Three of the people arrested have links to a Frenchman in the Paris area suspected of plotting a new attack.
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The news comes as Secretary of State John Kerry is visiting the city to express his condolences to the Belgian people.
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Why there are Muslim ghettos in Belgium, but not in the USThe US has been far more successful at assimilating Muslim immigrants into American society than Western Europe.
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As he begins his final season, Ortiz took time to reflect on his career, his future, the position he wished he could play, and more.
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Advice: How do I tell people that I?m dying?A reader with less than a year to live worries about imposing on friends.
How to teach kids the value of a dollarStart talking about money ? and the social issues surrounding it ? when they?re young and they?ll be prepared as they get older.
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Why didn?t NHL see what everyone else did on disputed goal?The NHL?s video review system is well-intentioned, but has some serious flaws, as bruins fans discovered the last two nights.
The death of the unidentified senior Islamic State leader marks a further erosion of top leadership in the militant group, officials said.
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Five people were treated for smoke inhalation and transported to Boston hospitals due to a fire at the Boston University College of Communication building.
An Arlington church refuses to let vandals have the last wordMembers of The Church of Our Saviour added artwork to their defaced ?Black Lives Matter? sign before replacing it in time for Easter.
The boy disappeared after being dropped off at a closed city school, officials said.
Massachusetts? population continues its inexorable march toward 7 million, according to Census figures released Thursday.
Friendly Microsoft chatbot turns into racist monsterMicrosoft designed Tay to chat like a teenage girl and sent it live. Less than a day later, the bot began spouting racist, sexist and otherwise offensive remarks.
In Boston, Twitter CEO to make his case to black engineersTwitter Inc. chief executive Jack Dorsey is in Boston Friday morning to address the annual meeting of the National Society of Black Engineers.
SCOT LEHIGH
The Donald and the GOP?s Oz machinesTrump has performed one valuable service: He?s revealed how little influence the GOP?s ideological gatekeepers actually have.
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In campaign, expect a pivot toward foreign policyPresident Obama?s visit to Cuba, Donald Trump?s comments to a Jewish lobby group, and the attacks in Brussels could set up a shift.
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President Obama made a historic trip to Cuba this week as the first sitting US president to visit since Calvin Coolidge in 1928.
Villanova, the South Region?s No. 2 seed, never trailed third-seeded Miami in a 92-69 win.
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.
The finding brings new scrutiny to how well Coast Guard rescue vessels are equipped.
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An elegant interplay of art and commerce sparkles in plain view in ?Asia in Amsterdam? at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem.
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