Dow plunges 500 points, stocks close at 14-month low in broad sell-off

US stocks skidded Monday as another day of big losses took the market to its lowest level in more than a year.

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The former FBI director had a second interview with two GOP-led committees investigating what they say was bias at the Justice Department before the 2016 election.

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The company said its former chief executive misled the company about allegations of sexual misconduct as he tried to save his legacy and reap a lucrative severance.

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The university?s information and sciences college will be named after the donor, Amin Khoury.

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Jerry McDermott of Westwood currently serves as chief of staff in the agency responsible for managing state buildings.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/200_mickey_roache.jpg Former Boston police commissioner, councilor ?Mickey? Roache dies at 82

Roache, who died Monday morning, was police commissioner from 1985 until 1993 and served on the City Council afterwards for several years.

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French drug maker plans to move 2,700 employees into 900,000 square feet at new development.

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Eric Weil, a painter who lives near Lake Winnipesaukee, never suspected he would face felony charges when he made the call.

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Massachusetts is one of a small number of states that allow private citizens to go before clerk magistrates to lodge serious criminal complaints that are vetted, and sometimes settled, in secretive hearings.

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Two more recreational marijuana stores received permission from the Cannabis Control Commission on Monday to open for business.

Pittsburgh, PA 12-16-18: Patriots head coach Bill Belichick (far left) and others on the New England sideline wore concerned looks late in the game. The New England Patriots visited the Pittsburgh Steelers in a regular season NFL football game at Heinz Field. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

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What?s wrong with the Patriots this year?

New England?s struggling offense looks past its prime.

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/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/17/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Tara_Sullivan%20copy-25067.tif There are no easy conclusions in debate over Tom Brady?s performance

For every charge against him, there is a countercharge in his favor.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Rinaldi09acton02-HERO.jpg After suicides in Acton and Boxborough, a communion of sorrow

The unthinkable has been an all-too-common companion in two small neighboring towns, where six young people took their lives in the short span of 30 months. The questions keep coming: What is happening? Why? When will it stop?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_ferry4_met.jpg A new report outlines what needs to happen next at Steamship Authority

The quasi-public agency is excessively cheap, lacks accountability, and is rife with internal factions working at odds with each other, according to a scathing new report.

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Our exclamation problem is getting worse!!!

Exclamation points are supposed to be about good cheer, but they?re really a call for help.

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper and presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway.

YOUR TV GPS

The week in TV: Cable news eye-aches, ?Mary? magic, and favorites from Christmases past

Globe TV critic Matthew Gilbert?s take on what to watch this week.

Letters addressed to Santa Claus.

UPS deletes tweet offering to shred children?s letters to Santa

The tweet, which was posted Sunday evening, read: ?If your child addresses a letter to the North Pole, you can leave it with us. We do shredding.?

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Sean Ellis already has been tried three times in John Mulligan?s shooting death.

TOPSHOT - Catriona Gray (R) of the Philippines speaks while host Steve Harvey listens during the interview of top three finalists of the 2018 Miss Universe Pageant in Bangkok on December 17, 2018. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA/AFP/Getty Images

A Berklee alum was crowned Miss Universe 2018

Catriona Gray studied music theory, ear training, and harmony through the college.

Boston, MA - 5/28/2017 - Rivers Cuomo performs with Weezer at the Boston Calling Music Festival at the Harvard Athletic Complex in Boston on May 28, 2017. (Ben Stas for The Boston Globe)

NAMES

You know who thought the ?SNL? Weezer sketch was funny? Weezer frontman and Harvard grad Rivers Cuomo

Anyone who saw Matt Damon host ?Saturday Night Live? over the weekend knows at least half the sketches had a Boston connection ? including the dinner party debate over Weezer.

DAN WASSERMAN

The 12 Days of Trumpmas

Cartoonist Dan Wasserman envisions special counsel Robert Mueller?s gifts to President Trump

Opinion | Terry Wilcox

/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/25/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/28bizPills2.psd A dangerous plan for rationing essential prescription drugs

Restricting prescription drugs for those with chronic diseases is not the solution to lower prices.

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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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/17/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Genetically-Modified-Twins-Edits-1600x900.jpg ?CRISPR babies? scientist He Jiankui rose from obscurity to stun the world

STAT has pieced together the story of the years leading up to the bombshell ?CRISPR? babies announcement.

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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