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Vincent ?Buddy? Cianci dominated Rhode Island politics for parts of four decades.
Perspective
GE and the promise of the new Boston economyAs recently as a few decades ago, this was a much different city and Massachusetts a much different state.
State Senate proposes public records overhaulThe legislation goes further than a House bill to make it easier for people to obtain government records.
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?I love expressing myself,? Boston Marathon Bombing survivor Sydney Corcoran said about the many tattoos that now grace her body.
More of us are renters than ever beforeFor the first time on record, homeownership in the Boston area dipped below 60 percent.
Sundance is looking heavier this yearIt?s an unusually quiet festival, and an unusually serious one, Ty Burr says.
Hawaii AG says fantasy sports illegal, no enforcement yetDoug Chin is the latest state official to say daily fantasy sports games played for cash are illegal gambling under state law.
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Belmont Colonial features double-decker bedroomThe home has six bedrooms and a basement that includes an exercise room, sauna, and a half bath.
from the archives | Jan. 29, 1986
The explosion killed all seven crew members, including Christa McAuliffe, a New Hampshire teacher who was to be the country?s first private citizen to orbit the Earth.
Baker unveils new economic development bill Governor Baker is filing a bill aimed at stimulating the local economy through capital grants and workforce training funds.
ground game
The Suffolk University poll shows John Kasich, Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio in a statistical tie.
Police arrest two people wounded in violent Brookline episodePolice Chief Daniel C. O?Leary called the incident ?a targeted crime? as he announced details Thursday.
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Evan Horowitz | Quick Study
Never before has there been a Zika outbreak of this scale, with over a million cases in Brazil and potentially millions more in the months ahead.
Zika ?spreading explosively,? WHO official says?The possible links, only recently suspected, have rapidly changed the risk profile of Zika from a mild threat to one of alarming proportions,? the agency?s director-general said.
Michael Giakoumakis allegedly tried to recruit a 19-year-old woman to have sex with married men for money.
Mexico puts ?affluenza? teen on plane to TexasUniformed Mexican immigration agents put Ethan Couch aboard a commercial flight to Texas on Thursday, ending his month-long stay in Mexico.
An independent contractor at Harvard University Health Services Center for Wellness claims she and others are entitled to employee benefits.
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Movie Review
The dramatic film recalls the saving of 32 men off Cape Cod in a raging nor?easter in February 1952.
Lexington man killed by runaway wheel is mourned Police are investigating what caused the wheel to break off a pickup truck Tuesday and collide with a sedan traveling in a different direction.
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Equality is key to global economic growthDealing with the ?marcro-critical? issues of the world economy is essential to boosting growth that is both durable and inclusive.
STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.
ground game
How Tuesday night encapsulated the 2016 campaignFor those who follow the presidential campaign?s every turn, last night could have caused some whiplash.
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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Thousands of residents in Michigan have been exposed to toxic amounts of lead, including about 9,000 children.
The Bruins backup goaltender was taken to Mass General after the first period of Tuesday night?s game.
Temperatures should rise into the 40s with light southerly winds are expected, forecasters wrote.
Bernie Sanders may be decrying politics as usual, but he?s also picked up tricks of the trade during his 25 years in Washington.
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Greg Hubbard spoke with Boston.com about the newest Chevrolet Volt and the much-anticipated Bolt EV.
Laurent Gbagbo is accused together with a former youth minister, Charles Ble Goude, of involvement in atrocities that left 3,000 people dead.
??Cities have not kept up with consumer tastes,?? said Nela Richardson, Redfin?s chief economist.
Guests at the event, held at Liquid Art House, included fellow councilors Annissa Essaibi George and Andrea Campbell.
In ?You, Me and the Apocalypse,? the many plotlines and characters are united by the fact that a comet is racing toward Earth.
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.
TechLab | BetaBoston
In Minsky?s wake, machines get smarterIf history had gone Marvin Minsky?s way, he might have spent his last days in the care of medical robots.
Crux
Pope Francis meets Iranian leader to discuss Middle EastThe meeting marked the first time ranian President Hassan Rouhani has visited the West since a landmark nuclear agreement with Iran last year.
Design New England
Home Sweets HomeInterior designer Holly Joe cooks up the love in her sophisticated yet cozy family house in Westwood.
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