Beacon Hill lawmakers barreled into the final hours of the session Tuesday with reams of major legislation still pending.
Verizon?s long-rumored major expansion in Boston is apparently official, though the telecom giant isn?t yet revealing details of its plans.
Anger grows over fatal Cotuit crash that killed new dad A district attorney blasted the probation department for failing to inform him about Mickey Rivera?s June arrest, saying prosecutors would have moved to revoke his bail if they had known.
Family mourns young mother dead after Cotuit crash ?She was an incredible mother, incredible,? Jorge Martell, said of his late fiancée, Jocelyn Goyette.
3 Boston library facilities managers are placed on leave The employees were suspended without pay on July 18. An official declined to identify them or discuss the reason they were placed on leave.
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Silver Line commutes could get quicker, with the opening of a small highway on-ramp Officials are taking a look at activists? calls to ?free the ramp.?
In tiny Blandford, frustrations over equipment and working conditions prompted police resignations All four members of the town?s police department resigned en masse Monday in protest, citing ?unsafe working conditions? and the inherent dangers of the job.
Facebook uncovers attempts to influence upcoming midterms The social network said it had removed 32 pages and fake accounts that engaged in activity around divisive social issues.
Judge issues order to stop release of 3-D plastic gun blueprints Eight Democratic attorneys general, including Maura Healey of Massachusetts, filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to block the move.
N.H. woman in wheelchair dies after being struck by Jeep Pauline Clark, 76, was in a motorized wheelchair crossing Route 3 when she was hit, police said.
Cambridge and Somerville say Bird scooters aren?t welcome without permits Bird electric scooters appeared in Cambridge and Somerville with no warning, and those localities are now taking action.
In opening remarks, Paul Manafort?s lawyers blame others In the first day of the trial, Manafort?s defense team tried to deflect blame to his longtime political consulting partner, Rick Gates.
US Vatican cardinal: ?Not once did I even suspect? McCarrick Cardinal Kevin Farrell insisted he never knew of the alleged sexual abuse of boys and adult seminarians by the former Archbishop of Washington, D.C.
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Xander Bogaerts drove in Boston?s run with a ground out in the sixth.
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Chris Sale goes on disabled list with shoulder inflammation The Red Sox described the issue with the ace?s left shoulder as ?mild.? Sale himself said, ?We?re not hiding anything . . . this is a little soreness.?
He was briefly college teammates with Dustin Pedroia and wanted to prove Dave Dombrowski wrong in his first stint with the executive.
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No inspection sticker means big trouble for one driver Al Lepera opened the envelope from the RMV to find a citation for driving without the sticker. It could cost him as much as $1,000 in fines and insurance surcharges.
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?If they touch it, you tip it?: The definitive guide to tipping while traveling With the help of etiquette experts, we?ve assembled a handy guide for tipping while traveling in the United States.
The locally-sourced food hall hopes it will find a larger audience with the move.
Mario Signore grew up in the family business, Brookline Ice. Now he wants to supply a different kind of commodity to the region.
Representatives from Thermo Fisher Scientific visited a Boston charter schcool and demonstrated experiments designed to ?hook? students on science.
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Instead of seizing on the chance to be a leader in transportation, Charlie Baker wants a study.
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On ?The Five,? Jesse Watters talked of limiting immigration to ?the best and brightest.? Globe reporter Eric Moskowitz did a little online sleuthing and posted a very interesting Twitter thread.
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John Kelly is Trump?s Maytag repairman ? unwanted and unnecessary The White House chief of staff has been neutered by a president that doesn?t need him.
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Trump?s fishing folly endangers marine national monuments The administration is preparing to eliminate protections for the handful of ?no take? ocean areas.
Take a look inside the Newport, R.I., home that Judge Judy just bought for $9 million Known as the ??Bird House,?? the home was owned by the late Dorrance Hill Hamilton, who died last year at the age of 88.
Trump?s rally in Tampa covers the usual topics: economy, enemies The president was in Florida campaigning for Republicans. His supporters showered him with praise.
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Undetectable plastic guns have arrived. Congress needs to act Federal law needs to keep pace with 3-D printed guns.
An oral history of LeBron James and the 2003 UMass-Boston Summer League How the 2003 Boston Summer League helped introduce LeBron James to the NBA.
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WATCH: How the brain transforms vision into action What we see often dictates how we act. We rarely give these actions any thought, but one MIT scientist is obsessed with them.
Seattle?s mayor talks growing pains that offer some lessons for Boston 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.
More about Last Seen: The Largest Unsolved Art Heist ever A true-crime podcast about the most valuable ? and confounding ? art heist in history: the theft of 13 irreplaceable artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
?We made three good moves ? probably not the one that got people excited outside of the clubhouse,? Sox manager Alex Cora said.
The superintendent-in-chief will be promoted during a ceremony at Morning Star Baptist Church in Mattapan.
More Americans signed contracts to purchase homes in June compared to May, but the volume of pending sales has slipped over the past year.
President Trump says he is consulting with the National Rifle Association over whether it makes sense for a Texas company to publish downloadable blueprints for a 3D-printed gun.
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a weekend attack on Western tourists in Tajikistan that left four people dead, including two American cyclists.
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WASHINGTON ? Senior administration officials are clashing over President Donald Trump?s plan to roll back a major environmental rule and let cars emit more tailpipe pollution, according to 11 people familiar with the confrontation, in a dispute over whether the proposal can withstand legal challenge.
It?s a tight job market in Mass., and employers want the skills Necco?s former employees possess. ?It?s very encouraging,? said one laid-off worker.
Viktorina Kapitonova has taken the leap to join the troupe for the 2018-19 season as a principal dancer, arriving from Ballett Zürich.
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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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