Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen sentenced to 3 years in prison

The judge rejected arguments by Cohen?s lawyers that he should be spared jail time because he cooperated in multiple federal investigations involving President Donald Trump.

President Trump in August.

A look at where the investigations related to President Trump currently stand

Amid Michael Cohen?s sentencing, here?s a look at where the investigations related to President Trump stand and what may lie ahead for him.

JOAN VENNOCHI

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Trump?s word will go up against whatever documents, tapes, or other evidence Cohen brings to the table.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Rinaldi13lawrence01.jpg Baker calls Lawrence gas restoration ?substantially completed?

Crews have restored gas to 98 percent of the approximately 8,000 targeted meters that were affected by the disaster in the Merrimack Valley.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/121218WiggsSentencing1.jpg Dorchester man gets life in prison for gunning down 21-year-old in ?stunning? road-rage murder

Prosecutors called the road-rage shooting of 21-year-old Joey DeBarros ?stunning? for its senselessness. Now the assailant has been sentenced to life in prison.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/03/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/RinaldiStatePoliceHQ02.jpg Another state trooper charged in overtime scandal

Trooper Heath McAuliffe was released without bail on several conditions after an initial US District Court appearance Wednesday.

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May attended the weekly Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons in London on Wednesday.

Britain?s Theresa May survives no-confidence vote, remains prime minister

British Prime Minister Theresa May has won a confidence vote by Conservative Party lawmakers that could have brought her leadership to an abrupt end.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/13fireball.JPG Fireball lights up the night sky over New England

The American Meteor Society received a dozen reports of a fireball seen over Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and New Brunswick.

Ex-workers at now-shuttered juvenile facility are convicted of abusing teens

Four people were convicted of abusing teenagers who were in their care between April and August of 2014, officials said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/11/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/cohasset%20estate-87750.jpg Vegas couple buys Cohasset estate for $12.5 million

The property, built in 1932, includes 9.4 acres and has 10 bedrooms, 11 baths, 13 fireplaces, and a private beach on 1,800 feet of waterfront.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/lawsuit-066d4542-fd6d-11e8-ad40-cdfd0e0dd65a.jpg The star BSO flute player was paid $70,000 less than the oboist ? so she sued. Here?s an update on the case

In July, Elizabeth Rowe filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the Boston Symphony Orchestra seeking $200,000 in back pay.

A dam and the beaver lodge are within easy view of the cul-de-sac.

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Framingham officials declare war on beavers and their dams

The Framingham public works department recently got the green light to set lethal traps for beavers in two locations because the dams they?ve built are causing problems.

President of Baseball Operations for the Boston Red Sox Dave Dombrowski sits in the team's dugout before Game 5 of the World Series baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

PETER ABRAHAM | BEAT WRITER?S NOTEBOOK

Red Sox should stay with what works and not repeat mistakes of 2014

Why ruin a good thing? Take your best shot at repeating, then let the process play out.

Movie Review | ? ? ? ?

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The new flick is one of the wittiest and most creatively exuberant movies of the year.

Boston, MA., 11/30/18, Darin Sabine with his wife Jennifer, at Dana Farber Cancer Institute. He is battling colon cancer. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

Health & Wellness | Magazine

A doctor explains why gut health is as important as heart health

We?ve long been obsessed with our heart health. Now it?s time to pay more attention to our digestive system.

Love Letters

Came home one day and my boyfriend had moved out!

He never said a word about his plan to leave, but get this ? he thinks we can keep dating.

Names

BU dean objects to portrayal in Gary Hart movie ?The Front Runner?

Tom Fiedler, who wrote the story that effectively ended Hart?s presidential bid, sent the film?s creators a letter requesting that they ?acknowledge that the film?s depiction of me is essentially a fiction.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/648ad0e0c3a94e79b5fadc59ae0a25fa-648ad0e0c3a94e79b5fadc59ae0a25fa-0.jpg Curt Schilling goes after Ocasio-Cortez and Rhode Island congressman on Twitter

In a series of tweets, former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling went after congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rhode Island congressman David Cicilline.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/11/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/c547401eccf741858d50c9aa362abf8e-c547401eccf741858d50c9aa362abf8e-0.jpg One of Steve Carell?s fans accidentally hit him with her car

Luckily the Acton native was completely fine.

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2018 file photo, from left back row, Annemarie Brown, Andrea Courtney, and Marissa Evansin, and from left front row, Sasha Brietzke, Vassiki Chauhan, Kristina Rapuano, pose in New York. The women filed a lawsuit against Dartmouth College for allegedly allowing three professors to create a culture in their department that encouraged drunken parties and subjected female graduate students to harassment, groping and sexual assault. A growing number of former students are demanding answers from the administration and questioning how such an atmosphere apparently flourished for at least 15 years at the Ivy League school in Hanover, N.H. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Mary Altaffer/AP Photo

Opinion | Diana Whitney

The ?Animal House? culture at Dartmouth ? then and now

Looking back, a Dartmouth alumna reflects on her own sexual assault and a current sexual harassment lawsuit that has been filed against the school?

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/12/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi_480-5990.jpg What does Michael Cohen?s new-found conscience mean for President Trump?

Trump?s word will go up against whatever documents, tapes, or other evidence Cohen brings to the table.

Indira A.R. Lakshmanan

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/12/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/AFP_1BI55Q.jpg Trump and the world?s autocrats want to silence journalists. But the truth will out

Time magazine?s highlighting of journalists shines a light on a vital public service that most citizens take for granted.

HELP DESK

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/12/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/9cde5e3a1cee41a4a05664784d83d3b4-9cde5e3a1cee41a4a05664784d83d3b4-0.jpg How to get kids into the giving spirit

It?s possible that the best gift you can give your child is to show them that they have the power to give, too.

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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

Globe staff photos of the month: November 2018

Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: a colorful sunrise, Christmas tree lightings, and high school sports.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/12/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AP_16223011235697-1024x576.jpg Kaleo, maker of $4,100 overdose antidote, to offer generic for $178

Kaleo was the subject of two investigations exploring why the company raised Evzio?s list price from $575 to $4,100 over four years.

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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