Parking rates to jump in Boston?s hot spots

The rates are set to increase Jan. 3, with drivers paying $3.75 per hour to park in the Back Bay and eventually up to $4 per hour in the Seaport.

Opioids? hold on parents takes toll on kids

A mother and father are accused of driving from Vt. to Mass. to buy the drugs, then using them and passing out with their children in the vehicle.

The transition to Trump

Ground Game

2016 Presidential campaign managers tell all

Lead campaign strategists gathered at Harvard this week to formally debrief on the most unpredictable race in US history.

Kellyanne Conway, Trump-Pence campaign manager, left, sits with Robby Mook, Clinton-Kaine campaign manager, prior to a forum at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) — AP

Shouting match erupts between Clinton, Trump aides at Harvard

The lingering emotions of the 2016 campaign erupted as top Hillary Clinton strategists accused their GOP counterparts of fueling and legitimizing racism.

Will Trump affect Boston?s real estate market?

President-elect Donald Trump seems unlikely to change one piece of global trade that is helping to substantially remake Boston: overseas investment in US real estate.

Trump calls defense pick ?the closest thing we have to General George Patton?

During a Thursday rally in Ohio, President-elect Donald Trump said he will nominate retired Gen. James Mattis to be his defense secretary.

scott kirsner | Innovation Economy

Tackling startups? diversity problem

Accelerate Boston and Smarter in the City focus on finding and cultivating minority-founded companies.

shirley leung

Peace on the Boston waterfront? Not this year

After extending an olive branch in September, the New England Aquarium is back to waging a war with developer Don Chiofaro.

Conservative group watchlist includes Harvard Law, BU professor

The ?Professor Watchlist,? a project launched by Turning Point USA, lists those who allegedly ?advance leftist propaganda.?

Body of decapitated teen found on Merrimack River bank

Police have recovered the head, a DA spokeswoman said.

Note to self-driving cars: Rage will take you far in Boston

How tough are Boston drivers? Let?s just say that even our automated cars will need some attitude.

GLOBE SANTA

Out-of-work veteran asks for holiday presents for his two kids

A veteran who had to quit his job due to war injuries asks Globe Santa for help with gifts for his kids.

Boston considers changing school start times to save on busing costs

The shift could create havoc for many families who picked a school based on a start time that accommodates the work schedules of parents.

The tax-free wonders of the Cayman Islands

What I really wanted to do was swim with stingrays.

Domino mag puts out new home-design book, just in time for the holidays. You?re welcome.

Devoted fans of Domino magazine ? as well as design novices ? will devour the just-released book, ?Domino: Your Guide to a Stylish Home.?

Ty Burr

An offer you can?t refuse: Francis Ford Coppola?s ???The Godfather? Notebook?

The record of a director thinking his way around and through a source novel and toward a great work, it is a delicious dive into film history.

Brandon Dixon, who plays the role of Vice President Aaron Burr, stepped forward during the curtain call Nov. 18 and read a prepared statement from the ?Hamilton? cast to Vice President-elect Mike Pence. — Hamilton LLC via Associated Press

Adrian Walker

?Hamilton? actor with local roots embraces its spirit of outspokenness

Nick Walker was in the room where it happened, a little bit of history unfolding right there on stage.

tech nomad

For tech, tiny is huge right now

We?ve seen the future, and it?s really small. Tiny computers, cameras, and drones are coming to a pocket near you.

Answers to your most pressing ?Rogue One? questions

We?re now just a couple of weeks away from the opening of ?Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,? and still, as it should be, more unknowns than answers remain.

The Weekender: Murder mysteries, folk histories, and Holiday Pops

Michael Andor Brodeur?s picks for the best ways to spend your weekend.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Gronkowski?s injury a big hit for Patriots? chances

This latest injury only fuels the popular narrative that Rob Gronkowski is brittle, fragile, and not dependable.

BRUINS 2, HURRICANES 1

Bruins defeat Hurricanes in shootout

Ryan Spooner and David Pastrnak scored in the shootout.

Love Letters

He went silent for a week

When I told him that I again felt like I didn?t want to keep doing this unless it was going somewhere, he was completely silent.

Special reports

special report

A boy?s fight against cancer, a family?s indefensible hope to save him

Pat and Dina Lacey had been parents for only a few months when doctors discovered a tumor in their new baby?s chest. Told to take their son home to die, they put their faith in a young doctor who wouldn?t accept death as the answer.

Opinion & Ideas

Indira A.R. Lakshmanan

John Kerry isn?t going quietly into the night

After John Kerry steps down as secretary of state, he does not intend to remain mum about the many issues he?s worked on.

Life sciences

STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.

Special reports

The Desperate and the Dead: The ?new asylums?

There may be no worse place for mentally ill people to receive treatment than prison, yet a growing number end up in the ?new asylums.?

The story behind 'Spotlight'

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

Shirley Cuevas got a hug at the Culinary Arts Training Program graduation at the Salvation Army Boston KROC Center. (Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff) — Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff

The Big picture

Globe photos of the month, November 2016

Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month.

Globe must-reads

Elizabeth Warren endorses Scott Brown for secretary of VA

WEEI adds Rich Keefe to afternoon program

A person watched French President Francois Hollande announce he would not seek a second term on Thursday.

French president rules out 2017 run to help boost Socialists

President-elect Donald Trump greeted workers during a visit to the Carrier factory Thursday in Indianapolis.

Trump tours, speaks at Indiana plant key to campaign promise

Hundreds of prospective employees cue up in a serpentine line during a National job fair at a hotel in Boston, Monday, March 23, 2009. The government said Thursday, March 26, initial jobless benefit claims rose slightly last week while the number of people continuing to claim benefits set a record for the ninth straight week. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

A recession is coming, and we?re not prepared to deal with it

A woman dropped four rings into a red kettle in Northridge on Monday.

In an engaging trend, rings are landing in Salvation Army kettles

Bear caught on camera in Westford backyard

Answers to your most pressing ?Rogue One? questions

Joanna Gaines, left, and Chip Gaines ? the stars of HGTV?s ?Fixer Upper? ? in March 2016.

Chip and Joanna Gaines show the culture wars aren?t fought in D.C.

Foxborough, MA - 11/30/2016 - New England Patriots quarterback Jacoby Brissett (7) and New England Patriots quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo (10) took the snaps at today's practice. New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) was not present for the portion of practice that the media was allowed to observe. Patriots practice in Foxborough. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Jim McBride, Topic: 01Patriots Practice, LOID: 8.3.812838744.

A season of twists and turns for Patriot backup QBs

names

Model who filed paternity suit against Julian Edelman has the baby

Sixteen Boston museums, including the Museum of Science and institutions ?swapped? Instagram accounts for an entire day to promote each other.

Local museums ?swap? Instagram accounts

Sports

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CHAD FINN | SPORTS MEDIA

ESPN flashes back to the inimitable Gordie Lockbaum

Holy Cross?s celebrated two-way phenom is revisited in a short film in the ?30 for 30? series.

Metro

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Snow rests on trees and accumulates on the ground in Caribou, Maine.

Northern Maine shovels while Boston revels in the sun

While Bostonians enjoyed sunny skies and high temperatures today, residents of Caribou, Maine, were gearing up for their third snow storm of the year.