He has traveled so far, from near-fatal abuse to here, invisible among Maine?s poorest, in the care of grandparents who have little left to give but love. By Sarah Schweitzer
2 dead following crash into Charles RiverTwo people were pulled from the Charles River Saturday night after a car went through a guardrail near the Museum of Science.
UMass fights to stay competitive, clamors for more fundingA Globe review of government support for a group of UMass?s self-selected peers shows the university system in the middle of the bunch.
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At 38, Brady is on pace to break league records and put together the best season of his already stellar career.
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For the victims of the predators wearing Roman collars, this movie isn?t about process. It?s more personal, far more visceral.
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South Boston metalworker Jimmy LeBlanc discusses his performance in ?Spotlight.?
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Very few companies have amassed the skills to make inexpensive robots ? and sell them to consumers. IRobot has.
In cruelty case, a glimpse of a different breed of dog loverThe discovery of two dead puppies parted the curtains on a subculture of breeders who raise their animals to be aggressive.
Yvonne Abraham
In McCarthy case, Middlesex prosecutors? argument didn?t check out Sure, we expect prosecutors to win cases, but they?re supposed to win them fair and square ? and not through cynical maneuvering.
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Perspective
A not-very-scientific investigation into why last year was so bad and what?s in store this time.
More than 40 advocacy groups have backed legislation to strengthen the law, widely considered to be one of the weakest in the country.
Seth Moulton endorses Hillary ClintonThe Democrat earlier this summer flirted with backing the never-materialized presidential candidacy of Joe Biden.
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New financial revelations don?t spell doom for church reformsFrancis insisted last week that church leaders can?t serve the poor if they?re seen to ?lead the life of a pharaoh.?
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Amid calls for Trump to be dumped, the Republican presidential candidate hosted Saturday?s ??SNL?? as scheduled.
Globe columnist Shirley Leung fought ice dams last winter and lost. She shares the crash course she took on insulation.
Veteran homelessness an ongoing homefront battleEd Nelson served in the Navy in Southeast Asia but found himself sleeping in the woods in Plymouth.
The fat bike phenomenonWith the latest fat bike technology, a winter ride is surprisingly steady on hard packed snow, crud, and even ice.
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Nick Offerman brings charming obnoxiousness to roleOfferman tackles the colorful role at the heart of ?A Confederacy of Dunces? at Huntington Theatre Company.
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?Two-Stroked: A Love Story,? a film by Jacqui CarriereA moped brings joy. And sometimes, pain.
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How a big field changes the presidential primary seasonThe field has upended long-planned strategies and made this the most unpredictable GOP nomination fight in a generation.
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Thousands of Tibetan Buddhist monks and nuns gathered for the annual event in remote China to mark Buddha?s descent from the heavens.
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DraftKings has the chutzpah, backing to go bigPowerful support from the sports-media industrial complex means DraftKings has the momentum to keep growing.
Amid leaks scandal, new Vatican book exposes greed and waste?Merchants in the Temple? paints a picture of a bureaucracy entrenched in a culture of mismanagement, waste, and secrecy.
With David Krejci in the penalty box, David Desharnais scored the winner with 1:08 remaining.
The battle for custody of two young children shows the tough decisions forced upon the Department of Children and Families.
They thought, just how bad could military service be when for the first time in your life you had three meals a day?
The released statements are in response to questions about his personal spending as a state lawmaker in Florida.
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Automatic braking technology started to emerge in the early 2000s as a means of boosting a driver?s braking efforts and tightening seat belts.
An official warned it was too early to say what caused the plane to apparently break up in mid-flight. Analysis of the noise was underway.
Edwards is a fellow at Greater Boston Legal Services, assisting immigrant workers who are victims of wage theft, human trafficking, and worse.
Crowd-phobic procrastinators, this deal is for you.
Philip Glass wrings black humor from Kafka for his intimate, oppressive, and pertinent chamber opera ?In the Penal Colony,? staged this week by Boston Lyric Opera.
The most powerful points of a new bill to protect child models focus on money, and one Boston agent said the proposed rules are long overdue.
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