Black Friday becoming less vital to retailers

Constanze Nied (left) and her friend Kirsten Friese, both from Germany, took a rest during Black Friday shopping at the Cambridgeside Galleria in 2014.

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff File/2014

The relentless race for holiday dollars has blunted the day?s oomph, as stores offer deep discounts weeks before Thanksgiving.

FOOD STYLING BY SHERYL JULIAN AND VALERIE RYAN; PHOTO BY KEITH BEDFORD/GLOBE STAFF

KEITH BEDFORD/GLOBE STAFF

How to cook Thanksgiving turkey

Ready to cook your turkey? Here are recipes and tips to help.

Renée Graham

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Despite Saturday Night Live?s hopeful skit, it?s going to take a lot more than Adele?s soaring ?Hello? to serve as a unifying salve.

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The house that Marilyn Jhurilal and her late husband, Leslie, purchased 21 years ago was destroyed in a fire Saturday.

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Under Divina Grossman?s three-and-a-half-year tenure, enrollment has fallen and private fund-raising has plummeted.

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An attorney for the Boston College spokesman said the film casts him as a collaborator in the coverup, and called the portrayal ?defamatory.?

Brookline, MA 11/25/2015 Ð Former governor Michael Dukakis (cq) in the kitchen of his home in Brookline, MA on November 25, 2015. (Globe staff photo / Craig F. Walker) section: National reporter: Viser

Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

Michael Dukakis would very much like your turkey carcass

?There?s no better meal!? the former governor says of turkey soup.

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Three turkeys were the guests of honor at a holiday dinner for vegans in Maryland.

A groggy Brian Cashman spent a restless night of sleep on a New York sidewalk, in the interest of charity.

Stan Grossfeld/Globe Staff

A night on the street teaches Yankees GM life lessons

Brian Cashman and other New York City executives slept on the street to raise money and awareness for homeless children.

Globe Santa is back for the 60th year

The times have changed, but the needs of poor families, so vivid against the backdrop of Christmas, are every bit the same.

Dontreal Widow holds up a poster with the photo of 17 year-old Laquan McDonald and taunts Chicago police officers Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, one day after murder charges were brought against police officer Jason Van Dyke in the killing of McDonald, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Protesters gather again in Chicago after video release

Demonstrators were on the streets for a second day after the release of a video showing the police killing of a black teen.

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A judge in Manhattan declined to rule immediately on the New York attorney general?s shutdown request.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

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Neither offense is operating at full speed, and both defenses are having strong seasons.

The Broncos have nine players with multiple sacks, led by DeMarcus Ware with 6½.

Patriots at Broncos, Sunday at 8:30 p.m. (NBC)

Broncos? pass rush will test Patriots? offensive line

The Broncos are first in overall defense, sacks, interception return yardage, and second in points allowed.

Arthur Brewster hugged his adopted daughter Ty-Janee Brewster, 12, as she returns home from school to her home.

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

After 8 years and 9 foster families, sisters find home

The teacher and the student had known each other in a Mattapan school. Little did they realize then they would become a family.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/23/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/turner111715LIVcoworkspaces27b.jpg The benefits of an office, without the politics

As technology has freed people to work almost anywhere, community work spaces have grown and become like offices themselves.

Scott Leader (L) and his brother Steve Leader.

Boston brothers held on high bail in alleged hate crime

Scott and Steven Leader face charges after they allegedly beat and urinated on a homeless man they thought was an immigrant.

STAT | Pulse of Longwood

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/03/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/15113_KDB_SPERO_0003.jpg Taking on drug-resistant bacteria

Cambridge-based Spero Therapeutics is developing new treatments for so-called gram-negative bacteria, a class that includes E. coli.

Names

Affleck is happy to be home

Ben Affleck tweeted a dramatic photo of himself sitting behind a camera with the mighty Merrimack River in the background.

Ground Game

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/25/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/cropvsn-186-kcH--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg Who will be next to drop out of the presidential race?

The signs point to two US senators: Rand Paul and Lindsey Graham.

Globe Santa

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Globe Santa delivers holiday gifts to local children in need.

Globe investigations

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/spotlight150x150-165.jpg Globe investigations and Spotlight reports

A look at high-impact investigations from The Boston Globe, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning report on abuse in the Catholic Church.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

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?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

The Big Picture

People in need around the globe

People are in need, from Boston to places around the world, and many others have offered contributions.