Defense lawyers complain the tactic is aimed at avoiding medical claims from clinics in lower-income neighborhoods.
More than 90 people from Mass. had their drug sentences reduced recently, and dozens are slated to be released as early as this week.
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Thompson, a Republican US senator for eight years who also acted in feature films and on television, has died, his family said.
Adrian Walker
Keeping the spotlight on the Catholic ChurchFourteen years after the clergy abuse scandal rocked the world, critics insist the Church still has not done all it can to protect children.
Marvens Fedna was in critical condition Sunday, a day after a late touchdown gave his team an improbable win.
Tom Harkin, sponsor of the landmark law, lamented that employment levels for people with disabilities remain near the low levels of 1990.
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Olmstead Place is the first of three new luxury apartment buildings planned on a changing stretch in Jamaica Plain.
Federal judge orders seizure of Nova Star ferryThe ferry that runs between Maine and Nova Scotia was seized after a Portland company claimed it?s owed more than $200,000.
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The hottest City Council race is District 4, which spans Mattapan and Dorchester and includes slices of Jamaica Plain.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
The Kansas City Royals are championship-caliber. They are also, if you will excuse the language, a tad boring.
Dollar Shave Club, which launched three years ago, has continued to trim away at the Boston-based company?s dynasty.
Voters are likely to decide a controversial measure banning eggs from hens and meat from pigs and calves kept in tight enclosures.
The move comes even as the industrial giant adds hundreds of white-collar positions in Massachusetts.
Vandals have twice ripped down the ?Black Lives Matter? banner from outside the First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain.
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Perspective
We?re used to finger-wagging from adults, but kids critiquing each other gets more complicated.
Miss Conduct
The lone woman on a work trip wonders whether it?s OK to order alcohol.
CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER
To go 16-0 or not to go 16-0, that is the question facing the Patriots.
Officials will meet Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss whether the time has come to raise interest rates.
Hundreds of officers have lost licenses over sex misconductAn analysis by the Associated Press showed that about 1,000 police officers lost their licenses across the country in a six-year period.
Embracing the power of human touchPats on the back can encourage a team to victory, and massages can even reduce mortality rates for premature babies.
Ground Game
Who is rooting for Jeb Bush? Bush is right that Americans love a good comeback story, but only if they see a candidate they can root for.
A look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month, including fall colors, presidential candidates, and other events.
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Boston?s newest Uber driver? Kayak co-founder Paul EnglishEnglish is using his all-wheel-drive Tesla Model S P85, an electric car with a base price of $105,000.
JOHN L. ALLEN JR. | all things catholic
Religious context of Russia?s move in Syria overlookedIt?s increasingly common among the Christians of the Middle East to say that only Russia seems to be taking its responsibility seriously.
LaMarcus Aldridge had 24 points and 14 rebounds as the Spurs won at TD Garden
Numbers show Mondays typically have the most on-time buses, and Friday afternoons often have much lower on-time rates.
Surprising finds include rare fine art, a piece of President Lincoln?s coat, and Helen Keller?s bathing suit.
Bernie Sanders had some critics. But few dispute that his reforms resulted in an efficient and responsive city government.
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The luxury vehicle used by actor James Gandolfini on the HBO hit goes on the auction block next month.
As the third year of enrollment starts today, President Obama?s health care law is approaching limits.
There aren?t many people who can claim they?ve run two of New England?s biggest public relations firms.
?Drawing Redefined,? now on view at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, attempts to recast drawing as more than mere representation.
It?s hard to walk through an airport without seeing sufferers from Overstuffed Suitcase Syndrome, one of traveling?s greatest challenges.
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Oil company executive Jay Wilson and his wife, Brenda, spent millions to restore a Newport, R.I., mansion that once belonged to the founders of the Newport Jazz Festival.
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How Sunday night became the new Monday morning
Here?s why China?s one-child policy was a good thing
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A socialist even a conservative could love; as Burlington mayor, Sanders was able to out-Republican the Republicans
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