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There are no signs enforcing segregated seating on buses anymore, but structural barriers and institutional neglect ensure that de facto segregation, by race and by income, endures.
After death of Laura Levis, lawmakers seek to prevent another such tragedy A proposed state law would require the Department of Public Health to write rules requiring all hospitals in the state to ?ensure safe patient access at all times? to their emergency departments.
New program is launched to keep affordable housing in Boston?s South End An effort began Wednesday to ensure that more than 140 housing units in the South End remain affordable.
The National Weather Service has canceled their winter weather advisory, but some parts of the state will see some ice ahead of a warm up Thursday.
Mass. high court upholds Michelle Carter ruling Michelle Carter acted with criminal intent when she cajoled Conrad Roy III into killing himself, so her involuntary manslaughter conviction will stand, the Mass. Supreme Judicial Court ruled.
Police cited four restaurants for opening their patios during the Patriots parade ?They showed up at 11:20 a.m., and it was just as the Lombardi trophy passed by my doorstep,? one restaurateur said.
BSC LAB in the Back Bay will close, and a TB12 facility might take its place The BSC canceled all memberships at the Back Bay location and said in a note that ?the space will now be occupied by TB12 Sports Therapy Center.?
Proposed Boston schools budget would overhaul science instruction The $1.14 billion budget for Boston Public Schools is a modest increase and comes amid a call by mayors for more state aid.
Former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson is facing allegations that she lifted material from other sources for her new book, ?Merchants of Truth.?
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Canadian developers have quietly proposed a Ferris wheel, possibly at the end of Long Wharf, although other locations are in the mix.
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For almost 40 years, Marcelle Harrison?s family has lived in a three-story light-gray home near Central Square. And on the day before Thanksgiving, she learned she stood to lose her longtime home to a group of relatives she barely knew.
TECH LAB
For a few hundred to a few thousand bucks, most cars can be retrofitted with modern digital safety features that come standards in many new cars.
Gary Washburn | on basketball
The Celtics already have the talent to build a sustainable contender.
Rob Gronkowski got hit in the face with a beer can during the Super Bowl victory parade The Patriots tight end showed off the cut he got after being hit with the can on ?The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.?
The mascot, dubbed ?Brady,? was passed around from duck boat to duck boat and cuddled by players during the celebration on Tuesday. Eventually, it disappeared.
WBZ NewsRadio
Gary LaPierre, 76, of Ipswich, who died Feb. 4, was a longtime WBZ-AM news anchorman who was admired for his voice and his trustworthiness.
Red Bull Crashed Ice
The world tour makes its first appearance in a stadium venue Feb. 8-9.
RANGERS 4, BRUINS 3
Bruins give the game away to Rangers The Bruins squandered a 3-1 lead in the third period before losing in the seventh round of the shootout.
EDITORIAL
Infrastructure Week can?t be a punch line anymore A big infusion of infrastructure spending could be a real win for the country, but to make it happen the president needs to move it to the top of his priority list ? now.
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Opinion | Bandy X. Lee and Leonard L. Glass
The voice of the American Psychiatric Association has been largely lacking.
Love Letters
These fiftysomethings see dating much differently.
Chesto Means Business | Jon Chesto
The Doyenne of Domesticity spoke to the Boston College Chief Executives Club.
Sean P. Murphy | The Fine Print
His truck broke down minutes after buying it. He still hasn?t gotten a refund Robert Crotty Jr., 18, drove away from the used car lot in his new pickup filled with pride and excitement. Three blocks away, the 2002 Dodge Dakota died.
Special Report
Read a multi-part investigation into how and why the lives of promising Boston valedictorians didn?t quite turn out the way they expected.
Love Letters
Dating in 2019 is?complicated. Frustrating. Sometimes completely exhilarating. In Season 2 of the podcast, Meredith Goldstein goes deep on one of her most-asked questions.
Listen: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | RadioPublic
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The Big Picture
Patriots fans filled the streets to celebrate New England?s sixth Super Bowl win.
The relationship between the coach and the injured player says more about Schiano than anything he will do on the sideline.
John ?Jack? Fay was killed in an attack in as he jogged through a park in Warwick, R.I., in 2013. Now, a man has been charged based on DNA evidence.
From a two-bedroom condo in Roslindale on the market for $349,000 to a six-bedroom Victorian listed for $1,999,000.
So President Trump blew through House Speaker Nancy Pelosi?s customary introduction before his State of the Union speech. Who cares? Not Pelosi.
While 2018 was the fourth-warmest year on record, British meteorologists are predicting the next five years will be much hotter, maybe even record-breaking.
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Tesla trims price of the Model 3, designed for the mass-market, by $1,100
How do you take on Apple?s popular iTunes? podcasting platform? Music streaming service Spotify is giving it the old college try by purchasing podcast companies Gimlet and Anchor.
Almost all the candidates deal with very bad things happening to very young boys.
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.
New voices at patients? bedsides: Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Apple Hospitals are exploring new uses for voice assistants in intensive care units and surgical recovery rooms.
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