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Kirk Figueroa, 33, strapped on a bulletproof vest and opened fire on two police officers responding to a domestic disturbance call.
A closer look at East Boston shooting suspectWho is the 33-year-old man who allegedly donned a bulletproof vest and shot two police officers?
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Photos: East Boston shootingA 33-year-old man was slain Wednesday night after opening fire on two Boston police officers who were responding to a domestic disturbance call.
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Think Trump invented entertainment politics? Wronnng! The constant interruptions, the grand pronouncements, it all goes back to ?The McLaughlin Group.?
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The most expensive homes for sale in MassachusettsThere are plenty of residential properties around the state on the market right now at jaw-dropping prices.
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The Red Sox? pattern has been to extend their managers in spring training entering the final year of their contracts.
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Bringing back John Farrell was the right moveThe Red Sox played hard and fundamentally correct throughout the season under Farrell.
The drought outlook in Massachusetts has improvedMost of Bristol and Plymouth counties were downgraded, marking the first improvement in the state?s drought conditions since March.
The decision could challenge the business model of Uber and similar entities in the gig economy.
Muslim student is a trailblazer at Vt. military school Along with a 50-pound pack, Sana Hamze is allowed to wear the hijab at Norwich University.
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For Rockport selectman, ?Chappaquiddick? filming feels ?personal?The movie about Ted Kennedy?s tragic car accident sets up on the North Shore.
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City Hall veteran considers a run ? perhaps for Tito Jackson?s seatMiguel Chavez?s conditional candidacy is stoking rumors that Jackson will challenge Mayor Martin Walsh next year.
A flood of allegations are coming after a 2005 recording in which Trump boasted of using his fame to kiss and grab women.
These aren?t the first accusations against Donald TrumpA pin-up calendar competition was one of Trump?s first show business forays. Claims of sexism and lawsuits came next.
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Dylan already has his millions ? keep Nobel for underappreciated writersAmerican rock stars should not annex the tiny number of international prizes allocated for writers of literature.
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Dylan received the Nobel Prize in literature even though his work does not fit into the literary canons that the prize has traditionally recognized.
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To walk through ?Shakespeare Unauthorized? is to delve behind the scenes into his creative process.
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State?s high court will hear defamation lawsuit against Deval PatrickThe former governor is still ? still! ? staring down a suit filed just before he left office.
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How a group of women from the Sisters of St. Joseph formed a new sisterhood in the turbulent 1960s.
GE tried to tear down this walkway. It didn?t go over so well.The century-old bridge connects two old industrial buildings that activists said are part of the neighborhood?s history.
Opinion | Eric Lander
Hype vs. hope in medical researchWe all want to cure diseases, but the time frame for the big therapeutic payoffs is often misunderstood.
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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.
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The fruits and veggies served to the homeless residents of the Pine Street Inn are usually grocery store cast-offs. But a Cambridge nonprofit is now growing produce at a Lincoln farm specifically for shelter guests.
STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.
There are only a few holes to fill this offseason, and the Red Sox could have millions in salary coming off the books.
A center at Harvard devoted to the study of people of African descent received $10 million from its namesake, Glenn Hutchins, including $2 million for a study.
The former New York mayor also attacked the Democratic candidate over her support of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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The king, who was born in Cambridge, was his country?s one constant as myriad governments rose and fell.
A local group accused Amazon of illegally using background checks to fire the Boston-area delivery drivers, most of them black and Latino.
?A Man Called Ove,? starring Rolf Lassgård, is Sweden?s candidate for this year?s best foreign language Oscar.
Celtics players Kelly Olynyk, Jae Crowder and Jonas Jerebko helped out at the Robert Frost School on Tuesday.
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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The ?he said, she said? campaignWe have a campaign without ideological questions or public policy matters to be hashed out.
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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East Boston man, 33, identified as person who shot two Boston police officer
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