Prosecutors said they will show that the men acted in the interests of Mayor Martin Walsh, a longtime union advocate who was new to office.
Islamic Society drops cemetery plan in Dudley The decision brings an abrupt and unexpected end to a contentious, drawn-out process.
Spotlight Follow-up
At Choate Rosemary Hall in Conn., a disturbing pattern, report says In almost all of the cases, school officials failed to report sexual misconduct to the authorities when the accusations first surfaced and quietly fired teachers or allowed them to resign.
WGBH, Ed Ansin reap windfall for signals WGBH will pocket more than $200 million for agreeing to move several of its broadcast frequencies.
Never before deployed in combat, the largest non-nuclear weapon in the US arsenal was used to target ISIS complexes near the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Evan Horowitz | Quick Study
When is it OK to drop a bomb this size? Even military actions are governed by rules. To launch a bomb the size of the MOAB, you need to ensure the damage is proportional to expected gains.
Trump Jr. mocks college students? concern over Chick-fil-A Donald Trump Jr. has taken to Twitter to mock a group of Pittsburgh college students opposed to the addition of a Chick-fil-A restaurant to their campus.
MBTA approves $2 billion budget The plan could privatize four bus garages and avoids ? for now ? most proposed service cuts to weekend commuter rail service.
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Two students from Beaver Country Day School produced a short film that all Bostonians should check out.
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The Boston Marathon will retire Bib No. 261 in honor of Kathrine Switzer.
KEVIN CULLEN
Ivan Castro and Karl Hinett will run side-by-side the Boston Marathon and, six days later, the London Marathon to benefit wounded warriors programs.
BOSTON MARATHON
Nike and Adidas are racing each other toward a sub-2 hour marathon The shoe giants are developing efficient designs they believe can get a runner to the magic number first.
It turns out airlines are actually doing better ? and getting bumped is rare ?What happened with United was an anomaly in many ways,? said Dean Headley, who has co-authored the Airline Quality Rating report since 1991.
Canada would become only the second nation, after Uruguay, to completely legalize marijuana as a consumer product.
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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner file for divorce, according to TMZ If you were hoping for the actor and actress to reunite and live happily ever after, you won?t like this news.
Charles Krupa/AP
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
The calendar is packed with Bruins and Celtics playoffs, Red Sox games, and the Marathon.
CHAD FINN | SPORTS MEDIA
The Top 10 big-event play-by-play announcers Who?s the best when it comes to the Super Bowls, World Series, etc.? Here?s one list.
RED SOX 4, PIRATES 3
Red Sox break out in eighth to beat Pirates Hanley Ramirez?s two-run double, Xander Bogaert?s RBI single won it for Boston.
THINGS TO DO
The Weekender: Rampaging monsters, reclusive poets, more The Globe?s picks for the best ways to spend your weekend.
Tension rises over North Korea Satellite images suggests the hermit kingdom may be readying another underground nuclear test.
SCOT LEHIGH
Reality confronts Trump His flips and flops have been so pronounced that a redefining moment has arrived.
The summer that changed Boston The nation was splintering, and Boston wasn?t immune. But something was happening here.
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Advice on taking real estate photos from a Pulitzer-winning photographer In America, everyone who has a cellphone thinks they are a professional photographer. They are not.
Documenting Hate: Submit an incident you know about If you have been a victim or witnessed a hate incident, share your information here so we can investigate.
A historic yellow fever outbreak spreads in Brazil The outbreak has raised fears of an epidemic in urban areas that could be devastating if not quickly contained.
Sandoval has swung at 62.8 percent of pitches he?s seen this year, the highest rate in the majors.
Atlantic Drain and owner Kevin Otto violated 18 different workplace safety guidelines on the October day a trench collapse killed two workers.
In the the hollowed-out portion, there is a lending library and a journal in which children from all over the world leave messages to Winnie-the-Pooh.
Bannon?s isolation inside the White House appeared to grow even starker this week.
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Meet Discovery, an ace among luxury SUVs.
A letter found after the explosions called for the country to scale back its involvement in the Western military coalition in Syria.
Drivers for Uber or Lyft who fail a state background check have few practical options after that.
Two decades later, Jonathan Larson?s rock musical still pulses with rebellious energy.
Burger King?s latest advertising stunt is resulting in some less-than-flattering descriptions of its Whopper sandwich.
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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A look at the interesting faces and different forms of communication among all kinds of creatures.
Ground Game
The Kansas special election was a test for party leadership. Everyone failed On paper, a US House race shouldn?t have been such a struggle in a district and state that overwhelmingly favored President Trump in November.
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