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The reported drop-off this year comes after alarming increases in fatal overdoses in recent years around the United States.
Treatment professionals welcome the decision and hope it will mean more money for services.
Elizabeth Warren?s overseas education continues in Poland and Estonia Warren?s five-day trip started in Poland, where she met with US and Polish officials and had dinner with a unit of Army reservists from Brockton.
Trump is making lexicography great again Linguists in America and abroad are noticing a new trend ? the president?s words are increasingly changing the English language itself.
??Nazi salutes are indefensible,?? a CNN spokesperson said in a statement. ??Jeffrey Lord is no longer with the network.??
One of Manafort?s homes was recently raided by FBI agents carrying a warrant that sought tax documents and records related to foreign bank accounts.
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Two people were killed after gunshots were fired and a car crashed near Elder Street in Dorchester.
Get your ?eclipse glasses? from the Boston Public Library You?re going to need them if you plan to stare up at the celestial event on Aug. 21.
Mother may have been on verge of murder-suicide when State Police found 3-year-old The child was the subject of an Amber Alert after her mother, Lee-Ann Rickheit, allegedly kidnapped her in Worcester.
As President Trump doubles down on his tough talk against North Korea, tourists and residents in downtown Boston Thursday said the international brinksmanship is making them uneasy ? to say the least.
Trump toughens warning on North Korea, despite bipartisan criticism President Donald Trump refused to back down Thursday from his provocative threat to rain down ?fire and fury? on North Korea if it endangers the United States, despite bipartisan criticism.
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Tom Brady?s backup showed off his NFL-caliber quarterbacking skills in exhibition opener.
Roger Goodell returns to Gillette Stadium for first time since 2015 The NFL commissioner was in the area and decided to stop into the owner?s box with Robert Kraft.
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Teamster 4 were rude and crude, but is that illegal? Prosecutors painted them as menacing goons who hurled venomous slurs outside the ?Top Chef? film shoot. The defense countered that their conduct was not against federal law.
Waltham apartment complex fire was arson Officials estimate the 10-alarm Waltham fire, which began in the early morning hours of July 23, caused $110 million worth of damage.
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The new rules aim to reduce the state?s carbon emissions 25 percent below 1990 levels by 2020.
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At a screening of their film Sunday, Josh and Benny Safdie talked ?Twilight,? the rush of filmmaking, and what it?s really like to work with Martin Scorsese.
Diet eyed as therapy for a kidney disorder In an age when seemingly every ailment is treated with a pill, could a change in diet essentially force this disease into remission and, possibly, save these children?s lives?
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Don?t let democracy die in Venezuela The US and its allies must quash an outrageous power grab in Venezuela.
Caring for daughter with disabilities a difficult, solitary vigil Low state pay rates for nurses who could help have left Noelia Ferreira alone as caregiver ? exhausted, fearful, and desperate.
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.
Struggling with addiction in an opioid ?treatment desert? Experts recommend medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction, but much of the country is a ?treatment desert.?
Olesen and Kisner birdied the 18th to shoot matching first-round 67s on what turned out to be a challenging Quail Hollow layout.
Many communities along the commuter rail system had objected to the installation of hundreds of 75-foot-tall towers to provide the service.
Tips for making your chic space welcoming.
Edith Nourse Rogers, who held the Lowell-based congressional seat for 35 years, was the first woman elected to the House from Massachusetts.
Although most of the East African nation was calm after Tuesday?s vote, scattered clashes broke out between police and opposition supporters.
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The 13-episode comedy will be called ?Grown-ish,? and it will follow eldest daughter Zoey Johnson (Yara Shahidi) at college.
Taylor Sheridan wrote the murder mystery?s script. Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen star.
In New England alone, there are at least four churches that have been converted into homes and listed on Airbnb.
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Noelia Ferreira is alone as her daughter?s caregiver ? and exhausted, fearful, and desperate.
