Spotlight follow-up

Senate committee calls for ban on dual surgeries

Controversy over surgeons ?running two rooms? has roiled Massachusetts General Hospital and spurred a national debate.

Fraternity activities suspended at Tufts after hazing reports

The move comes after allegations of hazing at fraternities came to light last month in an opinion piece in a student magazine.

The transition to Trump

JOAN VENNOCHI

Do as Trump says, not as Ivanka does

President-elect Donald Trump is pledging to punish companies that take jobs overseas. His daughter?s company has already done that.

Ground Game

Convenient truths about Al Gore?s meeting with Donald Trump

Three things are absolutely incredible about this meeting.

Joe Biden might be running in 2020. . . maybe. . . we think

The departing 74-year-old vice president made the comment with a slight smile on his face. Given a chance to walk it back, he did ? but only a bit.

Opinion | Niall Ferguson

Looking at the real James ?Mad Dog? Mattis

General Mattis will probably be President Trump?s secretary of defense. Take him both literally and seriously.

Muslim and Jewish groups form coalition to fight bigotry

The group intends to fight anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, yet its very existence has provoked condemnation by critics in both communities.

Amanda Allen, a Chelmsford native, was listed as missing in the wake of the deadly Oakland, Calif., warehouse fire.

Horror of Oakland fire resonates in Mass. families

Several people with deep roots in the Boston area were victims in the fire that claimed at least 36 lives in Oakland, Calif.

Standing Rock protesters remain wary despite apparent victory

Some couldn?t shake a lingering sense of trepidation, particularly after comments from the pipeline company and top Republicans.

Markey throws support behind medical bill opposed by Warren

Senator Ed Markey said the bill, which includes $1 billion for opioid recovery, would help communities ?devastated? by drug addiction.

KEVIN CULLEN

The unwritten code that some deaths are more worthy of attention

It?s sad that if Lee Viloria-Paulino had just been stabbed and left to die, his death would have passed with hardly anyone taking notice.

Lawrence teen allegedly confessed to decapitation

Mathew Borges, 15, was held without bail in the decapitation and death of a classmate.

Christopher Kimball, of ?America?s Test Kitchen? and ?Cook?s Country,? at the home of his new venture, Christopher Kimball?s Milk Street in Boston. — Tony Cenicola/The New York Times/File 2016

Chris Kimball pushes back at America?s Test Kitchen

The separation between the celebrity chef and the Brookline media company isn?t just getting ugly. It?s getting expensive, too.

Cambridge fire official says it?s a ?miracle? no one died in massive blaze

In 33 years with the department, Assistant Fire Chief Gerry Mahoney said he had never seen a fire spread like Saturday?s 10-alarm blaze.

The power of will | Chapter 2

The Lacey family sees a glimmer of hope, but is it enough?

As Pat Lacey and Dr. Giselle Sholler continued their search for new treatments, a promising clue sat on a shelf in a lab in Hawaii. But how to turn the idea into a reality?

PATRIOTS NOTEBOOK

Amendola expected to miss rest of regular season

Patriots receiver Danny Amendola suffered a high ankle sprain fielding a punt against the Rams.

NICK CAFARDO | ON BASEBALL

Securing another year of John Farrell was the right call

The Red Sox manager won?t be a lame duck in 2017. It?s his team, his show.

Special reports

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Every doctor told the Lacey family their son would die ? except one

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.