The first-of-its-kind partnership reflects a growing relationship between public agencies and ride-for-hire firms.
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Local stylists offer their suggestions for improving the Republican nominee?s coiffure.
Some ?Tonight Show? viewers weren?t laughing after GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump paid Jimmy Fallon a visit Thursday.
Trump reverses himself in birther controversyDonald Trump admitted on Friday that President Obama was born in the US ? then claimed credit for putting the issue to rest while placing the blame on Hillary Clinton.
No third-party candidates at first presidential debateLibertarian party nominee Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein did not get invited.
The woman reported being kicked from behind before the attack, Easton police said in a statement.
Pair in Snapchat sex assault case sentenced to 4-5 years in prisonThe two were convicted of assault to rape, indecent assault and battery, and kidnapping in the attack that was carried out in the woods and shared on Snapchat.
UNH stands firm as critics question scoreboard planSome had complained that the school has other pressing needs that might better represent the legacy of the longtime librarian who left the school $4 million.
Harvard food service workers overwhelmingly approve strikeIn a landslide 591 to 18 vote, the workers agreed to walk off the job if university administrators do not meet their core demands.
Environmental Police seize 47 marijuana plants in GoshenAn officer stumbled upon the large marijuana grow site Thursday in a state forest.
A smaller, sleeker shipping container for would-be farmers? cropsFreight Farms enables would-be farmers to grow produce anywhere using its tricked-out shipping containers.
Ty Burr
Where do you see movies like they used to make ?em: big and good?The most creative aspects of cinema are playing on smaller screens, writes critic Ty Burr.
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That is Maine: quirky, eccentric, at times, endearingly bizarre. The farther north you go, the more you enter the wilderness of weird.
Newton inventor claims ?Shark Tank? is all a lieAlan Kaufman says the ABC show fabricated a ?deal? between his company and the struggling Sharper Image chain, tarnishing his brand.
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Salem offers much more than October scaresTurns out Salem is not a town that blooms Oct. 31 and wilts Nov. 1 like a rare flower. It?s a perennial.
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Patriots? keys to victory over the DolphinsJimmy Garoppolo found a comfort zone pretty quickly in a hostile environment last week. Should be a piece of cake at friendly Gillette, right?
The former Patriots receiver wanted to do dinner, but Brady had another idea.
Our winters are getting shorter ? and warmerScientists say the impending changes ? a result of human-caused global warming ? are deeply troubling and will have major impacts on ecosystems and economies.
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Mayor Walsh issues proclamation for podcast no one has ever heard ofIn a tweet, Boston?s mayor paid tribute to Judge John @hodgman.
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ADDRESS: FALL HOUSE HUNT
Why no one is immune to undesirable development next door and tips on what to consider before you buy.
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Introducing . . . the Mike O?Malley doorstopO?Malley had some feelings about how Globe critic Ty Burr described his face in a review.
What we?re looking forward to from Netflix, Amazon, HBOWith big budgets and plenty of star power, cable and streaming services are bringing a bunch of good shows this fall
Bobbi Kristina Brown?s partner loses wrongful death caseBrown?s family blamed her death on her partner, Nick Gordon, but he has never been charged in the case.
THINGS TO DO
The Weekender: Fun in the (steadily dwindling) sunOur picks for top things to do in Boston and beyond.
Meet Bill Murray, bartenderSome lucky bargoers in New York will see a familiar face serving drinks this weekend as Bill Murray is set to tend bar at his son?s Brooklyn restaurant.
Michael A. Cohen
Panicked liberals are petrifiedYes, Hillary Clinton has had a few bad weeks. But don?t worry.
The desperate and the dead
The broken covenantBehind the fragmented state of mental health care lies a political system failure that spans decades ? and continues.
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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More than 4,000 athletes from 170-plus nations are competing at many of the same Rio venues as participants in the Olympics.
STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.
Clay Buchholz is on the mound as the Red Sox look to take the second game of the Yankees series.
In a court complaint, the Massachusetts Cannabis Reform Coalition alleges that the city attempted to force its own vendors on the event.
Since the state Democratic Party chairmanship opened up this week, no backer of Bernie Sanders has emerged as a candidate.
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This 5-passenger midsize wagon thrives in all seasons, showing the kind of pluck we?d like to think is our birthright.
A Swedish appeals court has upheld a detention order for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is wanted by prosecutors in a rape investigation.
The emergency-communications software company is just the second Massachusetts tech company to hold an IPO this year, and only the third since 2014.
It?s hard to predict if the moviegoing public is ready for a bigger, supposedly better version of a remake of a remake.
This year?s BFF has a notable nonfiction component.
Autumn means cider in Massachusets, oysters in Rhode Island, and the best beer in the world (Vermont).
ground game
The election that forgot the votersElection 2016 isn?t about you, the voter; it?s about them, the candidates.
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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Newton inventor of wearable umbrella says ?Shark Tank? is all a lie
Pair in Snapchat sex assault case sentenced to 4-5 years in prison
Theo Epstein resigns, leaves Fenway Park in gorilla suit
For Jared Remy, leniency was the rule until one lethal night
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