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Massachusetts marijuana stores to open Tuesday

The Cannabis Control Commission has issued ?commence full operations? notices to pot shops in Leicester and Northampton.

Sharon parents, 3 kids terrorized by armed man inside their home

At one point during the bizarre attack, the man was stabbing with a knife into a closet door where the father and children had taken refuge, police said.

Stacey Abrams says she won?t win Georgia race, also plans a lawsuit

??This is not a speech of concession,? she said at a news conference.

Trump says he gave written replies to Mueller?s questions

The president said he answered questions from special counsel Robert Mueller ?very easily,? but has not yet submitted the answers.

Trump says he will name EPA?s acting chief to head agency

Andrew Wheeler took over for Scott Pruitt, who resigned amid ethics scandals, in July.

Judge sides with CNN, orders restoration of Acosta?s press pass

A judge in Washington, D.C., ordered the White House to immediately restore CNN reporter Jim Acosta?s press credentials.

After investigation, Pulitzer board says Junot Diaz will remain chairman

A number of women writers alleged mistreatment against the celebrated author, leading to a five-month probe.

Charges dropped against man accused of killing gas station attendant

The Suffolk DA?s office said the government ?filed paperwork withdrawing the murder case against? Kevin Dante Williams Jr., 21.

Young man loses part of leg after being trapped in wood chipper in South Yarmouth

Co-workers applied a tourniquet to his leg, and firefighters rushed the man to Cape Cod Hospital.

Holy Cross cancels classes to hold summit on confronting hate, fostering tolerance

The campuswide summit comes in the wake of a campus assault in which police say a student was targeted because of their sexual orientation.

Partners HealthCare, Harvard Pilgrim end merger talks, for now

Partners? chief executive said the deal was getting too complicated, but he didn?t rule out future negotiations.

Baker, once a pay hike critic, will take $100k in new compensation

When state lawmakers rammed a bill into law last year giving them and other elected officials hefty pay hikes, the governor was unequivocal in his disapproval.

The hard part in California: figuring out who?s actually missing

Officials hope many of the more than 600 on a missing persons list escaped the deadly wildfire.

The best things to see and do this holiday season

From dancing sugarplums to a musical ?Grinch,? there?s a bounty of theater, music, TV, and other attractions to enjoy.

Here are some of the most memorable lines from movies written by William Goldman

Goldman authored such screenplays as ?All the President?s Men,? ?Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,? and ?The Princess Bride.? He died Friday; he was 87.

Mike Lupica

Remembering William Goldman, storyteller, mentor, friend

The last time I had dinner with my hero was in September, at a restaurant out on Long Island near what had been his summer home for years.

?It?s great for business.? Despite 9.3 inches of snow, Carlisle is not fazed

Carlisle was one of more than a dozen Mass. communities that got at least 9 inches of snow from the nor?easter that passed through.

Map: Where snow from the nor?easter fell

How much snow did New England get last night?

Bruins at Stars | 8 p.m. (NESN)

It?s a crucial stretch for the Bruins, and they have some issues to deal with

The Bruins are third in the Atlantic Division entering Friday?s game, and need to pick up points in Dallas, Phoenix, and Detroit to stay there.

Ty Burr

Listening to the Beatles? White Album, 50 years later

The album officially titled ?The Beatles? gets a spectacular reissue.

Oops! Cutting and pasting can cause big problems for lawyers

Cutting and pasting is a known pitfall for lawyers ? as was shown when a prosecutor used the technique and inadvertently revealed charges against Julian Assange.

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2018, file photo, Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-Texas, the 2018 Democratic Candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, makes his concession speech at his election night party in El Paso, Texas. O'Rourke didn't turn Texas blue, but for the first time in decades, it's looking much less red. Texas has long been a laboratory of conservatism. But cracks in the GOP's supremacy are emerging. The results could reverberate nationally. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) — Eric Gay/File/AP

Michael A. Cohen

Beto O?Rourke lost his election, but he?s getting the most presidential buzz

O?Rourke has a significant number of advantages going into the 2020 presidentail race.

Reading MA 11/13/18 Father Lambert Nieme a priest at Saint Agnes Parish listening during a town select meeting discussing issues of racist graffiti found around town at Reading Memorial High School, Performing Arts Center. (photo by Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff) topic: reporter: — Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff

Renée Graham

?Donald Trump was elected president because of his racism, not in spite of it?

In him, racists have someone who will never unequivocally condemn them or the violence they commit.

COMMENTARY | JENEÉ OSTERHELDT

Stan Lee knew representation was a modern marvel

Stan Lee understood the superpower of representation and used his heroes to hold space for others.

Protesters at Sanofi in Cambridge decry high price of insulin

Two mothers Friday tried to deliver the ashes of their two diabetic children to the Cambridge offices of drug giant Sanofi to protest the high price of insulin.

NAMES

Oprah Winfrey raises more than $3m for UMass Lowell scholarships

Winfrey commanded the stage all night long, speaking with UMass Lowell Chancellor Jacquie Moloney, and offering uplifting words and humorous anecdotes.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ?I was worried it was going to be awkward and I?d feel trapped?

Will a sports fan and a sports agnostic find something to bond over?

Dukakis rode around in rusty Hudson to drum up support for North-South Rail Link

The former governor made stops in Mattapan, the Seaport, and Lowell to emphasize the importance of improving transportation.

Stan Grossfeld

Ahead of The Game, Harvard welcomes back an inspirational visitor

Ben Abercrombie, paralyzed in his first game last year, visited his teammates Thursday and will be there Saturday when they play Yale.

Special reports

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Globe Magazine

Help was a few feet away. Why didn?t they save her?

My wife, Laura Levis, did everything she could to save herself when the asthma attack began. She went to Somerville Hospital and called 911, too. How could she have been left to die just outside the emergency room?

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Fort Myers, FL 2/19/2018: At the same time that Red Sox owners John Henry and Tom Werner (not pictured) were taking questions from the media, a short distance away, team CEO Sam Kennedy (left) was engaging in a conversation with WEEI morning drive talk show hosts Kirk Minihane (second from right) and Gerry Callahan (far right), as well as an unidentified man (second from left). The first full squad workout of Spring Training for the Red Sox was today at the Player Development Complex at Jet Blue Park. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

CHAD FINN I SPORTS MEDIA

What?s next for WEEI?

Colorful street art in Graffiti Alley in the Fashion District of Toronto

Christopher Muther

The essential Toronto weekend, abridged

Mookie Betts hit 32 homers, stole 30 bases (in 36 attempts), and posted a .438 OBP.

NICK CAFARDO I ON BASEBALL

In voting Mookie Betts MVP, writers got it right

Boston, MA - 11/4/18 - Building facades collapsed onto the sidewalk, on Harvard Avenue, in Allston, causing injuries. Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: 005buildingMetro Reporter: John Hilliard, Jerome Campbell

Was this Allston collapse a freak occurrence?

MBTA general manager Luis Ramirez in 2017.

No bonus ? yet ? for MBTA general manager

Kristine Guillaume is the first black woman to serve as president of The Harvard Crimson, leading the newly elected 146th Guard.

Harvard Crimson finally picks a black woman to lead it

The Children?s Hospital researchers will propose clinical trials to test the most promising of the treatments, which could potentially help those with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, which has afflicted football players and other athletes.

NFL awards Children?s $14.7m to study brain injury

From left to right: Mitt Romney, Jeff Flake and Ben Sasse.

NESTOR RAMOS

How Mitt Romney could take down Trump

The Pocket Closet is on display at the West Elm Fenway.

Robotic furniture maker Ori debuts collapsible closet

Boston, MA - November 15, 2018: Copy photo of Thomas Downes, Silver Star recipient, in Boston, MA on November 15, 2018. (COPY PHOTO - Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) section: metro reporter:

Thomas Downes, awarded a Silver Star in World War II, dies at 92

Inbound traffic on the Massachusetts Turnpike.

Here are the best and worst times to leave to avoid Thanksgiving traffic

BOSTON, 11/14/2018 - Mark Walhberg poses with

NAMES

Mark Wahlberg: ?It?s tough being a parent, but it?s extremely rewarding?

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Vic Gatto, who caught a touchdown pass as time expired to help Harvard tie Yale, returned to the scene of his glory last month.

50 years later, Harvard?s 29-29 ?win? over Yale still resonates

?The 1968 classic is the most celebrated and remembered contest between the ancient rivals, and for good reason.

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Members of the hazmat team investigated on the roof of the hotel.

Hydrogen peroxide spill triggers hazmat response in E. Boston

Guests staying on the ninth and 10th floors of the Embassy Suites hotel were asked to leave their rooms as a precaution while a hazmat team investigated.