Multifamily homes? owners hit hard by new tax bills

Owners of two-family buildings saw an 8 percent increase while owners of three-deckers experienced an 11 percent increase.

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Rallies petered out early Wednesday, but more are planned, including one in the city?s downtown on Friday.

Many Republican Party leaders fear that a Donald Trump candidacy would hand the White House to Hillary Clinton.

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Republican groups plot to bring down Donald Trump

Republican leaders are worried about long-lasting damage to the party?s image that Trump may cause.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Boghosian_22wecommuter18_REG-7579-7880.jpg Uproar over rail schedule changes prompts T to delay moves

Riders complained about the commuter rail timetables, saying they eliminated widely used trains and stops.

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The firm on Wednesday will try to convince a judge that its daily fantasy sports contests are not illegal gambling under N.Y. law.

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The firm has hired former US attorney general Eric Holder to crush a plan to open a casino just across the state line.

Lauren Baker spoke to the Doric Docents in the House Members Lounge at the State House in September. As the state?s first lady,  Baker is the president of the docents, who give tours at the State House.

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Shirley Leung

Lauren Baker practices patience as she defines her role

Baker is in search of her next chapter, but one has been thrust upon her: Being first lady of Massachusetts.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/25/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/200_david_price.jpg One analyst says Red Sox ?all-in? on David Price

Dave Dombrowski traded for Price in July 2014, when the new Red Sox baseball chief was with the Tigers.

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The hard lessons from last winter explained why Mayor Martin Walsh posed with the city?s new 13-foot-tall snow blower.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/200_wacko_hurley_new.jpg John ?Wacko? Hurley, organizer of St. Patrick?s Day parade, dies

Hurley was a central figure in the dispute over whether gay advocacy groups could march in the South Boston parade.

DEC, PDP-1 from 1960 on display at the Computer Museum in Mountain View, Calif. Monday, July 9, 2001 was used to play the first interactive computer game Spacewar. (Photo/Peter Lennihan) Library Tag 07152001 BUSINESS

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Scott Kirsner | Innovation Economy

Boston?s brand is the future

Our city isn?t about the past. It?s the place where the future happens first.

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Call it the War over Thanksgiving. Politics and religion are no longer the only stressors when gathering around the table.

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Doctors wouldn?t recommend stretching your stomach to create more room for Thanksgiving dinner, but according to science, it is in fact possible.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/24/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy1-9308.jpg Even as they win again, Patriots are looking vulnerable

Once dominant, once a bully, the perfect Patriots find themselves struggling to play at a championship level.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/24/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/498519280.jpg The 3 big mistakes made by the officials on Monday night

?Guys are rolling their eyes over that performance. That was really bad,? said one official of the crew working the Patriots-Bills game.

A police officer was on patrol Monday at one of the entrances to the UN Climate Conference in Le Bourget, outside Paris. The climate talks are scheduled to begin next week.

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opinion | Ban Ki-moon

The Paris climate challenge

Now is the time for common sense.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/20/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/GENETICPOLLACKBSPR2A.jpg Salmon breakthrough was driven by chance

An experiment to help the fish thrive in frigid Canadian waters instead turned into a method of making them grow more quickly.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

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Russia and Turkey are working at cross-purposes in Syria, pursuing different targets, objectives, and goals.

Tommy Blackshaw on the afternoon of his second heart transplant.

THOMAS FARRAGHER

Remembering a son, and giving thanks

Tom and Sandy Blackshaw know something that only parents who have lost a child can know.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/200_felix_rivera.jpg Ex-Chelsea officer pleads to beating handcuffed detainee

Felix Rivera Jr., 34, of Lynn, also admitted to filing a false report about the incident.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/24/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/beer4-1492-5768.jpg Somerville brewer Pretty Things to stop operations

Dann and Martha Paquette, owners of Pretty Things beer company, had said they were being shut out of area bars and restaurants.

Ground Game

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New Hampshire remains the only reason Sanders has an argument that there is a Democratic contest at all.

Globe investigations

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A look at high-impact investigations from The Boston Globe, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning report on abuse in the Catholic Church.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

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?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

The Big Picture

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Earthprints: How humans impact the landscape

Each site depicted has profoundly changed in the last 30 years.