Judge in Texas rules Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional

Friday?s federal court decision comes just before the end of a six-week open enrollment period for the program in 2019.

Former State Police lieutenants John T. Giulino (left) and David Keefe during their arraignment in Suffolk Superior Court in October.

Former State Police lieutenants face more charges in OT scandal

David Wilson of Charlton, John Giulino of Lanesborough, and David Keefe of Norfolk stole thousands of dollars through claiming bogus overtime in 2015, the AG said.

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The rate went from 5.1 percent to 5.05 percent. More changes could be in store for taxpayers if the economy keeps humming.

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A mammoth report on the future of transportation in the state was released Friday. At the heart of it: fixing public transit and putting it on sound financial footing.

Detecting pot use in drivers will be tricky

With recreational marijuana stores now open, officials are working with urgency to address a potential rise in stoned drivers.

Chesto Means Business

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/25/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/jon_chesto_20180925.jpg Offshore wind auction draws huge interest and big money

Three developers backed by major European energy companies paid a record $405 million to gain access to 390,000 acres of federal waters.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/westwood%201.JPG A truck is ?Storrowed? at infamous Westwood bridge . . . again

The East Street bridge has been the bane of drivers for years as large trucks can get stuck under the low span.

?Boss of bosses? gets 20 years for running massive drug ring

The sprawling family operation moved drugs from Mexico to Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, prosecutors said Friday.

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The red oak is slated to be removed to make room to renovate and expand Andover Hall, against the wishes of some students.

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Stephen Spinelli Jr. worked at Babson from 1993 to 2007. He will replace Kerry Healey, who is stepping down in June.

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The Brookline school plans to shut down in the spring. It?s the latest small private college to close amid an industry in crisis.

Juju the French bulldog in Danny?s lap, then from bottom left: Moni the pit bull, Mojo the Malamute husky, Juicy the husky

Mara Shelton

Growing furry family is a game-changer for this Patriot

?Our dogs have always been popular,? Danny Shelton said. Now, they?re Internet-popular, as is the dog owned by Steelers receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster.

CELTICS 129, HAWKS 108

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/15/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chin121418Celtics-Hawks_Spt6.jpg ?It?s fun out there.? Celtics? winning streak reaches eight

Kyrie Irving led the way with 24 points, taking the entire fourth quarter off in the Celtics? runaway victory over the Hawks.

penguins 5, bruins 3

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/15/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/34c1ff475d9140bc80da8a00cbe121f6-34c1ff475d9140bc80da8a00cbe121f6-0.jpg Penguins counter Bruins? comeback to claim victory

Jake Guentzel?s goal half way through the third period pushed Pittsburgh in front.

Tara Sullivan

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/14/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/tsullivan-24985.jpg Checking in with Phil Simms on the state of NFL quarterbacks

There is plenty of excitement for some of the young signal-callers, but the veterans are still getting it done.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/20/BostonGlobe.com/BCOM/Images/GettyImages-482200213.jpg Gisele Bundchen is still one of the highest-paid models in the world, according to Forbes

Even in ?retirement,? the supermodel pulls in the big bucks.

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Cosby, 81, is serving a three- to 10-year state prison sentence for sexually assaulting a woman in his suburban Philadelphia mansion in 2004.

Print of Pooh sitting on a branch with honeypots by Ernest Howard Shepard, 1970.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

COMMENTARY | JENEé OSTERHELDT

A walk through the MFA?s Winnie-the-Pooh exhibit wraps visitors in warmth

The Winnie-the-Pooh exhibit at Boston?s Museum of Fine Arts explores more than the Hundred Acre Woods. It?s a reflection of human emotion.

Dinner with Cupid

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/14/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/200_cupid_121618.jpg Blind date: ?After the calamari, I wanted to leave?

Will these sports enthusiasts team up for a knockout or a strikeout?

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EDITORIAL

In Quebec, clean energy goes to waste. Let?s use it.

The historic concerns about hydropower are understandable. But it?s time to get everyone to yes.

President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 11, 2018. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Yuri Gripas.

Yuri Gripas/Bloomberg

Opinion | Michael A. Cohen

Why aren?t we talking about impeachment?

Considering the substantial evidence that President Trump has committed high crimes and misdemeanors, why aren?t we talking about impeachment proceedings in Congress?

globe santa

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/11/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/globe_santa_20141127.jpg Grandparents want to make happy holiday for grandkids

Drug addiction has increasingly caused some parents to leave the care of children to grandparents.

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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

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.

STAT

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A Kentucky appeals court side with STAT, upholding a ruling ordering the release of Purdue Pharma records about the marketing of the opioid OxyContin.

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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