Prosecutors say Michael Cohen deserves substantial prison time
Richard Drew/Associated Press
?Cohen?s description of? his assistance ?is overstated in some respects and incomplete in others,? prosecutors say.
Jury convicts man who drove car into protesters in Charlottesville, Va.
The man who drove his car into counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in Virginia has been convicted of first-degree murder.
House GOP unhappy with Comey?s answers behind closed doors
House Republicans interviewed James Comey behind closed doors Friday, hauling the former FBI director to Capitol Hill one final time before they cede power to Democrats in January.
Winchester native expected to be named Joint Chiefs chairman
Army General Mark Milley would succeed Marine General Joseph Dunford, who also has Boston-area ties.
Trump hits back after Tillerson criticizes president?s ?undisciplined? style
President Trump said his former secretary of state was ?dumb as a rock.?
Stocks close down more than 550 points, continuing a dismal streak for markets
US stocks fell sharply Friday, erasing an early gain, as the market closed in on its third weekly decline in four weeks.
Dorchester stores? closures leave working-class families without options
Residents wonder what might fill those spots, and whether they?ll continue to offer affordable options for those who live nearby.
A new vaccine can prevent shingles ? if you can find it
The debilitating viral infection afflicts about 1 million mostly older Americans annually with a blistering rash and pain that can linger for months. But there?s a vaccine shortage in Mass. and beyond.
At Harvard, Rashida Tlaib blasts comments by former Trump advisor Gary Cohn
Gary Cohn, President Trump?s former top economic adviser and an ex-Goldman Sachs executive, got a cold reception from a newly elected House Democrat during an off-the-record event Thursday.
INNOVATION ECONOMY
Some startups leave Boston, go west, and never look back. But this one is returning
There?s plenty of action out west, but lots of talent here, too.
STAT
Cambridge biotech?s record-setting IPO slumps in its debut
Moderna Therapeutics watched its share price slip within hours of pulling off the biggest initial public offering in biotech history.
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BOB HOHLER
Was CTE a factor in ex-Patriot Kevin Turner making his nurse his wife ? and heir?
Turner died a year after marrying his nurse, who now gets his NFL pension, but his parents claim he wasn?t mentally fit to make decisions.
What is it like to play in a game against the Bruins Alumni?
Globe reporter Emily Sweeney laced up her skates in a charity game against Rick Middleton, Bob Sweeney, and others.
TARA SULLIVAN
Reflections on one year of covering the Boston sports scene
There were thrilling, captivating, and moving stories one after another, with barely time to catch one?s breath.
Chad Finn | Unconventional preview
A win at Miami won?t come easy for the Patriots
The Patriots could clinch the AFC East for the 10th straight year with a win, but they?re going to have to earn their hat and t-shirt Sunday.
Nestor Ramos
On the Orange Line tracks, three discarded items and the stories they tell
Was this an accumulation of a few days? trash, scattered by the passing trains? Or, worse, the leavings of a single sad life?
Renée Graham
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Baby, it?s cold outside ? for songs that celebrate sexual assault and domestic violence
?Baby, It?s Cold Outside? should be left outside modern culture.
Michael A. Cohen
Power grab in Wisconsin and Michigan is an assault on democracy
Republican legislators are using a lame-duck session to subvert an electoral outcome and make a mockery of democracy.
Dorothea Lange
IDEAS | BENJAMIN GONZALEZ O?BRIEN
Undocumented entry wasn?t always a crime. Here?s how that changed.
Before the 1920s, immigrants who came to the United States without permission weren?t treated as criminals. A surge of nativist sentiment brought the law down on these migrants.
A patient coughed up this blood clot in the shape of his lung airways ? and the picture is ?remarkable?
The image of the cast was published in The New England Journal of Medicine recently, sending people into a tizzy.
NAMES
Malala Yousafzai receives award for activism at Harvard, offers advice to incoming lawmakers
The Gleitsman Award was given to Malala Yousafzai, who came to international attention after a masked gunman shot her in retaliation for speaking out in support of girls? right to education.
Dinner With Cupid
Blind date: ?There were a lot of birthdays that night in the restaurant?
Will too many rounds of ?Happy Birthday? kill the mood for these daters?
Your Week Ahead
Five things to do around Boston, Dec. 10-16
Ansel Adams exhibit at the MFA, tips on traveling better from globe-trotting journalists, the Cultural Survival Bazaar, and more.
Hawaiian monk seals keep getting eels stuck up their noses, and no one knows why
No one can seem to explain why it?s happening. ??You see some very strange things if you watch nature long enough,? one researcher said.
FIELD GUIDE
The world?s fastest animal lives right here
Peregrine falcons are able to reach speeds of over 200 miles per hour when in a full dive, or stoop, as it?s called.
Podcasts
Special reports
Globe Magazine
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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The Big Picture
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The Big Picture
Globe staff photos of the month: November 2018
Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: a colorful sunrise, Christmas tree lightings, and high school sports.
Globe must-reads
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Sports
Chad Finn | Unconventional preview
A win at Miami won?t come easy for the Patriots
The Patriots could clinch the AFC East for the 10th straight year with a win, but they?re going to have to earn their hat and t-shirt Sunday.
Metro
Dot Block project gets new team, new look
A long-delayed development that promises to reshape a key corner of Dorchester is moving forward again, with one of Boston?s best-known developers at the helm.
Real Estate
For decades, this old Mass. factory has sat empty. Now there?s a battle over its future.
In the heart of Hopedale, the sights and sounds that brought the Draper Corp. factory to life went still and silent decades ago. In their absence, shattered windowpanes and chipped paint, boarded windows and dark hallways are mainstays at the expansive, 1,000,000-square-foot former industrial powerhouse that once churned out textile machinery used around the globe.
Politics
Stephen Lynch backs Nancy Pelosi as House speaker, after all
The South Boston Democrat had been one of 16 in the caucus to sign a letter saying they would not back her bid for speaker.
Nation & World
Deputy responding to Calif. mass shooting killed by bullet fired by patrolman, sheriff says
Ron Helus was killed by a bullet fired by a highway patrolman also responding to November?s mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Cars Search This Week's Specials
It's time to buy a convertible, even though it's nearly winter
With temperatures dropping, dealers have a harder time moving droptops off the lot.
Columnists
Business
Partners HealthCare plans new outpatient clinics
Partners officials did not reveal how many new locations they plan to open, but they said the company would target busy suburban areas near major highway interchanges.
Arts
Kevin Hart steps down as Oscars host after old homophobic tweets surface
Hart told critics that they should ??stop being negative?? after the years-old tweets were uncovered.
STAT
Democrats are eyeing a valuable pharma asset: its patents
After a midterm election that saw voters focused on drug prices, progressives are decrying pharma?s abuses of the patent system.
Love Letters: The Podcast
Love Letters: Until next year, my sweetheart
In a special bonus episode, Meredith Goldstein explores what happens to summer romance when the summer ends, and ?Wet Hot American Summer? creator David Wain shares a girl-crazy memory from his own camp days.
Listen: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | RadioPublic
Real Estate
Are we ignoring ? or outright banning ? an easy affordable-housing fix?
Mobile homes may be the least expensive and most effective means of addressing the region?s housing shortage.
