Trump backs use of ?very safe? tear gas on migrants
President Trump is strongly defending the US use of tear gas at the Mexican border to repel a crowd of migrants that included children.
President Trump is strongly defending the US use of tear gas at the Mexican border to repel a crowd of migrants that included children.
The former FBI director made the comments during an interview with WGBH News at the Boston Public Library.
The South Shore and the Cape and Islands are seeing strong winds; power outages are likely.
Ground Game
Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith, who was appointed to the seat in April, is facing Democrat Mike Espy.
Paul Manafort, former chairman during Donald Trump?s presidential campaign, lied to investigators in the Russia probe, violating his plea agreement, officials said.
US Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke visited the area scorched by the Camp Fire on Monday, and local authorities raised the death toll from the fire to 88.
President Trump on Monday rejected a central conclusion of a dire report on climate change that was released Friday by his own administration.
Pressley?s announcement came days after the Globe reported that just over half of the House Democrats from New England were publicly supporting Pelosi.
US health officials say the tainted romaine appears to have come from the Central Coast region of California.
The casino, along with the Connors Family Office, will form a committee that will help identify philanthropic efforts and disburse funds.
Dozens of angry residents excoriated elected officials and executives from the local marijuana store for failing to adequately control the hoards of cannabis consumers traveling to the shop.
Commissioner William Gross?s pledge to improve relations between the community and police is being tested after he denounced the ACLU on his personal Facebook page.
A Chinese scientist who used a powerful gene-editing technique to change the embryonic DNA of twins drew fire from ethicists and doctors in Massachusetts and from a professor at MIT who helped invent the tool.
Leonel Rondon died during the Merrimack Valley gas explosions after a chimney from a house that blew up toppled onto the vehicle he was sitting in.
Names
Will the Cambridge native once again lampoon Brett Kavanaugh?
Ty Burr
The director?s death raises ugly memories of his most famous film.
WORK SPACE
Massachusetts Historical Society librarian Peter Drummey says he has the ?best job of anyone I know.?
The Balsams Grand Resort, a New England institution since 1875, has been shuttered since 2011 and parts of it are starting to crumble. Les Otten has been trying since 2014 to orchestrate a rebirth.
The former Red Sox slugger is playing in the Dominican Winter League for Tigres de Licey. He?s trying to return to the MLB in 2019.
Sports Log
RB AJ Dillon, OT Chris Lindstrom, CB Hamp Cheevers, and TE Tommy Sweeney earned All-ACC first-team designation.
Last season, when fans started calling the Terry Rozier by his new nickname, he saw a chance to merge his favorite horror flick with some branded merchandise.
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Detroit?s schoolchildren deserve federal protection from the failing, unsafe schools they attend.
JOAN VENNOCHI
The Front Runner? should get a big thumb?s up from President Trump.
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There is clear legal and political framework forbidding the president?s selection of Matthew Whitaker to supervise the Mueller investigation.
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?
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The Big Picture
A peaceful march devolved into unrest when US agents fired tear gas to stop migrants attempting to storm a border fence separating Mexico and the United States.
Miller was struck by a puck to throat and DeBrusk was hit in the back of the helmet by a shot.
After spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on elite medical schools, they believe they can do more to improve health care by being entrepreneurs.
A Millennium Tower unit, a home under construction in Weston, and a farmhouse-style property in Dover also made our list.
She says Trump?s claim she lost the race because she kept him at arm?s length shows the president?s world has ??no real relationships, just convenient transactions.??
Mexico?s National Migration Institute said that 98 migrants were being deported after they tried to breach the US border, and US agents fired tear gas into Mexico to stop them.
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The Italian filmmaker won Oscars with ?The Last Emperor? and the erotic drama ?Last Tango in Paris.?
The summit organizers are scrambling to evaluate the claim before the scientist is scheduled to speak at the meeting.
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.