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The GOP unilaterally rewrote Senate?s rules to allow President Donald Trump?s nominee to ascend to the Supreme Court, while furious Democrats objected.
The Supreme Court filibuster died on April 6, 2017. He was 211 years old.
The nation was splintering, and Boston wasn?t immune. But something was happening here. Boston had long treated its ball club as an afterthought, but then on Opening Day 1967: the first glimmer of an implausible dream.
KEVIN CULLEN
Stop erecting speed bumps for Marathon handcyclists People who gave their limbs for this country should not have to beg to take part in the Boston Marathon.
Opinion | Patrick Downes
Patriots should ride on Patriots Day Restrictions have prevented dozens of wounded warriors and civilians with disabilities from participating in the Boston Marathon.
Talking Points
A case for the millionaires tax, a hospital merger, and more business news A roundup of the most important business news from Thursday.
Here?s why all those Uber and Lyft drivers were deemed unfit to drive More than 8,000 drivers for ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft have been pulled off Mass. roads after failing a new state background check.
The girl, believed to be 10 to 12 years old, was unable to speak, was wearing no clothes, and was emaciated when she was discovered.
For more than half a century, ??Mr. Warmth?? headlined casinos and nightclubs from Las Vegas to Atlantic City, N.J.
Trump weighing military options following Syria chemical attack The move is complicated by Russian forces in the country and concerns about US troops deployed in Syria fighting ISIS, officials said.
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Trump can?t send a message if he doesn?t have one President Trump?s foreign policy is based on gut feelings, not on weighing difficult problems based on facts and expertise.
Chinese leader arrives for first face-to-face meeting with Trump Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived at President Trump?s Mar-a-Lago estate to discuss North Korea?s nuclear ambitions.
Thunderstorms could spawn tornado in Southeastern Mass. A powerful weather system dumped buckets of rain on Massachusetts Thursday.
MIT study shows deeper look at how memories are stored The seeds of both short-term and long-term recollections are planted nearly simultaneously in the brains of mice.
Capital Source
In the past, Setti Warren has had two liens and a license suspension One of the Newton mayor?s past liens placed his residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (yes, the White House).
Oleana wins 2017 Munch Madness by six votes The Cambridge icon edged out the South End?s Myers + Chang by perhaps the closest margin in Munch Madness history.
The Weekender: Matisse, Mariah, and magic Michael Andor Brodeur?s picks for the best ways to spend your weekend.
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Tom Brady fed glass to David Blaine, and there?s video to prove it When Brady jokingly put the glass to his mouth, Gisele promptly said ?stop!? in Portugese. (Thankfully, he listened.)
The Putnam family would like the house returned to them, but the Danvers Historical Society wants to sell.
What?s next in Syria? Welcome to Trump Today, a one-stop entry point for the latest news on the 45th president of the United States.
Joan Wickersham
Health care in the US is an expensive mess. How does Canada do it? In Canada, ?if you need help, you get it.?
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Advice on taking real estate photos from a Pulitzer-winning photographer In America, everyone who has a cellphone thinks they are a professional photographer. They are not.
After a deadly fire, a small town?s trauma remains When the call went out, none of the Warwick volunteers could have imagined what they?d find.
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This Cambridge scientist wants to solve the organ shortage with ?designer pigs? Luhan Yang is using CRISPR to create ?designer pigs? whose organs can be transplanted into humans.
A quadruple bogey on the back nine Thursday was reminiscent of his final-round collapse a year ago.
Willam Camuti allegedly poisoned Rakes, a former South Boston man who was a victim of James ?Whitey? Bulger, because he owed the victim money.
Furniture makers are using the see-through material for everything from couch legs and bed posts to tables and footstools.
Facing uncertainty over federal funding, Boston?s mayor proposed a ?smart? $3.14b operating budget that he said better positions the city for any future financial instability.
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The missile in North Korea?s latest launch didn?t fly very far, but it may have been the second test of a technology that worries experts.
The state said 8,206 drivers out of 70,789 were rejected for infractions ranging from violent crimes and sexual offenses to suspended licenses.
The Boston Conservatory is Berklee is mounting the composer?s famous, and controversial, 1971 work.
A roundup of celebrity sightings and news of note.
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.
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Ground Game
In a shift, companies leverage Trump?s tweets for their own good Instead of waiting to respond to President Trump's tweets, companies and public relations executives appear to be planning a different strategy ? offense.
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