Two cases of a rare and severe tick-borne illness have prompted warnings that the threat from ticks can persist into December.
Neither speed nor alcohol caused the crash that killed the daughter of one of the first responders, police said.
Thousands of homes in Maine have been without electricity since a weekend ice storm.
Tech Lab
There will be the usual spate of after-Christmas sales, including a few technology deals.
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Before you get in line at the customer service counter, take some basic steps to make it less aggravating.
Seventeen-year-old Sam Berns, who suffers from a rare “accelerated aging” disease, has already outlived his doctors’ prognosis by several years.
on football
Bill Belichick’s approach is why his Patriot teams have reached the conference championship game seven times in 13 seasons.
JOAN VENNOCHI
Don’t mix bikes and politicsIt isn’t just conservatives who can be annoyed by urban bicyclists. Liberal motorists, too, may find themselves seething at people on two wheels.
Simon Dumont, 27, has been called “the godfather” of freeskiing, a testament to his limit-pushing and longevity.
Owen Perry, 12, and his mother, Karen, are both battling cancer and looking forward to the day Owen gets to go home.
Edward Snowden warned of the dangers of unchecked government surveillance in a televised Christmas message.
The dome, which was was built in the 1860s, is getting a much-needed $60 million makeover.
Many of today’s rinks are constructed in retail environments, where companies hope to play off ice-skating nostalgia to help drive business.
Critics’ picks for upcoming concerts around the region, including First Night Boston with Patti Smith and Dean Wareham.
Drew and Jonathan Scott, the matched set of Canadian brothers who seem to dominate the programming on HGTV, on what to expect in homes in 2014.
Video
Watch the ‘Broken City’ Insiders eventVideo of a discussion with The Boston Globe’s Washington bureau of the gridlock in Washington and what can be done to end it.
ideas
When doctors prescribe books to heal the mind Can you read your way to psychological health? Britain is finding out.
