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A king tide and rain storm meant flooding in the Hampton Circle area of Hull earlier this month. (David L. Ryan/Globe staff)

Hull or high water: When climate change hits home

Town residents in Hull know flooding is a problem, but no one wants to leave.

Shopping carts are seen outside of a Market Basket store in Woburn on Aug. 18.

Meltdown at Market Basket: How did we get here, and what’s next for shoppers?

On this episode of The Globe podcast, host Jazmin Aguilera gets the inside story of the clash and how it’ll affect shoppers from Boston Globe business reporter Jon Chesto.

Walter Jacobs’ wife, Juliet, died of lung cancer a few months after enrolling in a Duke University study that was later found to be based on fraudulent research.

Inside a research fraud scandal that rocked the scientific community — and tested the future president of MIT

It seemed like Duke scientists had developed a “Holy Grail” of cancer treatment. Then the truth came out. In this week’s Globe Magazine cover story, reporter Mike Damiano takes readers inside the scandal that ended with broken careers, betrayed patients, and a lasting legacy of doubt in scientific institutions.

5 tips for raising healthier, screen-balanced kids according to the ‘media-trician’

"Media-trician" Dr. Michael Rich recommends embracing a balanced approach to screen time and abandoning restriction-based controls.

Shelby Hewitt at her pre-trial hearing at Suffolk County Courthouse.

Catch up on one of the most popular Boston Globe stories of the year

Listen to a narrated rendition of the tale of a 32-year-old woman who posed as a teenager to re-enroll in high school.

The Johnston Gate at Harvard University is closed with limited access permitted while a tent city occupation took place at Harvard University.

‘Universities are the enemy.’ Final episode of ‘The Harvard Plan’ examines the growing distrust of higher education.

Episode three explores the deep history of Harvard and the distinctly American idea of “diversity.”

In case you missed it

Earline Pruitt (left) greeted her daughter, Denise Pruitt, at her Dorchester home.

‘You tried to break us, and you didn’t’: One family relives busing in new audio documentary

Earline Pruitt and her daughter Denise relive the start of school desegregation in this Globe audio documentary.

When the Red Sox finally won: Hear about the ‘Sea of Joy’ after the 2004 ALCS and World Series
In this special podcast miniseries featuring Kevin Millar, Johnny Damon, and Terry Francona, the Globe goes blow-by-blow through one of the best comebacks in sports history and Red Sox' first title in 86 years.

‘A biblical kind of sports story’: Recounting the incredible run of the 2004 Red Sox
In this special podcast miniseries, the Globe revisits the team of misfits and underdogs known as the “Idiots” who defied the odds to break the curse that had loomed over Fenway Park for 86 years.

‘I guarantee you that baby will be out before the end of the game’: Red Sox fans remember the joy of 2004
In the epilogue of our special podcast series, hear directly from New Englanders whose lives were forever touched by the Red Sox.

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Starting Point

New England Patriots wide receiver Kayshon Boutte celebrates his 39-yard touchdown reception with tight end Hunter Henry during a game against the Cleveland Browns at Gillette Stadium on Oct. 26.

As the Patriots streak, a Globe photographer shoots

We’re taking you behind the scenes of how our photographer captured a moment of celebration as the Pats win game after game for the first time in years.

City Councilor Moises Rodrigues puts in a little work at the Cape Verdean Association of Brockton on Tuesday. He will be Brockton's first elected Black mayor.

Brockton elects Moises Rodrigues the city’s first Black mayor

Not only will Rodrigues make Brockton history, he will be one of the few people of color to lead a city in Massachusetts.

Forecast | Ken Mahan

An Alberta Clipper storm will bring scattered showers across Boston and Southern New England, and light, higher elevation snow showers across portions of Northern New England Wednesday.

Blustery conditions remain as an Alberta Clipper pushes through the region Wednesday

Light showers will begin late morning to afternoon, with the strongest part of the storm passing late Wednesday through early Thursday.

The Murray D. Lincoln Campus Center, which houses the Hotel UMass, at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

In Amherst, Hotel UMass sets unlikely stage for major drug bust

In the wake of LaMar Cook's arrest, a vaunted "teaching hotel" in the heart of campus is drawing attention as one setting in an elaborate cocaine sting.

Season Two

Harvard Plan podcast art with John Harvard Statue

The Harvard Plan Episode 2: Jay and Alan

It's been a heck of a year in academia. This podcast miniseries, in partnership with WNYC's On The Media, examines the moral calculus universities face in dealings with the Trump administration.