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The $1.1 billion project promises to radically reshape the western face of the city and will certainly disrupt travel for years.
Mass. Ave. Bridge reopened with lane restrictions after fire at homeless encampment A homeless encampment under the Mass. Ave. Bridge caught fire Thursday, prompting the temporary closure of the well-traveled connector.
Landing jobs, finding care: A new site hopes to help Boomers navigate post-retirement life Tim Driver sees navigating later years ? landing jobs, deciding where to retire, finding elder care ? as an untapped market for online ratings and recommendations.
SCOT LEHIGH
A bad first bid on new education funding The next infusion of state educational dollars shouldn?t be no-strings-attached funds.
EDITORIAL
Congressional Dems ready their subpoena guns The Democrats need to focus Trump probes on what matters: corrupt acts, violations of the rule of law, and policies with real life and death impact.
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Opinion | Margery Eagan
Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are actually closer to the mainstream of what Americans want from their government.
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Billy Joel?s returning to Fenway ? and he?ll be in its new Music Hall of Fame Joel will perform at the ballpark Sept. 14, the sixth consecutive year he?s played there.
Several venerable Boston-area restaurants have announced they would close their doors in the last several weeks.
Things to do
The Weekender: Punk rock, pantaloons, and Oompa Loompas Here?s the best way to spend your weekend, in Boston and beyond.
Books we can?t wait to read in 2019 It?s a big year for fiction but there will be plenty for nonfiction fans, too.
Television Review
With Mahershala Ali on the case, ?True Detective? returns to form The new season of the HBO anthology series is more enjoyable as a crime drama featuring a strong lead performance than it is as some kind of laden meditation on death.
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No poop: Maine woman?s moose dung products will appear on ?Tosh.0? Ever since a video of Mary Winchenbach selling products for her business, Tirdy Works, went viral, the demand has been non-stop.
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See photos from Meghan Trainor?s wedding ?It?s the beginning of an awesome, whole new life,? the Nantucket native told People.
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Sylvia Plath?s recently discovered short story will be published Jan. 22 It?s a week later than first planned. Plath completed the story in December 1952 while studying at Smith College in Northampton.
The president?s former personal lawyer will testify before the House Oversight Committee and give ?a full and credible account? of his work for Donald Trump.
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Driver who allegedly killed 5-year-old and infant in Revere crash apologizes: ?I feel horrible? A 42-year-old Boston pipefitter who allegedly crashed her SUV last month into five pedestrians in Revere, killing a 5-year-old girl and her 2-month-old sister, said she?s ?heartbroken.?
On his way to visit the border, President Trump tried to clarify his past promise that Mexico would pay for the wall: ?I never meant they?re going to write out a check.?
Ocean warming is accelerating faster than previously thought, new research finds The finding has dire implications for climate change because almost all of the heat trapped by greenhouse gases ends up stored in oceans.
Pompeo speech lays out Mideast manifesto, taking shots at Obama The secretary of state told a university audience in Cairo that ?the age of self-inflicted American shame is over.?
Rare penny found in Pittsfield in 1940s expected to sell for big money A rare coin that a Pittsfield teenager found in his lunch money is being auctioned off for the first time.
A bill that would federally decriminalize marijuana and create a system for regulating marijuana products has been filed in Congress with a rather fitting moniker.
Department store sales over the holidays are a major disappointment Investors expected the likes of Macy?s and Kohl?s to do well in light of an economy buoyed by low unemployment, higher wages, strong consumer confidence, and cheap gas.
Man allegedly strikes BPD officer with vehicle in Dorchester In a statement, police identified the suspect as Adrian Ferguson, 29, of Dorchester.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
Patriots-Chargers playoff history is brief but memorable It all began in 1964 with a tipped-off and steroid-fueled Chargers team winning the AFL Championship.
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Globe Magazine
One hundred years ago this month an enormous steel tank ruptured, sending a torrent of brown syrup on a deadly path through the North End.
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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.
Court Sense Follow the Celtics? quest for a title and other NBA news both on and off the court. Sign up here.
Nora Princiotti, Jim McBride, and Ben Volin provided some insight for Sunday?s contest.
A group of Charlestown dog owners, as well as city workers, have been clearing trash from the site.
Ask the Carpenter?s Rob Robillard offers advice on problems with windows, storm windows, and screens. Get more home improvement advice at realestate.boston.com.
A legislative panel missed last month?s deadline to file a report making recommendations, disappointing some lawmakers and advocates for open government.
Congo?s powerful Catholic church said the official results do not match the outcome compiled by its 40,000 observers at all polling stations across the country.
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The Edge in Titanium trim explodes expectations by delivering a truly discriminating luxury car experience.
Frontier enters the Boston market in April with low introductory fares on flights to Orlando and Raleigh-Durham. But watch out for the large number of ancillary fees.
The MacArthur ?genius? grant recipient joins a lineage of African-American artists whose work has shed light on hidden histories.
With search for Alzheimer?s drugs failing, tech firms offer solutions Technology companies are looking to help patients and caregivers cope with the disease.
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.
