How to save thousands a year from gun violence

Massachusetts has the most stringent gun safety laws in the country. It also has the nation?s lowest rate of gun deaths. Here are #7steps your state can take to save lives.

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Mike Pence finds refuge on the road

Ensconced in the relative luxury of Air Force Two, Vice President Mike Pence has been able to ride out some of the rockiest patches of Trump?s tumultuous presidency.

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President Trump threw doubt on the bill passed by Congress in a Friday morning tweet.

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Real ID licenses will be needed by late 2020 to board domestic flights and to enter federal buildings.

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Officers stormed the French supermarket where a suspect allegedly took hostages and shot people before being killed by police himself.

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Jaelynn was shot in the head Tuesday at Great Mills High School by 17-year-old Austin Rollins. Police say the two had been in a relationship that recently ended.

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Cambridge police searching for driver who struck 14-year-old

Cambridge police are asking the public to help identify the driver who struck and injured a 14-year-old on a bicycle last week and then fled the scene.

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School President Jonathan Lash said the act is being treated as a criminal matter.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/23/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/936740554.jpg What you need to know for the Boston ?March For Our Lives? rally

Half a million people are expected to rally in Washington D.C. An enterprising ? and passionate ? local group of young people have a planned a ?sibling rally? in Boston.

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New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft lent the aircraft to victims and their families to get them to the ?March for Our Lives? this weekend.

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The 2012 Heisman Trophy winner is trying to work his way back into the NFL.

Fort Myers, FL 2/15/2018: Position players, including now veterans Xander Bogaerts (second from left) and Mookie Betts (second from right) get loose together at the start of today's workout. Spring Training for the Red Sox continued today at the Player Development Complex at Jet Blue Park. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

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DAN SHAUGHNESSY

In the millennial age, it?s a whole different ballgame

Today?s ballplayers have every amenity, convenience, and assistance at their fingertips ? not like the old days.

PETER ABRAHAM

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It?s better to get a talented player to the majors too early instead of wasting one of his peak seasons in Triple A.

ALEX SPEIER

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The manager has been bonding with the players in ways that have resulted in a positive atmosphere around the team.

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/DERSHOWITZ_REPUTATION_ADV13_1.jpg Here?s what Alan Dershowitz said when we asked if he?ll join Trump legal team

The former Harvard Law professor has been an outspoken supporter of some of the president?s legal positions.

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Ignoring the litter box? Jumping on tables? Rachel Geller of Newton has the answer for misbehaving felines ? and their harried owners.

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Hundreds of stores are scheduled to close in the coming months, which means the company has a lot of inventory to sell.

The Dating Issue | Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/19/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/help0325web_crop.jpg How Meredith Goldstein became an advice columnist when her own love life was falling apart

An exclusive excerpt from the Love Letters columnist?s new memoir, ?Can?t Help Myself.?

Debuting Love Letters: The Podcast

PODCAST

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Is rebound sex empowering, or does it leave you feeling lonelier? Meredith Goldstein investigates.

Listen:   Apple Podcasts   |   Stitcher   |   RadioPublic

 

Vote in round 3 of Munch Madness

The results are in from Round 2 of this year?s Munch Madness restaurant tournament bracket. Appropriately for New England, seafood dominated.

Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | George Q. Daley

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The 1996 law is essentially a gag order on medical research into gun violence.

Modeling?s glamour hides web of abuse

The fashion industry is built on glamour and allure, but many models, especially the very young, know it for something else: sexual exploitation and abuse.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/levine_xref_teze.jpg Inside the ?cult? that catapulted conductor James Levine?s career

At the beginning of the maestro?s 50-year career, Levine ran what some young musicians considered a cult, allegedly making members take loyalty tests and engage in group sex.

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2018 Paralympic Winter Games

Scenes from the Paralympics taking place March 9-18 in PyeongChang, South Korea. 670 athletes with disabilities from around the world compete in 80 events in six different sports.

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