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Massachusetts General Hospital emergency doctors can now prescribe medication for addiction, and a new state law requires others to do the same.
Simmons president paid more than her peers at Harvard, MIT Helen Drinan earned $1.7 million in 2016, putting her in an elite group of top earners that included the presidents of Northwestern and the University of Chicago.
Four other people were hurt, including an infant who suffered serious injuries.
A Worcester firefighter died Sunday while battling a five-alarm blaze in an apartment building. Christopher Roy, 36, had been on the force for 2½ years and leaves a 9-year-old daughter.
BC student arrested, after allegedly writing racist graffiti in dorm Officials say that same student also discharged a fire extinguisher in another residence hall.
Top EU court rules UK can change mind over Brexit The European Union?s top court has ruled that Britain can change its mind over Brexit, boosting the hopes of people who want to stay in the EU that the process can be reversed.
Prosecutors in Japan indict Carlos Ghosn and Nissan Tokyo prosecutors have charged Nissan's former chairman Carlos Ghosn, another executive and the automaker itself for allegedly underreporting income.
Bulger?s family set to file wrongful death suit, report says The estate of gangster James ?Whitey? Bulger is preparing to file a wrongful death lawsuit, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
Former Red Sox closer Lee Smith elected to Hall of Fame Smith, who pitched two-plus seasons with the Red Sox between 1988-90, joins Harold Baines as the Hall?s newest members.
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New bank may be a sign things are looking up in Springfield Is it another sign that Springfield?s economic renaissance has finally taken hold?
Muriel Leventhal, whose quiet philanthropy enriched lives, dies at 101 Mrs. Leventhal, wife of the developer Norman Leventhal, volunteered at a local hospital and discreetly paid college costs for many she met.
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I dare you to come up with anything more hideous and ghoulish. And the consequences are likely to be enormous.
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Bizarre things happen to Patriots in Miami, but this loss tops them all The Patriots have lost in Miami to Joey Harrington and A.J. Feeley, but never like this.
Some Newton teachers will miss school to respond to critics? records requests A Watertown nonprofit has accused the Newton school district of anti-Israel bias in its high-school world history curriculum.
Can a concert save your life? For one Brookline woman, it may have Ingrid Christiansen, 89, went into cardiac arrest in the middle of a concert by the chamber music ensemble Mistral. What happened next was dramatic.
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Globe TV critic Matthew Gilbert?s take on what to watch.
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The Hollis, N.H., animal rescue farm has become the target of what the FBI describes as a ?vicious? extortion campaign.
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Ex-Patriot Kevin Turner?s children battle the nurse who became his wife and heir Turner died a year after marrying his nurse, who now gets his NFL pension, but his parents claim he wasn?t mentally fit to make decisions.
Somerville?s Union Square neighborhood on the verge of a massive makeover The Somerville square is teetering on the edge of a $1.5 billion overhaul. When it?s done, the neighborhood will be more modern ? and likely more expensive.
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Harvard student accused of rape far from campus sues university for investigating it Some Harvard activists say that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos?s efforts to overhaul the Title IX process are altering the landscape of sex assault investigations.
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During the informal session, bills can only pass unanimously, meaning controversial legislation is a non-starter.
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Help was a few feet away. Why didn?t they save her? 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
Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: a colorful sunrise, Christmas tree lightings, and high school sports.
A slick play from David Krejci set up the Bruins defenseman for his second goal of the season at 3:07.
The 1773 tea burning preceded the more famous Tea Party protest by three days.
In New York City, coders are building easy-to-use, data-driven tools to empower tenants. | realestate.boston.
Nick Ayers had been expected to replace John Kelly.
The agent is being treated for a non-life-threatening injury, police said.
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This Corolla is styled to banish any memories of its benignly inoffensive predecessors that delivered the emotional fulfillment of a dishwasher.
The national average for a gallon of gas is $2.51, according to the Lundberg Survey.
In a sprawling exhibition that opens Thursday, Adams?s visions ? and that of other artists ? are on display.
Democrats are eyeing a valuable pharma asset: its patents After a midterm election that saw voters focused on drug prices, progressives are decrying pharma?s abuses of the patent system.
Love Letters: 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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Are we ignoring ? or outright banning ? an easy affordable-housing fix? Mobile homes may be the least expensive and most effective means of addressing the region?s housing shortage.
