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After 38 years, the Bus Stop Pub will close Saturday, and Friday was a time to mourn the disappearance of a classic Boston institution ? the blue-collar neighborhood bar ? and the changing makeup of the Allston neighborhood that once sustained it.
Cancellations on Vineyard ferry skyrocket ?It?s insane. It?s absolutely insane,? one official said of the canceled trips between Martha?s Vineyard and Falmouth. ?This is the worst anybody has ever seen it.?
Global field trips are opening a whole new world to Boston students The international travel helps reduce an opportunity gap between Boston students and more affluent peers.
Replacement of Mass. Ave bridge in Back Bay underway The bridge, which carries traffic over Commonwealth Avenue, is due to be reopened by 5 a.m. on Tuesday, ahead of the morning commute, the state said in a statement.
Revenue Dept. mistakenly underpays child support for about 70 parents The issue is the latest a long line of troubles with the state?s new $91.8 million data management system.
In LGBTQ community, sadness and concern over Stan Rosenberg?s exit The first openly gay Senate president in Massachusetts, Rosenberg, 68, was a political force on issues of LGBTQ equality for decades.
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How to prevent ticks in your yard There are organic options, but they may not be as effective as insecticides.
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?We are in a moment when humanity and decency are being eroded, when the very notion of empirical fact is being attacked,? Tapper said.
Scott Pruitt?s dinner with cardinal accused of abuse was kept off public schedule The EPA Administrator dined last year in Rome with Cardinal George Pell, a prominent climate-science denialist and Vatican leader who was also facing sexual abuse allegations.
Here?s what Sarah Sanders had to say about Trump official?s McCain remarks Sanders would not comment on reports that a communications aide mocked McCain?s opposition to Trump?s CIA pick by telling colleagues, ?it doesn?t matter, he?s dying anyway.?
There are three claims regarding the immigrants that Kelly argued put them at a disadvantage in coming to the US. Those descriptors probably apply to several of Kelly?s own ancestors.
President Trump unveils plan to reduce drug prices Trump called his plan the ??most sweeping action in history to lower the price of prescription drugs for the American people.??
Three finalists named for UMass Boston chancellor The finalists are Kathy Humphrey, a senior vice president at the University of Pittsburgh; Peter Lyons, a vice provost and dean at Georgia State University; and Jack Thomas, president of Western Illinois University.
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Jurors in the murder trial of former New England mob boss Francis ?Cadillac Frank? Salemme visited the sites on Friday.
Boston Dynamics posts video of jogging humanoid robot that scares the internet Tech company adds another video of jogging humanoid robot that scares the internet
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After night of ?Fortnite,? only ego is injured Video games have been catching the blame for just about everything for decades. David Price can probably relate.
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The time has arrived: Over the next several days, broadcast networks will officially decide which TV shows will live on for another season.
Stevie Wonder says Kanye slavery comments are ?foolishness? Stevie Wonder has called out Kanye West for saying slavery is a choice, calling the idea ?foolishness? and likening it to Holocaust denial.
Gordon Hayward had a lot to say, from his rehab to his thoughts on the Celtics In a blog post on his website, Hayward shared his thoughts on the performances of some of his teammates.
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Nina Dobrev has an un-Common experience in first visit to Boston ?First timer? my mind is blown,? read the caption on an Instagram video of the actress?s mid-morning stroll.
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Patriots release offensive lineman Tony Garcia Garcia, a third-round pick in 2017, missed all of his rookie season with blood clots in his lungs.
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Axl Rose ? a small, hopeful example for our fractured nation? A reissue from Guns N? Roses leaves out ?One In A Million,? which denounced African-Americans, immigrants, and gay men.
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Connor Biscan?s family gave a Globe reporter and photographer access into his world and their struggles, believing it might help other families.
Novartis CEO writes to staff amid fury over Michael Cohen payments ?Yesterday was not a good day for Novartis,? CEO Vasant Narasimhan wrote in an email to employees.
The slugger?s game-winner in New York Thursday was an example of what sets him apart and makes pitchers fear him.
For more than three months, Lucimar de Souza sat in jail, separated from her husband and 10-year-old son.
When Amy and Brian Paul wanted to start a family, they moved from South Boston to the suburbs.
Kelly said most people coming into the country illegally ??are not bad people,?? but said they won?t assimilate easily.
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President Donald Trump on Friday is expected to meet with the chief executives of the world?s major automakers to deliver a pointed message: Get on board with the administration?s plan to dramatically roll back fuel economy requirements, according to interviews with four people close to the administration?s thinking.
Police and news media said it could be the country?s worst mass shooting in 22 years.
Later this year, Alphabet will roll out Google Duplex, a new technology that raises the concept of robocalling to an impressive ? and slightly creepy ? new plateau.
Michael Pollan?s fascinating if flawed blend of memoir and history looks at the rise and fall and return of scientific interest in psychedelics to treat depression, anxiety, and addiction
Melissa McCarthy and her director husband, Ben Falcone, deliver a thoroughly vanilla comedy, a movie jammed with well-meaning girl power messages but surprisingly little edge.
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Heather Abel?s debut novel, ?The Optimistic Decade,?? takes place at a utopian summer camp and turns on how good intentions can go awry.
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Spring House Hunt: Should parents buy property in a college town? As the spring house hunt gets underway and National College Decision Day nears, thoughts are turning to campus housing.
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