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Doctor faces lawsuits over double-booked surgeries

Dr. David B. Samadi, a urologist who is one of the nation?s highest-paid surgeons, is the chief of urology at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan.

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The lawsuits accuse Dr. David Samadi of injuring and defrauding patients by allowing unsupervised medical residents to perform his operations.

Boston Public Schools Superintendent Tommy Chang spoke to members of the media last week.

Boston drops plan to change school hours

The announcement came a little more than an hour before many parents, students, and teachers were planning to descend on City Hall Plaza to protest the changes.

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The Vermont man is at the center of separate probes into the murder of his wealthy grandfather and presumed death of his mother.

Boston, MA- April 01, 2017: A pedestrian protects herself from the cold rain and snow as she passes Clarendon Street in Boston, MA on April 01, 2017. rainy weather shifted to snow in Boston by mid-morning, with accumulation predicted to be between 3 and 4 inches, according to the National Weather Service . But with temperatures hovering just above freezing, much of the accumulation is expected to be on grass rather than the roadways. (Globe staff photo / Craig F. Walker) section: metro reporter:

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Snow expected to change to freezing rain overnight Friday

As much as two inches of snow had fallen in parts of Massachusetts Friday night.

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Software coders, house painters, even the grocery-delivery guy ? all could potentially benefit under the next tax law if they decide to incorporate as a business.

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The presidential seal has been replaced by an eagle bearing President Trump?s signature.

BU program offers students a path through anxiety

A Boston University program teaches the coping skills that will give students who have had to leave college a shot at getting back into school or work.

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The Jirons told the police they were traveling from their home state of California to Vermont, with a planned pit stop in Boston, and intended to distribute the drugs as Christmas gifts.

A note to Globe readers about our sexual harassment coverage

The editor of The Boston Globe confirms the identity of a former Globe journalist and addresses questions about the paper?s recent coverage.

A Christmas bar has arrived in Cambridge

At Miracle, located in the Kimpton Marlowe?s lobby, bartenders donning ugly Christmas sweaters can mix customers a specialty cocktail.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Tanaka_23villelights02_arts.jpg Looking for holiday lights? This Harvard grad student created an interactive map of Somerville displays

It took him 10 hours over two days to bike to each spot and take photographs of the decorations.

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Host Chris Gasper welcomes Buffalo Bills reporter Vic Carucci to preview the upcoming Patriots-Bills game.

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As he prepares to retire from one of New England?s most thankless and powerful jobs, John Bullard leaves the agency?s offices in Gloucester with few regrets.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/peyton.jpg ?The Rosary Priest? is a step closer to sainthood

Pope Francis has declared Rev. Patrick Peyton, founder of Holy Cross Family Ministries in Easton, a venerable, the second step toward canonization, the organization announced.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/22/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/wiggs_Patriots_13.jpg Questions about Alex Guerrero don?t sit well with Tom Brady

Brady mostly dodged inquiries about a Globe report that his trainer?s access had been reduced.

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SpaceX?s launch Friday evening of a rocket carrying a batch of satellites into low-earth orbit caps a record year for the closely held company led by Elon Musk.

Orleans-12/15/17 Ben Lyttle from Orleans walks near the remains of the three-masted schooner, Montclair are exposed more than ever by the shifting winds and tide on Nauset Beach. Lyttle has seen the remains this summer and said today was the most exposed he has seen of it. It can be found about two miles south of the Nauset Beach parking lot. The ship out of Halifax, Nova Scotia ran aground in a storm in March of 1927. John Tlumacki/Globe staff (metro)

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Shipwrecked schooner reveals itself on Nauset Beach

Parting sands on Nauset Beach in Orleans have revealed a piece of nautical history that often can?t be seen from land.

President Trump told the world Friday that Kraft called him Thursday to talk up the $1.5 trillion tax cut that Republicans whisked to Trump?s desk.

Talking Points

Trump?s shoutout to Bob Kraft raises questions

Because of the bill, Trump said, his buddy in Foxborough is going to buy ?a big plant? in North Carolina and will build a ?paper products plant? there.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/MedicineMan010A.jpg After a feature in a weed magazine, two Mass. men arrested for illegally growing marijuana

Peter Molle of Holland and Eric Vallee of Sutton are facing charges in federal court, months after they were featured in High Times magazine.

Marla Smith (left), Cheryl LoMaglio-Puleio, and Rose Coviello (right) joined Globe Santa executive director Bill Connolly to give him a donation of $1,352 from the law firm of Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale, and Dorr LLP.

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A grandmother caring for her granddaughter asks for help at Christmas

The life of a grandmother from a seaside community northeast of Boston has been turned upside down because her daughter is struggling with drug addiction.

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Host Chris Gasper welcomes Buffalo Bills reporter Vic Carucci to preview the upcoming Patriots-Bills game.

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The White House insists the tax bill will be a drain on Donald Trump?s finances, when the opposite is plainly true.

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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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