?[Owen Labrie] had to confuse and manipulate a 15-year-old girl to get what he wanted,? said a prosecutor in closing arguments.
Yvonne Abraham
St. Paul?s trial reminds us that, in many ways, it?s still 1950Despite our strenuous efforts to teach our kids otherwise, boys still feel entitled to sex, and it?s still on girls to hold them back.
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Trump event at Boch?s house expected to draw protestersFed up with Donald Trump?s stance on abortion and his statements about women, advocates are planning to rally in Norwood.
The Dow was up more than 200 ponts as a rebound spread throughout global markets.
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Drivers spent an extra 64 hours in the car, burning gas and also lost time they could have been productive, a study found.
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Could medical marijuana alleviate the state?s drug epidemic?It?s one approach that?s rarely discussed but seems to curb opioid abuse ? without the risk of driving users to heroin.
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Austrian police find 20, maybe up to 50, migrants dead in truckThe badly decomposing bodies were discovered piled in a truck parked on the shoulder of the main highway from Budapest to Vienna.
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Mother charged in drinking party linked to teen?s rapeThe mother of the underage host has been charged with providing alcohol to teens at the Everett house party.
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After centuries of being defined by brownstones, Boston is in the midst of a condo tower boom. Is that so bad?
Ty Burr
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After videoed killings, lure and revulsion over watchingThe station?s broadcast footage doesn?t show much, but the gunman?s video is genuinely awful ? a real-life first-person shooter.
The emotional crescendo of WDBJ-TV?s ??Mornin??? show came when a moment of silence was held 24 hours after the shooting.
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When you were a kid, you probably spent hours outside and unsupervised. It?s not that way anymore.
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There is a right way and a wrong way to address the heroin scourge. Rutland chose the wrong way.
Winchester parents launch recall of School CommitteeParents cited a lack of information over the apparent removal of Sean Kiley as Winchester High?s principal.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
Without any explanation, Don Orsillo is goneThe silence coming out of NESN is insulting to everyone who cares about the Red Sox.
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Usain Bolt wins 200, then felled by cameraman on SegwayAfter the race, a photographer on a Segway hit a railing and swerved into the sprinter?s legs, but Bolt was not injured.
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.
Alex Beam
The birthplace of sex in AmericaThis much is true: In 1956, a bored and bibulous Gilmanton, N.H., housewife published ?Peyton Place.?
Nearly 2,000 competitors from 207 countries are participating in the event in Beijing.
C.A. Webb leaving VC association to start own firmWebb has swelled the ranks and reach of the New England Venture Capital Association since becoming executive director in 2012.
On Chibok anniversary, Christians caught between hope, experienceMost of the Chibok girls remain missing 16 months into their abduction in Nigeria.
Tom Brady?s backup could be the Patriots? starter come the regular season.
A northwest wind will keep the air over Mass. dry and comfortable until Sunday, forecasters said.
US Senator Marco Rubio of Florida delivered a conservative pitch to activists Wednesday.
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According to the 2015 American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), car buyer satisfaction is down for the third straight year.
Saudi Arabia has arrested the accused mastermind of a 1996 bombing that killed 19 US airmen.
Having hatched a dozen companies, PureTech is betting big with a hybrid model more common across the Atlantic.
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Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra continued their first European tour together at the storied Austrian festival.
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