Head of State Police retires amid questions about altered arrest report

Colonel Richard McKeon retired Friday after revelations that he ordered troopers to remove embarrassing information from arrest reports about a judge?s daughter.

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Boston 25 News stopped its regular newscast Friday afternoon because of a ?threat? to the station?s Dedham facility, the station said on Twitter.

Providence police defend use of deadly force after I-95 shooting

Rhode Island authorities released video of the shooting, in which nine or 10 officers fired their weapons, killing a 32-year-old man.

Sergeant La David Johnson was one of four US soldiers killed in an ambush by Islamist militants in Niger last month.

US soldier in Niger ambush was bound and apparently executed, villagers say

The body of Sergeant La David Johnson was found with his arms tied and a gaping wound at the back of his head, according to two villagers.

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Exactly one year after the election, the nation has been giving him bad grades overall - so how do his fans in New Hampshire feel?

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Louis C.K. says allegations against him are true

Comedian Louis C.K. is confirming that the allegations made against him are true and expressing remorse, according to the Associated Press.

Gymnast Aly Raisman at Fenway Park last year.

Aly Raisman says team doctor assaulted her

The Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics and Needham native joins more than 130 other women who have said Larry Nassar sexually abused them.

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His party suddenly and bitingly divided, Alabama Republican Roy Moore emphatically rejected increasing pressure to abandon his Senate bid on Friday.

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School administrators are stuck with the complicated job of trying to explain to parents why the new MCAS has in many cases delivered dramatically lower scores.

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Shorthanded Celtics rally, top Hornets for 11th straight victory

Kyrie Irving was injured in an unlikely victory spurred on by the Celtics? defense.

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Twelve sectional finals were played as teams took one step closer to reaching the Super Bowls.

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Felger made insensitive comments on 98.5 The Sports Hub, but he also appears on NBC Sports Boston programs.

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Daniel Flores reportedly had testicular cancer, which is one of the most curable cancers, even when advanced, specialists said.

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Aron Baynes accidentally hit Irving in the first quarter and the guard was ruled out for the rest of the game.

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Patrick Marleau scored at 1:07 of the extra session.

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Seeking solutions to all gun violence

A Boston crime represents a type of gun violence that is even harder to solve than the mass shootings that are all too prevalent.

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The Rocket Man ? without a band ? played many of his hits to a gathering of local notables.

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Touring Bay State colleges with her 17-year-old, a California mom realizes where his heart lies.

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Will an awkward moment spoil things for this pair?

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One hundred years ago, one of the world?s top conductors was ensnared in a scandal involving patriotism and sex. It almost toppled Boston?s famed orchestra.

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The pursuit of political power ? no matter the compromises ? has become the only goal that seems to matter.

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An open letter to the owner of Amazon, proposing a true partnership that rewrites the relationship between a city and the big companies that call it home.

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Mark Smith wants to inject his dying daughter with a virus in hopes it might kill the bacteria rooted in her lungs.

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Joe Bagley, the city?s archeologist, expected to find a trove of 19th-century artifacts in the North End ? not a window into Boston as it existed nearly two centuries before that.

North End archeological dig finds 1600s artifacts

The pottery apparently was discarded by the family of John Jeffs, a mariner whose Atlantic trade enabled him to buy a house and two acres in 1656 in Boston?s original downtown.