Bomb threats, car fire at Tufts under investigation

Medford, MA - 05/09/2016 - Tufts University - Authorities have closed several buildings on the Tufts University campus while they investigate a bomb threat that was discovered early Monday at the schoolâ??s health center, according to the school and a student. Topic: 10tuftspic. Story by Steve Annear/Globe Staff. Photo by Dina Rudick/Globe Staff

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A note making bomb threats was discovered as officials investigated a car fire, according to the university and a student.

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Fate of Green Line extension up for vote Monday

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The coffee-and-doughnut chain will be acquired by a JAB Holding Co. subsidiary.

ground game

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Trump appears more focused on settling scores than looking more disciplined and ?presidential.?

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Vibeke Rasmussen?s daughter said her mother was ?an amazing human being.? Authorities continued searching for any sign of her accused killer.

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Tailwind plans to use a Cessna Caravan, a nine-seat aircraft, for its Boston-New York flights.

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More than 200 victims. At least 90 legal claims. At least 67 private schools in New England. This is the story of hundreds of students sexually abused by staffers, and emerging from decades of silence today.

To achieve true TV freedom ? and real cost savings ? would require a much more thorough reorganization of the market.

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The myth of cord-cutting

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The Boss is making his way back to Foxborough.

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Kathleen Doran Boyle, the director of Acton Funeral Home, says Harriet Carell died at home surrounded by family.

TELEVISION REVIEW

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Ground Game

Ground Game

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