MBTA head is out as officials say agency needs ?a different direction?

The switch will mark the fifth leadership change at the T under Governor Charlie Baker.

ADRIAN WALKER

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Luis Ramirez became MBTA general manager after a nationwide search but was pushed out in little more than a year. Why can?t people who aren?t from Boston succeed here?

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Alternative Therapies Group will begin recreational sales ? by appointment only ? on Saturday morning.

The Fine Print | Sean P. Murphy

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When they arrived at the Dominican resort, they were told they owed almost $10,000 more upfront for food and drink and could not check in until they paid up.

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A shooting in the French city of Strasbourg killed two people and wounded up to eight others, officials said. The shooter remains at large.

Harvard University police investigating sexual assault in Cambridge

Police are investigating after a female undergraduate student at Harvard University reported she was sexually assaulted early Tuesday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/17/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/d05ffee582c444b8a8a3bb72901f6082-d05ffee582c444b8a8a3bb72901f6082-0.jpg Judge orders Stormy Daniels to pay Trump for rejected defamation lawsuit

A judge has ordered Stormy Daniels to pay President Trump $293,000 in attorneys? fees for a rejected defamation lawsuit.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/11/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/2ed873a2-9b75-45ef-a558-166a3b6f9870.jpg How do you recover after millions have watched you overdose?

Mandy McGowan, 38, who became known as the ?Dollar Store Junkie? after overdosing in Lawrence, said the video showed only a few terrible frames of a complicated life.

Doctor charged with manslaughter in opioid overdose death

Dr. Richard Miron of Dracut is alleged to have prescribed high doses of opioids without medical reason to a woman who had previously overdosed.

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Google?s Sundar Pichai faced tough questions from Republicans and Democrats in his first congressional appearance.

The town hall in Dover, Mass. The highest earners in Massachusetts live in Dover, according to new Census data, with a whopping $204,018 median household income reported.

Here?s how much money residents in each Mass. town make, according to Census data

The new data also show where Massachusetts counties rank nationally in terms of median household income.

Trump threatens government shutdown in contentious Oval Office meeting with Pelosi, Schumer

Arguing heatedly in public with Democratic leaders, President Trump threatened repeatedly to shut down the government if Congress doesn?t provide the money he says is needed to build a wall at the Mexican border.

House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Vice President Mike Pence, President Donald Trump, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., argue during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

5 of the most heated moments between Trump, Schumer, and Pelosi

From President Trump saying he would be ?proud? to see a government shutdown to Nancy Pelosi accusing Trump of misrepresenting facts, here?s a look at the most contentious exchanges.

Miami Gardens, FL 12-9-18: Miami running back Kenyan Drake is pictured as he heads for the endzone where he scored the game winning touchdown on the last play of the game. Miami stunned New England 34-33. The New England Patriots visited the Miami Dolphins in a regular season NFL football game at Hard Rock Stadium. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

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DAN SHAUGHNESSY

The worst losses, and where the Miami fiasco ranks among them

Readers helped out as we tried to determine if that was the worst regular-season loss in Boston sports history.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/25/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/neverett.jpg Tim Neverett will not return to the Red Sox radio broadcast team

Neverett said he chose to let his contract run out rather than continue to work for flagship station WEEI.

Anthony Sanchez was all smiles as he left Christmas in the City in 2016.

Kevin Cullen

Christmas in the City shows off the true meaning of the holiday

Forget the commercialism and the culture wars: Christmas in the City holds the true meaning of Christmas.

Nancy Carell, left, and Steve Carell arrive at the premiere of

Steve Carell remembers his Massachusetts wedding day perfectly 23 years later

It?s been more than 23 years since Acton native Steve Carell and his wife, Nancy Carell, exchanged vows back in August 1995. But the actor remembers their wedding like it was yesterday.

Pamela Gardner

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Local meteorologist Pamela Gardner is switching TV stations

She is leaving WBZ and heading to NBC10 Boston and NECN.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/AdobeStock_138814240.jpg Is all that screen time hurting your child?s brain? New research raises troubling questions

A new study raises questions about whether screen time is affecting the structure of children?s brains.

Health & Wellness | Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/07/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/Brain.jpg Why you shouldn?t be afraid of your aging brain

Yes, our cognition slows as we grow older, but some activities and even attitudes can help.

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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

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.

STAT

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Current and former staffers and lobbyists connected to the industry said PhRMA is struggling to preserve its clout.

Love Letters: The Podcast

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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.

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