A Houston company will send gas through a pipeline in West Roxbury on Thursday, despite protests by neighbors and objections of officials.
Lawmakers could tap emergency fund for pot regulationLawmakers are scrambling to pay for oversight of the marijuana industry and may turn to a controversial source: the state?s emergency savings account.
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As with his other Cabinet choices, Donald Trump?s selection of Steven Mnuchin elevates an early supporter to a plum government role.
Romney, Giuliani make the cut for Trump?s secretary of state finalistsPresident-elect Donald Trump?s drama-ridden selection process for secretary of state has narrowed to four finalists.
Activists urge Senator Warren to support health care billWarren, who worked on the bill for two years and wrote parts of it, turned against the measure, saying it had been rewritten to benefit pharmaceutical companies.
House Democrats, even after reelecting Pelosi, see change comingThough his challenge was unsuccessful, Tim Ryan said he?s confident that his 63 votes send a strong message about discontent within the party.
Neighbors? complaints preceded fatal Roxbury fireTwo weeks before a fatal blaze, neighbors complained to the city about squatters, drug use, and fires on the property.
Son is charged in stabbing death of mother in BrocktonBrockton police responded to a 911 call at about 1 p.m. for a woman stabbed on Merritt Avenue.
In exchange for the generous compensation, the Massachusetts fund reaped bigger gains from private equity than from any other investment it made.
Pilot told Colombia controllers he had ?no fuel? before crashingThe pilot of the plane carrying a soccer team said he had run out of fuel and desperately pleaded for permission to land before he crashed.
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Steven DiSarro?s wife and children spoke publicly for the first time about the man they loved, his disappearance, and its devastating toll.
?Boston Winter? wonderland to open on redesigned City Hall PlazaCity Hall Plaza has long been a red-brick tundra where mayoral dreams of renovations came to die.
A new feature allows users to watch a time-lapse of 33 satellite pictures of Boston between 1984 and 2016.
Yvonne Abraham
Massive mountains of information about us are out there, enough to allow advertisers, political campaigns, and others to target us with terrifying specificity.
Ground Game
Why is Jill Stein pushing for recounts, again?There?s understandably a lot of confusion over Stein?s intentions for these costly legal proceedings.
Alex Speier
The labor deal does not provide the Sox additional freedom to spend without incurring a tax.
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The city?s default speed limit will become 25 mph on Jan. 9.
More than 200 tickets issued after Inman traffic changes The city recently eliminated left-hand turns at a key intersection in the square, which has led to the influx in tickets.
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Sometimes when a company rolls out a new product, you can sense its corporate heart just isn?t in it.
In a new survey, 56 percent of married people said sharing household chores is ?very important? to making a marriage work.
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Keeping the DREAM aliveThe impending Trump presidency is exposing the true costs of failing to arrive at an immigration compromise.
STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.
The Desperate and the Dead: The ?new asylums?There may be no worse place for mentally ill people to receive treatment than prison, yet a growing number end up in the ?new asylums.?
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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Isaiah Thomas scored 27 points for the Celtics.
A water main break led to flooding in the neighborhood for about three hours before several fires were reported in manholes nearby.
President Barack Obama tamped down any speculation that first lady Michelle Obama may one day run for office herself.
The median price to rent in the Boston metro area is $2,312 per month. So what can you get in the area for above average?
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The City Council on Wednesday finalized a measure to reduce Boston?s default speed limit from 30 to 25 mph on Jan. 9. Mayor Martin J. Walsh, who had pushed for the change, called the measure an important step toward reducing the risk of injuries and fatalities on the city?s roads. Boston has set a goal [?]
A prosecutor said Officer Brentley Vinson?s actions in killing Keith Lamont Scott were justified.
In Boston itself, year-to-date sales increased a slight 0.9 percent, but median prices soared by 10.6 percent to $566,000.
The ?Orange Is the New Black? actress shared her inspiring personal story.
A family that gained a reputation for its glorious Trinidadian rollups has set up shop ? but be prepared to wait.
ground game
Where do the Democrats go from here?Perhaps the bigger problem for Democrats moving forward is the fact they don?t even know how to think about the future of the party.
Design New England
A Gardener?s GardenThe lush landscape around Andrew Grossman?s home and studio is a showcase of possibilities.
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