Mass. woman killed at Calif. veterans home was doing ?what she loved?

This Sept. 2012 photo provided by Tom Turner shows Christine Loeber, a victim of the veterans home shooting on Friday, March 9, 2018 in Yountville, Calif, Loeber was executive director of the Pathway Home, a treatment program for veterans from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. (Tom Turner via AP)

Tom Turner via AP

Christine Loeber, one of the three hostages killed by a former US soldier, earned a master?s degree at the Boston College School of Social Work in 2008 before moving to California.

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The Justice Department?s regulation would classify the hardware as a machine gun banned under federal law.

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President Trump tweeted that he spoke with the Chinese president and the Japanese prime minister since agreeing to talks with North Korea.

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President Trump would be able to dispatch Secret Service agents to polling places nationwide during a federal election, if a provision in a Homeland Security reauthorization bill remains.

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Lawmakers have occasionally approved a single weekend tax holiday but have shied away from making it permanent, pointing to the loss of revenue to the state.

Duxbury, MA - 3/5/2018 -Chris(L) and Paula White pose for a portrait in their home in Duxbury, MA, Mar. 5, 2018. The Whites sold gourmet cookie dough and ice cream cookie sandwiches until the producer of their ice cream Fieldbrook Foods, changed the recipe, making their ice cream an icy mess. The couple filed suit against Fieldbrook in 2015, and have essentially gone out of business while they've been fighting their lawsuit. (Keith Bedford/Globe Staff)

Keith Bedford/Globe Staff

How the partnership between 600 lb Gorillas and Mister Cookie Face crumbled

It?s 600 lb Gorillas, a cookie maker, against Mister Cookie Face, the company that supplied the ice cream for its ice cream sandwiches.

Indira A. R. Lakshmanan

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Trump?s strategy comes with serious risks.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/928552606.jpg Feds tell state officials to back off student loan debt collectors

Betsy DeVos has a message for Attorney General Maura Healey and officials in other states hoping to rein in student loan debt collectors: Back off.

Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., asks a question of Budget Director Mick Mulvaney during a the House Budget Committee hearing, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Seth Moulton rips Chinese institute, wants it off college campuses

Representative Seth Moulton has urged two colleges in Mass. to cut ties with on-campus institutes that have ties to the Chinese government.

Crowds of people turned out Saturday at the Atherton Hough School in Quincy for help after recent storms.

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Thousands remain without power after recent storms

Officials said a man who died from carbon monoxide poisoning was a former city firefighter in Methuen. Two generators had been running in his house?s basement.

Charlotte Carroll went to grab a lawn chair adrift in her flooded yard on the Marshfield-Duxbury line.

This South Shore neighborhood?s been flooded for a week

It?s been seven days since the first of two nor?easters inundated a seaside neighborhood on the border of Marshfield and Duxbury.

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Chuck Campion, adviser to Democratic presidential campaigns, dies at 62

Chuck Campion, who died March 7, was a veteran of several Democratic presidential campaigns. ?He was a great example of somebody who loved politics, and did it, and did it well,? Michael Dukakis said.

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New England also got a 2018 fifth-round pick in the deal. In return, Cleveland gets a 2019 third-round pick.

Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins (8) rolls out of the pocket to pass during an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Roger Steinman)

BEN VOLIN | SUNDAY FOOTBALL NOTES

Here?s a look at the latest buzz in NFL free agency

The floodgates will open on Wednesday at 4 p.m., with a flurry of player movement.

Boston, MA - 3/10/2018 - (3rd period) Boston Bruins right wing Brian Gionta (12) celebrates with Boston Bruins left wing Jake DeBrusk (74) after scoring what turned out to be the game winning goal during the third period. The Boston Bruins host the Chicago Blackhawks in Garden matinee. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Kevin P. Dupont , Topic: 11Blackhawks-Bruins, LOID: 8.4.1196757382.

BRUINS 7, BLACKHAWKS 4

Bruins pour it on late to notch sixth consecutive win

Boston scored four goals in the third period, from David Pastrnak and Sean Kuraly and newcomers Brian Gionta and Rick Nash.

Olivia Wells, 10 (left), and Emily Grenadine, 11, both from Methuen, had their pies ready to throw at City Hall Plaza.

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They wanted to set a world record for throwing pies for upcoming Pi Day

City Hall Plaza in Boston was the scene of a mess Saturday as hundreds and hundreds of people turned out to try to set a new world record.

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A team attempted to rescue a pregnant harbor porpoise near Dorchester Bay during the nor?easter Wednesday, but the animal died before the team arrived.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/27/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/wiggs_Avelino_03.jpg If you?re over 65, here?s one of the best-kept secrets in Mass.

Massachusetts allows cash-strapped homeowners over age 65 to defer paying property taxes, a way to stay in their homes amid rising tax bills.

THOMAS FARRAGHER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumacki_PlymouthTidmarshWildlifeSanctuary_metro264.jpg ?What you see here is nature taking its course?

The real wonder of this place? That it exists at all in the state?s largest town, where development pressures are intense.

Dinner With Cupid

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Will a decade-long age gap prove a dealbreaker for these daters?

Munch Madness 2018: The top restaurants in Boston

A la March Madness, local restaurants are pitted against each other. Vote now to make sure your favorite place wins.

Debuting Love Letters: The Podcast

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In Season One, Meredith Goldstein explores this question through intimate stories of love and heartbreak and confessions from her own life.

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When belligerents are talking, they?re not fighting.

Modeling?s glamour hides web of abuse

The fashion industry is built on glamour and allure, but many models, especially the very young, know it for something else: sexual exploitation and abuse.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/levine_xref_teze.jpg Inside the ?cult? that catapulted conductor James Levine?s career

At the beginning of the maestro?s 50-year career, Levine ran what some young musicians considered a cult, allegedly making members take loyalty tests and engage in group sex.

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Quincy-03/02/18- A rescue worker holds a crying baby rescued with her mother from a flooded home on Post Island Road. Many water rescue evacuations took place at residences flooded on Post Island Road in the Houghs Neck section of Quincy. Quincy firefighters used beats and front end loaders to rescue many residents. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(metro)

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Back to back nor?easter storms slam Massachusetts

Two nor?easter storms in the past week have brought snow, power outages and flooding to towns across Massachusetts.

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