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An MIT scientist?s 50-year obsession led to the first detection of gravitational waves from the collision of black holes.
Reports of suspected elder abuse in Massachusetts have surged over the past five years, according to state figures.
Yvonne Abraham
Low egg prices come at a costIt?s a crime to mistreat dogs. Why is it OK to do this to other animals? Because they?re delicious?
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As the state seeks new, clean sources of energy, there?s a growing call to tap into the potential power of many of the state?s nearly 3,000 unused dams.
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Working full time in Boston ? and homeless After a fire, Marilyn Dalsan is finding that many of the working poor can?t afford to live in the city.
OPINION | SHERYL SANDBERG
It?s the hard days that determine who you areFacebook COO Sheryl Sandberg discusses her husband?s death for the first time in a commencement address at the University of California, Berkeley.
Warren said her life story is replete with ?mistakes and twists and turns and failures? and encouraged the Class of 2016 to embrace who they are.
A Springfield teenager who was lying in the street died after he was run over and dragged early Saturday.
Woman killed in duck boat crash remembered for quirky humorMourners gathered in Grace Chapel to remember Allison Warmuth, recalling her contagious smile.
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The South Bay House of Correction reflects moving attitudes toward drug abuse and drug-related crimes.
Out of the spotlight, some say there is a softer side of TrumpInterviews with those who have known him say there is a jarring juxtaposition between the Trump they know and the Trump on TV.
Opinion | David M. Shribman and John R. Price
How Nixon targeted the Trump electorateThe rise of Donald Trump is 50 years in the making.
DANTE RAMOS
Trump, Silber, and political earthquakes that peter outIn 1990, John Silber?s primary upset gave Massachusetts Democrats a nominee most party leaders didn?t want. So what does that mean for Donald Trump?
Nick Cafardo | On baseball
At some point, the Red Sox brass is going to have to have a conversation about dealing Buchholz.
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CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER
The prominent Patriot is simply seizing the moment and the market.
BLOTTER TALES
Doggone it! How?d he get on the roof? Animals show up in unlikely places, a woman finds a threatening sock monkey on her doorstep, and other odd tales from local police blotters.
summer arts preview
What to see and do this summerFrom dance to music, TV to art, there?s a lot going on in Boston and beyond.
Ideas | David Lepeska
Turkey, into darknessAs President Recep Tayyip Erdogan solidifies his power, the country finds itself teetering on the brink of authoritarianism.
Madeleine LeBeau, 92, French actress who sang ?La Marseillaise? in ?Casablanca?LeBeau was a French actress who fled Nazi-occupied Europe for Hollywood, where she made the best of a small role.
DANTE RAMOS
Trump, Silber, and political earthquakes that peter outIn 1990, John Silber?s primary upset gave Massachusetts Democrats a nominee most party leaders didn?t want. So what does that mean for Donald Trump?
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The N.H. race that no one is talking aboutThere are a few reasons why this highly competitive race has flown under the radar.
Photographers around the world have been documenting birds during this busy time of year migrating, building, defending and hatching.
Private schools, painful secretsMore than 200 victims. At least 90 legal claims. At least 67 private schools in New England. This is the story of hundreds of students sexually abused by staffers, and emerging from decades of silence today.
Most college big shots face long odds in the NFL, so here?s some advice to get started on the right path.
Boston Police Officer John Moynihan will be honored Saturday night in Washington D.C. and in Boston.
Rock concert rallies versus intimate town halls. Adoring groupies versus dutiful voters. Sweeping promises versus targeted proposals.
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The automaker announced the steering columns in some vehicles can fail.
A camera inside a volcano provides dramatic footage of an eruption in Costa Rica.
The Segway self-balancing scooter never became the red-hot consumer product its developers hoped for. But at least none have been blamed for a house fire.
The band illustrated its range in a generous stroll through its surprisingly packed canon.
The scene is hyper-local at this new Cambridge restaurant.
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.
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When inspiration strikesWith their home as canvas, the couple behind KTII Design Group embrace the stylistic power of change.
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