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The $15 billion project is a road paved with failures, successes, and what-ifs.
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The first snowstorm of the winter created icy road conditions Tuesday morning that led to a number of spinouts and accidents across Greater Boston.
Could this be the beginning of another bad winter?That?s the thought that had to be running through Bay State residents? minds Tuesday morning as they awoke to the season?s first snow.
Chicago officer pleads not guilty in fatal shooting of teenJason Van Dyke faces six counts of first-degree murder in the 2014 fatal shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald.
?Affluenza? teen, mother detained in MexicoThe teen who invoked an ?affluenza? defense in a drunken driving case apparently tried to lie low, and even disguise himself, to avoid capture.
Crux | John L. Allen Jr.
Italy?s smog crisis may embolden Pope Francis on environmentIf all politics is, indeed, local, then one probably shouldn?t expect Pope Francis? focus on the environment to diminish anytime soon.
2 men shot, one critically, in MattapanThe two men were ?confronted by the motor vehicle that was coming down Wilmore Street? Monday morning, Commissioner Evans said.
The Boston Medical Center study is believed to be the first to ask: What happens to those who survive overdosing?
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A whale sighting of this size is extremely uncommon for the area, the man who captured the creature in a photo said.
Heirs to New Hampshire poet sue ?Big Bang Theory?Edith Newlin?s daughters say the hit CBS sitcom has repeatedly used lyrics their mother wrote.
Evan Horowitz | Quick Study
The chart was put together by an antiabortion organization called Americans United for Life, but it gained fame during a September congressional hearing.
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Backlog of unapproved generic drugs helps boost drug pricesWith anger soaring over high drug prices, 4,300 cheaper generic drugs are awaiting approval by the Food and Drug Administration.
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The best meal deal in the NHL is in OttawaAt Shawarma Palace, one plate of chicken shawarma is enough food for an entire day.
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Who is the Lyftiest of them all? Boston editionRanked by the number of drop-offs the received, the Boston edition of the ?Lyftie Awards? reads like a first-time visitor?s guidebook.
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Sheryl Julian steps down as food editor after 30 years, and recalls some early jobs, what she covered when she was a reporter, and what she hoped to accomplish.
BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL
New England had two coverage breakdowns in the extra period, and the Jets took advantage.
Motorhead frontman, hard-rock hero ?Lemmy? Kilmister diesIan ?Lemmy? Kilmister, who was a hero for generations of hard-rockers and metal-heads, died of cancer at age 70 in Los Angeles.
Tamed/Untamed
Killing for bushmeat threatens speciesBushmeat as a valued delicacy is causing the mass extinction of elephants, hippos, bonobos, chimps, and gorillas, to name but a few.
opinion | John F. Kerry
Building on 2015 as we look aheadAs one year gives way to the next, international leaders have an opportunity to build on several major achievements of 2015.
STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.
Ground Game
A campaign fundraising deadline that matters littleThis time the difference between a pretty good and a pretty bad fundraising report isn?t much. If a candidate gets an extra million, it means virtually nothing.
Globe investigations and Spotlight reportsA look at high-impact investigations from The Boston Globe, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning report on abuse in the Catholic Church.
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A lot happened in 2015. Take a look at images from the first half of the year on topics from around the world.
Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight??Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
Since its inception with the snow-globe game in Buffalo in 2008, the Classic has been a made-for-TV event.
Holly Fowler, 42, was held on $5,000 cash bail after police said she and her daughter made up a story about a baby being thrown into a river.
About 150 people braved the snow and rain to observe the Revere mayoral recount Tuesday morning.
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Boston.com?s most-read car stories of 2015.
A grand jury declined to bring charges against either of the police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old who was playing with a toy weapon.
Sales were up 10.3 percent from November 2013, according to the Boston-based Warren Group.
The Boston comedy mainstay is bringing his ?Humor for Humanity? show to the Wilbur Theatre on New Year?s Eve.
Men and women tend to approach retirement differently, and the transition from the workforce can present adjustment challenges for heterosexual couples.
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Software turns smartphone into 3-D scannerResearchers have developed a new technology that could turn most smartphones into high-quality 3-D scanners.
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Pope Francis, Donald Trump tie on list of most-admired men in USPope Francis shares the spot with someone whose world view couldn?t be further from his own.
Design New England
The Meaning of HomeA thoughtful design gives two Boston Marathon bombing survivors accessibility with panache.
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