The five plaintiffs are Boston students who were unable to secure charter school seats and sent to underperforming schools.
Taxi drivers, Uber and Lyft officials, and legislators are gathering on Beacon Hill to discuss regulating the ride-hailing industry.
Director of JFK Library to resign amid discordThe library has seen a mass exodus of employees over the past year and a half, since Heather Campion became CEO of the foundation.
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Hurling is an ancient Gaelic sport similar to field hockey in which players use a wooden stick to hit a small ball.
A former teacher and coach at North Andover High School allegedly supplied a narcotic painkiller and an antianxiety drug to a student athlete.
Ben Carson makes gains in new poll on GOP fieldThe retired neurosurgeon is now running nearly even with Donald Trump as a pick for the party?s presidential nomination.
Process blamed for Green Line extension?s soaring costThe method allows a contractor to name a maximum price at each stage of construction, instead of agreeing to a fixed price.
Hakeem Martin, 21, of Roxbury faces charges that include carrying a loaded firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition.
Family of Boston man who drowned in harbor sues barThe lawsuit claims the bar kicked Eric Munsell out and left him to ?fend for himself.??
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Migrants, many of them war refugees, pour onto a once-tranquil Greek island in hope of reaching a land where they can start life anew.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
After Patriots, AFC East is still a trio of zerosDon?t be fooled by those undefeated teams; the division will be a cakewalk for New England. Again.
Ty Burr
?Spotlight? screens at Toronto Film FestivalThe movie about the Globe investigation of the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal doesn?t turn reporters into heroes. It just lets them do their jobs.
Brookline warns of traffic ahead of ?Black Mass? premiereJohnny Depp and other stars in the movie will be at Coolidge Corner Tuesday night, and that means traffic.
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A financial adviser on why it?s never too early to teach kids about debt, income, saving, and investing.
Donald Trump strikes a chord ? with evangelicalsNational polls show Trump trouncing candidates who have much more actively courted Christian voters.
KEVIN CULLEN
A very inconvenient truthA conspiracy theory posits that John Kerry sold out his country for his in-laws. It was a great story ? except none of it is true.
Big Pharma handing out Fitbits to collect better data in drug trials What began as an aid for athletes and dieters to track their movements is quickly becoming a critical tool for medical researchers and drug makers.
Which Mass. college graduates make the most after 10 years?Business- and health care-oriented schools boasted generally higher salaries among their former students.
Jeb Bush super PAC ads begin in Boston, N.H. Right to Rise plans to advertise for at least six months, until a month after the New Hampshire primary.
JOAN VENNOCHI
Jeb Bush is no George W., and that?s a problemAs Jeb struggles with poll numbers, he could take some lessons from his supposedly dumber sibling.
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In July, Globe photographer Keith Bedford visited Boston teacher Nathan Eckstrom during his month-long trip to Haiti.
Bringing ?Star Wars? to the toy storesBoston-based Pilot Studio creates much of the packaging that Lucasfilm?s hundreds of commercial partners use to sell ?Star Wars? merchandise.
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Take in refugees or pay property taxes, pope tells religious ordersPope Francis issued a blunt warning to any religious orders in Europe that spurn his recent call to open their doors to refugees.
Until August, nobody really knew much about Shaw, except that he was on the organization?s ?B? list of prospects.
The conference, the first of its kind held here, is a sign of the growing influence of two Mass. tribes recognized by federal officials in recent years.
Sanders said the ?massive injustice? of income and wealth inequality should unite people across the political spectrum.
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A wall of water swept away two vehicles in a community near the Arizona border.
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The stars discussed the people they?re playing during a news conference Monday.
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Dan Shaughnessy: After Patriots, AFC East is still a trio of zeros
Director of JFK Library to step down amid discord
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Family of Boston man who drowned in harbor sues bar
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