An Italian mayor near the epicenter said there were residents buried in downed buildings and that the lights had gone out after a 6.1 earthquake rocked the central part of the country.
Family of woman who fell from a party bus calls for answers?We feel that there?s more to the story,? said a sister of victim Tracy Paniagua.
Petitioners say judge should lose job over sex assaulter?s probationJudge Thomas Estes recently sentenced a teenager to probation for sexually assaulting two classmates in April.
Convicted rapist arrested after woman in South End is assaultedEduardo Rodriguez, 31, was released recently from prison after serving time for a similar assault in 2007.
Preventable medical errors reported by full-service hospitals in the state grew 60 percent in 2015.
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They remain tied atop the American League East with the Toronto Blue Jays, who beat the Los Angeles Angels, 7-2.
Donald Trump is trailing far behind Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in raising money in traditionally lucrative states like Massachusetts with deep-pocketed donors from both political parties.
Michael A. Cohen
Clinton?s e-mail ?scandals? are pure fictionOnce you get past the breathless headlines, there?s no evidence of actual wrongdoing.
SCOT LEHIGH
Voters are getting it right on Clinton and TrumpThis is a summer that has shown American politics at its democracy-affirming best.
Many who met with Clinton gave to her foundationAt least 85 of 154 people from private interests who met or spoke with Hillary Clinton while she led the State Department donated to her charity.
Scott Brown accused in Fox sex harassment lawsuitA former Fox News host claims the former US senator made sexually inappropriate comments to her while on set, and put his hands on her lower waist.
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Earl White doesn?t care what people say, he knows what he saw ? he even took a picture of it.
Beverly sloop stuck on sandbar at Gloucester beachThe boat won?t be able to move from the channel until high tide early Wednesday.
Netflix and knit? A weave and watch phenomenonSome knitting enthusiasts are firing up a movie or television series and getting to work on a pair of, say, alpaca-wool socks.
Liberal, Moderate, or Conservative? See how Facebook labels youYou may think you?re discreet about your political views. But Facebook has come up with its own determination of your political leanings.
TV Critic?s Corner
The meanest ?Seinfeld? episode ever ?The Twin Towers? is indeed in extremely bad taste ? and funny, too.
A huge crack is spreading across one of Antarctica?s biggest ice shelvesAntarctica could lose a piece of ice that is nearly the size of Scotland.
Starbucks can put as much ice in your coffee as it wantsA federal judge in California shut down a class-action lawsuit alleging the coffee giant misleads its customers.
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More firefighters headed Tuesday to Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks, where growing wildfires closed or threaten key roads and forced the evacuation of several campgrounds.
And then there was one. . . HoJo?s making its last standOne of the last two Howard Johnson restaurants will close in a couple of weeks, taking with it a slice of roadside Americana.
As it turns out, there?s a consistent seasonality to divorce filings, according to recent research.
Perspective | Magazine
10 things I wish I?d known before my daughter became addicted to heroinI?ve learned that the way back is a gargantuan struggle and that many recover, but some never do.
Red Sox among teams scouting Tim Tebow?s baseball workoutTebow, 29, has been working out with former major league Chad Moeller in hopes of being signed as an outfielder.
JEFF JACOBY
Have more kids; save the worldPopulation doomsayers get lots of attention, but the doom they predict invariably fails to materialize.
Private schools, painful secrets
The unexpected price of reporting abuse: retaliationThe Globe found 15 instances of retaliation at New England private schools against students or employees who raised concerns about sexual abuse by staffers.
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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The residents of Louisiana continue to deal with the disastrous affects of historic flooding that killed at least 17 and destroyed about 60,000 homes.
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Being held back from snaps ? even in the preseason ? is not something the Patriots quarterback is used to dealing with.
The small plane experienced engine problems and came down on a sandbar in the reservoir.
Some publications made ?false and defamatory statements about her supposedly having been an ?escort? in the 1990s,? the attorney said.
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The all-new Mini Cooper Convertible is the fun-in-the sun cornerstone of Mini?s lineup. Plus, it has a surprisingly large trunk.
The decision comes after Texas and 12 other states challenged the Obama administration?s directive as unconstitutional.
EpiPen maker Mylan has become the new boogeyman of the pharmaceutical industry.
A new documentary tells the amazing story of how the mystery was solved and how Florence Wolsky found the earring.
The world is divided into two camps: those who are OK with this, and those whom it fills with rage.
ground game
Two ways to determine 2016?s winnerThere is the traditional method. And then there?s a simpler way.
Design New England
?This is home?Keith Leblanc and Kelly Monnahan create a haven for themselves, family, and friends in the piney hills of outer Cape Cod.
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