New Balance says Pentagon reneged on shoe deal

New Balance has several Northeast factories, including in Lawrence.

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As a result, the Boston-based company is renewing its active opposition to the far-reaching Pacific Rim trade deal.

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David Fleishman sent a faculty-wide e-mail addressing a raucous meeting on prejudice that ?took a very unpleasant turn.?

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If Boston closes schools, it could face a backlash, and the benefits, studies say, are often overstated.

Boston?s budget ranges far in areas it addresses

The $2.97 billion budget reflects a $115 million ? or 4 percent ? increase over the previous year.

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The idea is to mitigate the effect of canceling late-night service on Fridays and Saturdays.

Tut Liu, an adult foster care case manager in Worcester, lost a previous job in the same field after it took four months to have his criminal record sealed on an assault case that had been dismissed.

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State speeds sealing of criminal records

Until recently, the process took so long that job candidates were missing out on employment opportunities.

School discipline policies criticized, defended

Parents and advocates made their cases at a three-hour hearing of the City Council?s Education Committee.

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More than 20 schools were affected Monday. At least 45 schools have received the threats in 2016.

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Evan Suk, Noa Suk, Barbara Stein, Jin Suk, and Lia Suk of Brookline incorporate ?Hamilton?? lines into conversation.

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The latest ?Hamilton? obsessives: Those who haven?t seen it

The hip-hop musical has worked its way into the national psyche to a degree rivaled by Donald Trump.

Orioles 9, Red Sox 7

ALEX SPEIER

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It was, of course, only one game, but the Red Sox missed a chance to deliver a statement in their home opener.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

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It?s only been six games, but there is little to suggest they are back in the mix in the AL East.

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Koch turned notes he kept for years into a new book that?s full of business lessons and life advice.

?Running for me is like medicine,? says Bobbi Gibb, a Rockport resident who was the first woman to complete the Boston Marathon.

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Bobbi Gibb has always run life her own way

Gibb, who in 1966 became the first woman to complete the Boston Marathon, will be the grand marshal for this year?s race.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addressed the crowd during a rally at the Milwaukee Theatre in Milwaukee.

Why Donald Trump?s children won?t be able to vote for him in N.Y.

In an interview on Fox News Monday, Trump said his children, Eric and Ivanka, ??feel very, very guilty.??

OPINION | JOSH ARCHAMBAULT AND JIM STERGIOS

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Ten years into Massachusetts? experiment with an ?exchange,? the results demonstrate that it is time to re-think the Health Connector.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

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An arbitrator upheld the NFL?s use of paid leave for players violating the league?s personal conduct policy.

Opinion & Ideas

DANTE RAMOS

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We?re in a strange new moment in which amateur athletes and lots of other regular people turn into niche mini-celebrities in cyberspace.

Ground Game

ground game

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Primary votes are the equivalent of a parent asking a child for input in making decisions.

The Big Picture

 An ethnic Chinese Malaysian family visits the grave of an ancestor at a cemetery on the eve of the annual Qingming Festival in Kuala Lumpur on April 3. Qingming, also known as Tomb Sweeping Day, is an annual Chinese festival to commemorate the dead. Families visit and clean the graves of their ancestors, burning incence, paper money and presenting offerings such as food, tea, wine and joss paper accessories. (Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images)

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The Big Picture

Qingming Festival, Tomb Sweeping Day

The Qingming Festival was marked by people visiting cemeteries to clean tombs, lay flowers, and make offerings to the deceased.