Divided Nation
Nathan Wallin for The Boston Globe
The rise of activist investing ? a trend that recently played out at a Wis. paper mill ? could affect tens of millions of workers.
Empathy ? a vital part of being a good physician that?s rarely part of training ? isn?t something innate or acquired in upbringing.
Advocates are questioning a decision that granted a father custody of his son a year before he allegedly put the boy into a coma.
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It is an unremarkable building, except that 42 Lomasney Way is utterly amazing, a vestige of another Boston, a witness to history.
A wave of thunderstorms brought wind and hail, and downed trees and wires throughout Eastern Mass. Saturday evening.
Officials are investigating the death of a child and the hospitalization of another who were taken from an Auburn home Saturday.
Officials do not believe foul play was involved in the death Ilya Lastovkin, who was in his early 20s when he went missing.
Eighth-graders who took the T last year were more likely to be tardy but absent less frequently, and saved Boston millions.
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BEN VOLIN I ON FOOTBALL
It?s the rare case where both parties can save more face with a loss than a settlement.
The Collings Foundation wants to showcase its collection of wartime planes, but some neighbors aren?t happy about the plan.
RED SOX 22, MARINERS 10
Jackie Bradley Jr. homered twice and had seven RBIs as the Sox smacked 26 hits against the Mariners.
Logan flights snared by technical, weather issuesFlights from Logan Airport were caught in a wave of delays and cancellations affecting airports along the East Coast Saturday.
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Travel
For three weeks every August, the cerebral reputation of Edinburgh is shed for a riot of simultaneous festivals.
Location, Location, Location
The South Shore town is a tourist draw because of its beaches, but resident Joe Mastriani savors Marshfield?s peace and quiet.
Shire?s unsolicitied $30 billion offer for Baxalta was another example of shrewd global business by the company.
Shoppers took advantage of the state?s sales tax holiday to purchase school supplies, laptops, and flat-screen televisions.
Beverly Beckham | From the archives
Saying goodbye to a child going off to college for the first time is a thing that never changes.
Tracking the endorsements of N.H. GOP activists Jeb Bush, Carly Fiorina, and Rand Paul have picked up the most support from top party activists in the Granite State so far.
Michael A. Cohen
Trump?s shockers are working ? for now Stop me if you?ve heard this before: Donald Trump has gone too far.
At least 104 people died in large explosions in Tianjin, a port city on China?s northeast coast. The explosions are thought to have originated in a warehouse that contained chemicals.
Innovation Economy | BetaBoston
On-demand apps creating gigs, but not exactly jobsA parade of new app-based services are making urban life more convenient. But it can be tough to earn a real living.
For Catholic Relief Services? Carolyn Woo, capitalism isn?t all badThe former business school dean winces a bit when Pope Francis rails against capitalism.
The disease that is forcing Red Sox manager John Farrell to take a medical leave is a cancer of the immune system.
Reporter Steve Annear records his alternately perilous and thrilling daily trip from Somerville to the Globe?s offices.
After Mayor Walsh tagged Donald Trump to take the ice bucket challenge, Trump called Walsh ?a clown.?
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Lincoln has developed a concept luxury seat that can be adjusted in 30 different ways.
The leader of the Islamic State personally kept a 26-year-old American woman as a hostage and raped her repeatedly.
Rossi is cofounder of the Chemical Footprint Project, which uses a benchmark system to raise awareness about harmful chemicals.
?Saturday Night Fever? arrives with all the elements of a jukebox musical, but the production is just hit-or-miss.
It would either disrupt whatever recovery he has had from our breakup, or help him move on, knowing, at least, that it was love.
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