Health officials are vaccinating hundreds of homeless people against a bacterial infection that can kill within hours.
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Michelle A. Williams will be the first black person to lead a school at Harvard.
2,000 acres in Plymouth, Mashpee eyed for national wildlife refugeThe proposal would encompass about 300,000 acres in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Rhode Island.
A nine-year police veteran has been placed on leave pending the outcome of an anti-corruption investigation, authorities said.
Leahy says senators should not serve if they are afraid to voteThe Vt. Democrat said the GOP leadership would be shirking its duty if it blocks a vote on a Supreme Court nominee.
Camille Cosby set to be deposed MondayA federal magistrate judge rejected a last-ditch effort Friday to postpone the scheduled deposition Monday of the wife of Bill Cosby.
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Eco?s most notable work was the blockbuster medieval mystery ?The Name of the Rose.?
Are incomes rising in your community?Amid an uneven recovery, some Greater Boston suburbs have fared better than others, with Weston leading the way.
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Even the most sophisticated political operations have scant idea what might happen in Nevada on Saturday.
The Nevada caucuses are a mess. Again. Less than a day before Nevada?s Democratic caucuses, the campaigns and the state party are bracing for problems.
GOP hopefuls swap venom before S.C. primaryVoters head to the polls on Saturday in what Republican Party officials are projecting will be a record turnout.
A Swedish chain of Boston sports pubs far, far from homeO?Learys (no relation to the Irish pub in Brookline) is the work of an enterprising Swede who happened to fall in love with Boston three decades ago.
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Boston CEO to Kanye West: I?ll invest $53m if you learn ?to be frugal?Jon Lal, founder and chief executive officer of BeFrugal.Com, says his offer to invest in the rapper?s musical projects is completely serious.
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Pitchers and catchers were on the field under sunny skies at JetBlue Park.
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The thin bread line: British outraged over straight croissantTesco, Britain?s largest supermarket chain, is dispensing with the traditional curved pastry.
What?s it like to be a drag queen in Gloucester? Ask Laila McQueen.Laila McQueen is the stage name of Gloucester artist Tyler Devlin, who will soon compete in the eighth season of ?RuPaul?s Drag Race.?
Knife-wielding monkey goes on rum-fueled rampage through Brazilian barThe monkey chased the men around the establishment ? but left the women alone.
Search underway for root cause of commuter rail woesOfficials say they are still trying to figure out why the computer system failed, causing widespread commuter rail delays Thursday.
If jaywalking is wrong, I don?t want to be right A $1 fine for jaywalking is already 100 cents too high.
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Five ways the South Carolina primary is different from Iowa, N.H.Republicans will hold their presidential primary Saturday in a state where they must navigate an entirely different political landscape.
Across the globe, snow blankets the landscape, giving photographers a new perspective on their surroundings.
Boston isn?t Tampa or Toronto, and he has already felt the wrath of Red Sox fans once.
Bob ?Moona? Mullins?s career stretches across three decades and has made him one of the most sought-after basketball officials in Eastern Mass.
Along with presidential candidates, Mass. voters will weigh in on several special legislative elections on March 1.
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According to a survey of over 323,000 drivers conducted by Insurance.com.
Software developer Justin Keller?s open letter was not well-received.
The Justice Department says Apple designs its products to allow technology ? ??rather than the law?? ? to control access to critical data.
Writer-director Robert Eggers and star Anya Taylor-Joy participated in a lively Q&A session following a free preview of the ?The Witch.?
Globe critics pick who will win, and should win, this year?s Academy Awards.
Lee, who once aspired to be the Jane Austen of southern Alabama, won the Pulitzer Prize for her book ?To Kill a Mockingbird.?
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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Why entrepreneurs still bolt from BostonThe area must do a better job of retaining young entrepreneurs who feel the pull of California or New York.
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.
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No, Internet, the Vatican is not a walled cityIn fact, Vatican City is wide open to anyone who wants to stroll down the Via della Conciliazione and into St. Peter?s Square.
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The media are misleading the public on Syria
The Nevada caucuses are a mess. Again.
Clinton vs. Sanders, statecraft vs. soulcraft
Death of homeless man from bacterial infection sparks vaccination drive
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