Under T policies, workers who take too many unexcused absences can eventually get suspended without pay or fired.
Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff
The T?s money troubles are often chalked up, in part, to lingering debt from public transit projects built to offset the Big Dig highway project.
The Manhattan US Attorney?s office announced on Tuesday that ?the evidence does not support? pursuing charges.
Problems at the New England Primate Research Center may have been more serious and longstanding than Harvard previously revealed.
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The closing arguments threw into sharp relief the circumstantial nature of a case with no clear motive and no eyewitnesses to the killing of Lloyd.
S.C. officer faces murder charge after traffic stopA video shows officer Michael T. Slager firing his gun eight times as the man ? Walter L. Scott, 50 ? fled.
The judge will go over questions Wednesday morning when the jury is slated to return and continue deliberating.
Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff
The 215,000-square-foot Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building is the new home of the Boston Public Schools, along with retail space.
A recent report suggests that Massachusetts is among 13 states and D.C. where housing markets might be overheating.
Shirley Leung
Conventional wisdom would make Jack Hart the head of the Mass. Convention Center Authority, but perhaps we need to start being unconventional.
In Boston, white women make 83 cents for every dollar that men make, according to the city. The gap is far worse for women of color.
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dining out
It?s been 20 years since Lala Rokh opened, bringing Persian flavors to Beacon Hill. The restaurant and menu have just been updated.
It isn?t always easy being a ?can?t miss kid,? but Eichel has remained grounded and productive as the NHL beckons.
The university will consider all students who are in the country illegally as regular domestic applicants, eligible for the same aid as US citizens.
Miss Conduct
One advice seeker is baffled that some veterans resent being thanked for their service.
Episode 16: Tsarnaev?s guilt now in jurors? handsThis interactive timeline highlights trial coverage and a podcast featuring Globe columnist Kevin Cullen and WBUR reporter David Boeri.
SCOT LEHIGH
Ed Markey?s optimism for climate-change consensusThe Mass. Democrat thinks the stage is set for a significant advance when world leaders meet in Paris this December.
The alarming attack at Garissa University was the deadliest in the country since 1998.
The Huskies defeated Notre Dame, 63-53, Tuesday night at Amalie Arena in Tampa.
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The senators? deep discomfort with the plan appears to have already slowed the bill?s movement into law.
Walker?s strategy is raising questions about his core convictions, and threatens to take him out of the top tier of candidates.
Officials have begun exhuming bodies from mass graves containing some of the nearly 1,700 Iraqi air force cadets massacred by the Islamic State.
Mayor Walsh opened the Boston Women?s Venture Capital Summit by acknowledging a wage gap in his office.
Billy Crystal and Josh Gad star in new FX comedy ?The Comedians,? which could use more laughs and fewer cringes.
Highland Kitchen in Somerville won the Munch Madness 2015 bracket, beating Island Creek Oyster Bar.
Design New England
Garden varietyWith hundreds of thousands of species in existence, how are eager gardeners to choose plants for their gardens?
Fighting to save cursive from the Common CoreDefenders argue penmanship is not just a handy skill but a source of art, virtue, and patriotism.
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