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Republicans abruptly laid plans for a Senate committee hearing next week at which Kavanaugh and the woman alleging he sexually assaulted her decades ago will testify publicly.
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Senate panel must fully investigate accuser?s claims A he-said/she-said isn?t enough. The FBI should investigate Christine Blasey Ford?s sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Pipes carrying natural gas through three Merrimack Valley communities were under high pressure Thursday when dozens of explosions and fires erupted.
Heavy rain is expected Tuesday as New England feels effects of Florence A flash flood watch will be in effect in southern New England from Monday night through late Tuesday, with up to 3 inches of rain an hour possible in some places.
Recount makes Trahan?s win official in Third District primary The former top Boston City Hall aide who had requested a recount in the primary conceded the race Monday and called on Democrats to unite behind Lori Trahan.
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Several people called 911 after a Revere man was attacked by a shark on Saturday.
After deadly attack, officials plan to meet to discuss shark safety efforts State and local officials will discuss what steps should be taken to improve safety along the Cape Cod coastline.
Trump imposes tariffs on $200 billion more of Chinese goods The fresh round of tariffs in the trade war comes on top of $50 billion worth of Chinese products taxed this year.
Fatalities mount in Florence?s aftermath with water still rising The death toll climbed to at least 31 as crews used helicopters and boats to rescue stranded people. Wilmington, N.C., was virtually cut off, amid warnings that flooding could increase in some places.
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Emmy Awards
It was clear the night was doubling as an episode of ?Saturday Night Live? ? a not-great episode at that.
Emmy Awards
Say one thing for the 2018 Emmy Awards: Celebrities tried to break out of the boring fashion rut that has so dominated the red carpet for the past couple of seasons.
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Patriots acquire WR Josh Gordon, and it?s a no-brainer New England sent a fifth-round pick to the Cleveland Browns for the talented but troubled wide receiver.
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Nearly two months after Oumou Kanoute wrote about her encounter with the Smith campus police, her life on campus is markedly different.
Longtime UMass Amherst worker says he is ?stressed out? by racial profiling incident The person in question was a longtime school employee reporting to his job after a morning workout, officials said.
Laid-off older workers file age discrimination complaint against IBM A federal age discrimination complaint brought against IBM Corp. this morning alleges the technology giant systematically fired tens of thousands of older workers.
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The Massachusetts Gaming Commission reported today that MGM received nearly $9.5 million in gross gaming revenues for its first eight days.
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Pass the Airbnb tax already Beacon Hill should agree to fixes Governor Charlie Baker sent back.
Stranger in the house
The US has a huge need for home health care, and many from Ghana do the hard work The need for home care is soaring, and much of it is done by immigrants willing to take on this hard and low-paying work.
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The popular former NESN play-by-play voice will team up with the Red Sox Hall of Famer this Sunday.
Salvatore Caraviello was unhappy about the silence that followed allegations of theft at St. Mary?s. According to his lawyer, he?s now on the brink of losing his job.
The first thing you should do is leave --- immediately. Stay up-to-date on the gas explosions in Lawrence, Andover, and North Andover on Boston.com.
Will the presence of a Trump enthusiast such as Diehl on the GOP ticket cause Democrats and independents who?ve supported Baker in the past to reject the whole GOP ticket?
The detailed Air Force plan is the first publicly available cost estimate.
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A South Carolina couple who died of carbon monoxide poisoning from running a generator indoors are among more than a dozen deaths linked to Florence's crawl across the Carolinas
Boston-based MIACH Orthopaedics Inc. working on technology it says could speed healing.
One highlight is the forecast that ?Game of Thrones? will be named best drama series.
Teams bring addiction care to patients, wherever they are These programs aim to help patients who can?t or won?t jump through the hoops of health care bureaucracy.
Until next year, my sweetheart In a special bonus episode, Meredith Goldstein explores what happens to summer romance when the summer ends, and ?Wet Hot American Summer? creator David Wain shares a girl-crazy memory from his own camp days.
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Despite debt, millennials are the biggest home-buying generation. How? Slightly more than a third of all home purchases were made by millennials over the past year.
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.
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Hurricane Florence brought heavy winds and rain to the Southeast coast of the United States, leaving devastation in its wake.
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