Brigham and Women?s offers buyouts to 1,600 workers

The hospital is being squeezed as payments from insurers and the government are flattening while labor and other costs are growing.

Two US troops killed in Afghanistan

The Pentagon says two US service members were killed in eastern Afghanistan overnight Wednesday.

Michael Flynn.

Flynn was warned not to accept foreign government payments

Ousted National Security Adviser Michael Flynn was warned not to accept foreign government payments in 2014.

Yvonne Abraham

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For a while there, it looked like you had no idea what you were doing, politics-wise. But really, it was we who were clueless.

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The mother of murder victim Odin Lloyd is pursuing her wrongful death claim against his estate, which has no assets.

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Ann Coulter said she had to cancel her Berkeley event amid concerns of violence but might ?swing by to say hello.?

The Trump presidency

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The food industry is moving to capitalize on the administration?s anti-regulation agenda by seeking to revoke Obama-era rules.

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Welcome to Trump Today, a one-stop entry point for the latest news on the 45th president of the United States.

Metro

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_court4_met.jpg Frederick Weichel freed after more than three decades in prison

A South Boston man who served more than 30 years in prison for a 1980 murder was freed on $5,000 bail Thursday.

St. Louis man charged in 1988 Boston double murder

Boston police have arrested a Missouri man in connection with a 1988 double murder in Roxbury.

Celtics

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Chad Finn

Let?s not overlook the contributions of Avery Bradley

The Celtics would not have been in position to take control in the fourth if Bradley hadn?t kept them in the game in the first half.

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The move comes after attacks around the world in which terrorists drove cars or trucks into large groups of people.

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Jesse Watters, the Bill O?Reilly protégé, made a comment Tuesday that critics saw as a lewd joke directed at Ivanka Trump.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_28Kerry-2_metro.jpg John Kerry is switching islands

Could a Nantucket guy ever really be happy on Martha?s Vineyard?

FILE - In this Thursday, June 2, 2016 file photo, United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz delivers remarks in New York. United Airlines said Friday, April 21, 2017, that its CEO Munoz won't add the title of chairman in 2018 as planned, as fallout continues from the violent removal of a passenger from a plane this month. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

United on dragged passenger: ?many things went wrong?

United Airlines admits several mistakes were made before, during, and after a man was violently dragged off a flight.

Globe Magazine

Miss Conduct

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/24/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/miss%20conduct-3020.jpg After being laid off, is it OK to skip the office farewell?

A downsized worker wants to bypass the obligatory goodbye party. Plus, what to say when you?ve heard that story before.

2017 NFL Draft

TAMPA, FL - JANUARY 09: Quarterback Deshaun Watson #4 of the Clemson Tigers looks to pass during the first half against the Alabama Crimson Tide in the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship Game at Raymond James Stadium on January 9, 2017 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

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BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

Best prediction for this year?s NFL Draft: uncertainty

The wild cards at quarterback are just one element of this draft that makes it unpredictable.

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Everything you need to know about the three-day draft that starts Thursday night in Philadelphia.

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

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Bringing some clarity to what the state knows about the rumors about Hernandez would help clear the way to focus on what really matters in the investigation of his death.

Special reports

Summer of ?67

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The nation was splintering, and Boston wasn?t immune. But something was happening here.

Newsletters

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An afternoon recap of the day?s most important business news, delivered Monday through Friday.

Address: Spring House Hunt

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In America, everyone who has a cellphone thinks they are a professional photographer. They are not.

Investigations

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/03/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_MB3WQ.jpg 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.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/27/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Duda.jpg Zika in Brazil: one disease, two very different lives

As Brazil?s Zika babies grow up, families and medical professionals have been charting their progress.

Lifestyle

Love Letters

I don?t think I love her

She?s great to me, my kids, my family, and everyone loves her. I have yet to express love to her though. I expressed it in past relationships, but not this one. I don?t know what it is.