Trump lashes out at GM as company announces layoffs

President Trump?s remarks came after General Motors said it will cut up to 14,000 workers in North America and put five plants up for possible closure.

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President Trump on Monday rejected a central conclusion of a dire report on climate change that was released Friday by his own administration.

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President Trump gave lengthy remarks to reporters on Monday as he departed for campaign events in Mississippi.

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The Harvard Law professor said he still believes that the president is immune from the potential crimes the probe is focused on.

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The South Shore and the Cape and Islands will see strong winds; power outages are likely.

Man is fatally struck by pick-up truck at Concord intersection

A man was working at the corner of Independence and Alcott roads when a Ford utility pick-up truck backed up, running him over, authorities said.

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Rhode Island officials legalized sports gambling after a landmark US Supreme Court decision earlier this year.

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The Big Picture

What happened at the border this weekend

A peaceful march devolved into unrest when US agents fired tear gas to stop migrants attempting to storm a border fence separating Mexico and the United States.

Feng Zhang.

Local researcher calls for halt to genetically edited embryos

Feng Zhang was responding to bombshell claims by He Jiankui of Shenzhen, who said he altered embryos for seven couples during fertility treatments.

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?Toilets didn?t work, there was no air-flow on the train, and it started to get really stuffy.?

BOSTON, MA - 11/26/2018: The USS Hudner, named after Concord's Medal of Honor recipient Thomas Hudner, arrives in Boston Monday for it's commisisoning ceremony later in the week. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: METRO TOPIC 27hudner

USS Hudner to be commissioned in South Boston

The United States Navy?s newest guided-missile destroyer, the future USS Thomas Hudner, is slated to be officially introduced to the active Navy fleet Saturday.

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Officials want to figure out how to handle the traffic that has swarmed the small town in the days since Cultivate opened for recreational marijuana sales.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/23/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/GettyImages-114964094.jpg From Canada, ideas on keeping people safe from ?poisoned? illicit drugs

As Massachusetts debates creating safe spaces for drugs users to inject, British Columbia already has 31 such sites.

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The suit, accusing school leaders of fraud, misleading students and violating student privacy, comes eight months after the small liberal arts college abruptly announced it would close.

Foxborough, MA 09/30/18: Patriots running back Sony Michel (216) leaves the Dolphins Raekwon McMillan (52) in his wake on his way to a second qaurter 23 yard first down run. New England Patriots hosted the Miami Dolphins at Gillette Stadium Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

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CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

These AFC East pushovers are coming in handy for Patriots

Fattening up on weak divisional opponents is necessary to help the Patriots and their playoff seeding this year.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/26/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_1B47JE.jpg ?Flawless?: NASA InSight spacecraft lands on Mars

A NASA spacecraft?s six-month journey to Mars finished its dramatic grand finale Monday in a soft precision landing on flat red plains.

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2018 file photo, Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley speaks at a rally at City Hall in Boston. On Nov. 6, Pressley became Massachusetts' first black woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm, File)

Ayanna Pressley says she will support Nancy Pelosi for House speaker

Pressley?s announcement came days after the Globe reported that just over half of the House Democrats from New England were publicly supporting Pelosi.

Lucianny Rondon (right), sister of the late 18-year-old Leonel Rondon, was overcome with emotion while speaking about her brother during a Senate committee hearing in Lawrence Monday.

Sister of teen killed in gas explosions wants justice for her brother

Leonel Rondon died during the Merrimack Valley gas explosions after a chimney from a house that blew up toppled onto the vehicle he was sitting in.

Rachel Brosnahan as Midge Maisel in the Emmy-winning ?The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.?

YOUR TV GPS

The week in watching: ?SNL? melodrama, ?Maisel? marvelousness, and John and Chrissy adorability

Globe TV critic Matthew Gilbert navigates the week ahead.

Ty Burr

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/26/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/AP_730211016.jpg Bernardo Bertolucci, ?Tango,? and #MeToo

The director?s death raises ugly memories of his most famous film.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_Balsams8_met.jpg Can the Balsams, in all its nostalgic splendor, be saved?

The Balsams Grand Resort, a New England institution since 1875, has been shuttered since 2011 and parts of it are starting to crumble. Les Otten has been trying since 2014 to orchestrate a rebirth.

yvonne abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/abraham-23478.jpg A concussion rattled me, and reset me

Lie low for a few days, the doctor said, and your concussion symptoms should fade. That was four months ago. The way back has been weird, scary, but also, oddly, an education.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Brown_01.jpg ?I been in hell all my life?

At 22, Shaquille Brown was leaving Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center with no job prospects and no money. He wanted a better life, but couldn?t imagine how it would happen.

Company that owns rights to ?Scream? mask is suing Celtics Terry Rozier for selling ?Scary Terry? shirts

Last season, when fans started calling the Terry Rozier by his new nickname, he saw a chance to merge his favorite horror flick with some branded merchandise.

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Opinion | Niall Ferguson

Has Trump peaked?

Despite continuing strong approval ratings by his base, it?s impossible not to sense a change in the air.

In this Nov. 21, 2018 photo, Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, framed by a photograph of lower Manhattan, addresses law enforcement officials at the Joint Terrorism Task Force in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Opinion | Philip Heymann and William Ruckelshaus

With Whitaker, another test of the rule of law

There is clear legal and political framework forbidding the president?s selection of Matthew Whitaker to supervise the Mueller investigation.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/26/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/b518ab639f9646ba918fc0a030426cf2-b518ab639f9646ba918fc0a030426cf2-0.jpg Defeated Utah Republican Rep. Mia Love delivers rebuke to Trump

She says Trump?s claim she lost the race because she kept him at arm?s length shows the president?s world has ??no real relationships, just convenient transactions.??

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/26/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/9a705130dc1b4202b17ec0e73aaf8803-9a705130dc1b4202b17ec0e73aaf8803-0.jpg Melania Trump unveils White House Christmas decorations

The decor was designed by Mrs. Trump and features a theme of ?American Treasures.?

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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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The Big Picture

What happened at the border this weekend

A peaceful march devolved into unrest when US agents fired tear gas to stop migrants attempting to storm a border fence separating Mexico and the United States.

Real Estate

Queen of Soul?s Detroit mansion sells for $300,000

DETROIT (AP) ? A historic Detroit mansion owned by late singing legend Aretha Franklin has been sold. The Detroit News reports that, according to public records, the 5,600-square-foot (520-square-meter) brick home adjacent to the Detroit Golf Club fetched $300,000 in a sale last month. It was built in 1927.

Arts

Bernardo Berolucci checked a scene during the filming of ?The Last Emperor? in 1987.

Oscar-winning director Bernardo Bertolucci dies at 77

The Italian filmmaker won Oscars with ?The Last Emperor? and the erotic drama ?Last Tango in Paris.?

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The summit organizers are scrambling to evaluate the claim before the scientist is scheduled to speak at the meeting.

Love Letters: The Podcast

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In a special bonus episode, Meredith Goldstein explores what happens to summer romance when the summer ends, and ?Wet Hot American Summer? creator David Wain shares a girl-crazy memory from his own camp days.

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