City officials are using a first-ever analysis of university data to dispatch inspectors to look for possible safety violations.
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The former three-term governor of New York and father of the state?s current governor died at home in Manhattan Thursday.
New Year?s accidents kill 4Police are investigating the fatal invidents in Westborough, Rockland, and Chatham.
The man, identified as Garrett Gagne, was run over by a Chatham officer responding to a burglary call, police said.
The annual L Street Brownies New Year?s Day Polar Bear Plunge is one of Boston?s oldest traditions.
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A $125 million building in Roxbury opening this month will serve as the new headquarters for Boston?s public schools.
CHAD FINN | SPORTS MEDIA
The network will use its usual ?Monday Night Football? crew for Saturday?s NFL wild-card game bewteen Arizona and Carolina.
Writing a terrific inauguration address is hard work. Here are some tips for the incoming governor.
A small-town battle has stretched to the Supreme Court, thanks in large part to a man who lives under a bridge in Worcester.
Beat Writer?s Notebook
The Globe?s Peter Abraham forecasts a few story lines that might develop in the new baseball year.
From on-demand video to technology you can wear on your wrist, arts and tech writers speculate what 2015 will offer.
BetaBoston
Boston was the first major city to embrace the technology, launching the first electric trolley exactly 126 years ago.
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The fires that Hassan Rouhani needs to douseThe Iranian president?s job is to clean up the mess made by fools ? whether those in Washington or Tehran.
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A look at images of day-to-day life in France, China, Cuba, Pakistan, the United States and other countries.
Rondo, who will be in town with Dallas Friday, had flashes of brilliance here, but we really don?t know how good he can be.
Judging by the track record of Jeb Bush?s father and brother, charming the notoriously fickle voters in New Hampshire will be a tricky task.
Five have officially declared their candidacy to replace Carlo Basile, but nearly a dozen others have publicly mulled a run.
The governor-elect is turning to big businesses to help pay for the festivities.
The journalists were convicted in June on charges that included conspiring with the Muslim Brotherhood to broadcast false reports.
A surge in patients from the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America helped Children?s improve its bottom line.
High fashion has its fans, but when will new talent get invited to the show?
Late-night TV became less about rearranging deck chairs on a sinking ship and more about reviving a TV institution.
Design New England
Contemporary-style Weston home is site sensitiveAn extraordinary landscape and a Modern house with potential prove an irresistible lure.
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