Several schools, including Harvard and MIT, say using race as a factor in admissions is fundamental to creating a diverse student body.
1 person killed after car plows into pedestrians in VegasSix people were in critical condition late Sunday after a woman intentionally drove her car toward a crowd, police said.
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A false debate over charter schoolsIt?s folly to say that public schools shouldn?t be supported ? and it?s folly to say that parents shouldn?t have choices.
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Some are open to helping fund the imperiled rail project, but they want to see a concrete budget first.
Boston?s immigrant population up 20 percent since 2000Foreign-born persons now constitute about 27 percent of the city?s residents.
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Harvard lags in monetizing its scientific researchThe university ranked 25th in the number of faculty inventions that it licensed or optioned out to industry in the 2012-14 fiscal years.
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The state?s Abandoned Housing Initiative can persuade owners of run-down buildings to take care of issues ? or pay the price.
Walsh gives tentative support for measure to rein in evictionsBoston?s mayor said the city is considering protections for renters who are being priced out of the booming housing market.
BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL
These backs were in a rush to impress Patriots? coachesRookie Joey Iosefa is the latest guy the Patriots found off the scrap heap and put into the lineup for a productive game.
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Patriots? mistakes were no accidentSome see costly penalties. The Patriots see situational football opportunities.
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The 27th annual event served more than 4,500 children and 1,500 parents from shelters and temporary housing facilities.
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Whatever the circumstances, they all write with a singular purpose ? they want to see smiles on the kids? faces on Christmas Day.
For the first time, viewers at home weighed in, in addition to the in-person celebrity judges.
Autism Eats supper club offers comfort, community Families with a child on the spectrum can enjoy a restaurant gathering in a nonjudgmental atmosphere.
Close calls between drones, planes on the riseThe FAA received 26 reports of drone encounters in Mass. in a nine-month period ending Aug. 20, the seventh-highest total in the US.
Armenian Heritage Park?s peace walk provides time to reflectVisitors searched for inner calm during the second annual Candlelit Labyrinth Peace Walk on Sunday.
Treehouse is where once-traumatized children are raised in a quiet, understanding, supportive neighborhood.
The comedy duo brought back their famous Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton characters on ?Saturday Night Live.?
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Supported by the family of a Mass. teenager who lost her life to an allergic reaction, researchers are working on an automatic injection device.
James E. Guilford Jr., Boston Latin?s oldest living graduate, dies at 104Guilford, who also was involved in art and real estate, styled the hair of many jazz stars who performed here.
Police had been called to the Hollis Street residence shortly before midnight for a report of a man with a large knife.
Brady and the Patriots have financial relationships with Alex Guerrero, an entrepreneur who has a history of legal trouble.
RENÉE LOTH
A singular sensationOne-use kitchen gadgets are just drawer stuffers ? with one nostalgic exception.
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DNC chairwoman discusses timing of Saturday debateA Q&A with DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz before Saturday?s Democratic debate.
Globe investigations and Spotlight reportsA look at high-impact investigations from The Boston Globe, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning report on abuse in the Catholic Church.
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The decade wait is over for ?Star Wars? fans with the opening of the seventh film, ?The Force Awakens,? this week.
Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight??Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
The Bruins? Loui Eriksson and the Devils? Andy Greene scored in regulation.
A 4-year-old boy died in Saturday evening?s blaze, and four other people were injured, including the boy?s mother and sister.
The senators stopped in at the Boston landmark while Graham was campaigning in New Hampshire.
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These systems can relay vital information to emergency responders when time is precious.
A security researcher stumbled into a nightmare: Cyberattackers had opened a pathway into the networks running the United States? power grid.
The conglomerate said that it will cut more jobs and restructure some of its businesses.
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Santa Claus delivered a light saber to Keith Lockhart during Friday?s Pops show.
While the germ theory of disease has been around since the 16th century, scientists have come to appreciate the health benefits of microorganisms only recently.
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HubSpot inks lease to expand in East CambridgeThe sales and marketing software firm said Friday it plans to take over the rest of its building.
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In India and across Asia, Christians targeted for faithAn Indian website reporting anti-Christian persecution claims that in 2015 there has been an average of one violent episode a week.
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The Meaning of HomeA thoughtful design gives two Boston Marathon bombing survivors accessibility with panache.
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Clinton?s brief absence at the Democratic debate explained
The world of threats to the US is an illusion
Ted Cruz was a polarizing figure at Harvard Law, foreshadowing his partisan profile in the Senate
Ben Volin: Patriots? depleted running back corps performs well
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