Hurricane Harvey

HARVEY SLIDER5 Volunteer rescue boats make their way into a flooded subdivision to rescue stranded residents as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey rise Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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HARVEY SLIDER5 HOUSTON, TX - AUGUST 28: People wait to be rescued from their flooded homes after the area was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on August 28, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Harvey, which made landfall north of Corpus Christi late Friday evening, is expected to dump upwards to 40 inches of rain in Texas over the next couple of days. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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HARVEY SLIDER5 HOUSTON, TX - AUGUST 28: A person walks through a flooded street with a dog after the area was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on August 28, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Harvey, which made landfall north of Corpus Christi late Friday evening, is expected to dump upwards to 40 inches of rain in Texas over the next couple of days. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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HARVEY SLIDER5 HOUSTON, TX - AUGUST 28: People use a inflatated mattress to evacuate their homes after the area was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on August 28, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Harvey, which made landfall north of Corpus Christi late Friday evening, is expected to dump upwards to 40 inches of rain in Texas over the next couple of days. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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HARVEY SLIDER4 A truck driver walks past an abandoned truck while checking the depth of an underpass during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey August 28, 2017 in Houston, Texas. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan SmialowskiBRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images

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HARVEY SLIDER4 Alexendre Jorge evacuates Ethan Colman, 4, from a neighborhood inundated by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, in Houston, Texas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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HARVEY SLIDER4 HOUSTON, TX - AUGUST 27: In this handout provided by the Army National Guard, A Texas National Guardsman carries a resident from her flooded home following Hurricane Harvey August 27, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Harvey, which made landfall north of Corpus Christi late Friday evening, is expected to dump upwards to 40 inches of rain in areas of Texas over the next couple of days. (Photo by Lt. Zachary West/Army National Guard via Getty Images)

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HARVEY SLIDER4 People evacuate a neighborhood in west Houston inundated by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, in Houston, Texas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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HARVEY SLIDER4 A man walks to his home in a neighborhood inundated by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, in Houston, Texas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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HARVEY SLIDER5 HOUSTON, TX - AUGUST 28: Shardea Harrison looks on at her 3 week old baby Sarai Harrison being held by Dean Mize as he and Jason Legnon used his airboat to rescue them from their home after the area was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on August 28, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Harvey, which made landfall north of Corpus Christi late Friday evening, is expected to dump upwards to 40 inches of rain in Texas over the next couple of days. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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HARVEY SLIDER1 Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls and Lucas Wu lift Ethan Wu into an airboat as they are evacuated from rising waters from Tropical Storm Harvey, at the Orchard Lakes subdivision on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in unincorporated Fort Bend County, Texas. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)

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HARVEY SLIDER4 Two kayakers try to beat the current pushing them down an overflowing Brays Bayou from Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston, Texas, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. (Mark Mulligan/Houston Chronicle via AP)

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HARVEY SLIDER4 Susie Williams, a volunteer from Memphis, Tenn., speaks with a young girl at a temporary shelter at the George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston, Aug. 27, 2017. On Sunday, Harvey, now a tropical storm, pounded the region with torrential rains, and the National Weather Service forecasts additional rainfall of 15 to 25 inches through Friday, with as much as 50 inches in a few areas. (Alyssa Schukar/The New York Times)

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Houston remains paralyzed as rain pounds city

Houston?s police chief said Monday that he?s ?really worried about how many bodies we?re going to find? after the rain ends.

What Harvey?s damage looks like from the sky

As rising water continues to devastate Houston, dramatic images are appearing online ? including aerial footage captured by drones.

?There?s probably never been anything like this,? Trump says of Harvey

The president pledged the federal government?s full support to deal with the aftermath of Harvey.

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How bad is Harvey, compared to Katrina?

Whether Harvey will have the same far-reaching impact on the American psyche depends a lot on how the aftermath is handled.

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The link between Boston?s nice weather and Houston?s deluge

It?s hard to see the two as connected ? but they are.

All the ways Taylor Swift is throwing shade in her new music video

Here?s a look at the subtle ? and not-so-subtle ? imagery in Swift?s new video for ?Look What You Made Me Do,? and what it means.

Truck fire forces closure of Mass. Turnpike connector in Boston

Smoke from the eastbound lanes spilled into the westbound lanes, briefly forcing the closure of the entire tunnel.

Report: ESPN radio host with Boston ties returning to air after arrest

Looks like Ryen Russillo is coming off the bench.

On Day One of Amazon ownership, Whole Foods pitches lower prices

Apples, avocados, and Amazon?s Echo were on sale side-by-side Monday at Whole Foods on Cambridge Street in Boston.

George Jung, drug kingpin immortalized in ?Blow,? returns to Weymouth

Jung is returning to film parts of a documentary based on his life, currently titled ?Boston George.?

Stepping up tensions, North Korea fires missile over Japan

The aggressive test-flight over the territory of a close US ally sends a clear message of defiance as Washington and Seoul conduct war games nearby.

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Red Sox hold off Blue Jays to snap four-game skid

Christian Vazquez went 4 for 4 with a two-run homer, and Drew Pomeranz (14-4) kept Toronto in check for six innings.

Blacks remain focus of Boston police investigations, searches

Sixty-nine percent of the observations, interrogations, and searches in 2016 involved a black person.

President Donald Trump pauses during a joint news conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) — Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press

What?s Trump?s think tank? Try internet message boards

Understanding the ecosystem of pro-Trump media is critical to any understanding of the Trump presidency itself.

How many blondes does it take to confuse a US president?

Apparently, not very many.

President Trump defends decision to pardon Joe Arpaio

Trump said Arpaio had done a ?great job for the people of Arizona? and argued that he?d been treated ?unbelievable unfairly? by the Obama administration.

Warren: Racism stymies economic fairness for all Americans

The US senator from Mass. was speaking at Martin Luther King?s Atlanta church on the anniversary of his most famous speech.

State permanently closes psychiatric hospital, just weeks after declaring it safe

The troubled Westwood Lodge psychiatric hospital has closed, and all 20 adult patients were transferred to other facilities, amid ?critical safety issues.?

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Amy Schumer leaves a big tip at Union Oyster House

The comedian has a habit of treating servers well.

Dropping off a friend at Logan? It could cost you

More than 20 percent of the drivers entering Logan Airport are dropping off a friend or family member. What if they all had to pay for it?

7-year-old girl survives being choked and thrown from bridge into lake

Joshua Hubert, 35, of Worcester was arrested on kidnapping charges.

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