Red Sox fire manager John Farrell

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The Red Sox made the announcement Wednesday morning, but did not name a replacement.

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The Red Sox president of baseball operations said the move was ?for the betterment of the organization.?

Harvey Weinstein.

Paltrow and Jolie accounts may have sealed Weinstein?s fate

They waited years to speak, but two of Hollywood?s most powerful women might have helped seal the fate of Harvey Weinstein.

Former ?TRL? host alleges she was groped by Ben Affleck

Hilarie Burton says she hasn?t forgotten the incident, which allegedly took place in 2003.

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President Trump raised the possibility that he would support stripping the broadcast licenses of news networks that report what he believes to be inaccurate information.

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The rapper took aim at President Trump in a 4½-minute freestyle rap video that aired as part of BET?s Hip Hop Awards on Tuesday night.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/11/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/0c3ccc0bb7d2403f8e371d7688a89133-0c3ccc0bb7d2403f8e371d7688a89133-13237.jpg Bill Belichick has no update on Tom Brady?s injury

The Patriots coach did say his quarterback was ?as physically and mentally tough as any player I?ve coached.?

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The Facebook founder was trying to show off the possibilites of a new and immersive virtual reality product, but some users felt like the execution was off base.

Enterohemorrhagic E. coli, EHEC for short, comprises strains of bacteria that disrupt the GI tract and cause bleeding.

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Why is it so hard to track the source of a food poisoning outbreak?

As a cluster of food poisoning cases grew, Boston?s public health system mobilized to discover the source of an unusual toxin.

Mike Rippey looked over the burned out remains of his parents home at the Silverado Resort in Napa, Calif., on Tuesday.

California couple, married 75 years, killed in wildfire

The couple had met in grade school in Wisconsin and been together ever since, celebrating their 75th anniversary last year.

Boston, Ma. 10/10/17, Left to right, Laura Sancken, Maria Infante, Rebecca Diamondstein, cq, participate in the HUB Week event at The United Way----

Poverty simulation highlights painful choices local families make

The situations, the event?s leaders assured, weren?t manufactured. They?d come from families in the Boston area the service organization has worked with.

Dr. Harald C. Ott, who has focused on whole organ regeneration at MGH?s Center for Regenerative Medicine, spoke at Tuesday?s presentation.

Are people ready for human-made organs?

In a wide-ranging conversation at HUBweek, researchers looked toward the future of organ generation and the role it might eventually play in patients.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_081917_20rallyphotos_18693x.jpg Group seeks permit for second ?free speech? rally on Common

A group calling itself Resist Marxism says on its website that it will hold a ?Rally for the Republic? on Nov. 18.

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Michael Ricci was transported by police to a Lowell courthouse wearing the cuffs Louis Remigio, a 30-year police veteran, most recently carried with him on the job.

In Waltham, local officials plan to seize a monestery called the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata -- home to some retired monks.

Across the region, communities consider seizing private property

As it turns out, Brookline is not the only town where officials have proposed to take private land for what they call a pressing public need.

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News flash to Elizabeth Warren, et al.: You are losing nothing but the power to force nuns to pay for your oral contraceptives.

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A US-free World Cup is full of interesting storylines.

(From left) Regina Barzilay and Sunil Amrith.

Scholars from MIT, Harvard receive MacArthur grants

Regina Barzilay of MIT and Sunil Amrith of Harvard University have been named 2017 MacArthur fellows.

Woman killed by train on Somerville commuter rail tracks

The Transit Police investigation prompted the MBTA to cancel at least one Fitchburg line train at the Red Line station in Porter Square.

Boston firefighter is placed on leave after ?disturbing? social media posts

The posts from Octavius Rowe, a 15-year veteran of the department, appeared to advocate violence.

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The whale, which was around 25 to 35 feet long, was trapped in the Atlantic Ocean around 2 miles off Good Harbor Beach.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Boghosian_Felger5_MAG.jpg Entercom, CBS look to unload Boston stations as part of merger

CBS Radio wants to divest 1030 WBZ, 98.5 The Sports Hub, and 100.7 WZLX, while Entercom is proposing to divest talk radio 680 WRKO and 97.7 WKAF.

Man and woman arrested for skinny dipping off Salisbury Beach

A wedding reception at a coastal restaurant got a shock when the pair was spotted skinny dipping near the venue.

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A new plan for three theaters in Boston?s Seaport area has triggered excitement. But now come the big questions ? and criticisms.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/16/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/17seuss(1-14)60-mm.jpg Despite offers, controversial Dr. Seuss mural is not for sale

Two Springfield businessmen had offered to buy the mural, but the museum says it does not plan to sell the artwork.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Image%20Tease%20Place%20Holder.png The Season Ticket podcast

What went wrong for the Red Sox? Chris Gasper and Dan Shaughnessy discuss the abysmal starting pitching and questionable lineup decisions in the playoffs.

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Reviving the National Space Council is a good start. Next stop: a joint mission to Mars.

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For at least two decades, medicines have been taken by carload to the Capitol.

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