Mass. sees flurry of plans for pricey high schools

Several localities are planning school projects that would cost more than $200 million.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Advance/Images/MedicineMan007A.jpg Lawmakers may delay opening of marijuana stores

Legislators are engaged in ongoing backroom discussions that could lead them to delaying parts of the legalization measure recently approved by voters.

MassDOT offers free coffee at service plazas

The coffee will be served at 18 service plazas from 10 p.m. Thursday to 5 a.m. Friday.

The transition to Trump

Pedestrians cross the Harvard University campus after recent news about disciplinary actions resulting from the cheating scandal. JOSH REYNOLDS FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE (Metro, Landergan)

JOSH REYNOLDS FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

Harvard might be on outside looking in with Trump

Harvard, the ultimate insiders? club, could find itself in an unfamiliar position when the Trump administration begins: It could be frozen out.

Boston, Massachusetts -- 10/13/2015-- Workers cheer during the Fight for $15 rally at the State House in Boston, Massachusetts October 13, 2015. Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff Topic: 14workerbills Reporter:

Wide support across party lines for raising minimum wage

Voters went for Trump and for raising the minimum wage, but the prospects for a nationwide increase are minimal.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/23/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/94051963dce648758f81ccb09655f49b-94051963dce648758f81ccb09655f49b-0.jpg Billionaire investor is said to be Trump?s commerce pick

Wilbur Ross became known as the ?king of bankruptcy? for buying, restructuring, and selling off steelmakers and other fading industrial companies.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/25/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/2016-08-31T081015Z_1926172906_D1BETYOMGLAC_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-TRUMP.jpg On Twitter, Trump cites progress on restoring Indiana jobs

Carrier confirmed that the president-elect had reached out but refused to say what steps, if any, management was now considering.

President-elect Donald Trump.

Trump?s team seeks millions for inauguration events

President-elect Donald Trump?s team has turned its attention to raising tens of millions of dollars for festivities related to his inauguration.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/24/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/kreiter_stein7_mag.jpg Stein raises $2.3 million for recount requests in three key states

A fundraising website was set up for the recount effort in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.

Smoke billowed from a house as a fire raged in the northern Israeli port city of Haifa on Thursday.

Wildfire blamed on ?terror? roars through Israeli city

A wildfire roared through parts of Haifa, Israel?s third-largest city, on Thursday, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes.

Thanksgiving

Isaac Cosme and his wife, Monica, at Massachusetts General Hospital.

David L. Ryan/Globe Staff

Heart transplant patient benefits from kindness of strangers

After months of waiting and hoping, Isaac Cosme couldn?t believe his good fortune. He has a new heart.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/24/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/WALKER_112416_thanksgiving_5586x.jpg A year after his death, family of beloved train conductor celebrates life

Jephthe Chery should have been preparing for his 31st birthday this weekend, but his life was cut short on Thanksgiving last year.

Former governor Michael Dukakis really likes leftovers.

Five things to do with your turkey carcass besides give it to Michael Dukakis

Not sure what to do with your turkey carcass? Here are five suggestions.

Woburn, MA: 11-24-2016: Woburn High School's no. 44 Tyler Hayden on his way to the end zone with firt touchdown of the Thanksgiving Day football game against Winchester HS at Woburn HS in Woburn, MA Nov. 24, 2016. Photo/John Blanding, Boston Globe staff story/, Sports (25woburn)

Thanksgiving Day high school football results

Here?s a look at the results from around Eastern Mass.

Loco on West Broadway in South Boston is one of three hot spots in the area owned by the same duo.

For restaurateurs, there?s strength in clusters

Several restaurant groups in Boston have found their destiny in density, opening eateries in clusters along one block or square.

Aretha Franklin?s version of national anthem is soulful, and very, very long

Franklin sang the national anthem before the Lions played the Vikings today in Detroit, and the Queen of Soul didn?t hold back.

Alexis Bledel (left) and Lauren Graham return in ?Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.?

Television Review

Despite its flaws, ?Gilmore Girls? miniseries culminates in a satisfying ending

Netflix?s ?Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life? debuts Friday in four parts over six hours.

Bourne 05/18/2013: The CapeFLYER train crosses over the Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge in Bourne on route to Hyannis. The CapeFyer, a train from South Station, made a trial run from South Station to the Transportation Center in Hyannis. Photo by Debee Tlumacki for the Boston Globe (metro) Reporter: Martine Powers

Debee Tlumacki for the Boston Globe

All aboard for the Cape? Not yet

Elected officials are pushing for service to the Cape Cod Canal as part of the South Coast rail project to New Bedford and Fall River.

Mr. Ferriss began his career with 22?
 consecutive shutout innings.

obituary

Boo Ferriss, who helped lead Red Sox to 1946 pennant, dies at 94

Mr. Ferriss, who was inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2002, was a pitching phenom until shoulder injuries cut short his career.

The logo of Amazon is seen on a package at the Amazon distribution center warehouse in Saran, near Orleans, France, November 22, 2016. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

Distracted by holiday stress? E-mail hackers are banking on it

Cyber security specialists from IBM, citing fradulent e-mails that look like they come from Amazon, warn against falling into a digital trap.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/hiker.jpg With no function in her legs, she?s still hiking the Appalachian Trail

Stacey Kozel has hiked more than two-thirds of the trail, trekking solo with a major disadvantage: She cannot walk on her own.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/spotlight-9497.jpg Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight?

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

The Big Picture

Mohammad Ismail/Reuters

Big Picture

Training Afghanistan?s women soldiers

Kabul?s military training academy is churning out classes of enthusiastic women to serve in Afghanistan?s army.