Boston paid $36m to settle police lawsuits

Most of the money spent over the past decade was for cases alleging wrongful convictions or police misconduct.

B.B. King performed in October 1985 at the Berklee Performance Center.

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B.B. King, ?the King of the Blues,? dies at 89

The international music icon died late Thursday in Las Vegas, his attorney said.

3 bodies found near wreckage of US chopper in Nepal

The helicopter disappeared this week while on a relief mission in the earthquake-hit Himalayan nation.

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??With truly heavy hearts, we mourn those who died,?? Joseph Boardman wrote in a post on the railroad?s blog.

The Deflategate report

The Patriots have been busy inside Gillette Stadium, formulating a response to the Ted Wells report on Deflategate.

Patriots hit back on process, data, meaning of ?deflator?

The team issued a nearly 20,000-word rebuttal rejecting almost all of the Wells Report?s findings.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

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It?s hard to escape the conclusion that this mess is headed to court, but be careful what you wish for.

Adrian Walker

In Orchard Gardens, awaiting return of ?God?

Few struck as much fear into a Boston neighborhood as drug kingpin Darryl Whiting did during his heyday.

Red Sox 2, Mariners 1

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Betts came up with another big play, this time in the ninth inning of a tied game.

Members of the media waited outside the courthouse during closing statements Wednesday.

Waiting for final word from Marathon bombing jury

The panel, which is deciding whether Dzhokhar Tsarnaev receives the death penalty, reconvenes later Friday.

Dick Evans is the chairman of the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol in Massachusetts.

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Meet Mr. Marijuana, Dick Evans

For more than 30 years, Evans has pushed for the legalization of marijuana in Massachusetts. His moment may have arrived.

From left, Robert DeLeo, Stanley C. Rosenberg, Maura Healey, William F. Galvin, and Martin J. Walsh.

Top Mass. Democrats meet on retaining party?s dominance

The unprecedented gathering came as officials grew alarmed by a heavily financed Republican effort to challenge local liberals.

Simao Mendes, who works in the intake department at the Brockton Neighborhood Health Center, helped Maria Ribeiro of Brockton get her family reenrolled in the MassHealth insurance plan earlier this month. The process took two hours.

MassHealth on massive hunt to verify eligibility

An unprecedented requirement to check the eligibility of 1.2 million Medicaid enrollees is proving daunting.

Susan Windham-Bannister will not be the only president and chief executive of Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, state Economic Secretary Jay Ash vows.

Shirley Leung

Life sciences center will have to share state pie

Governor Charlie Baker?s administration will continue to fund the state?s Life Sciences Center, but to what degree?

The rendering (right) state Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz presented to the zoning board envisioned a modest increase in the height of her home.

Apparent violation missed in senator?s home expansion

The apparent height violation was made more visually jarring by a last-minute redesign approved weeks after a public hearing.

An interior view looking down Washington Street towards Macy's from the planned Godfrey Hotel at the corner of Washington and West streets in Downtown Crossing.

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Upscale hotel to open in Downtown Crossing this fall

After two years of renovation, two historic buildings on Washington Street will open as the 242-room Godfrey Hotel Boston.

Travel

The do?s and the don?ts of air travel explained

It seems when people get to the airport, they leave their manners and good judgment curbside.

President and Chief Executive Officer of Harvard Management Company Jane Mendillo is pictured in her office at HMC. (Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard University)

Ex-Harvard endowment chief earned nearly $10 million in 2013

Jane Mendillo was paid $9.6 million, twice her pay the previous year, while the school?s president earned $1.1 million, tax filings show.

Keurig Kold will use small packages of ingredients similar to coffee pods to pump out carbonated soda, cocktail mixers, sports drinks, and other cold beverages.

Investors skeptical as Keurig Kold details released

The machines will cost around $300 or more and will be rolled out slowly over the next year and a half.

The Big Picture

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Amtrak derailment

Authorities continue to investigate the scene of a fatal train derailment on a route between Washington and New York.