One official briefed on the matter said Stephen Paddock had been Googling Fenway Park and the Boston Center for the Arts. The official said it was unclear whether Paddock was ever in the city.
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Fear on both sides makes answers hard to find in gun debate To understand who has these guns, think about them like we think about the distribution of wealth ? the top has a lot, while the rest have a little or none.
NRA offers some support for rules on rapid-fire device The move was a stunning shift for an organization that has bitterly fought any new gun control rules for years.
KEVIN CULLEN
After Las Vegas, Bill Bratton?s prescription doesn?t fit in a sound bite The former head of police departments in Boston, New York, and Los Angeles offers post-massacre observations.
Las Vegas shooter may have planned more attacks, including car bombing A US official says investigators are looking into the possibility Stephen Paddock planned additional attacks, including a car bombing.
Trump plans to announce he will ?decertify? Iran deal President Trump plans to announce that he will ??decertify?? the international nuclear deal with Iran, saying it is not in the national interest of the US.
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Self-proclaimed populists love to blame ?over-educated know-it-alls? for the government?s ills. Now the scapegoating has taken a dangerous turn.
GOP Rep. Tim Murphy resigning after reports of affair Murphy, an antiabortion lawmaker, allegedly urged his mistress to get an abortion when he thought she was pregnant.
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Federal prosecutors launch investigation of prominent surgeon who double-booked operations The US attorney?s office may be looking at whether Dr. David Samadi was in the operating room for ?critical parts? of his surgeries.
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PATRIOTS 19, BUCCANEERS 14
The much-maligned defense turned in its best effort of the season in win over Tampa Bay.
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Nine Innings: The Red Sox looked bad, but that doesn?t mean it?s over The Red Sox lost Game 1 of their series with the Astros 8-2.
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Rookies Jake DeBrusk and Charlie McAvoy scored goals for Boston.
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Several authors said they would boycott a festival at the Massachusetts museum over a mural that, they say, promotes racial stereotypes.
Harvey Weinstein to take leave amid sexual harassment report The move comes after a report alleging decades of sexual harassment against women, including employees and actress Ashley Judd.
Shirley Leung
It?s time for Boston to bring in the closer for our Amazon bid Imagine a pitch centered around the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Clinton Global Initiative University coming to Northeastern Former President Bill Clinton and daughter, Chelsea, will lead the 10th annual university initiative Oct. 13-15.
State Street settles complaint over equal pay for female and black executives The pay practices covered a two-year period and affected 305 female executives and 15 black vice presidents.
Activists march against Airbnb rentals they say are squeezing Chinatown Advocacy groups organized a march from Chinatown to the State House Thursday to bring attention to the issue.
White Mountains fire spreads, could burn for days, fire chief says A passerby told firefighters leaving the woods Tuesday night that a streaking meteor had crashed near the site of the fire.
The Season Ticket podcast On the eve of a new hockey season in Boston, Kevin Paul Dupont joined Chris Gasper to talk about the outlook for the Bruins. Then, columnist Chad Finn chatted all things Celtics.
108 Stitches Red Sox reporter Alex Speier writes about everything baseball with an eye for analytics and an insider?s knowledge of the game.
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Children of priests step out of the shadows A growing number of people who say their fathers are priests are speaking out, drawing attention to an invisible legion of suffering.
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Irreconcilable differences: Just go, Rex. Go! It?s a thankless role to be cast as lead diplomat for the least diplomatic president in memory.
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IBM lobbying blitz seeks to shield Watson supercomputer from regulation A STAT examination shows the lengths to which IBM has gone to shield Watson from government scrutiny.
The lefthander, who gave up nine homers in his final five regular-season starts, allowed three more Thursday.
Boston bars need a game plan to manage their TVs with Thursday?s three potentially overlapping games.
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It takes a lot to unite Congress in outrage these days, given how divided along party lines it?s become. Equifax this week managed that feat.
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Police in a New Hampshire city are planning to crack down on loud motorcycles
A comedian managed to walk up to May during a speech and hand her a P45, a form given to people in Britain being laid off.
The Irish investors who bought the steakhouse group are turning to decidedly unexotic locales in the US suburbs for expansion.
The Swedish Academy cited the British author for ?novels of great emotional force.?
We are living in a time that?s awash in disaster ? natural, environmental, societal. It?s time to wake up.
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Photographers from the Globe captured images of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, remembering the Sept. 11 attacks, signs of fall, and the football season in full swing.
