Union officials said they could fight the proposal by invoking federal labor protections that could threaten funding for the agency.
Trump will return to N.H. for pre-debate town hallThe hastily scheduled event is just days before the GOP nominee will participate in a presidential debate featuring a similar question-and-answer format.
Baker announces DCR shake-up after probeGovernor Charlie Baker announced the results of an investigation into an allegation of political intimidation within the department.
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?This goes right to your gut,?? said the executive director of the Mass. Bicycle Coalition, describing the scene as ?gruesome.?
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Forecasters at the National Weather Service said that vigilance is still needed.
Brookline firefighter who complained of racist remark is firedTown officials cited the firefighter?s ?incapacity? since being placed on paid leave in 2013.
The Pentucket High girls were at a team sleepover when one of them snuck vodka into the home of the chief, who has daughters on the team.
Could man-made noise interfere with cod reproduction?A new study is attempting to determine whether man-made aquatic noise is affecting the communication and breeding of the fish.
Man allegedly held gun to undercover officer?s headA Dorchester man made the attempt on the officer?s life after the undercover officers went to purchase firearms from him in Roslindale, prosecutors said.
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A close look at which team has the edge at each position for the Division Series.
Sox fans celebrating Big Papi in styleDavid Ortiz?s epic career is commemorated on T-shirts and hats.
Spoiler Alert | Magazine
If Jill Stein is so smart, why does she keep running? The perennial Green presidential candidate admits even her siblings ask ?why am I still doing this.?
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Bill Weld?s return to politics is brief. (That?s all he can afford.) The Republican-turned-Libertarian ex-governor works to defeat Donald Trump but may end up helping to elect him.
Love Letters
Her friends say she?s hotter than her boyfriendI will readily admit, I am more attractive than my boyfriend, but I have never thought this to be a big factor in a relationship.
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Maybe the meme is right: Clowns are no laughing matter. But it?s more likely that we?re all bozos on this bus.
Tom Brady back on practice field with PatriotsThe quarterback was in action with teammates Wednesday for the first time since his suspension ended.
Is Fenway Center finally set to launch over the Mass. Pike?Developer John Rosenthal is set to hold a public meeting tonight on the new plan for the complex he has long envisioned.
Boy?s family asks mourners to dress as superheroes The mother of first-grader Jacob Hall, a victim of a school shooting in S.C. who was buried in a Batman costume, choked back tears while wearing a Robin costume.
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Ken Casey was insulted by a comment in an article on why some people hate Tom Brady.
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?Patriots Day? trailer strikes a somber toneThe film about the Boston Marathon bombings opens Dec. 21.
Michael A. Cohen
Mike Pence?s lies don?t make him a ?winner?Forget ?style?: When Pence wasn?t misrepresenting the statements of his running mate, he told one lie after another.
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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Big Picture
A look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month.
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The precocious Bruins draft pick is a dynamic skater with a physical element to his game.
A Davis Square pawnshop has become an unlikely player in the protracted family drama of the late reggae superstar.
Walsh?s endorsement would signal his most recent effort to play a larger role in the state party.
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The incident raises the prospect that for the second time in three years an insider has managed to steal highly damaging secret information.
Food service workers gathered early this morning to start picketing at 6.
On the eve of the Boston Book Festival, a new event offers free literary festivities in unexpected locales.
Harvard?s Emily Broad Leib says standardizing this kind of labeling is an effective way to reduce food waste.
ground game
Mike Pence?s impossible missionHis most important task might be just righting Donald Trump?s sinking ship after one of the worst weeks for the candidate in a long time.
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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Bill Weld says he will use Libertarian vice presidential platform to focus fire on Donald Trump
Bicyclist killed in Porter Square collision
A Boston bank lent millions to Trump. It wasn?t smooth sailing
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