The number of immigrants jailed for deportation in New England plunged last year, despite the expansion of a controversial program.
Nearly 70 percent of North American workers don’t take all of their annual allotted days off, according to a recent survey.
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A dispute over the minimal pay at Match Charter School in Boston offers a rare glimpse into labor unrest at a charter school.
Brandeis may alter pay policy for leadersBrandeis University’s board of trustees is considering revamping its compensation policies as early as next month after an uproar over pay to its former president.
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on football
No team in the NFL was tougher this season than the Patriots, who endured more than their fair share of adversity on the personal front and with injuries.
Boston College’s Conte Forum, where Mayor-elect Martin Walsh will be inaugurated, so narrowly skirts the city limits that its address is listed as Chestnut Hill.
Ten years after completion of the Human Genome Project made it possible to paint a full genetic portrait of anyone, sequencing remains far outside the mainstream.
opinion | Cathy Young
Pro-fat an unhealthy status quoOf course obese people should not be bullied; but neither should they be encouraged in the delusion that they are just fine.
The Patriots sewed up the No. 2 seed in the AFC and a first-round postseason bye with a 34-20 win over the Bills at rain-soaked Gillette Stadium.
Officials are warning drivers who normally use the Callahan Tunnel to expect a longer commute starting Monday.
A suicide attack at a railroad station followed by a blast in a trolley bus the next day raised the specter of a new wave of terrorism just six weeks before the Winter Olympics.
Republicans count enough competitive races to challenge Democrats for control of the Senate in the 2014 elections, if only they can figure out what to do with the Tea Party movement.
A mixture of hope and cynicism pushed up Twitter’s stock by 76 percent from Dec. 1 through Thursday, then sent the shares plunging 13 percent Friday.
The slipperiness of seeing, belief, and interpretation as pertains to race and identity is what inspires “The Mirror of Race: Seeing Ourselves through History.”
The Harvard Business School found that getting excited -- rather than relaxed -- about singing or speaking in public was a far more effective way to reduce performance anxiety.
Video
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.
Ideas
What we learned in 2013From dashcams in Russia to the power of Black Twitter, here are some of the things we would never have known if not for 2013.
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