William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc.
The end result, administrators and architects say, will be a modernized library that?s far more inviting and useful to the public.
Do gang sweeps reduce violence?Law enforcement officials are divided on whether gang sweeps are effective in combating gang violence in the long-term.
Adrian Walker
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Change is coming to Lenox StreetThrough no fault of most of the people who live there, Lenox Street has become a markedly worse place to live in the past few years.
Republicans hold Ted Cruz in a loveless embraceCruz is the groom in a marriage of convenience with a desperate GOP establishment.
Cruz calls Trump a ?sniveling coward?Donald Trump has again sparked outrage on his Twitter account.
?I?m still cheering Bernie on,? Elizabeth Warren saysWhen asked if Bernie Sanders should drop out of the race, Warren praised the Democratic senator from Vermont.
Massachusetts? population continues its inexorable march toward 7 million, according to Census figures released Thursday.
The Lynn man is now facing drug trafficking charges.
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JEFF JACOBY
The US has been far more successful at assimilating Muslim immigrants into American society than Western Europe.
Brussels attack lapses acknowledged by Belgian officialsBelgium?s justice and interior ministers acknowledged Thursday that authorities had erred.
Ty Burr
Hit musical ?Hamilton? exceeds the hypeOf course I had to go see ?Hamilton.? My last name is Burr. I?ve been fighting this fight since I was a kid.
New ride-hailing service coming to Boston caters only to womenA Massachusetts-based startup is aiming to launch a ride-share service where all the drivers ? and customers ? are women.
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Gloucester boat captain in ill-fated Coast Guard rescue drownedThe finding brings new scrutiny to how well Coast Guard rescue vessels are equipped.
Comedian and actor Garry Shandling dies at 66 The actor and comedian pioneered a pretend brand of self-focused docudrama with ?The Larry Sanders Show.?
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Music Review
Hot on the heels of its major-label debut, Boston quartet Lake Street Dive gave shout-outs to its favored stomping grounds during a swinging show.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
BC football passes on a return to FenwayCiting a need to play at least six home games at Alumni Stadium, the Eagles declined an offer to play UConn on Nov. 19 at the ballpark.
The Rolling Stones arrive in Cuba for historic concertThe Rolling Stones have arrived in Cuba on the eve of the rock band?s historic free concert in a country where its music was once silenced.
First-in-the-nation Mass. health program cares for the hard-to-reachTo manage care for some of the state?s sickest residents, first you have to find them.
Opinion | Tom Hayden
Lessons learned from the protests of 1968There are lessons to be learned from the ?police riots? of the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.
ground game
Why no love for the states voting on Saturday? The candidates aren?t dedicating a lot of time to Washington, Hawaii, and Alaska.
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The Big Picture
President Obama made a historic trip to Cuba this week as the first sitting US president to visit since Calvin Coolidge in 1928.
Ryan Spooner scored the lone Boston goal.
President Obama?s visit to Cuba, Donald Trump?s comments to a Jewish lobby group, and the attacks in Brussels could set up a shift.
A dispute about the cellphone of Aaron Hernandez continues as he faces charges in the murder of two men.
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In Kelley Blue Book?s 2016 Brand Awards, Subaru nabbed three wins while Lexus took two.
The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal sentenced the former Bosnian Serb leader to 40 years in prison.
The Boston-based online retailer generated millions in annual sales before filing for bankruptcy protection a year ago.
The Marblehead native?s ?Catastrophe,? rolling into its second season on Amazon, made critics? top 10 lists by breaking with formula.
Disney and its subsidiary, Marvel, said they would stop all film production in the state should the Free Exercise Protection Act become law.
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Key reports from Globe?s Spotlight team on clergy sex abuseThe Boston Globe?s 2001-2002 investigation into sexual abuses by clergy in the Catholic Church resulted in more than 600 stories.
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.
BetaBoston
Building a tombstone for the digital graveDave Balter has raised $1.5 million in seed investment for Mylestoned, a startup that aims to build a more modern way to remember the dearly departed.
Crux
Benedict and Francis are more Lennon-McCartney than Frazier-AliThis isn?t a rivalry, but actually one of the more intriguing partnerships in recent Christian history.
Circular SensationA one-of-a-kind design combines aesthetics and functionality for harmonious living.
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