Charles Lightbody, a felon whose involvement in the Everett casino project triggered a criminal investigation, has turned on his friend, Revere Mayor Dan Rizzo.
Kennedy?s new book, scheduled to be released Monday, provides an intimate picture of a dysfunctional family.
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.
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Veteran shows loyalty to an Afghan who caredJohn Velis, an Army veteran from Massachusetts, remembered the help he and other Americans got from a young Afghan translator.
Neighborhood activists unite to protest crisis in housingHundreds gathered in Dorchester as corporate landlords, they said, displace the poor and traditional communities of color.
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As a 26-year-old killer gunned down victims inside a college classroom, he spared one student and gave him a package to deliver to authorities.
Bella Bond was in many ways a typical toddler. But her young life was hanging by a thread.
Genetic tests for psychiatric drugs spur hope, doubtsNew tests that identify the best drugs based on a patient?s DNA have limited science behind them and many questions ahead.
Sky-high unemployment rates are falling as the benefits of a six-year expansion finally reach these struggling communities, known as Gateway Cities.
Martha?s Vineyard casino proposal splits islandThe Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe says it needs the revenue from a casino on Martha?s Vineyard, but others say it would be out of place.
The passionate and proudly obscure world of organ building is torn over the revolutionary digital organ created by a Needham company.
The Coast Guard said Saturday that it has located a life ring from the missing cargo ship, which went missing with 33 people aboard.
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With trades unlikely, Hanley Ramirez and Pablo Sandoval top the list of underperforming players who need to rebound.
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The blood of El Salvador?s massacres stains AmericaThe true masterminds behind the violence of the 1980s were pulling the strings from Washington.
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A neighborhood gathers at Dudley CafeWith comfortable couches and free WiFi, a new cafe is Dudley Square?s coziest hangout.
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Opinion Reel: ?Jordan,? a film by Katie RussellA boy with autism comes home for the weekend.
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.
Red Sox manager-on-leave John Farrell is still battling cancer, and interim manager Torey Lovullo is likely to be a hot commodity.
In addition to the 11 new locations, four new stations ? in the South End, Seaport, Dorchester, and Jamaica Plain ? are in the works.
The Democratic hopeful appeared as a wise bartender who pours a drink for, ahem, Hillary Clinton (played by Kate McKinnon).
Weylu?s and the Hilltop Steak House are gone, with the miniature golf course guarded by the orange dinosaur next to be demolished.
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Mapkin is a crowdsourcing app that aims to create a ?more human? GPS experience.
Israeli police said they are preventing Palestinian residents of east Jerusalem from entering the Old City for two days during a Jewish holiday to prevent violence.
Stacey Dyer Messier promotes an app that she says can get a recording on her iPhone that sounds almost like it was professionally mixed in a studio.
Kathe Kollwitz?s ?Krieg Cycle,? among the greatest 20th-century evocations of war and its human cost, is on view now at the Davis Museum at Wellesley College.
Oia is reputed to be one of the best places in the world for watching the sun set. After watching it four nights in a row there, I can confirm its reputation.
Photographer John Carle found his pictorial voice while he was a photo intern in the Financial District during its off hours.
Design New England
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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Patrick Kennedy reveals family?s struggles with alcohol in new book
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Dan Shaughnessy: Red Sox are in an awkward spot with John Farrell and Torey Lovullo
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