The 8-year-old boy was underwater for around 24 minutes before a commercial diver rescued him, authorities reported on Wednesday.
Daily fantasy sports could be reclassified as gambling in Mass. A draft state report said contests with cash awards are gambling, but recommends clarifying daily fantasy sports as legal in Massachusetts.
Many of state?s elderly struggle to pay their bills More than 60 percent of older adults living alone in Massachusetts can?t afford basic living expenses, the second-highest rate in the country.
Ninkovich?s promise as the backup long snapper let Bill Belichick sleep at night.
Can Joe Biden?s family endure one last campaign? Voters, it seems, don?t really care about conventional wisdom anymore. So the real question is: What next?
Trump, US ambassador to UN call on China to challenge North Korea But China is betting that President Trump won?t make good on his threats of a military strike against North Korea.
Putin expels 755 US diplomats in response to sanctions Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Sunday that 755 U.S. diplomats would be expelled from Russia by September.
Boston Police respond to Trump?s speech to law enforcement ?As a police department, we are committed to helping people, not harming them,? Boston police said in a statement.
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Trump often makes other people do the dirty work ? or shames those he wants out into quitting themselves.
White House threatens Senate: Pass health bill now ? or else The White House stepped up demands Sunday that the Senate repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
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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. By Liz Kowalczyk
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Facing sex-bias investigations, country club digs in with denials Some of you will wonder why what happens in the men?s locker room of the private Charles River club should even be a story in the Globe.
Summer expected to make a comeback this week The heat and humidity are set to rise up to the high 80s before a cold front next weekend.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
Boston-related observations from Hall of Fame weekend Even in Cooperstown, the Red Sox are a frequent topic of conversation.
ROYALS 5, RED SOX 3
Royals rally past Matt Barnes, Red Sox Kansas City roughed up the reliever for four runs in the eighth inning to take the series finale.
ALEX SPEIER
Reed, a reliable righthander who would slot into a late-innings role, appears to be high atop the Sox? wish list at the trade deadline.
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The city was filled with the sound of salsa as people waving flags celebrated the ?Island of Enchantment.?
Comm. Ave. construction spurs weekend slowdowns, is on schedule for Monday commute At 11 a.m., a real-time map showed an 18-minute travel time for a stretch of I-90 that would normally require less than 5 minutes.
Court says FAA must reconsider regulating seat size on planes One of the judges called it ??the Case of the Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat.??
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Sex, dreck, and rock ?n? roll The Drug Enforcement Administration list of ?Drug Slang Code Words? is a huge narcotic thesaurus.
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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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What realtors and sellers are required to disclose to buyers ? and what they aren?t There are only two things state law requires a seller to tell you.
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From chemicals to life: Scientists try to build cells from scratch A synthetic cell could answer the fundamental question: What does it mean to be alive?
Ninkovich hung it up after 11 years in the NFL, including eight in New England.
Have you started working remotely? Do you now drive in two hours earlier? Has the train been hellish, or maybe not so bad? Tell us here.
More towns outside Boston are creating areas where owners can unleash their pooches and let them run free.
A sampling of the housing market here includes an antique with five fireplaces and a town house with a private courtyard.
?Somebody from Brighton? This is glory. This is the highest thing you can be coming from here, from this neighborhood,? said one veteran.
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Tesla Inc. has finally made its long-promised affordable electric car
Despite four months of deadly protests and the threat of US sanctions, Venezuela found itself 24 hours away from a consolidation of government power that appeared certain to drag the OPEC nation deeper into crisis.
For a company looking to innovate an entire industry, The Finally Light Bulb Co.?s lab in Charlestown is oddly reminiscent of the past, not the future.
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Chen said she hopes the restaurant will capture Hunanese culture with a sleek but modern style.
The bride and her maids wore dresses inspired by Belle?s golden gown. The groom wore a getup fit for the Beast.
You?ll find lighthouses, sea captains? homes, shipbuilding centers, historic seafaring villages, trade ports, forts, wharves and more.
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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