Boston?s plastic bag ban begins next month. Here?s what you need to know
Mayor Martin Walsh signed an ordinance to reduce single-use plastic bags last year. On Dec. 14, the new law comes into play.
Mayor Martin Walsh signed an ordinance to reduce single-use plastic bags last year. On Dec. 14, the new law comes into play.
The girl received hateful letters at Framingham?s Hemenway Elementary School, and her family hopes ?this doesn?t happen to any other child at this age,? her uncle said.
Ground Game
Many thoughtful readers had good questions. Other thoughtful readers did not seem to understand ranked-choice voting. So let?s step back and clear a few things up.
The group Lawyers for Civil Rights alleges that reality show outtakes contain President Trump using racial and ethnic slurs.
The proposed legislation would boost rehabilitation efforts for federal prisoners and give judges more discretion when sentencing nonviolent offenders.
As Democrats prepare to take control of the House in January, intra-party tension is spilling out into the open.
President Trump?s favorite news channel said Wednesday that it supports CNN?s legal effort to get Jim Acosta?s White House press credentials back.
Opinion | Tom Mashberg
A Malibu resident describes his frightening bolt to safety and punctures the myth that Malibu is only for the rich.
Bob Ryan
?Fridays With Bill? combs through the coach?s end-of-week press conferences for his most engaging, almost ebullient moments.
Parts of Massachusetts could see up to several inches of snow by Friday as a nor?easter bears down on the region starting Thursday night.
JOAN VENNOCHI
The culture of denial and cover-up about sexual abuse and sexual harassment has gone on for too long.
Investigators found a nurse and a nurse?s aide fast asleep during their shifts ? one dozed in a darkened room while the other was wrapped in a blanket in the locked cafeteria.
Junior guard Kewan Platt was suspended indefinitely from the team and barred from campus.
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?I just turned around ? it was like, ?Oh my god.???
The Fine Print | Sean Murphy
An 89-year-old Cambridge woman was terminated from the service after a minor mishap in a parking garage.
Top Places to Work
Work attire is getting more casual. (Sweatpants, really?) But that doesn?t mean you can?t get dressed up once in a while.
For the first time, Peter DeMarco and officials from Cambridge Health Alliance, the parent company of Somerville Hospital, sat face to face ? more than two years after Laura Levis?s death.
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It?s the kind of film where you obsess over what it means, the better to avoid thinking about how it makes you feel.
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In an interview in Complex magazine, Mayer revealed he has gone just over two years without drinking.
IDEAS/THE FOOD ISSUE
Every step in the way we eat ? from before seeds hit the ground to the moment food hits your plate ? is undergoing massive change. What will the future of food look like?
MARIJUANA MOMENT
The Drug Enforcement Administration provides about $17 million each year to help its partners get rid of illegal cannabis grows. But it?s not clear if that money is serving its purpose.
Talking Points AM | Larry Edelman
While there are plenty of smart and reasonable people who will never see it otherwise, let's consider the reasons why New York and the D.C. suburbs beat out more than 200 other bids.
Editorial
We can?t help but wonder if Jeff Bezos seriously considered Boston?s bid at all for a second corporate headquarters for Amazon.
Globe Magazine
My wife, Laura Levis, did everything she could to save herself when the asthma attack began. She went to Somerville Hospital and called 911, too. How could she have been left to die just outside the emergency room?
Witness the birth of the marijuana industry in Massachusetts, and catch up on national pot headlines. Subscribe to ?This Week in Weed? for the latest marijuana news from reporter Dan Adams every Saturday.
The 70-year-old Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer is also the first African American to reach 1,000 wins.
A former aide to Berry told the State House News Service that the Peabody Democrat died after a ?brief illness.?
Certain people in my household ? and I?m not naming names ? have been waging a stealth and coordinated campaign to get a dog.
Maura Healey? Marty Walsh? Someone we?ve never even heard of? Let the kibitzing begin.
British Prime Minister Theresa May said that she won her Cabinet?s backing for a draft divorce deal with the European Union after a marathon meeting Wednesday.
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"Crossing intersections has become a life-risking activity."
The largest venture firms are raising increasingly large caches to compete for stakes in highly valued startups.
Viola Davis and Liam Neeson head the cast in this twisty, overstuffed film directed by Steve McQueen (?12 Years a Slave?).
The Julia Child collaborator has shaped BU?s culinary arts and gastronomy programs, where he has taught for three decades.
The Big Picture
Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: fall colors, Halloween, and a World Series victory.
Virta Health is one of a number of medical companies experimenting with payment structures tied to how well patients fare.
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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Mobile homes may be the least expensive and most effective means of addressing the region?s housing shortage.