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If the Texans and Steelers win their first games, the Texans come here. That?s by far the best scenario for the Patriots.
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For Patriots, it was a real statement gameHere are 35 takeaways from New England?s victory in Miami on Sunday.
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Tom Brady should be the NFL?s MVPIt won?t be announced until the night before the Super Bowl, but it should be obvious to all the hot-takers by now that Brady is The One.
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NBC preens, but don?t dismiss Channel 7The Peacock Network emphasizes its star power as it launches its own Boston station, leaving longtime affiliate WHDH-TV behind.
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The most powerful and ambitious Republican-led Congress in 20 years will open its session Tuesday.
Democrats plan to target eight Trump Cabinet nomineesSuch delays would upend GOP hopes of quickly holding hearings and confirming most of Donald Trump?s top picks on Inauguration Day.
Despite Trust Act, Boston police handed over immigrants for deportationCity records show that the police handed over nine immigrants for deportation in 2015 because of a loophole in the act.
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How a mail-order opioid operation took root on the high plains of Texas?It?s the Amazon of drug trafficking,? said one official.
What?s open, closed for New Year?s A look at what businesses and public services are open or closed on New Year?s Day and Monday.
The state?s base wage rose to $11 an hour Sunday, but additional gains here and nationwide may be challenged.
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The news anchor rang in the New Year by taking shots on live TV, getting his ear pierced, and admitting to viewers he was ?lit.?
Kennedy Lynn Schmitt checked in at 6 pounds 15 ounces and measured 19¼ inches, the hospital said.
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No, it wasn?t your hangover playing tricks on you: The Hollywood sign really did read ??Hollyweed?? on New Year?s Day.
Gunman who killed at least 39 at Istanbul club still at largeIstanbul?s governor said the attacker ?rained bullets in a very cruel and merciless way on innocent people who were there to. . . have fun.?
Man dies after car struck by commuter rail train in HolbrookA man was killed after his car was struck by a commuter rail train in Holbrook Sunday afternoon, an official said.
The best time to retune your career? Probably right nowThe prospect of another year at a job that fails to satisfy can be daunting, if not downright depressing.
After a brief, flawless ?Auld Lang Syne,? it was all downhill for Mariah Carey on New Year?s Eve.
Where and when OUI convicts had their last drinks before arrestThese graphics show where and when OUI convicts had their last drinks in Massachusetts before they were arrested.
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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 Desperate and the Dead | Part 7
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.
For being fifth in the NBA in scoring at 27.7 points per game, Thomas is earning $6.59 million this season.
?What better way to wash off all that was bad last year, than with a dip in the ocean??
The Boston area's combined home value in 2016 was higher than it was during bubble years, according to a new real estate analysis from Zillow.
To varying degrees, black and Latino lawmakers are pushing back on Beltway consensus.
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Australians listened to David Bowie as fireworks exploded over Sydney?s harbor. One million celebrated in Times Square. Romanians wore bear skins.
Faced with a rising tide of index funds, financial firms that rely on people to choose stocks and bonds are navigating uncharted waters.
Here?s hoping that women directors get the chance to make as consequential a mark as they did in 2016.
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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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Democrats plan to target eight Trump Cabinet nominees
Day one of NBC switch tells a TV tale of have and have-not
Where and when OUI convicts had their last drinks before arrest
CNN?s Don Lemon gets ear pierced on live TV, tells viewers he?s ?lit?
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