More than 60 percent of older adults living alone in Massachusetts can?t afford basic living expenses, the second-highest rate in the country.
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?This is a rough time for women,? said Donna Lent, president of the National Women?s Political Caucus.
?As a police department, we are committed to helping people, not harming them,? Boston police said in a statement.
Yvonne Abraham
In D.C., they?ve set the bar low Here?s what counts as terrific news: Three Republicans refusing to vote for a bill most Americans hate.
In the tweet, the president appeared to call on GOP Senators to demand another health care vote.
JEFF JACOBY
A small museum can bite the bullet. Why can?t Washington? Unlike the kibitzers throwing brickbats, the trustees of the Berkshire Museum have a fiduciary obligation to ensure their institution?s survival.
The GOP controls both houses of Congress. Why can?t it get its house in order? By almost every objective measure, this Congress is off to a dismal start.
Commuting into Boston? Be ready for a mess This weekend, commuters will find just one lane inbound and two outbound to accommodate construction on the Comm. Ave. bridge.
Parishioners plan to show up in force to support the priest at his final service at the parish Sunday.
Most of the protesters were from Western Massachusetts, according to State Police.
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The recent deaths of two women come amid increasing focus on the high rate of pregnancy-related mortality in the United States.
July? Really? With wind gusts up to 26 miles per hour and an expected high of just 68 , the National Weather Service tweeted a question: ?#IsThisReallyJuly??
David Price says he and Dennis Eckersley will ?definitely talk it out? Price on Saturday discussed the incident, if that has negatively affected the team, the status of his elbow, and more.
CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER
Red Sox fans don?t have to like David Price, but don?t root for his failure There are some who are reveling in his missteps and delighting in the opportunity to run him out of town.
BEN VOLIN I ON FOOTBALL
Here are some early impressions after three days of Patriots training camp The only drama so far is the whereabouts of Rob Ninkovich.
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?We believe health care is a human right,? said one rally organizer in Cambridge.
Tom ?Red? Martin, BC hockey star, philanthropist, dies at 79 Tom ?Red? Martin, of Canton, was an All-American hockey star who went on to become a philanthropist and founder of Cramer Productions.
Ideas | Mark Peters
Sex, dreck, and rock ?n? roll The Drug Enforcement Administration list of ?Drug Slang Code Words? is a huge narcotic thesaurus.
You might think having more farmers markets is good for farmers. Often it?s not Farmers markets are growing like crazy. But are there enough customers to go around?
FLUTO SHINZAWA | SUNDAY HOCKEY NOTES
How a Canton High grad with no NHL experience landed in Nashville Dan Muse, a Canton High graduate, is the first coach in USHL history to jump directly to an NHL staff (Predators).
Kevin Paul Dupont | On Second Thought
The Canadiens won?t print tickets? That doesn?t look good on paper For a fee of $172.46 (tax included) per seat, Canadiens customers can have their season tickets in hard copy.
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Pot shops In Someone Else?s Backyard? Not quite The Legislature strikes an important blow against ISEBYism.
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His parents said he just needed to sleep. A SWAT team came instead In Hingham, a welfare check on a disconsolate young man with a gun turned into something utterly unimaginable.
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Kei Kamara scored a pair of goals for New England.
About 17 percent of households in the Boston metro area said they had seen signs of either mice or rats inside their home, and about 2 percent said they had seen signs of cockroaches.
A sampling of the housing market here includes an antique with five fireplaces and a town house with a private courtyard.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jay Gonzalez is calling for changes to the campaign finance system and charging that Baker has ?exploited its flaws.?
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The odds of being issued a fine for speeding spike dramatically when drivers go 10 miles per hour or more over the limit.
A family spokesperson said the critically ill British baby at the center of a legal battle that attracted the attention of Pope Francis and President Trump has died.
Crane & Co. creative director John Segal still loves everything about paper, including keeping it relevant in a digital age.
Her willingness to return to TV makes sense in light of how strangely unforgiving Hollywood has been to the actress.
Will disagreeing on music be a harbinger of doom for these two?
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 17th FINA World Championships are underway in Budapest.
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