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Nathan Carman is at the center of two mysteries: The fate of his missing mother and the unsolved murder of his wealthy grandfather.
Baker will give raises to low-wage nursing home workersThousands of low-wage nursing home workers will be included in a state-mandated pay raise.
Is marijuana a gateway drug?Political leaders who oppose the effort to legalize pot say it too often leads users to abuse harder drugs.
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Donald Trump has a history of using weight as a way to make fun of, demean, or express his disapproval of people he wants to punish.
In Trump?s N.H. visit, the focus is on votesHe again promised to help combat the state?s opioid epidemic by building a wall ?to stop the heroin from pouring in.?
Ground Game
Are these the most irrelevant VP picks in modern history?The VP debate Tuesday could carry the same impact that Mike Pence and Tim Kaine have brought to their tickets: inconsequential.
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What could possibly be bad about unlimited vacation time?A growing number of companies allow employees to take as much time off as they want. But the policies can create problems.
Police said the 21-year-old man allegedly choked, sexually assaulted, and tried to kill the boy.
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YANKEES 5, RED SOX 1
A day after they clinched the AL East title, the Sox lost ground in their bid to get home-field advantage in the playoffs.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
Ortiz bids farewell to Yankee StadiumThe Yankees? pregame ceremony for the retiring Red Sox slugger was short, sweet, and dignified.
Lawmakers step up to the plate and rename span the Big Papi BridgeThe Brookline Avenue Bridge has been renamed to honor the Red Sox?s David Ortiz.
CHAD FINN | SPORTS MEDIA
Red Sox? bizarre celebration made for interesting viewing on NESNThe Red Sox had to shake off a crushing loss to the Yankees to enjoy the spoils of clinching the AL East.
Transportation safety officials are looking at what the operator was doing before the crash that left one dead and more than 100 injured.
It?s not hard these days to find kids flipping bottles: at bus stops, at middle-school lunchroom tables, inside Little League dugouts.
Adrian Walker
Developer Jon Cronin hopes Seaport tower completes his success storyCronin?s company would like to replace two old-school bars ? Whiskey Priest and Atlantic Beer Garden ? with a 22-story condominium.
Obama joins world leaders in Israel for Peres funeralShimon Peres was being laid to rest on Friday in a ceremony attended by thousands of admirers and dozens of international dignitaries.
Duterte ?happy to slaughter? drug suspects; mentions HitlerPhilippine President Rodrigo Duterte raised the rhetoric over his bloody anti-crime war to a new level Friday.
Denmark?s crown prince couple kick off 2-day Boston tripDenmark?s Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary are kicking off a two-day trade mission to Boston.
Movie Review
Stupid is as stupid does in ?Masterminds?It?s the kind of comedy that?s more weird-stupid than good-stupid, but Kristen Wiig and Zach Galifianakis make it work.
THINGS TO DO
A guide to everything fun to do in Boston and beyond.
SCOT LEHIGH
Why I can?t wait for the new driverless car eraFor one, what a welcome change it will be not to have to worry about driverless millennial cars ramming into you because they are texting.
The desperate and the dead
The broken covenantBehind the fragmented state of mental health care lies a political system failure that spans decades ? and continues.
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 taps are open at the world?s biggest beer festival in Germany that runs until Oct. 3.
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Patrice Bergeron scored the tying goal for Canada.
The 198th annual fair, featuring giant pumpkins, emu racing, and even an Olympic athlete, will last from Friday afternoon through Oct. 10.
MLB?s postseason could affect Hillary Clinton?s and Donald Trump?s chances to get attention and make up ground in the polls.
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This 5-passenger midsize wagon thrives in all seasons, showing the kind of pluck we?d like to think is our birthright.
The CEO returned to Washington, this time to speak before a House committee over his bank?s alleged consumer fraud.
Wall Street bond analysts shrugged off Harvard University?s lagging endowment returns, maintaining the AAA rating for the institution?s $5 billion in debt.
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ground game
Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump need to show voters another sideAfter months of polling in the general election, it is clear that no one likes it when these candidates are ?being themselves.?
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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Before loss at sea, Carman?s family clashed over money
Ortiz bids farewell to Yankee Stadium
Hillary Clinton campaign wages choreographed assault on Donald Trump over fat-shaming
Chad Finn: Red Sox? bizarre celebration made for interesting viewing on NESN
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