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Wiesel, a longtime professor at BU, also was remembered fondly in the broader Jewish community.
Human rights activist Elie Wiesel dies at 87Wiesel was an unflinching witness to the Holocaust?s crimes against humanity.
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The concentration of medical marijuana approvals in the hands of a few physicians is a story of both opportunity and fear.
Kevin Cullen
?Model immigrant story? faces uncertain endingDeporting Pearse McDermott does not punish someone who cynically beat the system.
Angels 21, Red Sox 2
The defeat, capped by an 11-run seventh inning, was the team?s worst since 2000.
Ty Burr
Through the years, July Fourth events a microcosm of our nationHappy birthday, America! The Fourth of July means more than you may realize.
Yvonne Abraham
Don?t run from unionsThe prosecution of City Hall employees might make some officials reluctant to promote union labor.
George Carter was injured by the animal after it apparently ?got spooked,? his mother said.
Michael Dearth, 55, was found floating in the waters off Town Neck Beach, the local DA?s office said.
Michael Cimino, director who won Oscar for ?The Deer Hunter,? dead at 77Cimino is also remembered for the commercial and critical flop ?Heaven?s Gate.?
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In Atlanta, support at home games was sometimes tepid, despite the fact that the Hawks had gone 108-56 over the last two years.
GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL
It?s a landmark day for Celtics and for BostonAl Horford?s signing helps helps the Celtics erase the stigma of being unable to attract a major free agent.
Celtics pull out the big guns: Tom Brady enlisted to help recruit Durant?Tom did a very good job today,? a league source said.
On the Job
Junk cars drive his business?The junkyard business is a litmus test for the economy, and right now I think we?re headed for a real downfall,? John Carroll of JP Carroll?s Auto Parts says.
Kevin Paul Dupont | On Second Thought
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Unfortunately, cheating in bicycle racing motors onThe Tour de France is taking this tricked-out bike thing quite seriously.
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Travel: The VIP Lounge
We caught up with Gronk to talk all things travel.
LENNY MEGLIOLA
Back in the game and playing hardIn remission from leukemia, 8-year-old Brady Wein of Framingham is an inspiration.
Woodmans of Essex today celebrates the 100th anniversary of the invention of the fried clam by its founder, but is the story true?
These volunteers in Hull won?t take no for an answerAfter voters rejected a tax hike for a new turf field at Hull High, the town Boosters Club took on the daunting task of raising $1.8 million.
UP CLOSE
Preserving a 200-year-old flag for Ross PerotA rare 29-star flag that once flew on the USS Constitution, and is owned by the billionaire, is being conserved in Andover.
IDEAS | Carly Carioli
Did the Star-Spangled Banner land Stravinsky in jail?Boston police kept tabs on a modern composer in Symphony Hall.
The state?s plan to close psychiatric hospitals has had unintended consequences.
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.
STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.
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A look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month.
Boston suffered its biggest loss since a 22-1 trouncing by the Yankees 16 years ago.
Imagine abstaining from food and drink for about 17 hours a day. That?s what many of our Muslim neighbors are doing.
A naked swimmer is rescued (reluctantly), some seniors get to church very, very early, and other odd tales.
Activists are preparing for a behind-the-scenes tussle over key appointments if Hillary Clinton wins the presidency.
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An analysis of five years of data by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows more drivers die on July 4 than any other day of the year.
Twenty hostages and six gunmen were killed Saturday during an 11-hour siege in Dhaka.
Medeiros, 37, is president and chief executive of Easter Seals Massachusetts.
The Oscar-winning director discusses his latest documentary, a cyber warfare exposé.
If you?re headed to the beach this holiday weekend, you should know your fellow beachgoers are judging you and your annoying habits.
Ground Game
How 2016 could look a lot like Dukakis ?88In the summer of 1988, former Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis was up by 17 points, and he lost badly.
Design New England
?This is home?Keith Leblanc and Kelly Monnahan create a haven for themselves, family, and friends in the piney hills of outer Cape Cod.
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Big man Al Horford, Celtics agree to deal
Angels supply fireworks in 21-2 rout of Red Sox
Day 3 of Taj Mahal casino strike: Still no talks scheduled
Elie Wiesel, witness to unthinking horror; at 87
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