Governor Baker?s effort to bring more oversight to the pension is part of his broader overhaul of the MBTA.
The Olympic bid committee is expected to announce it will propose to bring the world?s best tennis players to Harambee Park.
Boston 2024 eyes Seaport to relocate food wholesalersMayor Walsh is also floating the idea of expanding the vendors? new 28-acre home to include a public food market.
Rupert Murdoch said to be handing Fox CEO title to sonMurdoch is preparing to step down as chief executive officer of 21st Century Fox, according to a source.
Police released detailed descriptions of the two suspects they believe participated in the murder.
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Colleges are seeing huge increases in the number of visits by students considering where to apply.
?Lord of the Rings,? ?Star Wars? actor Christopher Lee dies at 93Lee appeared in more than 250 movies, including memorable roles as the wicked wizard Saruman and the evil Count Dooku.
Nobel laureate Tim Hunt resigns honorary post after sexist remarksThe scientist who said there was ?trouble with girls?? working in labs has resigned from the post at University College London.
Capital
Mitt Romney carves out a role for 2016Romney, still popular in the party?s moderate circles, could wield tremendous influence over the course of the 2016 election.
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Yvonne Abraham
City Councilor Steve Murphy?s bespoke brand of nepotism is so pure, so steeped in Boston tradition, it is positively artisanal.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
Are we seeing the final days of David Ortiz?Boston?s proud DH is the lion in winter, trying to stave off the inevitable ending that awaits all professional athletes.
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Malcolm Butler was held out of OTAs for being lateThe Patriots? second-year cornerback and Super Bowl hero was disciplined for missing the first practice because of travel problems.
The renovation of the office-and-retail building will improve its roofline and streetscape, but the bland façade will remain.
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Downtown residents and civic activists say the Harbor Garage site tower could spawn other large developments that would block the waterfront.
ty burr
Of empty nests and empty playlistsTy Burr?s run as a Blowhard Music Dad has finally come to an end.
Art Review
Seeing the blossoming of van Gogh in Clark show?Van Gogh and Nature? is a wonderful show: direct, compact, unpretentious, streaked with insight and pleasure.
Quiz
Are you a ?Game of Thrones? master?Winter is coming, and so is the end of ?Game of Thrones? Season Five.
N.H. Republicans call on Fox to change debate rulesThe debate rules mean that some Republicans with weighty resumes will be excluded from participating.
Ben Mezrich
It isn?t the oligarchs who rule Russia anymoreVladimir Putin still holds the cudgel over those who brought him to power 15 years ago.
The Women?s World Cup is underway across Canada with 24 nations vying to play in the title game on July 5.
The Champions Tour major is being played Thursday-Sunday at Belmont CC. Michael Whitmer has the latest.
Mourners attended a wake for 8-year-old Yadielys Deleon Camacho, who was killed by a hit-and-run driver.
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Local consumers probably won?t get to drive their own 2016 Volvo XC90s until July.
The idea for a tribunal on the Catholic child sex abuse scandals was championed by Cardinal Sean O?Malley of Boston.
The debate rules mean that some Republicans with weighty resumes will be excluded from participating.
The newscasts are the latest push by parent company NBC Universal to add programming for Hispanic viewers.
Winter is coming, and so is the end of ?Game of Thrones? Season Five.
The actress, whose credits include Steven Soderbergh?s ?The Knick? and David O. Russell?s upcoming ?Joy,? is a pin-up girl at heart.
Design New England
A house for BenNicola Manganello designs an elegant home for a family in Maine with special needs.
the internationalist
How a handshake in Helsinki helped end the Cold WarThe signing of the Helsinki Accords was a critical juncture in the long struggle of the individual against state authority.
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