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My quest to understand what happened to my wife, who died in 2016 after suffering an asthma attack, led to hard questions at Somerville Hospital.
USS Constitution marks 206 years since victory in War of 1812 On Saturday, the USS Constitution was the site of a ceremony commemorating the anniversary of its victory over the British HMS Java.
BEN VOLIN | SUNDAY FOOTBALL NOTES
The final weekend of the regular season a dream come true for the NFL Ten of the 12 playoff seeds are still up for grabs ahead of the last games of the regular season.
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Here?s why this Patriots? AFC East crown is the best one ever for Devin McCourty Devin is celebrating his ninth straight division title. Brother Jason will be in the playoffs for the first time in his 10-year career.
NICK CAFARDO I SUNDAY BASEBALL NOTES
Paul Goldschmidt, Nolan Arenado, and Chris Sale are up after next season.
Toronto International Film Festival
The Globe?s movie critic offers his picks on films that took us to special places.
Beverly Beckham
In the new year, let peace begin with each of us Despite what?s in the news every day, there are places where the kernel of goodness we are born with gets to be nurtured and bloom.
Starts & Stops
2019 will be another big year in Boston transportation The new year will bring new trains, new policies, and ? surely ? new debates about how to fight crippling gridlock.
Dinner with Cupid
Blind date: ?I was getting nervous that I was getting stood up? Will these two daters be able to smooth over a nerve-racking start to their dinner?
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No one would ever think that you?d need to recall a mayor twice. But that?s exactly what Fall River residents are grappling with.
OPINION | CHRISTOPHER WEYANT
With the death of a second Guatemalan child in immigration custody, Trump is building a grim wall on the US border.
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Police say Erich Stelzer was stabbing a 24-year-old woman whom he?d met on Tinder when they intervened Thursday.
Trump blames Democrats for shutdown, deaths of migrant children President Trump and Democrats are trading blame for the partial government shutdown but doing little substantive talking with each other as the shutdown slogs into another weekend.
Teachers are quitting their jobs at the highest rate since 2001 According to Labor Department data, 83 in every 10,000 educators is leaving their job voluntarily, the highest rate since the department started collecting data 17 years ago.
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New Year?s Eve may be rainy. Then, on the first day of 2019, the Boston area will see high temperatures in the 50s and sunshine.
National Grid talks with locked-out workers could resume Wednesday National Grid presented new terms for an agreement at the end of a bargaining session Friday night, details of which were not released Saturday.
Boy dies after Yemeni mom fought US travel ban to reach him The 2-year-old son of a Yemeni woman who sued for a waiver from the Trump administration?s travel ban to be with the ailing boy in the United States has died, an advocacy group said.
Trump says ?progress being made? with China after phone call with Xi President Trump said Saturday that he?d spoken at length with Chinese President Xi Jinping and that ?big progress? is being made toward a trade deal.
EPA proposes rule change that would limit pollution control for years to come The Trump administration Friday announced a plan designed to make it easier for coal-fired power plants to once again release mercury and other pollutants into the atmosphere.
Brighton rector in misconduct allegations at St. John?s Seminary to go to Worcester Monsignor James Moroney will serve as interim rector of the Cathedral of St. Paul and the Worcester Diocese? Office for Divine Worship.
House GOP quietly ends probe into FBI?s 2016 decisions House Republicans brought an end to their yearlong look at the department?s handling of probes into Democrat Hillary Clinton?s emails and Donald Trump?s ties to Russia.
?Live free or die, but don?t touch that plant?: A clash over pot in N.H. With marijuana legalization sweeping through New England, cannabis consumers in the ?Live Free or Die? state are now surrounded by places where residents are, at least in one sense, more free.
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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.
An outdoor rink in Blaine, Minn., is where the Bruins wing got his start, although a suspension will cost him a chance to play in the Winter Classic.
An estimated 300,000 people are expected to attend Boston?s First Night events throughout the day and into the night, but that number could change depending on the weather.
This coastal estate features six bedrooms, six full baths, four half baths, and roughly 11,300 square feet of living space.
House Republicans brought an end to their yearlong look at the department?s handling of probes into Democrat Hillary Clinton?s emails and Donald Trump?s ties to Russia.
Security forces simultaneously raided three sites in Giza and Arish in North Sinai.
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Truck drivers tend to choose a brand and stick with it, despite the lure of newfangled aluminum this and hybrid that.
The company presented a revised offer around 11:30 p.m. Friday, and the two sides have agreed to schedule meetings for the unions to formally respond, according to a joint statement.
For so long, movies around the holidays have been merry and bright. Lately, more and more seem murderous and designed to fright.
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.
