Spurned recruit asks judge to force State Police to accept him

With a $130,000 civil verdict in his favor, veteran New Bedford officer Orlando Riley is asking a judge to order the department to take him on as a recruit.

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Disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner has been released from federal prison in Ayer, Massachusetts.

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The stories of gay priests are unspoken, veiled from the outside world, known only to one another, if they are known at all.

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Former Governor Paul LePage and staff paid for more than 40 rooms at Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., over a two-year period, according to The Portland Press Herald.

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MGH is joining a growing number of US medical centers that are constructing private rooms, often at significant cost, to give patients and caregivers more privacy.

Capital Source

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?I was fortunate to have the means to be able to recoup the funds that I personally gave to my campaigns, and I felt it was the right time to do so,? Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito said.

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President Trump is prepared to issue the first veto of his term if Congress votes to disapprove his declaration of a national emergency along the US-Mexico border.

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The artist?s estate is snared in allegations involving fraud, forgery, theft, and elder abuse.

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Debee Tlumacki for The Boston Globe

SEAN P. MURPHY | THE FINE PRINT

Lacrosse standout is on the bench because his head is too big

A former high school all-star, Alex Chu was recruited for lacrosse at Wheaton College. But now he can?t join his team on the field because they can?t find a helmet large enough for his head.

Dave Epstein

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There will likely be snow in the air from roughly midnight tonight all the way through the mid-to-late afternoon on Monday.

?SNL? pokes fun at Trump; president fires back

Alec Baldwin again skewered President Trump on ?Saturday Night Live? in a skit that drew a rebuke from President Trump himself.

President Donald Trump speaks at the Major County Sheriffs and Major Cities Chiefs Association Joint Conference in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Renée Graham

White women: from slave owners to Trump voters

A new book details white women?s critical role in normalizing slavery. Many continue to embrace those values 154 years later.

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Mark Geragos, Kaepernick?s attorney, predicted the Patriots could be one of the teams interested in signing Kaepernick.

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DAN SHAUGHNESSY

How have defending World Series-winning Red Sox teams done in the past?

It?s been 100 years since the Sox managed to appear in back-to-back World Series.

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The president of Columbia Gas of Massachusetts is retiring months after high pressure in gas pipes that the utility maintained led to a series of explosions in the Merrimack Valley.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/01/22/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/AFP_1CH4HH.jpg Inside the scramble to make the Oscars shorter

Three hours of watching Hollywood celebrate itself ? last year?s show was nearly four, not counting red-carpet coverage ? seems to be most people?s limit.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Season Two: How do you meet someone?

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.

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They were the top of their class at Boston public schools. Then life happened

Read a multi-part investigation into how and why the lives of promising Boston valedictorians didn?t quite turn out the way they expected.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Smartphone society

In a world where the smartphone is now ubiquitous, photographers capture daily life in which the personal device is part of the moment.

Real Estate

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Mobile homes may be the least expensive and most effective means of addressing the region?s housing shortage.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/15/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/RinaldiRainFeature02-001-1024x576.jpg How biopharma is girding for climate change

Hurricanes, power outages, floods, droughts, forest fires ? all pose a risk for biopharma companies.

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