MassDOT toll-free perk went on for workers, retirees, despite warning
The issue of state employee perks has taken on new urgency amid a state comptroller investigation into the untold number of untaxed benefits given to public employees.
The issue of state employee perks has taken on new urgency amid a state comptroller investigation into the untold number of untaxed benefits given to public employees.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that suicide rates went up significantly in 44 states, and in 25 of them, including Massachusetts, the increases exceeded 30 percent.
When the president arrives Friday in Quebec, he will find US alliances badly frayed, turning Trump?s tariffs into the focus of the G-7 summit.
Scott Tingle recalled looking down at Earth during his spacewalk outside the International Space Station, his view framed by nothing more than his space visor.
NESTOR RAMOS
If Phocian Fitts feels as if he did nothing wrong, that?s in part the result of a justice system that has long been very quick to excuse motorists.
If an agreement can?t be reached on the minimum wage issue ? which is tied to complicated negotiations over paid family and medical leave and a sales tax cut ? all three issues could go before voters in the fall.
He once called Donald Trump ?a con man,? but Romney is predicting that Trump will ?easily? win his party?s presidential nomination in 2020 and ?solidly? win a second term.
The Trump administration said in a court filing late Thursday that it will no longer defend key parts of the Affordable Care Act.
The motorized wheelchair was returned Thursday afternoon, a day after it was mistakenly picked up by a scrap metals collector, Malden police said.
?In our family . . . we do not believe in dynastic politics. Levi is running his own campaign in his own way,? US Senator Bernie Sanders said in a statement.
Republican Governor Charlie Baker?s reelection campaign has a potent weapon: More than three years of praise from high-ranking Democrats.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
The trainer?s closeness to Edelman could have repercussions with the Belichick-Tom Brady relationship.
TIGERS 7, RED SOX 2
The Sox fell, 7-2, Thursday night at Fenway, snapping a four-game winning streak.
PETER ABRAHAM I ON BASEBALL
For the 23-year-old Benintendi, celebrity is harder to deal with than opposing pitchers.
The Army is looking for a place for a Futures Command headquarters, and Greater Boston is on the short list.
Sean D. Tucker will perform his ?Sky Dance? for one of the last times during Rhode Island?s Air National Guard Show Saturday and Sunday in Providence.
The discovery could be a breakthrough in several biomedical areas, including gene therapy.
On Sept. 9, 1919, more than 1,100 Boston police officers went on strike.
The social media giant said a software glitch last month caused posts believed to be just for friends to become public.
A McKinsey study suggests how cities could improve public services by wider adoption of ?smart? technologies.
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Just six months after landing in the chair once occupied by Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather (and Katie Couric and Scott Pelley), Glor may be pushed out because of lackluster ratings.
Mr. Duncan, one of the foremost photojournalists of the 20th century, died Thursday in the south of France. He was 102.
The Boomer Issue | Magazine
As kids they loved Frisbee and Wiffle ball. As retirees they?ve taken to another oddly-named game.
A Boston Globe event series on how technology and the tech economy are reshaping our world.
Love Letters Podcast
Meredith Goldstein explores how to move on when a relationship ends.
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EDITORIAL
Some of the same waste management companies that fought the bottle bill are not living up to their end of the bargain.
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Jaimee was beloved. Jaimee was struggling. Then Jaimee was gone. Her family threw everything into solving the first mystery ? who killed her. The second was so much harder. How could they live on without her?
Drug makers, insurers, and other interest groups are engaging in a heavy-handed drive to tailor the bills to their liking.
Lars Eller and Devante Smith-Pelly scored in the third period as Washington came from behind to beat Vegas and win the Stanley Cup.
?Lockdown, lockdown, Lock the door; Shut the lights off, Say no more,? the poster read.
You don?t need to save 20 percent of a home?s value for a down payment. Really.
??I?m sorry I don?t respect a porn star the way I respect a career woman or a woman of substance or a woman who isn?t going to sell her body for sexual exploitation,?? Rudy Giuliani said.
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General Motors says it's expanding a hands-free driver assist system to all vehicles starting in 2020
The United States hopes to one day normalize relations with North Korea, Trump said Thursday.
Law firms, equipment makers, and others tout their importance to the industry during the convention?s final day.
?Angels in America,? ?Harry Potter,? ?My Fair Lady,? and ?The Band?s Visit? lead the list of contenders.
It?s an eerie mood piece that slowly and surely tightens the thumb screws before all hell breaks loose.
For five seasons, Chip and Joanna Gaines were the darlings of HGTV with their popular home-improvement show ??Fixer Upper.??
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As the spring house hunt gets underway and National College Decision Day nears, thoughts are turning to campus housing.
The Big Picture
Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month.
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