Don?t expect Boston to follow New York City?s aggressive clamp-down on Uber and Lyft.
Does the Electoral College disenfranchise voters? A Harvard Law professor, former governor William Weld, and Al Gore?s onetime attorney argue that the Electoral College system encourages presidential candidates to devote all their time to a handful of swing states and ignore the vast majority of the country.
The account from Katherine Domitrovich, owner of Lola?s in Oak Bluff?s, was starkly different from statements that photographer Peter Simon gave previously to police and the Globe.
Police in the eastern Canadian city of Fredericton say a suspect is in custody after a shooting left four people dead, including two police officers.
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Former public radio host Tom Ashbrook launches new online media venture The website, ashbrookinterviews.com, features conversations between Ashbrook and various cultural luminaries, similar to the format he adopted for his syndicated ?On Point? program.
A Somerset Police Department cruiser and a sedan collided early Friday as the cruiser was responding to an emergency call.
The Friday morning tweet from President Donald Trump caused Turkish currency to fall further.
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Bird enthusiasts have flocked to Biddeford, Maine, this week to get a glimpse of a hawk that has only been seen in the United States once before.
They arrived at TD Garden on Wednesday night facing an admittedly Herculean task: trying to replace the Boston Bruins? decidedly irreplacable Rene Rancourt.
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Many of us aren?t very good at recycling, throwing items in bins that simply don?t belong there. Environmental advocates call that ?wish-cycling? or ?optimistic recycling,? and it?s not helping.
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Adjusting to different players wearing familiar numbers, early impressions of the defense and running back competition, and more.
Julian Edelman was fired up over his return to the field The wide receiver saw his first live game action since suffering a season-ending ACL injury in the preseason finale last year.
The president is back to criticizing NFL players, tweeting his disapproval Friday morning against the handful of demonstrations that took place during the preseason games around the country Thursday night.
Mookie Betts becomes third Red Sox leadoff hitter to ever hit for the cycle He is now the 21st player in Red Sox history to hit for the cycle.
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Even in a rare loss, extraordinary things happen with this Red Sox team On a night that didn?t go their way, Mookie Betts and J.D. Martinez provided the entertainment.
Photos: Jimmy Buffett performs at Fenway Park Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band performed Thursday night at Fenway Park, the band?s first time back since they played two gigs there in 2004.
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Three local companies are using technology to make working out more appealing.
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The Populist Academy Awards? [eye roll] These scrappy popular films, with their nine-figure budgets and ginormous box office hauls, need the extra attention as much as the wealthy need a tax cut.
Now hiring: teenagers (and anyone else willing to work) After years of falling employment rates, the share of teens with jobs has been rising in a historically tight labor market where the number of job openings exceeded the number of job seekers for the first time on record this year.
?Crazy Rich Asians? comes to the screen with big expectations The movie arrives with big expectations from readers ? and viewers.
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What Spike Lee said to Barack Obama on a Martha?s Vineyard golf course ?I could see on his face ? that shock,? Lee said in the latest Time cover story. ?It was Aug. 12, year of our Lord, 2017.
Striking sheet metal workers want bigger piece of the building boom After making concessions during the recession, Local 17 members look to share in the wealth.
The only known photo of John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe is up for auction No photo was believed to have been taken of Monroe and Kennedy together the night she sang her unforgettable rendition of ?Happy Birthday? ? or ever.
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In Boston this weekend, it will be super to be a fan Fan Expo Boston takes over the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center starting Friday for three days of nerding out.
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The road to the White House runs through the Ivy League Many potential 2020 contenders graduated from Ivy League schools. Historically speaking, that?s not unusual.
TSA tracking travelers like terrorists in secret surveillance program Air marshals are conducting a new domestic surveillance program, tracking people as they fly and move through airports. It might be illegal.
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Can this man bring science back to the White House? Meteorologist Kelvin Droegemeier could soon become the country?s top-ranking scientist.
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.
The Sox had a six-game win streak snapped with their second loss in 12 games. With the Yankees winning, their lead in the American League East was trimmed to eight games.
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Just two weeks after a toddler was struck and killed by a van that went over a curb, hundreds of South Boston residents demanded the city improve safety in the neighborhood.
WELLESLEY: 12 Nantucket Road; One-family Colonial, built in 2017, 6,101 square feet, 11 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 7 baths, on 21,110-square-foot lot.
Advocates say they?ll continue their push for college surveys.
The move comes after election officials discovered a mistake in the listing for one county?s results in the state?s tally of votes.
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The two Democratic candidates for governor, Jay Gonzalez and Bob Massie, are keying in on transportation in their bids to unseat Charlie Baker.
The former Massachusetts governor wants to set standards for the use of artificial intelligence.
?The Late Bloomers? Club? tells the story of a local diner owner and her sister with filmmaking aspirations.
Every couple of years, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences does something so deeply screwy that those of us who care find ourselves doing a classic spit-take.
Long before movies, people were entertained by scrolling panoramas and panorama barkers, who narrated the harrowing tales depicted. One of the biggest of these paintings is now on view in New Bedford.
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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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Photographers capture communities gathering at events organized to celebrate a variety of cultural observances.
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