpg Go to Elf the Musical, meet with Santa, donate to Globe Santa

An elf named Buddy won?t be the only visitor from the North Pole in the Wang Theater this year.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Image%20Tease%20Place%20Holder.png The Season Ticket podcast

Globe sports editor Joe Sullivan and host Chris Gasper weigh in on why certain ?Belichickisms? are banned from the newspaper.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/01/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/muck1105altimage-2940[1].jpg He put BSO on the map ? then landed in a world of trouble

One hundred years ago, one of the world?s top conductors was ensnared in a scandal involving patriotism and sex. It almost toppled Boston?s famed orchestra.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/c675e2dd368641f6985fca5b0fbde6e2-c675e2dd368641f6985fca5b0fbde6e2-0.jpg ?Trickle-up? diversity and the 21st-century workforce

Anyone dismayed by the veneration of white nationalism on display this year needs only to look at the diverse 2018 class of US Rhodes scholars for an antidote.

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Holiday Arts Preview

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?Tis the season for music, shows, and productions of all kinds, just in time for the holidays.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/San%20Diego.jpg Come for a new hip, stay for SeaWorld? San Diego bets on medical tourism

A San Diego campaign aims to attract patients, but experts say it?ll take more than online ads to build a medical tourism hub.

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