Patrick will start a line of business that invests in profitable companies that have a positive impact on social problems.
Iowa voters are looking at alternatives even as Hillary Clinton travels to the state after announcing her presidential run.
The Celtics are in the postseason, where they will face the Hawks or Cavaliers in the first round.
Man arraigned after device detonates in car?I?m an idiot. I lit a cigarette with the gunpowder in the front seat,? Joseph Brennan allegedly told a witness after the explosion.
The Obama administration will provide federal funds for some snowstorm costs but not as much as Mass. officials had hoped.
The company said the grocery store will be the first-ever full service supermarket in Downtown Crossing.
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Hernandez won?t be set free even if he is acquitted, because he still faces two pending murder charges in Suffolk County.
Costs for households were 39 percent higher and for industrial customers were 79 percent higher than the national average.
Four Blackwater guards were convicted in a 2007 shooting that killed 14 Iraqi civilians and wounded 17 others.
Nathaniel Kibby, who is accused of kidnapping a 14-year-old girl and imprisoning her for months, will go on trial in March 2016.
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The Red Sox honored Pedro Martinez, Tom Brady, and Pete Frates at the pregame ceremony.
RED SOX 9, NATIONALS 4
Mookie Betts went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer in the Sox? first game of the season at Fenway Park.
A real spring feeling at Fenway as fans flock to ballparkThe streets are lined with scalpers trying to offload tickets, fans scarfing down sausages, and revelers packing the bars.
Jon Lester?s first pickoff throw in almost two years sailed into right field, despite his assurances that he had mastered the move.
Last year, 344 public companies were targeted by hedge funds and other activist investors. That number is expected to increase this year.
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The child, named Mikaela Jane Davidson, was born Saturday, April 4. Both mother and child are doing well.
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Homeowners may qualify for a number of deductions, tax professionals say.
The Bruins left wing had a down season for many reasons.
The woman is accused of holding her 2-year-old over a railing at a Cleveland zoo, where he fell into a cheetah exhibit.
Episode 18: Tsarnaev found guilty on all countsThis interactive timeline highlights trial coverage and a podcast featuring Globe columnist Kevin Cullen and WBUR reporter David Boeri.
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What went wrong in WatertownA report commissioned by the state has confirmed that the presence of hundreds of officers put lives at risk.
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the big picture
With sunny skies and mild temperatures the Red Sox kicked off Opening Day at Fenway Park against the Washington Nationals.
After playing their careers in parks unfriendly to hitters, the two sluggers now have a home where baseball often turns into pinball.
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Two recent Harvard graduates are creating a temporary student-run shelter for young adults during the coldest six months of the year.
The Florida Senator told his biggest backers about his plans on a conference call on Monday.
The gunman and the victim knew each other, but it?s not immediately clear what led to the shooting.
More flights are late, more bags are getting lost, and customers are lodging more complaints, data show.
Founded in 2002, Quijada?s Montreal-based RUBBERBANDance Group made its first visit to Boston in 2010 with his ?Loan Sharking.?
Scott Dowd, who presides over the Freshwater Gallery, takes care of fish, protects fish, talks fish, thinks fish, and dreams fish.
Design New England
Garden varietyWith hundreds of thousands of species in existence, how are eager gardeners to choose plants for their gardens?
Deprogramming ISIS recruits comes with high stakesWestern countries are at an impasse over what to do with those who want to opt out.
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