Freezing rain and sleet threaten post-holiday drive

Forecasters have issued a freezing rain advisory for most of Central and Western Mass. Later in the week, a nor?easter could bring snow to the state.

As executive director of Metco since 1973, Jean McGuire has overseen the placement of tens of thousands of students of color from Boston into suburban schools.

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Longtime Metco director says she was forced out

After 43 years heading the desegregation program, Jean McGuire feels insulted over how her departure was handled.

Lyft driver allegedly stabs woman in Dorchester Sunday

The 21-year-old victim was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries, but she is expected to survive.

Man crashes into Lynn gas station after being shot while driving

No one in the gas station was injured. Police have not yet identified any suspects in the shooting.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/IMG_6283.JPG Lawmakers want to make it easier to punish sexually abusive educators

Lawmakers in every New England state are pursuing legislation to make it easier to punish educators who sexually abuse students.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/25/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/05688146-2335.jpg Workers find fragments of crashed Russian plane

A pilot error or technical fault ? not terrorism ? is likely behind the plane crash into the Black Sea, Russia says.

Small quake recorded near Vermont ski area

A magnitude-1.8 quake was recorded in Starksboro, just a few miles away from the Mad River Glen ski area.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/25/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/sean150-602.jpg RNC denies Christmas message compares Trump to Jesus

After some criticized a message that called Donald Trump ?a new King,? RNC spokesman Sean Spicer struck back.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/25/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_JF2B2.jpg Some Trump practices mimic what he rapped Clinton for

President-elect Donald Trump is adopting some of the same practices for which he criticized Hillary Clinton during their fiery campaign.

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The incoming administration has made it clear the controversial legislation will be scrutinized, and possibly upended. We examine what businesses can do in the face of these expected changes.

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What our critics say

David Spade in ?Roadies.?

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TV Critic?s Corner

The worst TV of 2016

Many shows on the list are simply derivative ? remakes, sequels, or lazy efforts to recapture the glory of another show.

THE YEAR IN ARTS

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/06/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/217b336260d5e8bbd40343ebf93210c1dd1f93576427a8cf519ed15245034551cc14607545c74746f3702319812feb08-001.jpg The top 10 TV shows of 2016

There wasn?t one loud-and-clear winner so much as a long list of really well-done dramas and comedies.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/unnamed-12033.jpg ?Don?t Drive Blitzen,? MassDOT urges on highway signs

The state transportation agency added quips to digital highway billboards to remind revelers not to drink and drive this weekend.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/24/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/Tlumacki16.jpg After Saturday?s win, can the Patriots improve? Oh, yeah.

It?s easy to point out all of the ways the Patriots were great in their blowout win, but Bill Belichick won?t let his players rest on their laurels.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/WALKER_122516_26homeless1_06154x.jpg What it?s like to be homeless during the holidays

At shelters in Boston this weekend, residents described their hopes for a better year ahead ? and gratitude for the help they have received.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/26/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/AFP_JF3KY.jpg George Michael?s work had a unique, profound effect on LGBTQ people

For members of the LGBTQ community, George Michael was more than a singer or celebrity.

FILE - In this April 7, 1985 file photo, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley of the British group WHAM! perform during a concert in Peking, China. Michael, who rocketed to stardom with WHAM! and went on to enjoy a long and celebrated solo career lined with controversies, has died, his publicist said Sunday, Dec. 25, 2016. He was 53. (AP Photo)

British pop star George Michael dies at 53 of heart failure

George Michael, who rocketed to stardom with WHAM! and went on to enjoy a long and celebrated solo career lined with controversies, has died.

Boston?s Financial District, as seen in 2013.

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For office space, Financial District is out ? and Seaport is in

An office high atop the Financial District used to be a status symbol of Boston?s business world. Now it?s getting lonely at the top.

Boston, MA - 10/30/2016 - Passengers board an MBTA Greene Line train at the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Harvard Street in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, MA, October 30, 2016. (Keith Bedford/Globe Staff)

The MBTA is running on a Sunday schedule today

Make sure to check the calendar before you try to catch an MBTA train or bus.

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New Year?s resolutions are about doing and having ? how about just being?

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.

Life sciences

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

Investigations

The Desperate and the Dead | Part 7

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/20160923_SAMentalHealth_312.jpg The San Antonio solution

One Texas city took on mental health as a community and became a national model. Why can?t Mass. do the same?

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.