S&P Global Ratings said Friday it is reducing the state?s rating one notch, to the third-highest tier.
The incident occurred around 8 p.m., officials said.
Medical examiner testifies no conclusive evidence Bella Bond died from punch to stomach The biological father of Bella Bond also resumed testifying Friday about how he learned from Rachelle Bond that the toddler was dead.
House will remove 1-word impediment to pregnancy rights legislation The House, facing blowback over a controversial one-word change in a pregnant workers? rights bill, has backed down.
Starts & Stops
MBTA is looking into late-night service?again The T is taking steps that could bring late-night service back ? albeit in a very different format.
?I love you. Kill yourself.? To prosecutors, Michelle Carter transformed words of affection into a brutally cold directive to Conrad Roy III.
Opinion | Douglas Murray
Britain?s young vote for the future by voting for the past The young were the future once. Not anymore.
Quick Study | Evan Horowitz
Winners and losers in Thursday?s UK election Pundits and participants are still trying to gauge the full fallout from the vote, but here are some preliminary thoughts.
Hikers looking for UFOs get lost in Blue Hills Around 10 p.m. Thursday, the Massachusetts State Police received reports that a group of hikers got lost in the Milton reservation.
Apple?s Tim Cook urged MIT graduates to infuse their work with human values.
$1M lottery prize split 42 ways? About $16K a piece Persistence has paid off for a group of Massachusetts factory workers who have been purchasing lottery tickets together since 1999.
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Analysis
Donald Trump is only four months into his young presidency. He?s politically wounded and faces a minefield of Russia-related investigations ahead.
Trump says he would deny under oath pressuring Comey President Trump reacted to James Comey?s comments in a news conference Friday with the president of Romania.
3 headlines out of Trump?s news conference with the Romanian president President Trump talked about James Comey, NATO, and Qatar during a Friday press conference.
Ground Game
At Romney?s elite summit, the establishment could strike back On one level, it?s a gathering of the rich and powerful. On another, the gathering in Utah is America?s establishment acting like it?s supposed to act.
THOMAS FARRAGHER
Provincetown community rallies around seasonal workers When a restaurant fire left three dozen workers unemployed, many from overseas, the Cape Cod community stepped up to wash the anxiety away.
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The hearing focused on a controversial immigration bill called the Safe Communities Act.
For Natick?s Change the World Club, a sobering lesson A group of idealistic high school students wanted to bring five Gambian girls to Natick for a benefit concert. But the US State Department denied the girls? visas.
RED SOX 5, TIGERS 3
Jackie Bradley Jr.?s homer in eighth lifts Red Sox His two-run blast to right field capped a three-run rally that knocked off the Tigers.
Just 43 percent of MLB teams hold Pride events, but Red Sox are one of them A ceremony preceded Friday?s game as part of Boston Pride Week.
DEA seizes 50 kilograms of fentanyl precursor in Northborough valued at $570 million ?It is believed that this represents the DEA?s largest seizure of a fentanyl precursor in the New England Region in recent years,? the US attorney?s office says.
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Editorial
Theresa May?s Trump problem The British election holds consequences, including for Washington.
Spotlight follow-up
Whistle-blower files suit over alleged double-booked surgeries A former MGH anesthesiologist charges in a lawsuit that orthopedic surgeons at the hospital put patients at risk and defrauded the government.
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Golden State can become the first team to go 16-0 in the playoffs if it wins Friday in Cleveland.
Mr. Moncreiff ?was somebody who believed that making a difference mattered and doing the right thing mattered,? his daughter Jane said.
I suspected the guy might run off with my deposit check.
President Trump?s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner is expected to meet with staff from the Senate Intelligence committee in coming days, according to a senator on the panel.
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A bill that would prohibit all use of hand-held cellphones by motorists in Massachusetts has moved a step forward on Beacon Hill
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will temporarily shelve his long-standing demand for Israel to freeze West Bank settlement construction in order to revive peace talks.
Members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association rejected a final contract offer from Tufts Medical Center, setting up a showdown that could lead to a strike.
Gordon Clapp and Debra Wise star in Nora Theatre Company?s premiere of Alan Brody?s ?The Midvale High School Fiftieth Reunion.??
PIFF Executive Director Christine Walker says it?s easy to hobnob at the festival, whether you?re a filmmaker or simply a fan of cinema.
Hingham?s Derby Street Shoppes launches an outdoor summer fitness series.
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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