DA, police at odds over Somerville detective?s fate

A text from Somerville Police Detective Dante DiFronzo led to a bloody confrontation at a home on Alston Street, according to city documents.

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A woman was killed and two other pedestrians were injured after a young driver struck them in Medford late Sunday afternoon, officials said.

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When a state trooper arrived at the crash scene, he observed no signs of impairment and sent the driver on her way. Nineteen minutes later, a man was dead.

Sean P. Murphy | The Fine Print

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The government claimed Jared Coppola owed the money because he earned a few thousand dollars as a summer intern in 2014, disqualifying him for benefits during those months.

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Cosby?s deposition ? in which he admitted giving women drugs to have sex with them ? was the evidence that made one juror believe he was guilty.

Beyond lower prices, T-Mobile has been a driving force behind giving consumers more flexibility.

What does the T-Mobile/Sprint merger mean for customers?

The combined company, which would be called T-Mobile, would cover about 100 million customers. Here?s what you need to know.

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One woman says she was turned down for a promotion at Brigham and Women's Hospital because she was black. Another says when she stood up for her colleague, the hospital retaliated against her.

One injured, 20 displaced by fire in Amherst apartment

Firefighters arrived at the scene early this morning to find flames coming from the third-story windows of a six-unit apartment building occupied by colleges students.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/08/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/583a09aab8544218801a31eee192299c-583a09aab8544218801a31eee192299c-0.jpg A Nobel Peace Prize for Trump? South Korea?s president says yes

If officials in South Korea were genuinely grateful to the US president, they were also seen as stoking the ego of the impulsive leader so he would continue to support diplomacy.

Students walked out of Lincoln Sudbury High School to protest the school's handling of a sexual assault case.

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Hundreds of students walk out of Lincoln-Sudbury high school to protest handling of sex assault allegations

The students walked out in response to a sexual assault that allegedly occured on the campus in November, 2013.

Lisa Quigley, of Somerville,  walked the Wollaston Beach with her sister and couldn't resist getting her feet wet as she waded in to look for shells last week.

Dave Epstein

A look at how hot it will get this week, and what that means for New Englanders

Some New Englanders will be putting on the air conditioning just days after the furnace was cranking.

New England Patriots helmets are seen on the bench during the first half of an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017, in Orchard Park, N.Y. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)

Here?s everything the Patriots did since the 2018 NFL Draft started

New England drafted nine players and made eight trades over the course of the draft.

Patriots NFL Draft coverage

   

NORA PRINCIOTTI

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Among them are a left-footed punter and another Georgia Bulldog.

Chad Finn

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Some interesting names turn up when you check baseball-reference?s top comparisons for each current Red Sox player.

Michael A. Cohen

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It?s bad enough for journalists and politicians to be buddying up. It?s worse when it?s being done with an administration that has no respect for the free press.

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 28: Sarah Huckabee Sanders attends the 2018 White House Correspondents' Dinner at Washington Hilton on April 28, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Was Michelle Wolf out of line with her correspondents? dinner jokes?

Conservatives reacted with outrage to Wolf?s humor before her routine had wrapped up, particularly her jokes about Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Kellyanne Conway.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/Tree.jpg Mystery solved: Here?s why the Trump-Macron friendship tree vanished from the White House grounds

The French president?s office says there?s nothing mysterious about the disappearance of an oak tree he planted on the White House lawn.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-15176.jpg He mistook the island of Jersey for the state of New Jersey. So residents crowdfunded a visit for him

A Massachusetts man who told a Facebook group he ?never heard of Jersey? ended up receiving an all-expenses-paid trip after locals started a GoFundMe page.

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A group of judges in Santa Monica, Calif., determined the wave surfed by Rodrigo Koxa off Portugal was the largest ever tamed.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Latest Episode

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After a breakup, we should feel more and think less ? so crank your playlist and let the emotions flow.

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Mainers expressed mixed feelings about an electric conduit for Massachusetts running through their communities.

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Real Estate

Recycling Boston?s architectural history one piece at a time

Having spent much of his life collecting the detritus of changing neighborhoods, Walter Santory is blessed with an expert knowledge of architectural history that you can't get from a PhD program.

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