Russia and Turkey are expected to guarantee the cease-fire, but a main opposition group said rebel factions will retaliate to any violations by Damascus and its allies.
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While eastern Mass. will see mostly rain, other parts of New England could get up to 20 inches of snow.
?We think we?re in a good place?: Keolis promises it?s set for stormThe commuter rail service will run a normal schedule as a fast-moving storm hits New England Thursday and Friday.
Do I have to shovel my sidewalk? Here?s a town-by-town mapIn order to avoid fines, you?ll want to be up to speed on the regulations that may apply to you.
Leave ?the craziness? at home during First NightThere are no known threats to the city?s annual party, but the police commissioner issued a reminder to attendees to behave themselves.
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Amanda Palmer thinks Trump will ?make punk rock great again??We?re all going to crawl down staircases into basements and speakeasies and make amazing satirically political art,? the Lexington native said.
Man allegedly posed as HVAC repairman to rob businessesThe Duxbury man is accused of scheming to gain access to non-public areas of Brookline businesses and robbing workers of cash and credit cards.
It took less than an hour, and only about a half-dozen state legislators, to approve a bill that would overturn significant parts of the marijuana law.
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Andy Hiller is signing off ? for nowThe longtime political reporter is leaving Channel 7 at the end of the week.
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It?s time to put an end to any debate or discussion surrounding in-flight voice calls and simply ban them all together. The issue is too important to leave to chance.
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Reynolds was a trouper in the old style, as pert as Kathy Selden in ?Singin? in the Rain? and as unsinkable as Molly Brown outliving the Titanic.
from the archives
Carrie Fisher talked very candidly about her mother, Debbie Reynolds?My mother I could never truly get. She?s too spirited and eccentric and colorful and likable,? Fisher said in an interview with Matthew Gilbert in 1990.
The Haffenreffer name can stand tall in JP againA large steel fixture caps a quixotic five-year campaign for the last name to be made whole again on a brewery?s smokestack.
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The newest luxury for the rich? Tricked-out garages. The garage is the next frontier in remodeling
Instead of having their trees ignominiously carted away, some people toss them into a massive pile ? and then watch them burn.
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Of the 22 men to have coached in the division against Belichick, it is comically difficult to determine who is the second-most successful.
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Dreading 2017: A liberal woman looks ahead to Trump?s AmericaMargery Eagan counts the many ways she?s worried.
Beverly Beckham
A glitter jar for the good memories of the yearIt?s a quick and easy way to remind ourselves that life really is worth living.
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Miss Conduct?s guide for ?prickly cusses? looking to do good in 2017 As we crabby New Englanders venture into a new year, here?s how we can help each other.
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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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The San Antonio solutionOne Texas city took on mental health as a community and became a national model. Why can?t Mass. do the same?
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.
Promising Red Sox lefthander Eduardo Rodriguez continues to have problems with his right knee, and that is worrisome.
During his tenure as Gillette?s president, Mr. Turley helped ward off takeover threats from the likes of Coniston Partners and Ronald Perelman, chairman of the Revlon Group.
$5,000 is a hefty chunk of change to spend each month on your pad. If you were to write out those checks, would you go for the swanky two-bedroom apartment in Cambridge or the five-bedroom house in Revere?
In the grand scheme of the economy, the jobs announcement is unlikely to have a major impact.
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The U.S. government is investigating some Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan cars because the brake pedal may lose pressure, making it hard for drivers to stop the vehicle
Two different juries had sentenced Jacqueline Sauvage to 10 years in prison for fatally shooting her husband three times in the back .
Verizon Communications Inc.?s rollout of its Fios service in Boston so far hasn?t a triggered a price war among cable and Internet service providers.
The Australian comic, who doesn?t shy away from political topics, plays the Wilbur Theatre on New Year?s Eve.
Several visiting artists are participating in the Winter Wonder Dance Festival in Cambridge.
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Photographs from January to June on a range of topics from around the world.
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With Carrier, Trump exposes rift between unions and leadersSomehow Donald Trump, who claims a net worth of $10 billion, was standing up for the little guy, against their own union boss.
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A Gardener?s GardenThe lush landscape around Andrew Grossman?s home and studio is a showcase of possibilities.
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Massachusetts hiker, 26, found dead after Christmas Eve hike in White Mountains
?When you find my body?: The last days of hiker Gerry Largay
Mass. lawmakers vote to delay retail marijuana shops
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