Courts rebuke Baker on push to strip hundreds of gun licenses

At least a dozen gun owners, some convicted decades ago of misdemeanors, filed legal challenges to win back their firearm licenses. The state is resisting a mounting number of court orders.

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A first-of-its kind deal that includes strict restraints on prices could be a model for mergers in other states ? but could also be difficult to enforce, experts say.

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Dueling lawsuits describe a difficult work environment and offer a rare glimpse inside School Department headquarters.

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President Trump jolted global auto stocks on Monday with a late-night tweet declaring that China agreed to ?reduce and remove? tariffs on imported American-made cars.

Foxborough, MA 12/02/18- The New England Patriots Kyle Van Noy reacting after they thought they stopped the Minnesota Vikings on fourth an one during fourth quarter action at Gillette Stadium Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018.(Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff)

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A major show of force by the Patriots? defense

The Vikings? biggest offensive weapons left Gillette Stadium confused and frustrated thanks to a brilliant game plan and precision execution.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/03/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy-24675.jpg It's December, when the Patriots are a sure thing at Gillette

Bill Belichick and Tom Brady are 33-4 in Foxborough in December.

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Struggling couple needs a hand to make Christmas memorable for two sons

?I?m afraid if we don?t get back on our feet soon, our kids won?t have a Christmas,? the boys? mom wrote.

Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Rabbi Rachmeil Liberman of Congregation Lubavitch Synagogue lit the menorah in Downtown Crossing on Sunday.

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A somber beginning to Hanukkah in Boston

Rain held off Sunday long enough to allow for the lighting of the menorahs in Boston.

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The driver of another vehicle involved faces multiple charges, including operating under the influence of alcohol, second offense.

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Bill Gardner, America?s longest-serving state secretary of state and four-decade New Hampshire fixture, is in the political battle of his life.

Boston Smoke Shop?s Francine Whu, a Newbury Street shop operator, said no landlord in Newton Centre would give her space.
Smoke shops are proliferating in the age of legal recreational marijuana and vaping, a booming global business.

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It won?t be long before a smoke shop opens near you. Will you welcome it?

With recreational marijuana now legal in Mass. and vaping becoming a booming global business, the counterculture staples of college towns are expanding quickly.

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With about 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 each day, the Medicare enrollment odyssey has become a generational rite of passage.

Michael and Kitty Dukakis were among those attending Sunday?s memorial service for political consultant John Marttila.

Master political strategist John Marttila remembered

Joe Biden, Michael Dukakis, and John Kerry were among those who attended a memorial service Sunday in Boston.

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There?s a federal probe into whether a Newton District Court judge and court personnel helped an undocumented immigrant leave through a back door and avoid arrest.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_120118_02bush_3153xA.jpg With Bush?s death, a ?chapter closed? in Kennebunkport

Mourners left flowers, Christmas wreaths, and other mementos honoring the country?s 41st president Saturday near his Maine compound.

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His was a model of gentlemanly public service that has, in some ways, been abandoned.

Scott Kirsner | Innovation Economy

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/skirsner-9395.png Where are you, Michael Dell?

The tech titan?s low public profile in Massachusetts is a little frustrating.

Stage Review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/12/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/Bush_18holidaytheater_007.jpg How the ?Grinch? stole my good mood

Talented star Gavin Lee can?t save this musical adaptation at the Wang Theatre, which misses the impish wit of Dr. Seuss?s tale.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walker-23566.jpg What we mourn when we mourn George H.W. Bush

Bush is being widely hailed as a president of decency and integrity. How sad ? and telling ? that decency is now a standout quality in a president.

Opinion | Margery Eagan

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?Do you, too, enjoy Amazon Prime?s free shipping, a Google Gmail address, and a sleek Apple phone? Then you?re complicit in this mess.?

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/01/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/AFP_1B9368.jpg Bush lead the US through a changing world

He leaves a legacy of global leadership and a willingness to confront fiscal problems realistically.

Guilherme ?Gilly? Assuncao reprised his impromptu concert of 2017 Sunday at Russo?s Market in Watertown.

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A year after his life changed forever, ?Gilly? performs again

Guilherme ?Gilly? Assuncao went viral thanks to a video of his singing in the produce aisle of a Watertown market. On Sunday, he reprised the performance.

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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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Keeping tradition of the hunt alive

Through the New England countryside, riders take part in an adventure at once ancient and modern: A formal fox hunt, no fox necessary.

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Check out the new vehicles debuting at the LA Auto Show

The auto industry is heading into new territory. From autonomous cars to electric vehicles, carmakers both import and domestic are venturing into the future. The Los Angeles International Auto Show is one place you can see the shift in the auto industry happening in real time. From crossovers and concepts by established automakers to all-new [?]

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Protesters, a few of whom brought the ashes of their children who died after insulin rationing, gathered outside Sanofi?s Cambridge office.

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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