Two Brookline officers said they have been the targets of discrimination within the police department.
The driver of the train that took off without him was not the first MBTA employee accused of tampering with the throttle.
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Unusual December warmth brings out petals and worriesThe unseasonably warm weather has many living things in Greater Boston confused.
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Shea, who was from Brookline, became engaged to Spencer Kushner two days before she died of cancer.
Television review
HBO heroin documentary looks at Cape CodAll of the familiar beauty of the Cape serves as a darkly ironic backdrop for an achingly sad story about the heroin epidemic.
With a crowded field, the quadrennial rite of angling for Senate endorsements has gotten even more awkward.
Deadly storm system scatters damage across the SouthIn Mississippi, residents were beginning to take stock after storms that killed at least six across the country whipped through the area.
Corrections officers found Anfelnin Feliz hanging in his cell at the prison at about 6:20 p.m., an official said.
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Four years into the new era, UMass has fielded one of the worst teams in big-time college football, at 8-40 overall.
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Yvonne Abraham
For the last 29 years, Erik Rodenhiser and his company have been staging a mobile production of ?A Christmas Carol.?
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A four-year-old boy is the only one in the family who qualifies for a visit from Globe Santa.
Renée Graham
In your memory, Sandra, we still demand full accountability.
An investigation by St. George?s School found that 23 students were sexually abused by three school employees in the 1970s and ?80s.
Walpole resident celebrates 110th birthday Alice Fischer is believed to be the state?s oldest living resident and says her secret to long life is to ?work hard.?
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Blink?s DIY video-based home security system may be the futureThe new home security system is from a company that might become the state?s next big consumer electronics firm.
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What happened after GateHouse Media sold the Las Vegas Review-Journal just nine months after buying it was anything but business as usual.
STAT | Kendall Squared
Precision medicine has great promise but few payersInsurers have been grappling with whether to pay for the genetic tests that often guide such treatments.
HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
The liquor-lover?s gift guideIf you haven?t bought a gift for the liquor connoisseur on your list, the countdown?s on. But don?t panic!
The newly signed running back has not played in an NFL game since last December with the Falcons.
Ann Hood
The true meaning of ?miracle?In Chimayo, miracles came in the form of dirt. I felt possibility everywhere I looked.
STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.
ground game
Trump nod becomes more probable by the dayEvery day that Donald Trump remains on top of the polls, he is another day closer to becoming the Republican nominee.
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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They come in all shapes and sizes, donning the iconic red suit and hat that symbolize modern-day Christmas.
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.
Olynyk had 20 points and nine rebounds, including a highlight-reel dunk that sparked an 11-2 run in the third quarter.
Over 100 Boston College students and others who had eaten at the Cleveland Circle restaurant fell ill with norovirus.
Fisher was a Tea Party gubernatorial candidate in 2014 and had waged a bitter battle with the state Republican Party.
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Relatives of the 12-year-old killed by police last year see bias in the grand jury investigation.
A teen driver who died a few days after a crash near Pittsburgh has been tentatively identified as the eighth death in the US linked to explosive air bag inflators.
Will Ferrell shifts from cluelessly swaggering to just clueless in reteaming with Mark Wahlberg.
This father is a man who takes pride in saving a buck ? and he brings that financial shrewdness to his Christmas list.
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Boston Dynamics turns robots into reindeerA video by the company features Santa being pulled over a hill by three robotic reindeer.
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Pope Francis faces a real dilemma in ?Vatileaks 2.0?The Vatican leaks scandal has had more twists than a daytime soap opera.
Design New England
The Meaning of HomeA thoughtful design gives two Boston Marathon bombing survivors accessibility with panache.
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From a Boston penthouse, world?s best fantasy player plunges into startup world
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