Secret VA ratings hid poor quality care from public
Nearly half of Veterans Affairs nursing homes nationwide received the lowest possible quality ranking last year, but the agency kept its ratings from the public.
Nearly half of Veterans Affairs nursing homes nationwide received the lowest possible quality ranking last year, but the agency kept its ratings from the public.
The Massachusetts congressman joined protesters in Texas Sunday, blasting President Trump and comparing those who are fleeing violence today to his own ancestors.
Melania Trump?s spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham says the first lady believes ??we need to be a country that follows all laws,?? but also one ??that governs with heart.??
CHRISTOPHER MUTHER
US residents traveling abroad this summer will soon learn there is no escaping the president.
An outside counsel who is reviewing the Boston Fire Department?s handling of misconduct allegations has a long history of representing City Hall.
By 2060, many homes could flood 26 times or more a year just from high tides, according to data from the Union of Concerned Scientists.
The quarterback talked family, retirement, his relationship with Bill Belichick and the Patriots, and more.
Wayfair, the fast-expanding online retailer, has signed a lease for another 395,000 square feet of office space in the Back Bay.
Twelve people were displaced after a five-alarm fire ran up a seven-unit Ayer apartment building?s side and into its attic on Sunday afternoon.
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Barry Arntz thought he and his sister owned the house passed down to them by their deceased mother ?free and clear? ? no mortgages, no liens, no encumbrances of any sort.
RED SOX 9, MARINERS 3
Devers belted a three-run homer, and Jackie Bradley Jr. and Xander Bogaerts also homered to help Boston split in Seattle.
Dave Epstein
Even if Boston doesn?t break the heat record for Monday?s date, it?s certainly going to be the hottest day so far this season.
Temperatures could feel like 100 degrees in the Merrimack Valley, and some schools cited a lack of adequate air conditioning to keep students in class.
A year after sparring over payment rates, Massachusetts dentists and the state?s largest dental insurer have made peace.
The layoffs ? which included physicians, nurses, and mental health therapists ? had been criticized by employees as retaliation for trying to form a union.
TARA SULLIVAN
Koepka?s parents and brother were present for his second straight title after watching last year?s tournament from home.
Brockton firefighters cheered on one of the their own as Matt Parziale competed in this year?s US Open Championship.
As volunteers at a youth shelter in Harvard Square, Tony Shu and Connor Schoen saw firsthand how homeless people can struggle to find work, trapping them in a vicious cycle.
Paul Manafort, the former campaign chairman for President Trump, was jailed last week in the investigation by Robert Mueller.
TV Critic?s Corner
I really don?t ever want to hear another highly commercialized reality star talk ? even tentatively ? about parlaying silly TV fame into political clout.
The Pentagon has quietly empowered the US Cyber Command to take a far more aggressive approach to defending the nation against cyberattacks.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz triumphed over late night TV host Jimmy Kimmel in their much-hyped charity basketball game that Kimmel dubbed the Blobfish Basketball Classic.
New Hampshire authorities say two Massachusetts hikers who got lost in the White Mountains were carrying almost no useful gear or supplies.
In the methadone clinics and drug-afflicted neighborhoods of Springfield and Chicopee, Weldon had a reputation as an erratic and violent crack user.
A 9-year-old girl and two men in their 80s were killed by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake in the western Japan metropolis of Osaka.
EDITORIAL
House and Senate lawmakers deep in budget negotiations should sign off on a measure, already approved by the House, that would funnel $3 million into halfway houses.
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Users? clicks and posts built Facebook and Google?s online empires. Isn?t it time they got paid for their labor?
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?Runnin?,? now available for purchase on Vimeo, takes an intimate look at a group of friends in Somerville who came of age as the opioid epidemic took hold and morphed into a national nightmare. It retraces the lives of friends lost, and one last member of the group struggling to avoid the same fate.
Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan spoke at a Globe event on how innovation is shaping our world, and she?s in high demand among the hundreds of mayors gathered in Boston.
Love Letters Podcast
Meredith Goldstein explores how to move on when a relationship ends.
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The Boston College guard will likely become the first Eagle taken in the first round since guard Reggie Jackson in 2011.
?July 4 is not our independence day. Juneteenth is our independence day,? said Leslie Marshall, 54, of Dorchester.
Can we coexist with the turkeys, coyotes, deer, and other critters that visit or reside in our neighborhoods?
The City Council passed regulations aimed at cracking down on investors who buy housing units to list on short-term rental platforms like Airbnb.
The question of what happens if John McCain steps down from office before 2022 is a lingering one.
Saturday?s blast killed at least 26 people and wounded more than 50.
At Horizons for Homeless Children she oversees a staff of 115 and more than 1,000 volunteers.
The singer, who is retiring from the road, offered a performance that was both a celebration of past glories and a nod toward what might come next.
Here are three worthy Maui adventures that do not involve lying in sand.
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As the spring house hunt gets underway and National College Decision Day nears, thoughts are turning to campus housing.
The Big Picture
This lone county jail in a remote corner of Appalachia offers an agonizing glimpse into how the tidal wave of opioids and methamphetamines has ravaged America.
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