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Inside TSA, the agency we love to hate

With a history of dysfunction and new calls to privatize, can the agency?s big plans to make airport security less miserable get off the ground?

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Welcome to the airport of the future

Maneuver through a graphic that shows you what you could see at an airport one day.

Boston ready to do battle with the forces of winter

It?s never too early to worry about snow, Mayor Martin Walsh said as he outlined the city?s winter preparations.

8 charts that show the effect of climate change on Boston

A city report released this week proposed nine locations in Boston for flood-protection interventions.

Rare white fox, with a fur-trading ancestry, caught in Franklin

Officials believe the animal?s ancestry came from when fur traders would breed foxes to get the most valuable furs.

President-elect Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally in Fayetteville, N.C., on Dec. 6. — Gerry Broome/AP

Michael A. Cohen

Who will stand up to Donald Trump?

He?s the most dangerous man in America and no one is challenging him. Why?

The first thing David Ortiz did after retiring? Vacation.

Ortiz stayed at a five-bedroom mansion in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic.

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Company gave doctor ?one of the best nights of his life? to boost fentanyl sales

Federal prosecutors in Boston allege that several medical practitioners were bribed by Insys to boost sales of Subsys.

The power of will | Chapter 5

Out of options, a father sees one way forward: start a drug company

Meryl Witmer and Pat Lacey needed to start a drug company to continue giving a promising drug to children with a rare cancer. It could easily take years. They had 106 days before their supply ran out.

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The Weekender: Seeing stars, Cirque Dreams, and finely tuned machines

Top picks for the best ways to spend your weekend.

John Glenn, astronaut, senator, dies at 95

FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2012, file photo, U.S. Sen. John Glenn talks with astronauts on the International Space Station via satellite in Columbus, Ohio. Changing Port Columbusâ?? name to John Glenn Columbus International Airport will cost an estimated $775,000 in new signs, according to a newly released study. The airport was named in honor of the astronaut and former U.S. senator in June 2016. The 95-year-old Ohio native was the first American to orbit the earth. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File) — Jay LaPrete/Associated Press

John Herschell Glenn Jr. ? twice an astronaut, four times elected to the Senate, once a presidential candidate, 149 times a combat bomber pilot ? died Thursday.

A look at the Globe?s front page after John Glenn?s historic flight

The front page of the Boston Globe proclaimed John Glenn a ?space hero? the day after he became the first American to orbit the Earth.

Mass. shoe companies get a boost from bill requiring Pentagon to buy American

The US Senate approved a broad defense bill that includes language compelling the Pentagon to buy American-made athletic shoes for military recruits.

Biogen trial data boosts hopes for its Alzheimer?s drug

The Cambridge biotech said more than 100 patients who kept taking the drug in an ongoing study showed continued improvement.

Task force to investigate handling of decapitated Lawrence teen case

The victim?s mother has raised the issue of whether police responded properly when notified in mid-November that her son was missing.

The fire began at about 3:05 p.m. Thursday. — Boston fire

Firefighters battle blaze in Dorchester triple-decker

The fire on the top floor of the triple-decker began just after 3 p.m.

Globe names new chief executive

Doug Franklin, a former newspaper subscription salesman, publisher of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and executive at Cox Enterprises, will become the new CEO of Boston Globe Media Partners.

National report shows life expectancy dropping in 2015; no data yet on Mass.

State data show that in each year from 2010 to 2014, life expectancy was either 80.8 or 80.9 years in Massachusetts.

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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.