More than 14,000 Mass. victims were sent checks this week as reimbursement for some of their losses.
Should fireworks be legal in Mass.?A proposed 2016 ballot measure to legalize consumer fireworks is drawing heat, setting the stage for a divisive debate.
Rash of gun violence claims lives of five in Boston areaInvestigators in Boston, Everett, and Cambridge were scrambling Thursday to identify suspects in five overnight homicides.
At least one of the victims, officials said, was an unintended target who was caught in crossfire.
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Boston ponders Widett Circle?s futureIt will no longer become the home for an Olympic stadium, but that?s not stopping the mayor from drafting a bold vision for the area.
Federal officials believe aging gangster Robert Gentile has more information on the art theft, but he claims he is being harassed.
Nauset Light Beach and Coast Guard Beach, about a mile away from one another, were closed for more than an hour on Wednesday.
Down by the river Charles, it?s dirty water once againAs advocates work to improve the river?s image, an algae bloom served as a reminder that progress can be halting.
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The two nations? leaders ?made a courageous decision to stop being prisoners of history,? Secretary of State John Kerry said.
Finding the old and new in CubaThis moment of transition with the US provides an opportunity to see Cuba, past and future, through the same lens.
CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER
Garoppolo left the statement-making to BradyIn the preseason opener, the Patriots? Plan B QB had a performance that was uneven in nine possessions.
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How a bartender dreamed up the Falmouth Road Race Only a certain race every April can claim a more storied history in Massachusetts than this Cape Cod classic.
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DANTE RAMOS
The city?s uneven recovery offers hope, but also a warning.
Boston OK?s tax break for affordable apartmentsThe break was approved for a proposed building near North Station where all 239 units would be priced below-market.
CHAD FINN I SPORTS MEDIA
Gifford spent 28 years ? from 1971 to 1998 ? as a star of ABC?s seminal ?Monday Night Football? telecasts.
Marquee pairing of Spieth, McIlroy a highlight of PGA ChampionshipJordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy drew the largest crowds, but Dustin Johnson led after one round.
Tracking the endorsements of N.H. GOP activists Jeb Bush, Carly Fiorina, and Rand Paul have picked up the most support from top party activists in the Granite State so far.
JOANNA WEISS
The Jewish humor television matrixHere?s a non-comprehensive look at where today?s TV figures might fall on a scale of Jewish humor. Disagree? Sue me.
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Sky gazers got the chance to be amazed by the nighttime show put on by the oldest meteor shower observed by humans.
Akamai wins round in $45m patent lawsuitThe case against Limelight involves the way content is distributed across the Internet.
For Catholic Relief Services? Carolyn Woo, capitalism isn?t all badThe former business school dean winces a bit when Pope Francis rails against capitalism.
Gifford spent 28 years ? from 1971 to 1998 ? as a star of ABC?s seminal ?Monday Night Football? telecasts.
A low-key former senator is running an under-the-radar campaign for president.
New Hampshire has become the first state to require violent convicts to appear for victim impact statements.
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Lincoln has developed a concept luxury seat that can be adjusted in 30 different ways.
The sickly-yellow plume of mine waste that flowed through the state had high levels of lead, arsenic, cadmium, and other heavy metals.
Rising crude output and signs that China?s economy is weakening increased concern that a global surplus will worsen.
The N.W.A. biopic starts out strong, peaks quickly, and then falls apart.
The documentary ?Listen to Me Marlon? offers a uniquely personal look at Marlon Brando.
We continued to text daily, several times a day, and then finally met up for our second date.
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Computer scientists looked for a solution that doesn?t existMIT researchers demonstrate that it?s impossible to find a faster way of computing ?edit distance.?
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Cape beaches close after great white shark bites seal, spits it out on beach
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