Fatal Gloucester rescue could change policies

Gloucester Fisherman, Travis Lane.

G. Jeffrey MacDonald

For all the well-known risks of commercial fishing, riding home with the Coast Guard isn?t one that fishermen generally fear.

Gunmen attack Indian air base near Pakistan border; 2 killed

Saturday?s attack comes just a week after India?s Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an unannounced visit to Pakistan.

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The Ben Carson?s campaign promoted retired Major Gen. Robert Dees from foreign policy adviser.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/davis_rain_met.jpg 2015 was an exceptionally dry year

Despite all the snow, Boston ended 2015 with nearly 9 inches less than its normal rainfall total.

A court reporter worked while Boston Police Officer Nichole Tyler testified.

Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff

Objections raised as courtrooms go digital

Superior Courts across the state have started installing a new digital recording system that does not require a court reporter to take a live transcript of the proceedings.

President Barack Obama and Attorney General Loretta Lynch participated in a memorial service at the Capitol in Washington.

Obama set to impose new federal gun curbs

President Barack Obama said he was moving unilaterally because Congress had failed to address the growing problem of gun violence.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/24/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/112315_Hedlund_0148.jpg Incoming Weymouth mayor sets goals, including taking care of little things

Weymouth needs to work on improving its aesthetics, says mayor-elect Robert Hedlund, who wonders whether he?d get a reputation as an urban mechanic.

Firefighters continued to work at the scene of a fatal house fire in Lynn, MA on Christmas eve.

Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

More than 50 people killed in fires in 2015

?These fires are primarily what we would describe as accidental or preventable fires,? said State Fire Marshal Stephen D. Coan.

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Most of the money contestants submit as entry fees are paid back in the form of prizes, which can exceed $1 million in the biggest contests.

A hat from the previous night's celebration lays on Boylston Street on New Years Day.

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Bostonians share hopes for new year

Many said their greatest hope is peace ? but they also pine for simpler things: trains that run on time, sidewalks cleared of snow, and an adequate supply of parking spaces.

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The holiday mainstay, held for more than a century by the L Street Brownies swim club, started on the early side this year.

CANADIENS 5, BRUINS 1

Fluto Shinzawa | On hockey

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The Bruins should not expect another invitation soon. They turned Friday?s event into a dud.

Christopher L. Gasper

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The NHL?s Jan. 1 embrace of Mother Nature is about the pomp and circumstance of the event, not the play on the ice.

Kai?lah Boston, 10, of Randolph, manages to keep upright.

Frog Pond comes alive as skaters savor their own winter classic

So, on a machine-made sheet of hardened water, there they were, hundreds of them ? Bostonians, visitors from the suburbs, and tourists.

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The manicured grass and gardens make a symbolic place to welcome more visitors to the seat of world power.

Book review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/23/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/chi-oldstonemoore-fig10001.jpg A historian uncovers the roots of men?s facial hair

Human beings have been tugging on beards for as long as we?ve had tools to shave them with.

(Clockwise from left to right) Residents Francis Chan, Wei -Li Sun, Joseph Wong, Donald Lee, and Wayne Wang ate their meal together at the group home.

Keith Bedford/Globe Staff

Sharing more than a home

The men are not related, but are bound by a common Chinese heritage and by intellectual disabilities that cause each of them to crave order.

opinion | Carol Hay and John Kaag

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Insofar as we believe that what he is saying is hateful ? sexist, racist, able-ist, and xenophobic ? we have the duty to decry his message.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/01/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/wiggs_Patriots_571317.jpg Patriots rookie safety Jordan Richards has it covered

Richards had seven tackles in his most meaningful minutes against the Jets last Sunday.

Perspective

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/21/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/essay.jpg Jim Braude predicts a 2016 full of frustration

Could these dramatic scenarios involving Trump, Brady, Belichick, and more actually come true? A guy can dream.

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Zoey Faith Basilio-Lutz was born at 12:02 a.m. to a family from Dracut. Her parents say she is doing great.

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Ground Game

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/29/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/499351058.jpg A campaign fundraising deadline that matters little

This time the difference between a pretty good and a pretty bad fundraising report isn?t much. If a candidate gets an extra million, it means virtually nothing.

Globe Santa

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Globe Santa delivers holiday gifts to local children in need.

Globe investigations

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

The Big Picture

The supermoon rises behind Glastonbury Tor on Sept. 27 in Glastonbury, England. Tonight?s supermoon, so called because it is the closest full moon to the Earth this year, is particularly rare as it coincides with a lunar eclipse, a combination that has not happened since 1982 and won?t happen again until 2033. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Matt Cardy/Getty Images

The big picture

2015 Year in pictures: Part II

Photographs from July - December on a range of topics from around the world.

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.

BetaBoston

betaboston | tech lab

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The FCC is casting a suspicious gaze on some US telecom firms that are handing out free Internet bandwidth to their customers.

Crux

The new Christian martyrs

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/22/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/12262011_26nigeria_photo-8138059.jpg A faith on the rise and under attack in Africa

Africa is also widely considered the most dynamic corner of the Christian map.