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With hundreds of child-care businesses closing and the number of youngsters needing care rising, the city recognizes that affordable, quality care is a holy grail for many parents.
Boston Children?s Hospital researcher killed in climbing accident on Mount Washington The obituary for Jeremy Felix P. Ullmann, a married 37-year-old father, said the accident occurred on the mountain on Feb. 10.
Mass. still short on transportation funding, report says The state?s highways, roads, and bridges ? along with the MBTA ? are facing a big funding gap over the next decade, according to a report from a business group.
The crash claimed the lives of Jadyn Lamas, 9, and his sister Natalya Lamas, 7, both of Ludlow.
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Lately in her home state, the Maine senator is inspiring the kind of liberal animus typically directed at people named Trump.
Democrats may try to subpoena Mueller report if it?s not made public Special Counsel Robert Mueller is due to submit conclusions explaining his decisions to prosecute or decline filing charges to new Attorney General William Barr as early as next week.
Salem marijuana shop closed to recreational customers until further notice Customers seeking to buy recreational marijuana products at a Salem dispensary are out of luck for now.
Pope Francis opened a landmark sex abuse prevention summit Thursday by offering senior Catholic leaders 21 proposals to punish predators and keep children safe, warning that the faithful are demanding concrete action and not just words.
West Bridgewater police searching for men who passed counterfeit $100 bills Authorities believe the duo may have circulated funny money in multiple jurisdictions, officials said.
Ayanna Pressley wore glasses, and Twitter approved The US representative took time away from protesting President Trump?s controversial national emergency to shout out a 9-year-old girl unenthused about her new glasses.
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Perspective | Magazine
Forget new highways, high-tech street lights, and even gondolas. There are much easier ways to reduce our epic congestion.
Smollett ?took advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career?? when he made a false police report about an attack in Chicago, the city?s police superintendent said.
Nike became a target of jabs and jokes on social media when Duke University star Zion Williamson sprained a knee midgame because one of his shoes split during play.
Ty Burr
Erase the rat in ?The Departed?? Don?t get me started. Globe movie critic Ty Burr has been thinking about starting his own campaign to improve the endings of some classic movies. Because, good or bad, art really needs to be crowdsourced.
Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim struck and killed a man walking on an interstate The incident happened late Wednesday.
Kane?s starts making doughnuts off Route 1 ? next to the Orange Dinosaur Doors will open to the public next week. But the road here began back in the summer of 2016, at a fund-raiser that auto mogul Ernie Boch was holding in Norwood for his Music Drives Us charity.
Ideas | Marcela García
In the age of Trump, American racism and Mexican racism can seem like matter and antimatter. How can both exist at the same time?
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Margery Eagan
Ambitious women, never mind big-time female politicians, don?t typically admit to any corner cutting ? ever ? in mothering.
Opinion | Luke O?Neil
Covington Catholic student may not have set out to become an avatar for Trumpism, but he sure is now Here is the smirking MAGA teen again, and here is the picture of his face and his face in the hat, and thanks to the lawsuit, he?ll be dragged through the political cycle anew.
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT I ON HOCKEY
Acquiring Charlie Coyle a smart move by Bruins Coyle likely will make his Black and Gold debut Saturday in St. Louis on David Krejci?s right wing.
Love Letters
My fiancé doesn?t know how to be alone He has to constantly be with people when I am not around, and then I feel excluded.
Truth and Consequences Opinion columnist Michael Cohen takes a candid and no-holds-barred look at the current political moment. Sign up now.
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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Read a multi-part investigation into how and why the lives of promising Boston valedictorians didn?t quite turn out the way they expected.
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The Big Picture
In a world where the smartphone is now ubiquitous, photographers capture daily life in which the personal device is part of the moment.
Williamson grabbed his right knee in pain after slipping awkwardly and falling when his left shoe fell apart as he planted while dribbling.
Columbia Gas? parent company said its cost could keep growing and that it is seeking to settle the numerous lawsuits filed against it.
The 19,574 square-foot mansion houses a whopping 11 bedrooms and 11 full baths, in addition to four half baths.
US Senator Bernie Sanders enters the 2020 presidential race with political advantages that his rivals could only dream of having. But he also has one major obstacle.
Flights to and from Dublin Airport in Ireland were briefly halted Thursday after a drone was spotted over the airfield.
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John Paul, AAA Northeast's Car Doctor, answers a question from a reader concerned about electric vehicles' reduced range in cold temperatures.
I clearly remember when AARP, the warm, smiling face of the trillion-dollar senior-industrial complex, made a marketing miscalculation that soured me on the group for good.
?The Invisibles? tells its story with a hybrid of documentary and dramatization.
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.
Meet the executives who will defend pharma before Congress One?s a college dropout. One?s a self-proclaimed street fighter. And one survived a presidential tweetstorm.
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