Writer Tom Wolfe dies at 88

FILE - In this July 26, 2016 file photo, American author and journalist Tom Wolfe, Jr. appears in his living room during an interview about his latest book,

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Wolfe chronicled everything from hippies to the space race before turning his sharp eye to fiction.

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Republicans are paying little heed to Senator John McCain?s warnings about Gina Hapsel, President Trump?s pick to lead the CIA. Senator Angus King has taken notice.

Winds could gust up to 40 miles per hour during Tuesday?s storms, forecasters said.

Much of Mass. could see severe weather this afternoon

The most likely time for the turbulent weather to descend on Central and Western Massachusetts is from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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The chance for hail, strong winds, and tornadoes is highest in the western part of the state, but Boston could still see heavy rain and thunder.

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The comedians, each known for their respective shows on Comedy Central, will join forces for a handful of stand-up gigs next month.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/davis_sc4_met.jpg ?Sweet Caroline?? To some fans, this tradition is no good (no good, no good)

After 15 years, even some of the song?s once-ardent supporters are wondering if it?s time to change things up at Fenway Park.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/3ab1ede51e6a40f5b8c615e25fc429e1-3ab1ede51e6a40f5b8c615e25fc429e1-0.jpg Western Mass. man to plead guilty to charges in terror plot to attack university

Alexander Ciccolo will plead guilty to federal charges stemming from his alleged plot to attack a state university with guns and explosives on behalf of the Islamic State.

Commissioner says Boston firefighter fired over social media posts

Fire Commissioner Joseph Finn said Octavius Rowe, a 15-year-veteran of the department, was fired for ?hateful and violent language.?

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In 2016, 89 women applied to work in the Boston Fire Department. None made the force, according to state data.

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A water-gun-armed Cameron Conley, a senior at Medway High School, was in the backyard of his ?Senior Assassin? target, texting his friends Rob DiGregorio and Joey Bevilacqua, who dropped him off and were waiting around the corner in Bevilacqua's car.

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Stakeouts. Ambushes. Water guns. Must be ?Senior Assassin? season. . .

Despite the current social climate ? as well as pleas from school officials to put the game to rest ? ?Senior Assassin? remains a widely popular springtime tradition for high school seniors.

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NoiseScore will help research scientist Erica Walker gather data on a little-studied pollution.

Mr. Pothier was stationed at Clark Field in the Philippines when Japan struck Pearl Harbor.

?He came home and lived his life to the fullest.? Mass. man who survived Bataan Death March dies at 99

Bernard Pothier was awarded a Bronze Star in 2016 and was promoted to sergeant from corporal last fall.

Opinion | Niall Ferguson

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I wish I had a fistful of dollars for every article I have read in the past year about the foolishness of Trump?s foreign policy.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Boghosian_25common3_ART-15855.jpg Keytar Bear in hibernation after breaking foot

The bruin busker that delights locals and tourists alike on the streets of Boston has sustained an injury that has kept him from accepting at least one gig.

Cavaliers at Celtics | 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)

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Will this be a rebound game for LeBron James and the Cavaliers, or can the Celtics take a 2-0 series lead?

ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND JAN. 17-18--This is an April 1994 file photo showing former Boston Celtic Robert Parish waving to the crowd at the Boston Garden in Boston, during one of his last games as a Celtic. Parish will have his well-known jersey number-00 retired in ceremonies in Boston at the FleetCenter, Sunday, Jan. 18, 1998. (AP Photo/Jon Chase,File) library tag 12081999 sports Library Tag 09052003 Sports

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Robert Parish had a lot to say about the Celtics

The former Celtics center shared his thoughts on Brad Stevens and the team?s postseason run.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/RRAuction_xxcapone_02_met.jpg They finally got Al Capone for tax evasion. But what about plagiarism?

For the longest time, it was thought that the gangster wrote and composed his own love songs.

First lady Melania Trump.

What is ?embolization?? Local experts weigh in

Embolization is used to deliberately block blood vessels to starve some kind of growth or stop some kind of bleeding, an MGH doctor said.

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The Mother?s Day post is the first time Ricki Lander has publicly shared a picture of her daughter, whose name she hasn?t revealed.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/PeterSutters-TheInquirerandMirror_15bunkerhill_11_met.jpg This Cold War bunker was once a secret. Now it could be a museum

Why a secret? It was to be used by President Kennedy and his family if there was a nuclear war.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/15/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/malaysia-plane-77c871fe-57a9-11e8-8836-a4a123c359ab.jpg There?s a disturbing new theory about what happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

A team of analysts suspect that the plane?s 2014 disappearance and apparent crash was a suicide by the pilot ? and a premeditated act of mass murder.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/15/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_14Y6XL.jpg A windshield shattered on a plane in China, pulling the pilot partly through the window

?When I looked over to my side, half of my co-pilot?s body was hanging out of the window,? said one of the passenger jet pilots.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Love Letters Podcast

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It?s easy to say you?ll remain chummy with your ex. It?s much harder to actually do.

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Barry Brown should be on Beacon Hill on Wednesday to explain himself.

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