A judge sentenced Michelle Carter to two and a half years, with 15 months to serve and 15 months probation, for goading her boyfriend to kill himself in a high-profile texting suicide case. However, he allowed Carter to remain free while awaiting appeal.
State will follow Trump lead and delay water pollution rules A landmark plan to curb pollution in lakes, rivers, and streams throughout Massachusetts has been delayed for at least another year.
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Tom Tinlin needed a lot of things to go his way when a blood vessel in his brain burst in April. Fittingly, one of them was traffic.
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Roger Clemens on the Boston experience: ?It can crush you? Clemens is one of the most unappreciated, unfairly maligned superstars in Boston history.
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Who will have the better career: Yoan Moncada or Rafael Devers? The former teammates are coming up in precisely the right organizations.
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A cross-country bicycle trip of a lifetime ? delayed 40 years John Sweeney averaged 65 miles a day, mostly along Route 20, a 3,365-mile ribbon of asphalt that is the longest road in the United States.
In honor of his G.O.A.T. status, the Patriots decided to bring in some surprise guests to help celebrate Brady?s 40th birthday.
Taunton teen angler reels in state-record bowfin Tauri Adamczyk, 16, hauled in a nearly 8-pound bowfin as the first certified catch of its kind in Massachusetts.
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Baker misses unimportant pot deadline ? but that might be important Under the new law, Attorney General Maura Healey, Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, and Baker had until Aug. 1 to name five appointees each to the Cannabis Advisory Board.
Robert Hardy, who played Cornelius Fudge in ?Harry Potter,? dies at 91 Robert Hardy, a veteran British stage and screen actor who played Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge in the ?Harry Potter? movies, has died.
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Breaking through the Senate?s near-constant gridlock, Elizabeth Warren on Thursday scored a rare bipartisan legislative win.
After facing off with angry Teamsters in Milton in 2014, a crew member said he found the tires of vans and other vehicles slashed.
Mass. has more repeat lottery winners than any other state Some people redeem so many winning tickets that they raise questions about the integrity and oversight of the $5 billion state lottery.
The small Boston-based insurer has faced financial challenges since it was founded in 2013. Officials say coverage through the company will not be affected.
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A group of teenagers discovered the venue had failed to live up to its obligations to hold three fund-raisers a year to benefit the Department of Conservation and Recreation.
Special counsel in Russia probe reportedly impanels grand jury The grand jury is located in Washington, according to a Wall Street Journal report, which cited people familiar with the investigation.
West Virginia governor Jim Justice to switch from Democrat to Republican The governor is expected to publicly announce his decision Thursday evening at a campaign rally with the president.
Trump called N.H. a ?drug-infested den? ?I won New Hampshire because New Hampshire is a drug-infested den,? President Trump privately told Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto.
Trump, Mexican president had heated exchange on border wall The Washington Post obtained transcripts of Trump?s talks with Peña Nieto and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
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The new CEO club Principals and superintendents across Rhode Island are going back to school -- and they?ve got the state?s top chief executives to thank.
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Pushing the reset button on health care Meaningful change happens only with bipartisan support, open debate, and the normal push and pull of the legislative process.
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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.
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.
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.
Rhode Island?s novel approach to opioids: access to treatment for all inmates It?s the first state in the nation to offer medication-assisted treatment to its entire prison population ? in hopes it will reduce recidivism.
Boston had been tracking the 25-year-old for nearly six years before signing him.
Larry Eldridge, 84, of West Newton, began his four decades as a journalist as a copy boy at the Philadelphia Inquirer.
'Radiant' Maine home of the late E.B. White listed for $3.
McCourt previously served as president and chief executive of the Los Angeles Dodgers and is the ex-wife of former Boston developer Frank McCourt.
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The movie?s intentions are pure. The results are enraging, often in accordance with director Kathryn Bigelow?s hopes, sometimes against.
A journey from a small village to a world capital in search of a long-lost father.
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