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Morning-after pill age limits struck down by judge

A US District Court judge ruled that the government’s refusal to lift age restrictions on access to the pill was “arbitrary, capricious, and unreasonable.”

A help-wanted sign at a barber shop in Richmond, Va.

US economy adds fewest jobs in 9 months

Employers added only 88,000 jobs in March, a sharp retreat after a period of strong hiring. The unemployment rate fell to 7.6 percent.

Obama to propose Social Security cuts

The president will call for reductions in the growth of Social Security and other benefit programs, an official said.

Little diversity yet in Boston’s mayoral field

Tito Jackson’s decision not to run leaves the declared field thus far without a major candidate of color.

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What are Markey, Lynch promising to interest groups?

Stephen Lynch and Ed Markey are offering pledges that neither they nor the relevant interest groups will make public.

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services office in New York.

H-1B visas predicted to go fast

The annual derby to secure special visas may be over after just one week, as a growing economy is prompting more companies to rush to hire tech-savvy foreigners.

Victoria Greaves, with her father, John Greaves, read a letter sent home by Coelho Middle School’s principal after she and two dozen other students were denied lunch on Tuesday.

Attleboro middle school students denied lunches

Parents were in an uproar after 25 middle school students were denied lunch because they could not pay cash.

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Sixty-six pairs of shoes were lined up on the Grand Staircase at the State House on Thursday to symbolize the number of children abused and neglected every day in the Commonwealth. Suzin Bartley, executive director of the Children’s Trust Fund, worked on the “Step Up for Prevention!” display.

Hundreds gather in Mass. to decry child abuse

Sixty-six pairs of shoes were lined up on the Grand Staircase at the State House to symbolize the number of children abused and neglected every day in the state.