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Simmons president among the nation?s highest paid

Helen Drinan earned $1.7 million in 2016, putting her in an elite group of top earners that included the presidents of Northwestern and the University of Chicago.

Eight residents were displaced during Sunday morning?s five-alarm fire on Lowell Street in Worcester. Firefighter Christopher Roy died while battling the blaze. (Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)

?The person who died . . . he was trying to help us?

A Worcester firefighter died Sunday while battling a five-alarm blaze in an apartment building. Christopher Roy, 36, had been on the force for 2½ years and leaves a 9-year-old daughter.

Girl, 5, struck and killed by car in Revere

Four other people were hurt, including an infant who suffered serious injuries.

Mistral ensemble cofounders Julie Scolnik and her husband, Michael Brower, visit Ingrid Christiansen (center), who was resuscitated at a recent Mistral concert. (Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff)

Can a concert save your life? For one Brookline woman, it may have

Ingrid Christiansen, 89, went into cardiac arrest in the middle of a concert by the chamber music ensemble Mistral. What happened next was dramatic.

Some Newton teachers will miss school to respond to critics? records requests

A Watertown nonprofit has accused the Newton school district of anti-Israel bias in its high-school world history curriculum.

BC student arrested after allegedly writing racist graffiti in dorm

Officials say that same student also discharged a fire extinguisher in another residence hall.

?A lot of folks didn?t know this was a disease you could treat,? said Dr. Alister Martin, an emergency room doctor at Massachusetts General Hospital. — Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff

ERs once offered little for drug users. That?s starting to change

Massachusetts General Hospital emergency doctors can now prescribe medication for addiction, and a new state law requires others to do the same.

Democrats raise idea of impeachment if Trump directed payments

Lawmakers are considering the implications if it is proved that President Trump directed illegal hush-money payments to women.

dave epstein

Get ready for star show as Geminid meteor shower appears

You can see the multi-colored and bright Geminid meteor shower this week, if you can brave freezing night temperatures.

Tom Brady was sacked by the Dolphins? Robert Quinn on the final play of the first half. — JIM DAVIS/GLOBE STAFF

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Is this the worst non-playoff loss in Boston sports history?

I dare you to come up with anything more hideous and ghoulish. And the consequences are likely to be enormous.

Kenyan Drake?s touchdown was the difference. — Jim Davis/Globe Staff

Ben Volin | Instant Analysis

Patriots let Dolphins hang around, and lost in devastating fashion

The loss hurt the Patriots? chances of clinching the No. 1 seed in the AFC.

Miami Gardens, FL 12-9-18: During the final play of the game, after the Dolphins DeVante Parker (not pictured) lateraled the ball to teammate Kenyan Drake (32 center), Drake took the ball and went the rest of the way into the end zone for the stunning game winning touchdown. The Patriots Kyle Van Noy misses him at left, with J.C. Jackson (27) at right. The New England Patriots visited the Miami Dolphins in a regular season NFL football game at Hard Rock Stadium. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff) — jim davis/Globe staff

Chad Finn | 34 thoughts

Bizarre things happen to Patriots in Miami, but this loss tops them all

The Patriots have lost in Miami to Joey Harrington and A.J. Feeley, but never like this.

Former Red Sox closer Lee Smith elected to Hall of Fame

Smith, who pitched two-plus seasons with the Red Sox between 1988-90, joins Harold Baines as the Hall?s newest members.

BOB HOHLER

Ex-Patriot Kevin Turner?s children battle the nurse who became 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.

Somerville?s Union Square neighborhood on the verge of a massive makeover

The Somerville square is teetering on the edge of a $1.5 billion overhaul. When it?s done, the neighborhood will be more modern ? and likely more expensive.

Harvard student accused of rape far from campus sues university for investigating it

Some Harvard activists say that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos?s efforts to overhaul the Title IX process are altering the landscape of sex assault investigations.

IDEAS | COURTNEY HUMPHRIES

How Amazon Prime will change the way our cities look

For centuries, streets lined with retail stores defined urban landscapes. But that was before same-day delivery. How will cities change when life?s necessities go right to your home?

Renée Graham

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.

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

New bank may be a sign things are looking up in Springfield

Is it another sign that Springfield?s economic renaissance has finally taken hold?

Week Ahead

It?s a good time of the year for a show, and it doesn?t have to be ?The Nutcracker?

There are many musicals, plays, and concerts to be enjoyed all over Greater Boston, not just in the city.

Robert De Niro back as ?Robert Mueller? on ?Saturday Night Live?

Special counsel Robert Mueller paid a visit to Eric Trump during the cold open of this week?s episode of ?Saturday Night Live.?

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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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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.