Sororities, fraternities sue Harvard over social club crackdown

Groups say Harvard?s crackdown on single-gender social clubs discriminates against women and discourages students from exercising their rights of free association.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_11152018_16baker_6899x.jpg 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.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/davis_pay7_met-23573.jpg Finally, gate opens to connect Red Line and Quincy neighborhood

Less than 500 feet of pedestrian infrastructure will have a big benefit for many commuters.

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President Trump said Michael Cohen should serve a prison term for lying to Congress and that his former attorney?s crimes were ?unrelated to Trump.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/03/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/2f404e48d7d94680bb06ec61e7dbaf1d-2f404e48d7d94680bb06ec61e7dbaf1d-0.jpg Stocks rally, bonds fall early Monday amid trade truce

Stocks jumped on Monday after the US and China declared a truce in their trade war, while Treasuries and the dollar fell.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/300-2623.jpg Female administrators sue Boston schools over workplace issues

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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumackismoke060.jpg 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.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/03/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_1BB0B6.jpg Dutch court rejects man?s request to be 20 years younger

The court refused a request to shave 20 years off the age of Emile Ratelband, saying it would ?have a variety of undesirable legal and societal implications.?

Police investigating after man allegedly pushed over menorah on Cambridge Common

Police say two witnesses watched as a white male dressed in all black and riding a black bicycle dismounted his bike before walking over to the menorah and pushing it over.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/03/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/c5bfbc4363b24f31a27ff8d3c737c60c-c5bfbc4363b24f31a27ff8d3c737c60c-0.jpg Waltham biotech Tesaro bought by GlaxoSmithKline for $5.1 billion

The local company makes the ovarian cancer drug Zejula.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/02202008_20birds-6481321.jpg Mass. bald eagle population continues to grow

The state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife has identified 76 territorial pairs of bald eagles this year, up from 68 pairs last year and 59 seen in 2016.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/fcecfae22f994786a358f3de20167aeb-fcecfae22f994786a358f3de20167aeb-0.jpg FCC proposes rule that could hurt Vermont TV stations

Television stations in Vermont say a proposed rule change from the Federal Communications Commission could cut their funding and shut the stations down.

The engine of an MBTA commute rail line train is extinguished by Hanson firefighters on Nov. 29, 2018.

Hanson Fire Department

Is a fire just a mechanical issue? How the MBTA alerts riders about problems

After two recent incidents, riders say the MBTA was not offering enough detail through its service alerts about what, exactly, was going on.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/03/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/2cfa5a8cff984275bd43c4a56fabe838-2cfa5a8cff984275bd43c4a56fabe838-3634-U843713509493k3F--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg In photo, George H.W. Bush?s service dog honors the late president

Bush spokesman Jim McGrath posted a picture of the yellow Labrador retriever named Sully with the caption, ??Mission complete. #Remembering41.??

Former president George H.W. Bush (front left) and wife Barbara Bush (right) at the wedding of longtime friends Helen Thorgalsen (center) and Bonnie Clement in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 2013.

An ?amazing guy?: Kennebunk store owners remember former president George H.W. Bush

The president who famously spurned broccoli enjoyed the donuts at H.B. Provisions, a popular general store in Maine.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/03/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/9e1ed329775e43eaa00455aec9930e79-9e1ed329775e43eaa00455aec9930e79-0.jpg Washington to pay respects, bid farewell to George H.W. Bush

The former president will lie in state beneath the soaring US Capitol rotunda for a ceremony and public visitation from Monday through Wednesday.

Music review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/03/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/travisscott-5.jpg At the Garden, Travis Scott takes fans along on the ride of his life

On a stage that featured a roller coaster and carousel, the rapper performed a ferocious 85-minute set.

Elle Simone Scott, a food stylist who joined America?s Test Kitchen in 2016, has her sights set on becoming the #CulinaryOprah.

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Globe Magazine

Meet the America?s Test Kitchen star who dreams of being the culinary Oprah

Elle Simone Scott?s star is on the rise, and she?s opening doors for other women of color.

Ben Volin | On football

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/03/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/davisneminn11spts.jpg The Patriots did a masterful job disguising their defense. Here?s how

The ?Cover 0? defense featured safety blitzes and even just one down lineman.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/30/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Gasper.jpg This was a major show of force by the Patriots? defense. Can they keep it up?

We?ve seen what they?re capable of doing. The question is whether they?re capable of reproducing it week after week and on the road, when needed.

PATRIOTS NOTEBOOK

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/03/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/lee120218patsvikings13SPTS.jpg Belichick, Vikings? Adam Thielen have heated exchange on sideline

Thielen believed Patrick Chung was stalling ? which gave Belichick time to throw a challenge flag ? after a fourth-down play in the fourth quarter.

Opinion | Margery Eagan

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/dee5bb99e575445f918e61743ad5ebdc-dee5bb99e575445f918e61743ad5ebdc-0.jpg I?m engaged in an evil enterprise with every click

?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.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/26/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/2c8b2b6feced4e7eb9312ebd39810d02-2c8b2b6feced4e7eb9312ebd39810d02-0.jpg After John Oliver?s spoof, Mike Pence?s family plans more Marlon Bundo books

The wife and daughter of Vice President Mike Pence plan more stories about the family bunny, Marlon Bundo.

Help Desk

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/KREITER11262018MEDICARE3.jpg Enrolling in Medicare can be confusing. Here?s how to do it.

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

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/01/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/laura1104alt-4761.jpg 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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The Big Picture

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 [?]

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/03/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/PharmaValley-5-1600x900.jpg China?s equivalent of Kendall Square is expanding rapidly

In the epicenter of the country?s biotech industry, scaffolding sprouts like weeds.

Love Letters: The Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/29/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/200_love_letters_bonus.jpg Love Letters: 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.

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