Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said he believes the election of Donald Trump was in part due to a backlash against the nation?s first black president.
The Black and Latino Legislative Caucus is saying more work needs to be done to study sentencing reform and its impact on people of color.
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Mass. gets $69.4m from HUD to aid homelessThe money will provide ?critically needed housing and support services to individuals and families experiencing homelessness across the state.?
The federal appeals court decision tossing the convictions of former Probation Department officials has set a new legal landscape for prosecutors.
Lawyers, churches, diplomats offer support to immigrants girding for Trump administrationDiplomats, pastors, nonprofits, and city governments are scrambling to reassure immigrants before Donald Trump takes office next month.
Obama bans future oil leases in much of Arctic, AtlanticThe move boosts President Obama?s environmental legacy while also testing Donald Trump?s promise to unleash untapped energy reserves.
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An explosion ripped through Mexico?s best-known fireworks market, sending a huge plume of smoke billowing into the sky.
Their fresh start led to a tragic endPete and Danielle were both a little wild, both dreamers who played guitar and fantasized of a life on the edge.
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The idea for a park next to the Boston Children?s Museum has come together after the most unthinkable of tragedies: the bombing of the Boston Marathon.
Sessions prosecuted civil rights leaders in 1980s voting-fraud caseA failed voting-fraud prosecution from more than 30 years ago could re-emerge during Senator Jeff Sessions? confirmation hearing.
German investigators are searching for the killer or killers in Monday?s attack on a crowded Berlin Christmas market.
North Carolina?s legislature is reconvening to see if enough lawmakers are willing to repeal a 9-month-old law that limited LGBT rights.
E-sports gaining tractionBoston Major competition reflects the growth in video gaming as a spectator event.
New England?s team has had much success on the field while also topping the league with tougher competitors ? the odds makers.
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The Buchholz trade is likely not Dombrowski?s last moveExpect to see more from Dave Dombrowski after Clay Buchholz was sent to the Phillies for a minor league player.
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Pat and Dina Lacey had been parents for only a few months when doctors discovered a tumor in their new baby?s chest. Told to take their son home to die, they put their faith in a young doctor who wouldn?t accept death as the answer.
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Just steps from a private beach, this six-bedroom, 5.5-bathroom Cohasset home has 5,067 square feet of living space.
The move boosts President Obama?s environmental legacy while also testing Donald Trump?s promise to unleash untapped energy reserves.
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A few years back, motorists leaving Rte. 95 and driving down Rte. 1 South in Westwood could look to the right and see a group of businesses: a daycare center, menswear store, pool and patio company, and some warehouses. David Rosenberg, president of Prime Motor Group, who drove by daily, instead saw that large parcel [?]
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