John Kelly defends Trump?s conversation with Gold Star family

Kelly said that President Trump was trying to convey a message that Sgt. La David Johnson was where he wanted to be and doing what he wanted to do when he was killed in action.

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The governor said the exchange the commander-in-chief had with the family of Sgt. La David Johnson and the follow-up ?was incredibly disgraceful and discouraging and depressing.?

Bridgewater classroom photo shows white third-graders holding a black child by leashes

School officials in Bridgewater apologized Thursday after a classroom photo that appeared to show two white third-graders holding a black child by leashes caused outrage.

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The company said the job reductions would amount to 9 percent of its work force, but did not say how many of the cuts would come from Watertown.

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Before President Trump?s announcement last week, the increase had been set at about 8.7 percent. Now, it will be rising 24 percent next year.

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Only 5 percent of New Hampshire voters who favored President Trump in the 2016 election regret their decision, according to a state poll released Wednesday.

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Speaking at the George W. Bush Institute in New York, the former president didn?t use President Trump?s name, but his target was clear.

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Shawn Collins had been Treasurer Deborah Goldberg?s point person on legalized marijuana.

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A new course teaches teens the dangers of distracted driving firsthand

Teens have a hard time putting down their phones?even behind the wheel. To change this, one driving course is showing just how hazardous taking your eyes off the road can be.

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The Elwood Adams Hardware store in Worcester, shown in 2006, has been selling nails and other useful things for 235 years.

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KEVIN CULLEN

The sweet, long life and sad, inevitable death of Elwood Adams Hardware

The city of Worcester is pulling out all the stops to lure Amazon here. But there are no tax breaks, no big wet kiss, for the Elwood Adams hardware store. And so it will close.

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Host Chris Gasper joins Pete Abraham to discuss the search for the new Red Sox manager and presents a special report on corruption in the NCAA.

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Your Home | Kitchens & Baths

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A Lexington couple was prepared for a big project, but cosmetic fixes did the trick.

Yvonne Abraham

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When a Brookline woman told her friends and family she had cancer, they mobilized, at one point raising $24,000 for her. But it turns out she made it all up.

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A whole lot of people in America might be packing pistols.

Bids for new Amazon HQ due today

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Talking Points

Pitching Amazon was good practice for Mass. towns

We?ve just wrapped up the great essay-writing challenge for cities across New England.

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The dancing was wild, but the sun had just risen ? and people were heading to work.

CHAD FINN I SPORTS MEDIA

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TNT brought the viewer into the arena and captured the emotions of those in the building.

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Agent says Gordon Hayward?s surgery went well

The injured Celtic was operated on Wednesday night; there is no timetable for his return.

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Warmer than average temperatures are more likely this winter in New England, federal forecasters said Thursday. But it?s not clear whether it will be wetter.

Fallout from the Harvey Weinstein scandal

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To see her life?s work, the ?Me Too? movement, displayed on millions of profiles across social media, has left her in awe.

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The Bedford VA hospital admitted its care for Bill Nutter was not ?up to our standards,? but the reality was uglier. Now, the FBI is investigating.

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He is giving Beijing exactly what it wants.

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The Amazon bid

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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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To me, a kidney stone wasn?t really a big deal. But to my husband, it was a family crisis.

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Self-driving cars could ease traffic, but increase sprawl

A new study inspired by Boston's early experiments with self-driving cars finds that the technology could ease congestion, but also lead to more cars on the road and further encourage urban sprawl