Efforts to persuade the developer of a 20-story Somerville apartment building to hire an all-union company were unsuccessful.
Home buyers anxious over future of Green Line projectThe rail line?s planned expansion has enticed newcomers to make expensive purchases, specifically in Somerville.
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Kevan Fagan said he ?probably? would have changed his mind on the death penalty if he knew that some of the victims opposed capital punishment.
S&P 500 futures were up slightly Wednesday, while indexes in Shanghai and in Europe were down.
Chinese turmoil could boost Boston real estate, for nowInvestors might speed up the flow of cash from China into real estate here as they look for a safe haven, experts say.
Prosecutors detail role teen played in friend?s suicide?You have to just do it. . . . Tonight is the night,? Michelle Carter of Plainville texted to her friend, officials said.
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Yet as the vice president mulls a White House run, he?s aimed his charm at the firebrand senator.
Boston commissioner said officer didn?t choke suspectWilliam Evans did admit that a taped incident showing an officer putting his hands on a suspect?s neck looked ?terrible.?
THOMAS FARRAGHER
City still paying lip service to student housing crisisAbsentee landlords continue to laugh at City Hall?s lack of response. And why shouldn?t they?
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Educational programs at Biogen, Vertex, and other biotech giants are aiming to stimulate interest in the area?s students.
Young adults overcome obstacles to head to collegeThe 54 graduates of the College Bound Dorchester program were honored in a ceremony attended by Governor Charlie Baker.
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A townie from Charlestown rolls the dice with WynnState Representative Dan Ryan backs the Everett casino plan because he says it?s the best chance to fix his neighborhood?s traffic problems.
Gas, weather combine to gridlock Maine, N.H.More drivers are heading north this summer, making the highway excursion not very relaxing.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
The Red Sox great, now 73, will pitch in to help a charitable cause at Thursday?s Oldtime Baseball Game in Cambridge.
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Trump is the first candidate to employ the tenets of reality TV and apply its train-wreck philosophy to a presidential campaign.
NICK CAFARDO I ON BASEBALL
Plenty of decisions await new president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski, and he has to figure out what moves to make.
Dave O?Brien to replace popular Don Orsillo as Red Sox TV voiceOrsillo, who has been with NESN since 2001, will be replaced by O?Brien, the team?s radio voice.
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Cambridge?s Shepard is setting things on fireWith Shepard, Susan Regis, one of the area?s most talented chefs, steps into the spotlight.
Why Joe Biden could skip N.H. if he runs for presidentThe rationale for Biden to skip Iowa and New Hampshire is this: He would enter in the race too late to compete in those states.
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Donald Trump is no champion of the little guyTrump has used eminent domain to obtain land for the developments he loves to brag about in his speeches.
Nearly 2,000 competitors from 207 countries are participating in the event in Beijing, primarly in the same stadium that hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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Runkeeper cuts about 30 percent of staffCEO Jason Jacobs says the layoffs were part of a shift from attracting lots of users to wringing more revenue from those users.
Boko Haram an equal opportunity terrorist groupAlthough the extremists target both Christians and Muslims in Nigeria, Catholics feel besieged.
The Red Sox allowed three runs in the seventh inning Tuesday night as the White Sox rallied.
The prosecution rested its case after five days of testimony in the trial of St. Paul?s School graduate Owen Labrie.
A room of about 100 donors to the Nevada State Democratic Party burst into laughter.
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The Q50S, while remaining a sold choice for diving through New England winters, is a more refined edition with more electronics.
In the moments before Friday?s failed attack, the suspect watched a YouTube video exhorting the faithful to commit violent acts in the name of radical Islam.
The savings came through accountable care programs, which aim to better coordinate care for elderly patients.
?No Escape,? starring Owen Wilson, is a tense but utterly predictable exercise in Western xenophobic paranoia and guilt.
Happily, spots focusing on South Indian cuisine are popping up all over the place these days. Godavari, which opened about two months ago, is bringing the heat, and flavor.
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