Patriots owner Robert Kraft was charged with soliciting prostitution as part of an investigation of human trafficking at multiple day spas in Florida. A spokesperson for Kraft said, ?We categorically deny that Mr. Kraft engaged in any illegal activity.?
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The Patriots owner?s arrest is just one of potentially hundreds connected to what authorities say was an international human trafficking ring that could stretch across the country.
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Troubling charges against Robert Kraft leave us wondering what to think This is the type of news that stops you in your tracks, flooding your mind with more questions than you know can be answered.
The R&B star was charged Friday with 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse involving multiple victims.
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R. Kelly is canceled. Is it time to cancel Michael Jackson? I allowed my lifelong fandom for Jackson to overshadow the possibility that he groomed children and their starstruck parents, and ruined young lives.
This MIT engineer built a semiautonomous snowblower so he never has to shovel again Meet ?Chomper,? the googly-eyed snow destroyer.
All her life, she?d wanted nothing more than to be a professional pianist. Then the massive concrete facade of a building in Allston fell on her.
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Wynn 1, Massachusetts casino regulators 0 Massachusetts is learning: What happens in Las Vegas doesn?t always stay there.
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Universities face complicated choices on taking money from Saudi Arabia If universities from MIT to Harvard just let inertia rule and keep Saudi money, they risk teaching a generation of students that it?s OK to do business with a murderous regime.
Opinion | Madeleine May Kunin
The dos and don?ts for the women running for president Wear black pantsuits. Don?t mess with your hair. And don?t cackle.
Opinion | Michael A. Cohen
Beto O?Rourke could be Democrats? best shot at taking back Senate Democrats don?t necessarily need O?Rourke to win back the White House. The bigger challenge will be to win back the Senate.
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John Krasinski is not staying quiet about ?A Quiet Place? part two news ?...time to go back,? the Newton native wrote on social media.
Smollett?s character off ?Empire? for end of season The producers of the TV show ?Empire? say Jussie Smollett?s character will be removed from the final two episodes of this season.
Catholic leaders at sex abuse summit hear plan for removing bishops The proposal is the most significant acknowledgment yet from the Vatican?s inner sanctum that the existing system for holding its own leaders accountable needs to be improved.
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The officer was transported to Boston Medical Center and his injuries were non-life-threatening.
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RED SOX NOTEBOOK
Instead of giving his usual pregame briefing, the Red Sox manager spoke about the late writer Friday.
Insys? scheme to deceive insurance companies detailed Employees quickly learned the best tactics for tricking insurers into approving payments for the company?s powerful Fentanyl spray, a former company manager said in court Friday.
Proposed project seeks to recognize Faneuil Hall?s slavery ties Boston is taking a step toward recognizing the role slavery played at one of its most visited landmarks.
New York expected to charge Paul Manafort, guarding against a potential Trump pardon Citizens Bank issued loans to Manafort and has been cooperating with the probe, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
Mueller report not expected next week, contrary to reports Robert Mueller?s two-year investigation has shadowed Donald Trump?s presidency.
Senator Edward Markey?s said he?s relying on the report to largely determine if there is ?evidence of impeachable offenses? against President Donald Trump.
Controversial Ala. newspaper editor who backed KKK is replaced Elecia Dexter, a 46-year-old black woman, is taking over as the paper?s publisher and editor from Goodloe Sutton.
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Scientists actually did a study to confirm that marijuana causes the munchies Science has confirmed that marijuana really does cause the munchies.
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.
The Red Sox started the exhibition season by shutting out Northeastern, 6-0, in seven innings.
The USDA lists the lanternfly as an invasive pest that ?can cause substantial economic damage,? feasting on many types of crops.
These stations can be as simple or as fancy as you want; the point is to have everything in one place.
As the senator joins the 2020 presidential race, many former aides say she was not just demanding but often dehumanizing.
The USGS said Friday morning?s quake was near the town of Montalvo, Ecuador, at a depth of 82 miles.
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Leave it to Jeep to tease us with Grand Wagoneer hype but unveil the Gladiator.
A local startup, LeverEdge, aims to use critical mass to negotiate better rates.
In the long crescendo of the Puccini opera?s last 20 minutes, the soprano transported to a higher plane.
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.
