Senate votes to delay marijuana shops

The Mass. Senate voted to delay the opening date for recreational marijuana stores to summer 2018.

Search for body in Georgetown home yields bizarre find

They were looking for the remains of a child allegedly killed in 1969. Their discoveries included mutilated mannequins and copies of children?s ID cards.

Areas in W. Mass. could see 18 inches of snow

Boston is expected to see mostly rain with tomorrow?s nor?easter, but Western Mass. will have a winter storm warning for most of the day.

Dave Epstein

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The first real nor?easter of the season could bring a mixed bag of wintry weather to New England.

The transition to Trump

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The honeymoon might already be over for President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump.

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President-elect Donald Trump is meeting with a number of medical professionals Wednesday following a brief lull in his schedule for the holidays.

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The former leader of a W. Va. agency that provides services to elderly and low-income residents had been suspended last month amid uproar over the remarks.

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The lead and copper came from plumbing fixtures at the Gilmore Early Childhood Center in Brockton, and not the water supply.

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Developers, with approval to seek a minor league team affiliated with Major League Baseball, now aim to open in 2019.

Fake Facebook pages impersonate Maine police departments

Whoever is behind the fake pages may have hoped to download viruses on the computers of people who clicked on the equally fictional crime reports.

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What the future of Obamacare might look like post-election

With the Trump administration talking repeal and reform, here?s what businesses need to know now.

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Secretary of State John Kerry speaks about Israeli-Palestinian policy, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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John Kerry gives fiery defense of two-state solution after UN vote

The secretary of State said a two-state solution is the ?only way to achieve a just and lasting peace? between Israelis and Palestinians.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/28hernandezpic08.jpg Aaron Hernandez doesn?t want jurors in upcoming trial to hear about 2013 slaying

The former Patriots star has already been found guilty in one fatal shooting, but doesn?t want that case to be used against him in the double murder case.

Connections | Magazine

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I understand her curiosity because I was adopted, too.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/28/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/gary.JPG The delightful legacy of Gary, Carrie Fisher?s beloved French bulldog

Over the last several years, wherever you found Fisher, you could find Gary.

Dave Waller navigates a small dinghy past rocks surrounding the lighthouse he and his wife bought at auction in 2013.

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You spent $1m on a lighthouse. Now what?

Dave and Lynn Waller are the proud owners of an offshore lighthouse. And they?ve brought in a new (and unlikely) partner to help them restore this historic property to its former glory.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/22/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/chin072216RedSox-Twins_Spt2.jpg Eduardo Rodriguez ?tweaks? knee in winter ball

The Red Sox lefthander felt discomfort and was forced to leave a game in Venezuela.

Chad Finn

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/28/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/ST224-1-1218599.jpg How do Red Sox pitching rotations rank over last 20 seasons?

With the 2017 staff shaping up as the envy of the American League, could it also be one of the best in recent Red Sox history?

Best albums of 2016

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Maura Johnston?s picks for the best pop releases of the year.

Love Letters

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I?d like to say I love him too, but what if I?m wrong?

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Jack Holden was experienced in the outdoors, but got into trouble on Christmas Eve in the White Mountains.

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After a political season marked by divisiveness, the new Congress will draw strength ? and unity ? from its unprecedented diversity.

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Every doctor told the Lacey family their son would die ? except one

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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The Desperate and the Dead | Part 7

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/20160923_SAMentalHealth_312.jpg The San Antonio solution

One Texas city took on mental health as a community and became a national model. Why can?t Mass. do the same?

The story behind ?Spotlight?

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?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.