Fred Zwicky/Journal Star via Associated Press/File 2018
The ruling applies to only one man and one facility. But the decision could resonate nationwide because most prisons and jails do not allow medications to treat addiction.
Lane Turner/Globe Staff/File 2018
Kevin Cullen
Call me cynical, but I?m surprised anybody is surprised that Police Commissioner Willie Gross harbors a deep resentment of the ACLU.
Trump threatens to cut GM subsidies The White House is expressing ?great disappointment? in General Motors after the automobile giant announced it would be cutting thousands of jobs.
FairFolk/Trillium
The owners of the popular craft brewery said they would like to start a discussion about who should be paid tipped wages.
If Nov. 20 had been a normal day for the farm, there may have been about 25 Christmas trees sold. Instead, there were two.
After Mike Capuano?s defeat, is Ed Markey a primary target for 2020? Markey?s biggest liability: He is a white male incumbent who?s been in Congress since 1976.
Brett Bickford was sharing a parachute with a student at Skydive New England in Maine when he apparently loosened his harness in the air, leaving the student with the parachute.
Talking Points Live/Larry Edelman
Berkshire Bank CEO quits with no explanation and a $7.5 million payout Plus: Vertex?s positive trial results, the CRISPR controversy, and why H.G. Wells and Orson Welles would be amazed.
matthew j. lee/globe staff
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
The 2008 NBA Finals MVP is one of the honorees at the Sports Museum?s annual gala, The Tradition.
Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone is hospitalized with severe case of shingles The mayor will focus on recovering before beginning to work remotely in the coming days, city officials said in a statement Tuesday.
The true story behind cult ramen favorite Yume Wo Katare and its udon-slinging sibling, Yume Ga Arukara Sure, the Cambridge restaurants sell delicious Japanese noodles. But their real purpose is something else entirely.
Globe LIve | Magazine
The soldier and his terrible photos of war He wanted people to know what happened in Baghdad, and so I agreed to carry his terrible pictures home.
Historical society ?truly sorry? for ?white Dorchester? holiday card An awkwardly worded holiday greeting card has prompted the Dorchester Historical Society to issue a public apology.
?Facebook has a black people problem?: Departing Facebook employee alleges failures at company Mark S. Luckie described a culture at Facebook that superficially pushes diversity but in practice is excluding the black community both externally and internally.
Veteran WCVB news reporter Jorge Quiroga to retire after nearly 45 years Channel 5 reporter Jorge Quiroga, a towering figure in local television news, will retire at the end of the year.
Couple wins $4m lottery prize while Christmas shopping in Natick An early Christmas shopping trip in Natick went surprisingly well for Neang Peov and her husband.
Stephen Hillenburg, creator of ?SpongeBob SquarePants,? dies at 57 An Oklahoma native with a love of both drawing and marine biology, Mr. Hillenburg conceived, wrote, produced, and directed the animated series that began in 1999.
Just one of the pieces could sell for somewhere in the neighborhood of $400 million, experts say.
HELP DESK
How to get your toddler to listen to you. (No, really.) The stalling. The helplessness. The sneaking out of bed multiple times a night. The crying. The whining. It was time to call in the experts for help with my 3-year-old.
Chad Finn
Rex Ryan has it all wrong about this year?s Patriots The former AFC East rival coach recently said on ESPN that this could be the worst Patriot team of the Tom Brady era.
Names
The ?Wedding Singer? star and longtime New Hampshire resident made one couple's special day even more memorable.
SCOT LEHIGH
Richard Neal arrives at the center of power and action The dean of the Massachusetts congressional delegation reflects on the next stage of his career.
Michael A. Cohen
The Potemkin presidency For Trump supporters, the president can do no wrong, the winning never ends, and the wall will get built.
Sarah Prince/AP
Renée Graham
John Allen Chau was an invader who breached the homeland of a small tribe; they stood their ground.
Perspective | Magazine
What?s wrong with teaching the lesson that how you present yourself will count in your career?
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?
Subscribe to This Week in Weed Witness the birth of the marijuana industry in Massachusetts, and catch up on national pot headlines. Subscribe to ?This Week in Weed? for the latest marijuana news from reporter Dan Adams every Saturday.
PEDRO PARDO/AFP/Getty Images
The Big Picture
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.
The mere fact of his consideration is a reflection of his steady evolution and improvement as a big leaguer.
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.
A Millennium Tower unit, a home under construction in Weston, and a farmhouse-style property in Dover also made our list.
Mississippi voters are choosing between a white Republican Senate appointee backed by President Trump and a black Democrat who was agriculture secretary in the Clinton administration.
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort says a Guardian report saying he met with Assange is ??totally false and deliberately libelous.??
Search This Week's Specials
General Motors to lay off up to 14,000 workers, put 5 plants up for possible closure
Investors nursing some of the worst losses in a century shouldn?t live in hope for a relief rally next year ? markets will merely tread water, according to a big fund manager.
The director?s death raises ugly memories of his most famous film.
Protesters, a few of whom brought the ashes of their children who died after insulin rationing, gathered outside Sanofi?s Cambridge office.
Until next year, my sweetheart 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.
Listen: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | RadioPublic
Are we ignoring ? or outright banning ? an easy affordable-housing fix? Mobile homes may be the least expensive and most effective means of addressing the region?s housing shortage.
-5733.jpg)
