New tests that identify the best drugs based on a patient?s DNA have limited science behind them and many questions ahead.
Kennedy?s new book, scheduled to be released Monday, provides an intimate picture of a dysfunctional family.
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Bernie Sanders addressed a near-capacity crowd of 20,000 in Boston, with a few thousand more in an overflow room.
At least 19 were killed after a Doctors Without Borders hospital was hit by what appears to have been a US airstrike.
The passionate and proudly obscure world of organ building is torn over the revolutionary digital organ created by a Needham company.
The shooter in Roseburg, Ore., killed himself as deputies arrived, Sheriff John Hanlin said.
Neighborhood activists unite to protest crisis in housingHundreds gathered in Dorchester as corporate landlords, they said, displace the poor and traditional communities of color.
Bella Bond was in many ways a typical toddler. But her young life was hanging by a thread.
The Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe says it needs the revenue from a casino on Martha?s Vineyard, but others say it would be out of place.
Sky-high unemployment rates are falling as the benefits of a six-year expansion finally reach these struggling communities, known as Gateway Cities.
For members of Eitz Chayim Congregation, the scenes of refugees? desperation struck a chord.
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Despite the cold weather and a howling wind Saturday, racing went off without a hitch.
A cargo ship with 33 people aboard was missing as Hurricane Joaquin moved out to sea, but the threat of strong waves remained, forecasters said.
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Lovullo will be a managerial commodity, but the Red Sox might want to keep him in case Farrell can?t return.
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With trades unlikely, Hanley Ramirez and Pablo Sandoval top the list of underperforming players who need to rebound.
This man ?owned? Google.com ? for 1 minuteGoogle is worth more than $400 billion. For a minute this week, Sanmay Ved thought he had improbably acquired its domain ? for $12.
Opinion Reel: Announcing the Fall 2015 selectionsThese nine films were selected by a panel of Globe Opinion journalists and documentary film experts.
Evaluating campaign money reports gets more complicatedJust combining a candidate?s account and the candidate?s super PAC might not be the best way of doing things.
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Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers in September.
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Insight is failure?s silver liningFailure is an enormously powerful learning experience for entrepreneurs ? yet most are happy to leave it behind them, undiscussed.
Vatican distances pope from Kentucky clerk Kim DavisThe Vatican said the pontiff did not intend the encounter as a form of support for her case.
With the loss, Boston is guaranteed of consecutive last-place finishess for the first time since 1929-30.
Former Catholic priest Ronald Paquin, who psychologists say admitted to molesting at least 14 boys, was released Friday from custody.
It quickly became clear Friday that a shift in Washington or in the presidential campaign debate is highly improbable.
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Mapkin is a crowdsourcing app that aims to create a ?more human? GPS experience.
Sidestepping a confirmation fight, Obama tapped a senior bureaucrat to run the department while leaving the role of secretary vacant.
The fast-growing company is bringing on two big names from Boston to help address safety concerns.
The Tony Award-winning playwright created ?Dancing at Lughnasa? and more than 30 other plays has died in Ireland.
Why Ace Gershfield bought an antique RCA Victor mascot is as curious a story as where he got him.
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Deck House ReduxA new floor plan and a fresh palette prove the stalwart post-and-beam, open concept design is still relevant.
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