According to new US Census Bureau estimates, Massachusetts’ population grew by 0.72 percent, outpacing every other state in New England.
Israel has demanded the release from US prison of Jonathan Pollard in return for continuing with the peace process.
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A woman walking on the Meridian Street Bridge in East Boston was crushed to death when the bridge was closed on top of her.
A tax benefit for people who take public transportation is set to shrink on Jan. 1 after Congress failed to renew a package of federal subsidies.
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Fireworks exploded over the Public Garden in Boston on Tuesday evening.
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Onlookers watched as the colorful fireworks filled the sky.
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A bridge in the Public Garden was a good vantage point.
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An ice sculpture was on Boston Common as part of First Night.
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Isabel Lord, 16, was in the spirit of the evening as she watched a skating performance on the Frog Pond.
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A woman took a picture of an LED light sculpture on the Boston Common.
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Alexandra Roloff performed in a figure skating show on the Frog Pond.
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Nancy Kerrigan waited to be introduced as a speaker before the skating show.
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A dragon was part of the First Night parade on Boylson Street.
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Husband and wife Rebecca Albrecht and Paul Larrabee biked from Brookline on a bicycle Paul made for the occasion.
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Meaghan O’Brien, 15, and her sister, Laura, 10, were surrounded by confetti.
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Aoife Anderson, 5, played a trumpet as the parade went by.
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The Back Alley Puppet Cooperative: Sunrise took part in the parade.
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Performers with the Jo-Me Dance Company were at the Hynes Convention Center as part of First Night activities.
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Desmond Paxton, 5, played in front of a light sculpture at Hynes Convention Center.
The night’s events and activities were capped by midnight fireworks over Boston Harbor.
A year-end round-up of notable people who passed from the scene in 2013.
On Football
A quick look at the Patriots’ roster, how each unit performed this season, and where they stand entering the playoffs.
Some is stealing 325-pound hunks of metal out of public streets, lugging them somewhere to scrap them for not much more than $20 apiece.
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Happy holidays, but I can’t help you yetI’ve been in medical school for 16 months, and people think I know what I’m talking about. (I don’t.)
Kelly Olynyk had 21 points off the bench but Jordan Crawford missed a midrange jumper at the buzzer that would have won it.
The body of Marine Sergeant Daniel Vasselian, who was killed in Afghanistan, was greeted by a Marine escort at Logan Airport.
Police were adding extra patrols around pot shops in eight Colorado towns that plan to allow recreational sales starting Jan. 1.
A Supreme Court justice blocked part of the law that would have forced religious groups to provide health insurance that includes contraception.
An investment fund run by the real estate firm Related Beal struck a New Year’s Eve deal for 343,000 square feet of office and retail space.
“This Land is Your Land,” the title of John Dilg’s superb painting show at Steven Zevitas Gallery, depict animals and land formations with almost pictographic simplicity.
A recent health study indicates that eating nuts regularly improves health and wards off disease. Can it really be that simple?
Globe Talks | Jan. 10, 8:30 a.m.
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Countdown to SochiJoin The Boston Globe, Liberty Mutual Insurance, and former members of Team USA for a light breakfast and panel discussion.
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.
