Boston preliminary elections

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Mayor Martin J. Walsh addressed supporters Tuesday.

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Walsh?s challenger, Tito Jackson, also had cause for celebration.

Walsh, Jackson proceed to general mayoral election in Boston

Mayor Martin Walsh and Councilor Tito Jackson received the most votes in a field of four. The duo ? former political allies ? will face off on Nov. 7.

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Edward Flynn, the son of former Mayor Raymond Flynn, was the top vote-getter in District 2.

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President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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An old idea gets backing from a new Republican

President Trump is getting behind ?trickle down? economics, even though many economists say there?s little evidence to show it works over the long haul.

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Twitter co-founder Biz Stone wrote of the service?s most prolific user: ?He?s not in the test group.?

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Republicans have promised since 2010 to repeal the Affordable Care Act, but haven?t been able to do so.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/27/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/AP17270029364152.jpg Firebrand Roy Moore captures US Senate primary runoff in Alabama

Moore beat Senator Luther Strange, who was appointed after Jeff Sessions became attorney general.

Blue Jays 9, Red Sox 4

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Josh Donaldson (twice), Teoscar Hernandez, and Kendrys Morales all homered off the Red Sox ace.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/26/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/845057338.jpg Steven Tyler rushing back to the US for health reasons

The Aerosmith singer says it?s not life-threatening, but it can?t wait either.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/2fe92e164536427c8a1a80a3f457e316-eb5ddc63d77f40829a5df1b6df0ccf2a-1.jpg ?Dukes of Hazzard? star allegedly told teen ?I?m a creepy old man?

Actor Tom Wopat previously was charged with groping a woman in Waltham. This incident also took place there, prosecutors say.

Husband charged in slaying of beloved Lynn teacher

Andrew MacCormack, 29, of Revere, is accused of killing Vanessa MacCormack, who worked at Lynn?s Connery School.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Commuter%20Rail%20rush%20hour-5876111.jpg Mass. residents ? statewide ? say they?d pay for better transit

The report was put together by lawmakers who spent part of the year traveling around the state.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/hernandez-9678.jpg Did BU researchers make a breakthrough in the diagnosis of CTE?

Researchers said Tuesday they had discovered a new biomarker for the neurodegenerative disease.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/chelsea_victim_20170926.jpg Two shot, one critically injured, in Chelsea

The shooting took place on Congress Avenue, and at least two suspects were at-large Tuesday, police said.

Noemi Santiago greeted her 85-year-old mother, Emilia Acevedo, who arrived at Logan Airport from Puerto Rico.

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?It took a hurricane to finally get him here?

A JetBlue flight that arrived in Boston Tuesday from San Juan was one of the first off the island after Hurricane Maria.

Mayor Dan Rivera of Lawrence (left) toured potential Amazon sites with another Lawrence official.

Shirley Leung

Amazon in Lawrence? New Bedford? Worcester? Why not?

The state can?t afford to bet just on Boston when it submits its bid for Amazon?s new headquarters.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_merge1_met-9582.jpg Why are so many colleges merging? Money and real estate

Wheelock College?s planned marriage with Boston University would have been unheard of a decade ago.

Mac Hay (center) with Robert Campbell and Marlene Betty, two seasonal workers he relies on at his seafood market.

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Employment crisis on Cape Cod could get even worse

Limits on the number of foreigners to work seasonal jobs have made it really bad, and business owners don?t know what to do.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Boghosian_27scaccia3_MET.jpg Man in Foxborough murder-suicide battled depression, family says

The mother and sister of William Scaccia Jr. say he was impacted by his military service in Iraq.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_murder2_met[1].jpg Timeline takes shape in Vanessa Marcotte?s killing

The man accused of slaying the jogger in 2016 purchased gasoline six hours before her partially burned body was found.

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Thousands of lives are on the line. Puerto Rico needs more resources ? and pronto.

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The drug industry is adopting tools that let it directly target individual patients on platforms such as Facebook and Pandora.

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