Senator Elizabeth Warren named a new chief of staff on Thursday, shaking up her office ahead of a possible presidential run and making it one of only a handful in the Senate to be led by a person of color.
An audio recording of a court hearing obtained by the Globe provides insight into how the actor?s attorneys plan to defend him against charges that he assaulted a teenager on Nantucket.
Marijuana applications from Eugene McCain could test the integrity of the state?s new regulatory system and demonstrate how rigorous officials intend to be.
During his first visit to a troubled region, President Trump defended his decision to withdraw from Syria and said he has no plans to withdraw US forces from Iraq.
US stocks saw their best day in 10 years The Dow spiked more than 1,000 points in the best day in 10 years for Wall Street as stocks rallied back from a Christmas Eve beating.
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Rocky Nelson, 74, who died Dec. 2, was a longtime inspirational football coach at Woburn High School.
Victims of Christmas house fire in Avon are identified Family members mourned Wednesday outside the home where a two-alarm blaze claimed the lives of an elderly father and his son, who tried desperately to save him.
A ?church? to fight drug addiction ? and the law in Maine Aiming to keep users safe, a Portland-area peer recovery coach and founder of the Church of Safe Injection, works to get around Maine?s syringe limit.
Still without gas, Academy Homes residents bundle up over a cold Christmas Crews from National Grid have been going door to door replacing the approximately 450 gas valves throughout the Roxbury complex.
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Higher mortgage rates haven?t cut into home prices appreciably, but forecasters see a softer 2019 ahead.
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L?Espalier, the restaurant that changed Boston?s local restaurant scene, is closing Synonymous with fine dining in Boston, the restaurant helped usher in the farm-to-table movement and introduce the city to a new level of service.
If you?re looking to #GramYourStay ? and admit it, who isn?t ? we?ve rounded up some of the most eye-catching, gram-worthy inns in New England. Grab your phone.
Perspective | Magazine
Why composting isn?t as hard as you might think My wife and I work long hours, and our thumbs aren?t green. But we?re happy to pay someone to haul our food waste to a licensed composting facility.
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The Patriots quarterback is bailing on a lot of passes at the first sign of a rush, and he?s not always stepping into his throws.
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A look back at some of travel writer Christopher Muther?s favorite, previously unpublished, photos of 2018.
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The 2018 Boston-area restaurant awards From a restaurant pushing the Seaport?s boundaries to a Peruvian party in Somerville to an adult snack bar near Fenway Park, these are the places that stood out this year.
A new book looks at the girl who modeled for the French master?s one and only sculpture.
Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth appear to have tied the knot amid reports the couple got married in a secret wedding ceremony.
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Thank the far right for the government shutdown President Trump repudiated the spending deal because Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, and other Fox News commentators yelled at him.
Indira A.R. Lakshmanan
The Grinch, the wall, and the high cost of Trump?s ineffective border policy Congress should know that border security and immigration aren?t solved by a wall, but by sensible, bipartisan immigration reform.
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If the plan is adopted, Massachusetts voters could have more impact on the 2020 presidential primaries.
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The Big Picture
Photographs from July to December on a range of topics from around the world.
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The unthinkable has been an all-too-common companion in two small neighboring towns, where six young people took their lives in the short span of 30 months. The questions keep coming: What is happening? Why? When will it stop?
Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc. The story of a profoundly troubled young man and the ugly underside of America?s most popular sport.
Court Sense Follow the Celtics? quest for a title and other NBA news both on and off the court. Sign up here.
The Celtics have been the NBA?s most dominant overtime team this season, and the Christmas matchup with the 76ers was the latest example.
Owen Labrie, the former St. Paul?s School student convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl on campus in 2014, began his nine-month prison term Wednesday.
Prices have consistently climbed faster than wages, a challenge that was overcome until last year by historically low mortgage rates. | realestate.boston.
The move sets the stage for a raucous recall election that could feature Jasiel Correia vying on the very ballot to replace him.
8-year-old migrant dies in US custody on Christmas Day
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John Paul, AAA Northeast's Car Doctor, answers a question from a reader questioning a technician's recommendation.
Massachusetts begins its march to a $15-an-hour minimum in 2023 with a hike to $12 Jan. 1, but a number of businesses aren?t waiting.
Over the long holiday weekend, a bevy of bands will say goodbye to 2018 at venues all around Boston.
You can listen to ?Lessons? read by the supermodel herself.
We wish we?d written that: our favorite stories of 2018 It?s been a busy 2018 at STAT, but we still have found the time to see what other journalists are writing ? and get jealous we didn?t do it ourselves.
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.
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