The Obama administration is making an aggressive push, both publicly and privately, to help US weapons manufacturers sell more arms overseas.
A four-month investigation has found that the agency allowed at least five developers breaks on affordable housing fees of $3.4 million without disclosing them publicly.
Pilgrim has struggled with unplanned outages and economic pressures, but officials say the facility is likely to keep operating for years to come.
Mohegan Sun faces a Dec. 31 deadline to complete a colossal task: submit plans to replicate in Revere the experience of visiting Mohegan, a place that cannot be replicated.
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New Englanders discuss how they’ve been absorbing the pope’s words and gestures, considering their meaning for the church — and for their own spiritual lives.
His words can startle, charm, electrify. Many are finding something new, something to live by, as the pope models the awesome power of humility.
Patriots at Ravens, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)
As rivalries go, Patriots-Ravens isn’t exactly Harvard-Yale, but what it lacks in longevity it makes up for in intensity.
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Can you read your way to psychological health? Britain is finding out.
TOM KEANE
Desperate measuresVandalism is a lousy way to create neighborliness, nor are bomb threats a great way to handle exam stress.
The Bruins survived two 5-on-3 penalty kills and went on to beat the Sabres two nights after losing to them in Buffalo.
Dozens of volunteers combed through a Fitchburg neighborhood Saturday in an attempt to find missing 5-year-old Jeremiah Oliver.
Families of some of the 270 people who died in the Lockerbie attack 25 years ago gathered for memorial services to remember their loved ones.
The director of national intelligence declassified more documents that show how the agency was first authorized to start collecting bulk phone and Internet records.
What if, instead of boarding that cramped turboprop to Rochester, you could stretch out in a comfy private cabin of a ZipCar-like shared plane?
After the death of former South African Pres. Nelson Mandela, pressure has mounted to make sure the message of “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” is still heard.
If you love adventure mixed with exercise, and if in your younger years you saw the world on a bike, don’t give up now.
Two years ago, the “Welcome to my Country” author moved from Somerville to Harvard, where she writes in a small cottage with red walls.
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Watch the ‘Broken City’ Insiders eventVideo of a discussion with The Boston Globe’s Washington bureau of the gridlock in Washington and what can be done to end it.
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When doctors prescribe books to heal the mind Can you read your way to psychological health? Britain is finding out.
