Andres Cruz was shot to death in his hardware store on Tremont Street Tuesday afternoon.
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Boston police officers were moving through their shift change Tuesday around 4 p.m. when the dispatcher for Area B went on the air with the terrifying call.
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Trump election commission, already under fire, holds first meeting Opponents say the commission already has overstepped so many bounds that it now has to earn people?s trust.
OBAMACARE REPEAL
Centrists like Susan Collins thwarted GOP health plans Republican moderates dug in hard against the effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
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A $1 million renovation of the Newton club?s men?s locker room includes a single-sex pub complete with food, booze, and a stone fireplace.
Cohasset man rescued after falling 20 feet into an open well Twenty-one firefighters from 12 departments worked to free the man.
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Manchester V.A. suffers ?catastrophic? pipe failure Several floors of the building were flooded following the mechanical failure Wednesday morning.
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Federal officials in February abruptly removed long-public information on health and safety violations from a searchable database online.
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Decades-old quip by Ben Affleck causing him some trouble today Director Kevin Smith said he recalled Affleck saying that kissing another man is the ?greatest acting challenge an actor can ever face.?
Bicyclist?s legs ?look a little tired? following 16 stages of the Tour de France A Polish cyclist posted a photo of his legs on Instagram -- his muscles and veins still bulging after racing for about 1,758 miles.
Kermit was getting moody and hard to work with, so his puppeteer had to go Jim Henson?s daughter said puppeteer Steve Whitmire, who was fired in October, ?performed Kermit as a bitter, angry, depressed victim.?
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Now available at your local library: guitars, games, and selfie sticks Cake pans, binoculars, toys, neckties, even guitars are available at libraries, as the institutions become a different kind of public resource.
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Ben Volin | On Football
From the ESPYs to various rankings, the Patriots quarterback isn?t getting his due ? plus other pre-training camp thoughts.
As workouts intensify, a harmful side effect grows more common After a spin class, one woman was told she had rhabdomyolysis, a rare but life-threatening condition caused by extreme exercise.
When did taking a dip in the Charles become ?heavenly?? That?s what one woman said after swimming in the river as part of the annual City Splash event.
Chris Christie makes a great grab in the stands, and then he gets booed The New Jersey governor heard it from the fans during a Mets game Tuesday at New York?s Citi Field.
Mormon university instructor fired after Facebook post supporting LGBT rights, she says Ruthie Robertson, 22, knew her private Facebook post would be controversial among her Mormon friends.
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Michael A. Cohen
Obamacare repeal is dead ? long live Obamacare Once a government benefit is created it is almost impossible to take it away.
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His parents said he just needed to sleep. A SWAT team came instead In Hingham, a welfare check on a disconsolate young man with a gun turned into something utterly unimaginable.
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What realtors and sellers are required to disclose to buyers ? and what they aren?t There are only two things state law requires a seller to tell you.
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.
Plague chaser: How a wildlife biologist came to hunt ?Black Death? bacteria In Flagstaff, Ariz., when officials suspect an outbreak of plague, David Wagner takes their call.
Ramirez?s crowning blow in the wee hours ended a rain-delayed game that lasted 4 hours 59 minutes.
The memorial is built at Proctor?s Ledge, where 19 people accused of witchcraft are believed to have been executed in 1692.
From a Charlestown duplex to a Watertown single-family with five bedrooms, there are several options.
Jon Huntsman would take over the post amid ongoing probes into Russian meddling in the election.
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Sales of midsize sedans like the Hyundai Sonata have been steadily declining over the last few years. Pickup trucks and crossovers are now go-to purchases, which is something of a challenge for Hyundai. The Sonata accounts for 31 percent of all Hyundais sold in the U.S., and it?s the most well known model in their [?]
Justine Damond, 40, approached the driver?s side window of the squad car immediately after the sound, investigators said.
Google is pitching the much-ridiculed augmented-reality goggles to businesses.
Her music is the product of her own ever-expanding horizons, and her independent spirit suffuses every aspect of it.
At the eatery?s new spot by Fenway Park, it seems like everyone is in high spirits.
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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The Big Picture
A look at the long offensive against the Islamic State fighters to retake the city of Mosul in Iraq. Thousands of civilians were killed and nearly 900,000 displaced.
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