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Officials this year are taking a hard-line approach in enforcing a policy that calls for ejecting students from school on their 22nd birthday ? an edict they had routinely ignored in the past.
In a tweet, Trump compared Romney to outgoing Senator Jeff Flake and urged the former Massachusetts governor to ?be a TEAM player & WIN.?
Beacon?s Hill incoming class of lawmakers has already sent reverberations through the Massachusetts political scene with surprising victories and, in some cases, blunt commentary.
How Joe Biden has paved the way for a possible presidential run When officials at the University of Utah invited Joe Biden to speak there in December, Biden?s representatives listed a number of requirements for the appearance.
Dave Epstein
If Tuesday got you thinking maybe winter wouldn?t come this year, think again.
The car that hit the building Tuesday morning struck a natural gas line that sparked the massive 6-alarm fire.
Here?s where the new marijuana shops are opening in the new year Data released by the Cannabis Control Commission show where marijuana operators have set up shop and where they hope to.
After sexual harassment case, what?s next for Dartmouth College? A lawsuit alleging widespread sexual misconduct and assault by three former psychology professors shook Dartmouth last month. Now, the campus is grappling with its next steps.
Employer group wants end to hiked MassHealth fees Associated Industries of Massachusetts, which represents 4,000 employers, plans to submit a bill to the Legislature this month that would end the fees right away ? one year early.
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An experimental cystic fibrosis drug by Boston-based Vertex Pharmaceuticals can?t come soon enough for Robert Coughlin, president of MassBio. His son has the disease.
CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER
Nearly two dozen college players with designs on being selected in the 2019 draft have skipped their bowl games to preserve their health.
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BRUINS NOTEBOOK
Torey Krug enlisted the services of a tailor to help the team look its best for the game at Notre Dame Stadium.
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Ms. Langton wrote children?s books and a series of mystery novels.
This Western Mass. town rejected Comcast?s offer of a broadband network and will build its own. Why? Charlemont is one of several municipalities in Western Massachusetts puzzling over how to ensure that decisions about connectivity stay in local hands.
New Mass. laws could affect everything from your paycheck to your vacation A cascade of changes awaits the average Massachusetts taxpayer in 2019, thanks to a mixture of a tax cut, a tax hike, new fees, and a slowly rising minimum wage.
Opinion | Lori Trahan
First, let?s fix the political system The 116th Congress needs to fix our political structure and restore faith in democracy.
Opinion | Karen E. Spilka
The Mass. state Senate prepares for an urgent 2019 agenda As the state Senate opens its first session of the 191st General Court on Wednesday, that call to action feels more urgent than ever.
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EDITORIAL
Congratulations ? and condolences ? to Steve Poftak, the new general manager of the MBTA. Not that he asked, but here?s a a to-do list.
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How a Mass. robot maker lost its mojo Rethink Robotics and Universal Robots faced off in the booming global market for collaborative robots, or ?cobots.? Only one of them survived.
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The inside story of PhRMA?s biggest lobbying loss in years The drug industry will have to pay Medicare billions under a policy that took effect Jan. 1 ? despite nearly a yearlong campaign to reverse it.
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Unhealthy Divide
Cancer is a tremendous burden for anyone, but for a growing number of lower-income and even middle-class patients, an illness means an avalanche of trouble.
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The Big Picture
Here are the photos from July to December that summed up the year.
Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc. The story of a profoundly troubled young man and the ugly underside of America?s most popular sport.
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The four-time Selke Trophy winner put the Bruins in charge in the 2019 NHL Winter Classic.
With temperatures in the 50s, the L Street Brownies in South Boston held their annual new year?s swim ? one of the country?s oldest and most popular.
19 Ned's Point Road is listed for $2,495,000. This Nantucket-style home, boasting 12 rooms and set on a 1.1-acre lot, might make you feel like you're on island time.
Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are expected to attend a briefing on border security at the White House as the government remains partially shut down.
US authorities fired tear gas into Mexico during the first hours of the new year as about 150 migrants tried to breach the border fence in Tijuana.
Charlemont is one of several municipalities in Western Massachusetts puzzling over how to ensure that decisions about connectivity stay in local hands.
The streaming service pulled an episode of ?Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj? in Saudi Arabia after the kingdom complained that the episode violated its cybercrime laws.
We hear repeatedly that the United States has the safest food supply in the world. But with all these recalls, how can that possibly be true?
The inside story of PhRMA?s biggest lobbying loss in years The drug industry will have to pay Medicare billions under a policy that took effect Jan. 1.
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.
