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It is the first time the public has heard from the 57-year-old Sampson since his violent crime spree in 2001.
Lawyer for bomber?s widow pans film portrayal Katherine Russell?s lawyer says the portrayal of his client in ?Patriots Day? is unfair because it suggests she knew something was up before the attack.
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?Patriots Day? does well at box office on first day The film earned a per-theater average of $9,235 in Boston, New York, and LA.
Eric Trump suspends his foundation?s operationsThe charity had been facing questions about whether it was auctioning off access to members of the first family.
Trump, Putin both call for strengthened nuclear arsenalsPutin said the focus should be on weapons that can ??penetrate existing and future missile defense systems.??
Man says he was kicked off flight over Ivanka Trump A man claims he and his husband were removed from a Florida-bound flight after his spouse ?expressed displeasure? about flying with Trump and her husband.
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Man charged with tossing bricks at police cruiser in Back BayThe police officer whose cruiser was hit was responding to a call about a suspicious package near the Hynes Convention Center.
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Dueling holiday displays go up at Mass. State House A Nativity scene was displayed at the State House while Boston atheists unfurled a banner on the Boston Common.
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It?s great to have the kids home from college. Right? Maine dad Dan Howard shared a two-minute video of himself describing what life is like now that his daughter has moved back in for Christmas break.
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Students at the Boston Higashi School, which educates children and young adults with autism, performed Thursday in the annual Winter Music Festival.
Montana ski town roiled by white supremacist ?troll army?An e-mail to a group that promotes diversity warned white supremacists would encircle the office and end with someone ??swinging by a rope from the nearest lamp post.??
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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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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.
The Celtics coach met with a fellow Indiana native whose basketball career was ended by a devastating car crash.
Police Superintendent Bernard O?Rourke, who has been described as a calm, pragmatic, no-nonsense leader, will retire Jan. 18.
Boston and its surrounding suburbs saw an abundance of high priced single-family homes sell in 2016.
The Obama administration said Wednesday that 6.4 million people had signed up for 2017 health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, an increase of 400,000 over a similar point last year.
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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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