The Desperate and the Dead
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Often ignored by the public, in some quarters, chronically homeless people loom like giants, challenging and sometimes overwhelming those charged with sorting out their problems.
Business leaders are anxious to avoid an angry call from the president-elect?Right now, you just want to stay out of the line of fire,? said one former chief executive.
Donald Trump remains producer on ?The New Celebrity Apprentice?Donald Trump is gone from the boardroom of NBC?s reboot of ??Celebrity Apprentice,?? but he?s kept a business connection to the reality show.
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For some families, the boost in pay could mean the end of hundreds of dollars a month in government benefits.
John Glenn, astronaut and senator, dies at 95John Herschel Glenn Jr. ? twice an astronaut, four times elected to the Senate, once a presidential candidate ? died Thursday in Ohio.
As he prepared for his historic return to space at age 77, Glenn surprised researchers who analyzed recordings of the iconic astronaut?s body at rest.
Adrian Walker
Baker wants to prove he?s tough on spending, but at what cost?A culinary school in the South End braces for the impact of losing $300,000 in state aid.
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Out of options, a father sees one way forward: start a drug companyMeryl Witmer and Pat Lacey needed to start a drug company to continue giving a promising drug to children with a rare cancer. It could easily take years. They had 106 days before their supply ran out.
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South Korean lawmakers vote to impeach President Park Geun-hye, a stunning fall for country?s first female president.
T police investigating if bus was involved in pedestrian crash A pedestrian suffered life-threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle on Massachusetts Avenue in Dorchester.
Marriage takes work, or so they say. But 75 couples who gathered Thursday at the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel make it look easy.
Boston takes parking lessons from L.A., SeattleBoston officials are hoping to replicate parking successes in Los Angeles and Seattle.
8 charts that show the effect of climate change on Boston A city report released this week proposed nine locations in Boston for flood-protection interventions.
PVRIS, Cousin Stizz, Meghan Trainor win big at Boston Music AwardsThe winners of the 2016 Boston Music Awards were announced on Thursday night.
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Ty Burr
Is he the hardest working man in show business? It?s getting hard to argue otherwise.
Oakland warehouse missing from fire-inspection recordsThe fire department and Mayor Libby Schaaf each said Thursday they could not yet say when ? or if ? a fire inspector examined the warehouse.
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Pat and Dina Lacey had been parents for only a few months when doctors discovered a tumor in their new baby?s chest. Told to take their son home to die, they put their faith in a young doctor who wouldn?t accept death as the answer.
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Who will stand up to Donald Trump?He?s the most dangerous man in America and no one is challenging him. Why?
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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.
The Ravens coach stands by his criticism of the Patriots? trick play in a 2015 playoff game, but insisted he has a lot of respect for the New England coach.
It?s never too early to worry about snow, Mayor Martin Walsh said as he outlined the city?s winter preparations.
This three-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom, 2,428-square-foot custom-built log cabin in Stoughton is set beside a pond, on 2.5 acres of land.
Some of the donors to Governor Charlie Baker?s campaign include top officials at companies with business before the state of Massachusetts.
Assad?s comments came as his troops were pushing further into the rebel-held enclave in eastern Aleppo.
European Union officials threatened Thursday to sue four countries for allowing Volkswagen and other carmakers to sell vehicles that were built to cheat on emissions tests.
The new documentary series ?Dev Diary? will bring viewers inside their world.
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The Japanese automaker said that it would show off the 2018 Camry at Detroit?s North American International Auto Show in January. A teaser photo of the car shows a more rakish, sportier look.
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Thousands gathered in Hawaii Wednesday, 75 years after the attack that drew the United States into World War II.
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