MIT said a retired faculty member had sexually harassed a woman who was taking an online class he taught, prompting the school to take down all his courses.
Snow in the Boston area Monday night was expected to turn to rain Tuesday, with continued snow to the west.
Aides to Governor Deval Patrick are working on rules that could compel electric utilities to buy energy from Canada?s big hydro plants.
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Two children found their parents dead Saturday and the mayor described them as the latest victims in the city?s heroin epidemic.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev?s attorneys want extra juror challenges to overset pretrial publicity, a motion opposed by prosecutors.
The student, a 21-year-old soccer player at Mount Ida College, pleaded not guilty in the death of a woman in Dedham.
Three people on board the plane were killed, as were three residents of the Gaithersburg, Md., home.
Merck buys Lexington biotech Cubist for $9.5 billionThe deal is the latest play by a global drug company in the Boston area?s booming biomedical cluster.
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WIZARDS 133, CELTICS 132 (2 OT)
The Celtics trailed by 23 points, rallied to tie, but came up short in the second overtime in Washington.
Nick Cafardo | On baseball
Jon Lester wasn?t the only topic at the winter meetings for the Sox, who are considering a range of moves.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
There is plenty of buzz about the lefty at the baseball meetings, but only he and his agents know where he is headed.
At a luncheon at the Taj Boston, local couples talked about how they stayed together for five decades or more.
opinion | Marcela García and Nicole Hernandez
Here are the key questions and takeaways from Globe Opinion?s panel discussion.
The sweeping package of changes could make bidding for the Games more attractive to cities like Boston.
Opinion | Mike Ross
Within this tiny city of 1.8 square miles is an unprecedented level of development.
Names
The latest theory is that the actor/producer wants a clean record because he?s interested in becoming a reserve police officer.
replay live discussion
Should Boston host the 2024 Olympics?Globe Opinion hosted a panel discussion about a key question facing the city.
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The huge fire shut down parts of two major freeways in Los Angeles early Monday morning.
None of the 10 candidates on the Golden Era Committee?s ballot received enough votes to be enshrined.
The 150-person rally was low-key, with speeches and singing, but no attempts at civil disobedience or traffic disruption.
Lon Povich served as a top lawyer for the former Mass. governor and is currently general counsel for BJ?s Wholesale Club.
Two raging fires snarled rush hour traffic while raining ash over a large area early Monday.
A new program that requires photo ID cards has created such confusion that some families are unable to buy groceries.
?Boyhood,? Richard Linklater?s unique drama about the life of an average American boy, was named best film of 2014.
Design New England
A Vermont tiny house is full of huge possibilitiesInspired by tiny house blogs, Ethan Waldman of Morristown built himself a movable home.
ideas
How ?deadbeats? can still be good dadsChild support needs to catch up to reflect new roles for fathers, say experts.
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