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The image from video released Friday and partially redacted by the City of Memphis shows Tyre Nichols seated leaning against a car during a brutal attack by five Memphis police officers on Jan. 7 in Memphis.

Video of Memphis police violence against Tyre Nichols raises questions about officers’ conduct

Footage released Friday shows police beating 29-year-old Tyre Nichols on Jan. 7 in Memphis. The video prompted protests across the country, and put a spotlight on police violence.

People placed flowers in front of photos of Tyre Nichols following a vigil on Boston Common Friday night.

Mass. public officials speak out on police beating death of Tyre Nichols in Memphis

People placed flowers in front of photos of Tyre Nichols following the vigil.

Vigil held on Boston Common as Memphis releases police video of Tyre Nichols beating

Demonstrators protest the death of Tyre Nichols on Jan. 27 in Memphis, Tennessee.

Photos: Protesters gather in Memphis, NYC, LA as officials release Tyre Nichols footage

‘A culture of complete fear’: Harvard women’s hockey coach Katey Stone under fire for alleged abusive behavior
Stone has turned the Crimson into a national powerhouse, but 16 former players fault Harvard for keeping her on the job despite numerous complaints about her alleged abusive coaching practices.

Mass. is spending big to boost homeownership. What happens when the money dries up?
Both the state and Boston have poured COVID relief funds into homeownership programs to help tackle the rising costs of housing. Now some are wondering if the programs are sustainable.

Police say 3 dead, 4 hurt in latest California shooting

At least three people were killed and four others were wounded in a shooting in California area early Saturday morning.

Woman was trapped under Green Line train Friday night near Boston University campus

A woman was seriously injured Friday night when she became trapped under a Green Line train in the Boston University campus area, according to MBTA police.

Fund-raiser for Duxbury father draws thousands of donations, outpouring of support

Strangers, colleagues, and fellow health care providers are expressing their own heartache and hope on a fund-raising website created to support Patrick Clancy, whose wife is charged with killing their children in their Duxbury home on Tuesday.

8-month-old injured in Duxbury tragedy has died, prosecutors say
The infant who was allegedly attacked by his mother Tuesday in Duxbury has died, prosecutors confirmed Friday, bringing more devastation to a tragedy that had already claimed the lives of his 5-year-old sister and 3-year-old brother.

Duxbury deaths put a spotlight on postpartum mood disorders. Here’s how to recognize them and where to get help.

Channel 4 tests a 6 p.m. newscast without a sports report

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Russian tech tycoon heads to trial in Boston over alleged insider trading and hacking scheme

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This year’s playoffs certainly raise the question of whether it’s better to keep drafting a quarterback every few years and spend the money elsewhere.

After getting a $18.75 million extension, Matt Barnes had a 4.87 ERA and a 1.50 WHIP for the Red Sox.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

With Matt Barnes being designated for assignment, Rafael Devers is one of the few champs remaining on Red Sox

Barnes leaves the Red Sox third in team history with 429 appearances and with a World Series ring.

The Bruins have embraced Jim Montgomery's style of coaching.

Kevin Paul Dupont | Sunday hockey notes

Why coach Jim Montgomery’s positive mojo has worked with the Bruins

Montgomery's had nary a discouraging word to say, but his Bruins own the league’s best record and went into Saturday as the only NHL club yet to suffer back-to-back losses.

Opinion

A statue of Henry David Thoreau in front of a reproduction of his cabin at the Walden Pond Reservation.

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Are you too easily distracted? 19th-century Americans could relate.

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Former President Donald Trump is set to kick off his 2024 White House bid on Saturday with visits to a pair of early voting states, his first campaign events since launching his bid more than two months ago.

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Mass. public officials speak out on police beating death of Tyre Nichols in Memphis

Massachusetts law enforcement and elected officials called for justice Friday as Memphis officials released video of the police beating of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died days after he was pulled over.

Fund-raiser for Duxbury father draws thousands of donations, outpouring of support

Strangers, colleagues, and fellow health care providers are expressing their own heartache and hope on a fund-raising website created to support Patrick Clancy, whose wife is charged with killing their children in their Duxbury home on Tuesday.

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The image from video released Friday and partially redacted by the City of Memphis shows Tyre Nichols seated leaning against a car during a brutal attack by five Memphis police officers on Jan. 7 in Memphis.

Video of Memphis police violence against Tyre Nichols raises questions about officers’ conduct

Photos: Protesters gather in Memphis, NYC, LA as officials release Tyre Nichols footage

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In this file photo dated Oct. 18, 2007, Sylvia Syms looked on at Buckingham after collecting her OBE from Queen Elizabeth II, in London.

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