Embattled former union boss retires from Mass. State Police

Facing a federal fraud investigation, the former head of the Massachusetts State Police union has retired from the job he held for the past three decades as a trooper.

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President Trump is threatening to close the border if his administration determines Mexico has lost ?control? on its side.

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Demonstrators gathered outside Sheriff Thomas Hodgson?s home to protest arrests his department has made to assist immigration authorities.

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Elderly driver killed in wrong-way crash on I-495, six injured

The driver, an 84-year-old man from Foxborough, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on the Taunton/Norton line, officials said.

Boston MA 11/21/18 Boston Celtics Kyrie Irving pulls up for a floater beating New York Knicks Emmanuel Mudiay during first quarter action at TD Garden. (photo by Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff) topic: reporter:

Kyrie Irving walks back his Thanksgiving comment

?Meant no disrespect to the Holiday and those who celebrate it respectfully,? Irving tweeted Thursday morning.

KNICKS 117, CELTICS 109

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The Celtics staged a furious rally late but came up short to fall to 9-9 on the season.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/swensen18112021potopen0021.jpg Consumers spent $440,000 on marijuana products Tuesday in Massachusetts

Data from the state?s Cannabis Control Commission offer a window into consumer demand on opening day.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/03/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/potmap150-8467.jpg Are recreational marijuana companies preparing to open in your community? Check our maps

Data released by the Cannabis Control Commission show where marijuana operators hope to set up shop.

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It?s the first time the Republican-appointed leader of the federal judiciary has offered even a hint of criticism of President Trump.

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Southern California?s Woolsey Fire was 100 percent contained on Wednesday, according to officials.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/_KT26314-23358.jpg ?Whitey? Bulger slaying: Two more inmates investigated

Investigators are focusing on Felix Wilson, who shared a cell with James ?Whitey? Bulger before his death, and Sean McKinnon, a Vermont man serving an eight-year sentence.

Romaine lettuce on a farm in Salinas, Calif., as pictured in October.

Here?s why this Mass. produce stand is still selling romaine despite the CDC warning

A stand at the Boston Public Market was selling romaine Wednesday, after the CDC said the lettuce was tied to am E. coli outbreak.

BOSTON, 11/8/2018 - Head Coach Ryan Conway and player Alex Lazu during a recent practice for the Boston English/NewMission co-op football team, which will play in the D8 North final on Friday night in Everett. Josh Reynolds for The Boston Globe (Sports, weitzer)

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Live updates: 2018 Thanksgiving high school football

Get scores and the latest info as traditional rivals square off for bragging rights.

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The city is preparing to deliver and serve a holiday feast for the residents affected by the Sept. 13 gas fires and explosions that devastated the Merrimack Valley.

Record-breaking cold temperatures greet Thanksgiving celebrations

Providence and Hartford saw old records fall, but Boston?s low of 14 degrees wasn?t its coldest Nov. 22 in history.

Dr. Seuss' Grinch balloon heads down Sixth Avenue during the 91st Annual Macy?s Thanksgiving Day Parade, in New York, Nov. 23, 2017. (Vincent Tullo/The New York Times)

Thanksgiving should be big in Boston. So how did we let New York steal it from us?

The Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock, not Rockaway Beach. Yet somehow New York has stolen a holiday that by all rights should be ours.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/11/13/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/Boghosian_21turkey1_LIFE.jpg Recipe: How to cook a perfect Thanksgiving turkey

You need an instant-read meat thermometer to cook a turkey. Pop-up thermometers that come with the bird usually pop up when the meat is overcooked.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Rinaldi22franciscan01xx.jpg After devastating accident, Athol boy excited to return home for the holidays

Javan Fox, 13, was discharged from Franciscan Children?s hospital in Brighton on Wednesday and was finally able to go home.

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 22: The SpongeBob SquarePants balloon floats along the parade route during the 2018 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 22, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

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Despite cold, balloons fly at Macy?s Thanksgiving Day parade

Macy?s Thanksgiving Day Parade began amid blustery winds and some of the coldest temperatures in the event?s history.

Carver-10/19/18 From September 15 until November 15, the A.D. Makepeace Company harvests cranberries at their 1700 acres of bogs throughout the South Shore, including the 250 acres of cranberry bogs on Pond Street. Water pours from a wash truck where debris is removed from the cranberries before dropping into a shipping truck. Most of the workers are immigrants who are hired for the seasonal work. Eighteen tractor trailer truckloadshaul away the cranberries from the Pond Street bog. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(metro)

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Editorial

Thanks for nothing, Trump. Trade war has cranberry growers seeing red

The little red fruit has been drawn into President Trump?s trade wars. To ease the pain, the federal government should extend financial assistance to cranberry growers.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/18/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/trillium2.jpg Trouble is brewing at craft beer darling Trillium

Current and former employees said the wildly successful brewery forced many retail workers to reapply for their jobs and then offered them ?promotions? for less money.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/globesanta-23402.jpeg Globe Santa launches annual campaign to bring Christmas to families in need

Globe Santa kicks off his 63rd annual campaign to make sure that gifts are under the Christmas tree for thousands of deserving Boston-area children.

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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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At least 79 people have lost their lives in California?s deadliest wildfire.

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