Trump?s Army pick has lavished Congress with campaign cash

How much good will does half a million dollars buy in Congress? We may find out when Raytheon?s top lobbyist faces US senators for his confirmation to become secretary of the Army.

President Donald Trump answers questions with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in the Rose Garden after their meeting at the White House, Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump claimed Obama never called families of service members killed ? then got fact-checked live

President Trump claimed his predecessor never called families of service members killed, an assertion that was swiftly countered by former members of President Obama?s staff.

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017, file photo, Dave Ratner, second from left, and others watch as President Donald Trump signs an executive order on health care in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Ratner, owner of Dave's Soda and Pet City in Massachusetts, is under fire after he was photographed last week with Trump. Ratner said he's

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KEVIN CULLEN

Somebody throw this poor guy a bone

Dave Ratner, the face of Dave?s Soda and Pet City in Western Mass, has received a lot of blowback after he was at the White House when President Trump signed an order on health care.

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There?s trouble at Dave?s Soda and Pet City, where owner Dave Ratner has learned a tough political lesson. Will his Western Mass. customers give him a second chance?

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According to a New Yorker report, President Trump joked about Mike Pence?s views on gay rights, saying, ?Don?t ask that guy ? he wants to hang them all!?

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The suit alleges the NFL and its co-defendants failed to protect Hernandez from the effects of CTE, a brain condition linked to repeated blows to the head and concussions.

18 arrested at protest of Springfield man?s deportation to Guatemala

Lucio Perez, a Guatemalan, arrived illegally in 1999, after fleeing violence in his homeland. He is to be deported Thursday, leaving his wife and children behind.

Police and firefighters outside the house in Leominster where a man barricaded himself inside and set fire to the house.

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Man barricaded inside burning Leominister home found dead

The house?s roof collapsed after a fire raged through the building as firefighters were held back because authorities believed the man was possibly armed.

Bruce Springsteen in ?Springsteen on Broadway? at the Walter Kerr Theater in New York.

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Critic?s Notebook

A lifetime of connection with Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen is on Broadway in a somber, introspective, and transcendent evening of songs, stories, and ruminations, performed almost completely solo.

Patriots 24, Jets 17

The Season Ticket podcast

Chris Gasper and Chad Finn discuss the Patriots? controversial victory over the New York Jets?just the latest in a string of bizarre Pats-Jets games.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/16/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/861700940-13339.jpg An illustrated explanation of that overturned touchdown

A replay ruling in Sunday?s game negated a touchdown in the fourth quarter of New England?s win.

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Alberto Riveron said the NFL had indisputable evidence to make the call in the fourth quarter of the Patriots-Jets game.

FILE - In this May 19, 2013, file photo, Alyssa Milano arrives at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Thousands of women responded to Milano?s call on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2017, to tweet ?me too? in order to raise awareness of sexual harassment and assault following the recent revelation of decades of allegations of sexual misconduct by movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP, File)

Sexual harassment allegations lead millions of women to say #Metoo

A Twitter effort exploded Monday, with hundreds of thousands of women from all walks of life testifying to their experience being sexually harassed or assaulted.

Harassment at workplace.

Millions of women have experienced harassment. Most never report it

#MeToo social media posts only scratch the surface of how widespread sexual harassment actually is.

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Turner and Jonas shared the same photo on Instagram on Sunday of her hand sporting a diamond ring and resting on top of his.

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Matt and Ben bringing Globe Magazine piece to big screen

?The Shadows? will tell the story of America?s first detectives.

An artist's conception of a merger of two neutron stars.

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Stars collided 130 million light-years away, and scientists saw it

The discovery was made possible by the massive, laser-based gravitational wave detectors first envisioned by MIT physicist Rainer Weiss.

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A bereaved letter writer and a laid-off worker wonder why friends and colleagues aren?t reaching out.

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A tough way to say goodbye

Howard Johnson restaurant operator Jonathan LaRock was charged last week with sexually harassing more than a dozen employees.

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A growing number of people who say their fathers are priests are speaking out, drawing attention to an invisible legion of suffering.

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Bank lobbyists hate this new rule, and they?re pushing Congress hard to reverse it.

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The Amazon bid

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/13/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/drone-5771.jpg Dear Jeff Bezos: Come and help us build a better Boston together

An open letter to the owner of Amazon, proposing a true partnership that rewrites the relationship between a city and the big companies that call it home.

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Experts can?t say with great certainty that this winter will result in clogged doctors? offices. But they can explain why they?re worried it might.

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Tesla fires hundreds of workers as part of annual reviews

Tesla Motors has fired hundreds of workers after completing its annual performance reviews, even though the automaker is trying to ramp up production to fill orders for its new Model 3 sedan