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Electricity may spark medical treatment

Mounting evidence shows that therapies for a wide range of ills might come not from medications, but from electric devices.

Campus police at MIT investigated after students and faculty were evacuated for a reported chemical spill in October 2014.

Bill seeks to make police records at private colleges public

Campus police can carry weapons and make arrests, yet courts have ruled colleges are exempt from the state?s public records law.

Crux | Pope's visit to the US

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Pope Francis boarded his plane bound for Rome after his US visit.

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Pope Francis waved from his Fiat as he prepared to depart for Rome.

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Pope Francis arrived at the Festival of Families Sunday Mass.

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Pope Francis greeted officers at the Curran-Fromhold Correction Facility.

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The pope visited with inmates at the Curran-Fromhold Correction Facility.

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The pontiff led an open-air Mass at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

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People gathered along Benjamin Franklin Parkway ahead of the pontiff-led Mass.

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Crowds choked the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

Pope Francis departs after 10-day visit

Francis? private plane took off Sunday night, hours after the pontiff celebrated Mass for hundreds of thousands in Philadelphia.

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Francis said the victims? stories of suffering were ?engraved in my heart? and he would hold those responsible to account.

Synergy nursing home mixed up drugs, state says

The state investigation provides a window into the inner workings of a nursing home ranked among the worst in Mass.

Yuengling Brewery in Pottsville, Pa., is billed as America?s oldest brewery. The company re-entered the Massachusetts market in 2014 with an aggressive promotional campaign.

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Yuengling says it had no inkling of bribes

A beer distributor admits paying Boston bars to carry Yuengling, but the brewer says it had no knowledge of the illegal practice.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_28pipeline-5_metro.jpg West Roxbury residents object to gas pipeline project

About 200 people gathered to protest Spectra Energy Corp.?s $1 billion proposed expansion of the pipeline.

Plymouth- 09/27/15 - A rare supermoon total eclipse photographed in a multiple exposure at 10 minute intervals over an hour time starting at 9:07 p.m. pictured above the Church of St. Peter on Court Street in Plymouth. Boston Globe staff photo by (metro)

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Supermoon, lunar eclipse combine for rare celestial event

The combination, which will not happen again until 2033, left the moon shrouded in an eerie red glow tonight.

09/27/15: Foxborough, MA: Jaguars CB Demetrius McCray goes low, so Patriots RB James White goes high, as he sails for a fourth quarter first down on a nine yard pass play. The New England Patriots hosted the Jacksonville Jaguars in a regular season NFL football game at Gillette Stadium. (Globe Staff Photo/Jim Davis) section:sports:Patriots-Jaguars

Ben Volin | On football

Backup plan just what the Patriots needed

Playing time for the youngsters may have been the greatest benefit of this rout.

Patriots coach Bill Belichick on the sidelines in the fourth quarter against the Jaguars Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015 at Gillette Stadium. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

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Patriots romp while Curse of Deflategate rages on in rest of AFC

Can we just fast forward to Feb. 7 in Santa Clara for Super Bowl 50? The Revenge Tour is roaring.

Alex Speier

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/27/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/490327116.jpg This Patriots team certainly feels like the good old days

Yes, it?s only three games, but you can?t help but compare the 2015 Patriots to the 2007 team.

Boston, Massachusetts -- 9/27/2015-- Don Orsillo waves to the crowd as the Red Sox pay tribute to him during the seventh inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts September 27, 2015. Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff Topic: Redsox-Orioles Reporter:

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Don Orsillo deeply moved by fans? tribute at Fenway Park

He received a standing ovation at the final home game of his NESN career, and said it was something he would take ?with me to my grave.?

From left: Jeffrey Morgan, Patricia Spence, Barbara Kenecht, and Jackson Rand are restoring the land.

Mattapan?s oldest building to become urban farming center

The Fowler Clark Epstein Farm will soon provide a glimpse into the future as headquarters for the Urban Farming Institute.

Donald Trump in Oklahoma City on Friday.

Trump discusses tax plan on ?60 Minutes?

Donald Trump?s policy would increase the burden on hedge fund managers and cut rates for corporations and the middle class.

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The beginning of the end? The race for a Parkinson?s cure

The medical community still doesn?t know what causes the disease ? let alone how to save my father.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/15/BostonGlobe.com/Travel/Images/Okemo_1114A.jpg Fall foliage trips your kids will love (Really!)

Forget the slow-going, scenic byways clogged with leaf peepers. Instead, consider these fun activities where spectacular scenery is only part of the equation.

Opinion & Ideas

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/25/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi-1363.png Moving the goal posts on homelessness

The homeless crisis is intensifying in Massachusetts. Denying families access to shelter won?t change it.

Ground Game

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Bernie Sanders draws large crowds in New Hampshire. Now he needs to turn that enthusiasm into a developed political operation.

The Big Picture

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Pope Francis? mission to the US

The world leader of the Roman Catholic Church has already visited the White House and addressed a joint session of Congress.

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BetaBoston | Hiawatha Bray

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The new iPhone is here, and so were the crowds lined up outside the smartphone stores on Boylston Street.

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John L. Allen Jr. | all things catholic

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/27/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/John_Allen-1533.png Papal trip has highlighted Francis? strengths

During his trip to Cuba and the US over the last week, Pope Francis demonstrated his popularity and his deft political touch.