Elected officials call for fresh look at gun laws

By Raymond Hernandez

An array of officials expressed sadness and shock on Sunday over the killings at a Connecticut elementary school.

John Kerry seen as well trained for world stage

By Bryan Bender

The senator will have decades of international experience to draw on if he becomes the next secretary of state.

Millions will get hit by big tax increases a lot sooner than many realize if Congress and the White House don’t agree on a plan to skirt the year-end fiscal cliff.

Conservatives retake power in Japan

Japan’s conservative Liberal Democratic Party returned to power in a landslide election victory after three years in opposition, according to unofficial results.

The South African president called on members of the African National Congress to again support him to be the political party’s leader.

By David D. Kirkpatrick

The Muslim Brotherhood, the main group aligned with Egypt’s president, predicted a big win for ratification of the Islamist-backed draft constitution after the first round of voting.

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The nimble king

By Juliette Kayyem

Jordan’s King Abdullah II faces a tricky balancing act on multiple fronts.

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By John E. Sununu

Four years after the biggest of the bailouts, federal policy makers are stewing over the choices they made — and struggling to put supposedly temporary measures behind them.

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By James Carroll

The continued economic growth of rich countries depends precisely on the prospering of poorer ones.

68 Blocks: Life, Death, Hope: Part 2 of 5

Searching for justice, finding no peace

By Globe Staff

With summer approaching, the rhythm quickens in Bowdoin-Geneva. Violence seems to rise with the heat, but so do a mother’s hopes for her children, and a priest’s quest to connect. Meanwhile, from the weeds, an unlikely garden grows.

Shooting in Connecticut

Obama vows urgent try to stem violence

By Maria Sacchetti and Martine Powers

Speaking to hundreds of mourners assembled at Newtown High School, the president promised to use his full power to find ways to prevent future shootings.

By Evan Allen and Jaclyn Reiss

Local schools prepared to step up security and offer counseling and support as students return to class Monday for the first time since the shootings in Connecticut.

Children of working poor caught in pinch of recession

By Megan Woolhouse

The economic downturn has fallen particularly hard on low-income households, forcing teens to trade school for work and put their futures at risk.

By Michael B. Farrell

Technology from two Cambridge start-ups helps amateur moviemakers become auteurs — well, almost.

Politics a wild card as economy strengthens

By Catherine Rampell

Economists expect signs of strength in many sectors in 2013 if Washington is able to resolve its fiscal disputes.

Elizabeth Gregory, 95, Arlington pediatrician

By Emma Stickgold

Dr. Gregory estimated that during the more than 40 years she ran a pediatrics practice in her Arlington home, she treated 10,000 children.

Gustavo Archilla, 96; married partner after years of secrecy

By William Yardley

Mr. Archilla, whose marriage in Canada in 2003 after almost six decades of a quiet and committed relationship inspired supporters of same-sex marriage, died Nov. 27.

William F. House, inventor of cochlear implant

By Douglas Martin

Dr. House, a medical researcher who braved skepticism to invent the cochlear implant, died on Dec. 7 at his home in Aurora, Ore. He was 89.

49ers 41, Patriots 34

Patriots’ comeback falls short after late 49ers TD

By Shalise Manza Young

Down 31-3 amid myriad turnovers, the Patriots clawed back to tie the game at 31 before faltering again in the final minutes.

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Despite loss, Tom Brady was at his best

By Christopher L. Gasper

The final score might not have labeled Brady a winner, but everything about the way he rallied the Patriots from a 28-point third-quarter deficit did.

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This loss could pay off for Patriots

By Greg A. Bedard

The stinging defeat to the 49ers is the type of loss that teaches the lessons that will be heeded and applied in January.

Health

Juice ‘cleansing’ is going mainstream

By Jan Brogan

The recent trend of juice fasting, which typically involves subsisting on nothing but cold-pressed juice for three to seven days, has surged, but is it really good for you?

Stage Review

In ‘Dear Elizabeth,’ poets forge bond beyond words

By Don Aucoin

Sarah Ruhl has fashioned the voluminous correspondence between Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop into a quietly absorbing new play.

The recipes are from the book “The 3-Day Cleanse’’ by Zoe Sakoutis and Erica Huss.