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20 minutes for one bus, 2 minutes for the next: Why some MBTA trips run back-to-back

A trio of Route 111 buses formed a convey down Broadway Street in Chelsea as they headed toward Boston. — Lane Turner/Globe Staff

?Bunching,? as the phenomenon is known, is a persistent problem on the T and other transit agencies.

Mental health therapy at Walmart? It?s now a thing

A Boston company is taking the concept of retail health care to a new level ? but don?t expect it to happen here.

Massachusetts doctors going the startup route

After spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on elite medical schools, they believe they can do more to improve health care by being entrepreneurs.

Help Desk

How to console those in mourning

Asking grieving friends if you can do something concrete, like mow their lawn or bring over dinner, is better than telling them to ?call if you need anything.?

dave epstein

Boston area has seen its wettest fall on record. More rain is coming

This year?s meteorological fall is the wettest on record. And it certainly looks like the jet stream will continue to bring us more precipitation.

Powerful winter storm disrupts travel across Midwest

Hundreds of flights were canceled and major highways were closed on one of the busiest travel days of the year.

BEN VOLIN I ON FOOTBALL

Patriots? running game was off to the races against the Jets

New England rushed 36 times for 215 yards and a touchdown, averaging a whopping 6.0 yards per carry.

Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman was upended by Jets cornerback Darryl Roberts in the first quarter. — matthew j. lee/globe staff

tara sullivan

No points for style, but Patriots pocket a victory

There?s still plenty of work to do after Sunday?s victory in the Meadowlands.

Globe Santa

Mother seeks help for little girl facing her first Christmas without dad

The 3-year-old girl and her mom are facing the stark reality of how the painful loss has changed their lives.

Scott Kirsner | Innovation Economy

This robot can teach your kids how to write code

One Cambridge startup hopes to fill a gap in early education.

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 16: (AFP OUT) U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a signing of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act in the Oval Office of the White House on November 16, 2018 in Washington, DC. The President also took questions from reporters. (Photo by Ron Sachs - Pool/Getty Images) — Ron Sachs - Pool/Getty Images

Editorial

Trump?s attacks on judiciary echo his press bashing

Make no mistake, Trump chooses his battles carefully, and his choice to disparage yet another institution critical to a well-functioning democracy is no idle rant.

Alex Beam

Two-and-a-half cheers for Howard Zinn

Zinn?s ?A People?s History of the United States? is ubiquitous on curriculums, and universally hated by historians.

A white shark at right swims close to a pack of gray seals in shallow waters off Lighthouse Beach in Chatham, Massachusetts, U.S., in this undated photo provided to the media on Tuesday, June 28, 2011. The great white sharks swimming off the waters of Chatham are boosting its economy by luring more tourists; now the town is wondering whether being so popular will have a bite. Source: Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries via Bloomberg EDITOR'S NOTE: NO SALES. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. localsharks — Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries via Bloomberg

Opinion | Peter Howell

White sharks aren?t the issue. Gray seals are

To control the white shark population, delist gray seals

Opinion | Andrew Dreyfus, David Torchiana, and Kate Walsh

Working together, we can end the opioid epidemic in Massachusetts

Fighting the opioid epidemic will take the combined efforts of public and private institutions.

?I hope I have the CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT to comment on my private FB page where you have to be invited into as friends only,? wrote Police Commissioner William B. Gross. — Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe

As Boston police lawsuit looms, ACLU hits back at Gross for Facebook post

Local ACLU officials responded to Boston Police Commissioner William Gross after he took the unusual step of wading into a legal controversy.

Congress is taking new steps to stop robocall scammers

By next year, the national plague could be in retreat.

Crowds have flocked to the state?s first two recreational marijuana retailers. It likely will be months before any such shops open up in Boston. — Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Marijuana stores are open in Mass. Now what?

More weed retailers are in the licensing pipeline, but don?t expect shops in Boston any time soon.

US agents fire tear gas at migrants trying to cross the border

Mexico said it would increase security near its border with the US and local authorities said 39 people had been arrested in Tijuana.

Murder trial of alleged Charlottesville driver set to begin

James Alex Fields Jr. is accused of driving his car into a crowd of counterprotesters, killing one and injuring dozens more, on Aug. 12, 2017.

NASA spacecraft approaching its landing zone on Mars

A NASA spacecraft?s six-month journey to Mars nears its dramatic grand finale Monday.

Ukraine considers martial law in response to standoff with Russia

An emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council was called for Monday after a Russian ship fired on Ukrainian navy vessels.

More than 140 pilot whales are dead after mass beaching in New Zealand

Half of the whales were euthanized by conservation workers in a ?deeply saddening? decision after their discovery came too late to rescue them, officials said Monday.

Chinese researcher says he helped create first genetically edited babies

If true, it would be a profound leap of science and ethics. Such work is banned in the United States.

Shaquille Brown enters court room for a hearing at Suffolk Superior Court. — Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff

?I been in hell all my life?

At 22, Shaquille Brown was leaving Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center with no job prospects and no money. He wanted a better life, but couldn?t imagine how it would happen.

Help was a few feet away. Why didn?t they save her?

My wife, Laura Levis, did everything she could to save herself when the asthma attack began. She went to Somerville Hospital and called 911, too. How could she have been left to die just outside the emergency room?

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