The president’s ability to help his party in a time of waning political fortunes will face a big test next week as he seeks to help congressional Democrats stock their campaign coffers.
Affidavit in teacher’s slaying may offer some motivePhilip Chism came to school Oct. 22 prepared to kill, according to investigators, who said he was carrying a knife, a box cutter, changes of clothes, gloves, and a ski mask.
Annie Dookhan pleads guilty in drug lab scandalThe former state chemist, whose mishandling of evidence threw the state’s justice system into turmoil, will serve three to five years in prison.
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National Novel Writing Month helps ambitious souls wage war against writer’s block and produce 50,000 words — the length of a short novel — in 30 days.
A Christian journal run by Harvard undergraduates published an essay on its blog by a Jewish convert who claimed that the Jews killed Jesus and deserve God’s wrath.
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Boston’s Irish legacyJFK’s election was the triumphant culmination of the long march to assimilation and power of Irish Catholic Americans.
JFK: 50 years later
JFK Elementary students learn about school’s namesakeFifty years later, the details of Kennedy’s death still had the power to shock students at the school bearing his name.
Special section
JFK: 50 years later A five-part series examining the profound impact of former President John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
LAWRENCE HARMON
Wild and crazy mayorsThere is no method to Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s madness, unlike the seemingly bizarre actions of other municipal leaders.
The Celtics lost their sixth straight game as the Pacers were able to come back from an eight-point deficit at halftime to take a 97-82 win.
For Adham Fisher of Leicester, England, a day spent braving the T is not a tribulation, but an opportunity to make transit history.
Acute respiratory infections, including pneumonia, were the biggest single public health problem to emerge since the typhoon, officials said.
Walsh also added a roster of 20 civic and community leaders to advise him on a range of priorities, including economic development, transportation, and public safety.
Officials cleared the way for Biogen to enjoy a decade of European patent protection on its MS pill and recommended continued use of Ariad’s potent leukemia drug Iclusig.
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The 17 drummers of Yamato are actors and athletes as much as they are master musicians of the ancient Japanese form called taiko.
The married woman behind “one of the biggest mistakes” of his life is a co-worker again.
Globe Talk | Dec. 4
A conversation with author Tom PerrottaThe best-selling author of “Little Children” discusses his craft with the Globe’s new book critic, Matthew Gilbert.
