Attorney General Maura Healey said the proposed hospital combination could increase health care costs and threaten access to care.
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Ex-Patriots player Brandon Browner now charged with attempted murder Former NFL cornerback Brandon Browner has been charged with trying to kill his ex-girlfriend after breaking into her Southern California home.
The US attorney for Massachusetts gave an apparent green light to the state?s recreational marijuana industry, saying he would instead concentrate on the opioid crisis.
Accomplished filmmaker and therapist from Concord dies on Nantucket Jenny Phillips apparently drowned Monday evening after jumping from her small sailboat to swim to shore on Nantucket.
Head of school at Boston University Academy is suddenly out Boston University has fired Ari Betof, the head of Boston University Academy, a small private high school that it operates on its campus.
Trump tweeted about an Emerson College poll. But his facts weren?t quite right The president?s Twitter post doesn?t tell the whole story, according to the Emerson professor who helped lead the study.
On Tuesday, the ??all-star?? team of expert cave divers from at least six countries completed the mission once feared impossible.
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Alan Dershowitz jabs at Elizabeth Warren, dishes on Vineyard drama on ?The View? The Harvard Law professor emeritus has taken some heat for his defense of President Trump.
American workers? willingness to quit ? often for better pay ? hits a 17-year high The proportion of American workers who quit their jobs in May reached the highest level in 17 years, a sign that more people are confident they can find a new job, probably at higher pay.
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There?s a steady stream of incidents where a white person calls or threatens to call the police on black or brown people doing mundane things.
Red Sox 8, Rangers 4
Spot starter Hector Velazquez limited Rangers to one run in three innings, and five relievers held on for the win at Fenway Park.
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With Pedroia?s return this season still uncertain, the Red Sox may look outside the organization to bolster the position.
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How Democrats would be better off if Bill Clinton had never been president Our 42nd president may have had some noble goals, but poor execution led to devastating consequences for the nation and for his party.
At Harvard Law School, he?s Professor Kavanaugh Brett Kavanaugh, nominated by President Trump for the Supreme Court, was a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, where he was well-liked by both students and faculty members.
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The lack of diversity is not just history inside Boston?s academic medical centers. It?s also very much the present inside Boston?s academic medical centers, a Globe survey finds.
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New PGA Tour format is good for golf, but at Boston?s expense The shift to wrapping up the playoffs by the end of August was the right move, but Boston golf fans are forced to sacrifice.
Toast, a fast-growing supplier of restaurant technology, says it has achieved ?unicorn? status The Boston startup said it is now valued at $1.4 billion, a big number for a tech startup.
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What?s on the menu at Falmouth?s Buffalo Jump? ?Weird food that only weirdos like? Falmouth restaurant the Buffalo Jump is pushing the limits of New England cuisine. Don?t expect a lobster roll.
The DEA just put out a new list of slang terms for marijuana, and some of them are pretty hilarious If you?re looking to purchase some legal marijuana in Massachusetts, you might want to get ready to ask for some . . . ?shoes??
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For conservatives, years of effort pay off in Kavanaugh nod There are some lessons in the conservative victory that?s likely to come, no matter how much Democrats protest.
For refugees in Kenya, an education in hope The Kakuma Refugee Camp is a holding center for thousands dispossessed by war and conflict. A New Hampshire university has made it the focus of its global plans.
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Watch ?Runnin??: The opioid crisis hits Somerville ?Runnin?,? now available for purchase on Vimeo, takes an intimate look at a group of friends in Somerville who came of age as the opioid epidemic took hold and morphed into a national nightmare. It retraces the lives of friends lost, and one last member of the group struggling to avoid the same fate.
Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan spoke at a Globe event on how innovation is shaping our world, and she?s in high demand among the hundreds of mayors gathered in Boston.
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Samuel Umtiti scored the only goal with a header in the 51st minute.
There are more than 190,000 foreign-born residents in Boston, making up about 28.4 percent of the city?s population.
The stench is a combo of garlic, sour sweat, cheese, boiled cabbage, and dead fish.
Tom Steyer, a former hedge fund manager, was set to hold an impeachment meeting in Boston on Tuesday night and another in New Hampshire on Wednesday night.
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Nissan Motor Co. says it has altered results of exhaust emissions and fuel economy tests of its new vehicles sold in Japan.
The relatively slow pace of unwinding the Trump administration?s family separation policy fell short of an original court order.
Pfizer Inc. agreed to defer substantial price hikes that went into effect just last week CEO Ian Read met with President Trump.
The worst people in TV?s post-millennial era are also the most complicated. Think Livia Soprano or Cersei Lannister.
Family camp-style vacations are wildly popular, fueled by a desire to escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life to spend quality time together.
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Spring House Hunt: Should parents buy property in a college town? As the spring house hunt gets underway and National College Decision Day nears, thoughts are turning to campus housing.
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Established in 1992 following the arrival the ?Lost Boys of Sudan? and with a population of nearly 190,000, the UNHCR refugee camp in Kakuma, Kenya, now resembles a sprawling shanty town.
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