The drug lord and ?the gentleman?

Joaquin

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If they could get him to agree, he could lead them on one of the biggest busts in the history of the local drug task force.

Peaceful protest followed by Oregon wildlife refuge action

In an email to supporters, Ammon Bundy criticized the U.S. government for a failed legal process.

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The drugmaker, with significant operations in Lexington, saw Baxalta shoot down a previous offer.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Was8989143.jpg State police to educate public on drones

The push comes after two flights coming into Logan Airport reported seeing drones near them.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Lee_bernie5_met.jpg Sanders draws 3,000 to Worcester rally

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders talked at North High School about closing the wage gap.

US Rep. Seth Moulton, a Northshore freshman congressman speaks to volunteers at a house party before heading out to knock on doors for Hillary Clinton in Exeter, NH, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015. CREDIT: Cheryl Senter for The Boston Globe

Cheryl Senter for The Boston Globe

Surrogates play key role in N.H.

Grass-roots campaigning is crucial in New Hampshire, and when presidential candidates don?t show up, it?s not uncommon to see a surrogate instead.

Dean Rakesh Khurana has used his experitise in corporate culture to analyze student culture.

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff

Harvard dean pushes for inclusivity

?Following a tradition blindly or in an uncritical way is actually antithetical to thinking,? Dean Rakesk Khurana said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/11232008_23cisomerville-7017011.jpg Fast track from nobody to City Hall player

Under the new administration, Sean T. O?Donovan has emerged as a fixer and a product salesman in Boston City Hall.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump held a campaign rally at the Pennichuck Middle School in Nashua, New Hampshire.

Jim Davis/Globe staff

Trump and the unfiltered tradition in American politics

Donald Trump may not resemble any single figure in the American political tradition as much as he is a formidable combination of several of them.

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After several years of prices going up, airfares will likely be lower this year, on average.

Quick Bite

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Talk about the line, ordering strategy, food, and restaurants, plus some more talk about the line.

The Tip

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MoMA?s new ?Picasso Sculpture? (through Feb. 7) is not just a casual encounter with great art but a total revelation, in and of itself well worth a pilgrimage to the Big Apple.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/blm.jpg ?Our children can?t play in peace?

About 150 protesters traveled to TD Garden to protest last month?s grand jury decision to not indict the police officer who shot the 12-year-old Cleveland boy.

Scott Kirsner | Innovation Economy

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/11/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/kirsner_new_20150111.jpg SimpliSafe?s success awakens sleeping giant

The Boston company?s low-cost home security system has forced the hand of a long-time industry titan.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/08/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/AyadAkhtar.jpg ?Disgraced? explores uncomfortable clashes

Christopher Wallenberg talks to Ayad Akhtar, whose Pulitzer Prize winning play ?Disgraced? will be staged by the Huntington Theatre Company from January 8 to February 7.

Train tracks along the proposed MBTA Green Line expansion area.

Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe

Bleeding green on proposed T extension

The project is on pace to come in as the most costly rail expansion by mile in the transit agency?s recent history.

BEN VOLIN | SUNDAY FOOTBALL NOTES

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Let?s take a look at the field and rank the contenders based on likelihood to reach the Super Bowl.

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

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They know they?re not good enough to look down on opponents, but they?re a better team than they?ve shown in back-to-back embarrassing losses.

Music

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/21/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/05075447.jpg Remembering Kurt Masur, conductor with a civic mission

When the great German conductor and civic leader died in late December, the 20th century seemed to recede a bit into the past.

Game On

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?Volume? looked, at first glance, like a somewhat straightforward stealth game. I can safely say that I?m glad to have been wrong.

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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.