The sheer human sprawl of Deval Patrick?s two statewide campaigns and eight years atop Beacon Hill made some measure of fracturing inevitable.
No charges over sexual misconduct claims at Choate Police say former staff members accused of sexual misconduct at Choate Rosemary Hall boarding school can?t be charged.
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Ground Game
No president has had such a low job approval rating at this point.
Evan Horowitz | Quick Study
We?re a typical family. What would Trump?s tax plan mean for us? The president?s proposal is clear in how it would help the wealthy. For the rest of us, the picture is fuzzy.
Opinion | Mike Stopa
The triumphs of Trump?s first 100 days We Trump supporters are positively giddy.
Krafts and UMass end stadium talks University of Massachusetts officials have broken off talks with the Kraft Group to build a soccer stadium near the UMass Boston campus.
This UMass Boston program faces uncertain future The nursing school, one of the campus?s most successful programs, is looking for a new home.
Lansdowne Street to close during Sox games The move comes after attacks around the world in which terrorists drove cars or trucks into large groups of people.
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The Center for Teen Empowerment will produce a play about the effects of racism in Boston, that runs Saturday at the Paramount Theatre.
S. Boston man free on bail after decades in prison A South Boston man who served more than 30 years in prison for a 1980 murder was freed on $5,000 bail Thursday.
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analysis
As the number of people flying reaches record levels this year, stress among passengers and airline staff will only get worse.
Brigham and Women?s offers buyouts to 1,600 workers The hospital is being squeezed as payments from insurers and the government are flattening while costs grow.
Partners, Brigham and Women?s to pay $10m in research fraud case The settlement resolves allegations that a stem cell research lab fraudulently obtained federal grant funding.
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Shirley leung
Last spring lawmakers were spooked by a bigger-than-expected shortfall in tax collection. This year was supposed to be different. What gives?
BEN VOLIN I ON FOOTBALL
Three signal-callers went in the top 12 picks in the first round.
YANKEES 3, RED SOX 0
Red Sox can?t score for Chris Sale Sale was dominant, but Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka was more efficient in tossing the shutout.
TV Critic?s Corner
Where to catch (or completely avoid) the White House Press Correspondents? Dinner There?s the actual dinner ? minus the president ? and the anti-dinner, hosted by Samantha Bee.
The Weekender
Spring traditions, ?Art in Bloom,? and Samantha Bee Almost Friday already? How did that happen? Rhetorical question. Don?t care. Here are some picks for the best ways to spend your weekend.
JOAN WICKERSHAM
Walking in Stockholm, at the mercy of drivers As I walked along Drottninggatan, I was aware, as never before, of being a pedestrian.
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.
Zika in Brazil: one disease, two very different lives As Brazil?s Zika babies grow up, families and medical professionals have been charting their progress.
What?s curious, on the surface at least, is that ESPN?s baseball coverage took a significant hit.
On the national level and in Massachusetts, Dr. Latham advocated for improving standards of care.
It is usually hard to beat out a $6,775,000 sale in Downtown Crossing's Millennium Tower, but this home did.
?People ask why I am back,? Kasich said. ?I am back to sell books.?
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NuTonomy's general counsel tells The Boston Globe the company hopes to be on the new test roads soon, depending on weather conditions.
The decision prompted anger in Serbia and joy in Kosovo in a case that has aggravated tensions between the rival neighbors.
President Donald Trump campaigned on an ?America First? trade policy of bracing clarity: Renegotiate or abandon NAFTA and crack down on China?s trade practices.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrates Irving Penn?s centenary.
New England offers a rich slate of film selections, this and every summer. Here?s a sampler to get you started.
Visit the ultrachic Freepoint Hotel in Cambridge on May 10 for their inaugural podcast series.
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
Getty Images photographer Justin Sullivan documented California?s severe drought conditions in 2014 and recently returned to the same places to compare the drastic changes.
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