As part of his apparent suicide, the former Patriots tight end marked his forehead with a reference to a biblical phrase.
Rate of inmate suicides remains high in Mass. The suicide of Aaron Hernandez is the 65th reported prison suicide in Massachusetts in the two decades since another high-profile suicide.
President Trump to nominate Scott Brown as ambassador to New Zealand In a press release Thursday, Trump announced that he would nominate the former US Senator from Massachusetts as ambassador to the island nation.
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The president snubbed the superstar quarterback in turn by never mentioning his name or his phenomenal role in the Patriots? success.
That Patriots White House photo comparison? It?s complicated. At first blush, it looked like the inauguration photo comparison all over again. But the devil is in the details.
Dan Shaughenssy
An unprecedented day in Boston sports history On the day that Aaron Hernandez died, the Patriots were at the White House to visit a president who had seemed to make the team one of his campaign planks.
KEVIN CULLEN
Aaron Hernandez: A life squandered Hernandez?s life, and now his death, has become a window into and something of an indictment of what we value and idolize.
yvonne abraham
Even death is powerless to halt double standard Aren?t all lives lost to violence or prison suicide as valuable as the one Aaron Hernandez ended on Wednesday morning?
Arrest made in McDonald?s restaurant shooting Deonaire Ganga is charged with shooting Joey DeBarros after they argued while in the parking lot of the McDonald?s restaurant on Gallivan Boulevard.
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Globe Magazine
Bernie Sanders and others have scolded the company for (legally) paying no taxes. Here?s how the Boston newcomer could emerge a hero.
Evan Horowitz | Quick Study
The next recession could make the state budget deficit explode Massachusetts is suffering from what?s called a ?structural? budget deficit, the kind that doesn?t go away even in good times.
Mass. unemployment rate rises to 3.6 percent The state?s unemployment rate ticked up to 3.6 percent in March as job gains slowed.
Indira A.R. Lakshmanan
Money kept O?Reilly in his bully pulpit ? and money pushed him out of it With Bill O?Reilly out of the picture, Fox must clean up its off-screen culture.
Ty Burr | COMMENTARY
The O?Reilly factor that mattered? Hypocrisy. Bill O?Reilly has been relieved of his duties at Fox News because no one wants to buy a product that smells of swindle ? a product that says you, the buyer, have been fleeced.
How much pain can Red Line commuters endure? They?re about to find out, as rehab work or new construction begins over the next several months at every Red Line station in Quincy and Braintree.
The South Boston native is the only chef on this year?s list.
16 off-road vehicles seized at Boston housing developments ?These vehicles have come to represent a constant annoyance in the city?s neighborhoods,? Boston police said.
Partners to acquire R.I.?s Care New England Partners HealthCare has agreed to acquire one of Rhode Island?s largest hospital operators, Care New England Health System of Providence.
A visit from the Italian prime minister The president will hold a news conference this afternoon with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni.
Opinion | Karen Antman, Harris Berman, George Q. Daley, and Terence Flotte
After the March for Science, the fight must go on For decades, science has been under attack. The assault is taking its toll.
Summer of ?67
The summer that changed Boston The nation was splintering, and Boston wasn?t immune. But something was happening here.
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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.
Documenting Hate: Submit an incident you know about If you have been a victim or witnessed a hate incident, share your information here so we can investigate.
WATCH: Why can?t teeth heal themselves? Getting a cavity is unpleasant ? and a painful reminder that teeth, unlike bones, can?t heal themselves once damaged.
The rubber game in Toronto begins at 12:37 Thursday with lefty Chris Sale on the mound for Boston.
The state?s congressional delegation is urging the MBTA to negotiate with a machinists union in hopes of preventing dozens of jobs from being outsourced.
What lessons can we learn from Colorado realtors?
At issue: records that show what issues constituents call the governor about. So far, his office has refused to make them public.
A teenager was shot dead as tens of thousands of opponents of President Nicolas Maduro flooded the streets of Caracas on Wednesday in what?s been dubbed the ?mother of all marches.?
Facebook Live has done far more good than harm, and for every toxic video it delivers, there are millions of innocent ones.
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The Northeastern grad ? real name Woodson Black ? is playing an intimate show at the Great Scott next Tuesday.
A roundup of celebrity sightings and other 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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The Big Picture
More than 30,000 racers took off from Hopkinton under sunny skies Monday in the 121st running of the Boston Marathon.
Ground Game
Sanders begins his DNC tour today, but there?s a catch The multi-stop tour aims to corral Bernie Sanders?s supporters to back new party leadership.
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