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Team-based pain care that empowers aching patients is effective, inexpensive ? and hard to get.
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President Barack Obama on Thursday sanctioned Russian intelligence services and their top officials.
Kennedy grandson arrested in Aspen bar fightPolice say John Conor Kennedy, 22, was arrested after a bar fight in the tony resort town of Aspen.
362-unit Dot Block project could break ground by summerA little-known investment group paid $19.1 million for the site along Dorchester Avenue in Glover?s Corner.
Snow is coming to Boston, but won?t amount to much Rain that had peppered Greater Boston for much of the day began turning to snow in the west Thursday evening.
Lobbyist McDonough could face new, stringent probation conditionsRichard McDonough, the former lobbyist convicted of public corruption, could face some tougher, new probation conditions that he did not expect.
Shawn Williams is Boston?s new director of public records and the state?s former records gatekeeper.
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Local Palestinian voices did praise the tone of the speech, but they panned the effort as coming too late.
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The Top 10 most popular Love Letters of 2016Which of the love problems addressed by Meredith Goldstein was the most popular of the year?
Bangor police suggest a folksy reaction to winter weatherAs snow falls across the region, Bangor police have tips for locals ? but they aren?t just about shoveling and keeping warm.
Your guide to finding the perfect Boston wedding venue The hunt for the perfect venue might be one of the more time-consuming tasks on your plate, but it can also be the most fun.
Three Boston bars absolved in state ?pay-to-play? caseThree bars whose owners admitted accepting kickbacks to stock certain beers will not be penalized, but Jerry Remy?s in the Seaport was found in violation.
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Controversial talking heads winning battleThe viewers and listeners say one thing, the ratings say another when it comes to the most popular shows.
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Ben Dreyfuss shared a personal, raw story of a time when Carrie Fisher helped him seek treatment for post-traumatic stress.
Ambushes, fatal shootings fuel increase in police death toll in 2016Gunfire was the common factor in nearly half of all police deaths this year.
The Weekender: A happy new year, a list of resolutions, and a bit of Cumberbatch The Globe?s picks for the best ways to spend your New Year?s weekend.
CAVALIERS 124, CELTICS 118
Celtics push Cavaliers, but comeback falls short Bench players sparked a late run as Boston nearly erased a 20-point deficit.
BRUINS 4, SABRES 2
Bruins rally past SabresRyan Spooner broke a 2-2 tie late in the third period and added an empty-netter to seal the victory.
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Fix the pot law, but not in a smoke-filled roomBeacon Hill lawmakers should ensure that any changes follow normal procedures.
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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.
Coverage isn?t the only thing the defensive backs are thinking about.
The body of Carlos Villatoro-Nunez, 16, was discovered Dec. 9.
$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?
Carl Paladino, a supporter of Donald Trump, said he wished President Obama died next year and that Michelle Obama be ?let loose in the outback of Zimbabwe.?
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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
A cease-fire agreement between Syria?s government and the country?s mainstream rebel groups has gone into effect in the war-ravaged nation.
Rhode Island tries to improve its economic competitiveness, bars won?t be penalized for kickbacks, and more of Thursday?s business news.
?We?re all going to crawl down staircases into basements and speakeasies and make amazing satirically political art,? the Lexington native said.
Major renovations can exceed $50,000, and a luxe garage, therefore, tends to be the province of the very rich.
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Kennedy grandson John Conor Kennedy arrested in Aspen bar fight
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