The Supreme Judicial Court?s ruling delivers a crushing defeat for progressive activists and organized labor and removes a volatile issue from this fall?s election.
Overall, more than 15,900 residents statewide reported an adjusted gross income of more than $1 million in the most recent year for which data is available.
Tornado warning issued in W. Mass. A severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Conway, or 10 miles north of Northampton, moving east at 55 miles per hour.
FBI director says agency won?t repeat mistakes noted in watchdog report The FBI is determined to not repeat any of the mistakes identified in a report on the handling of the Hillary Clinton e-mail investigation, Director Chris Wray told lawmakers.
President Trump tells Pentagon to create ?Space Force? President Trump promised the US will ?be the leader by far? in space, and said he directed the Pentagon to create the ?Space Force? as an independent service branch.
Construction issue forces two-week delay for ?Moulin Rouge!? The world premiere of the musical ? and the reopening of Emerson Colonial Theatre ? has been pushed back to July 10.
North-South Rail Link would cost $12 billion, maybe much, much more Adding four underground train lines between North and South stations and a new station could boost the cost to $21.5 billion, but double commuter ridership, new state study says.
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.
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Opinion | Niall Ferguson
The issue of migration will be seen by future historians as the fatal solvent of the EU.
Defense attorney tells jury former Mafia boss Frank Salemme did not murder Steven DiSarro Jurors in the murder trial of Francis ?Cadillac Frank? Salemme began hearing closing arguments today.
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Pulitzer-winning professor Junot Diaz has been cleared to return to teach this fall, a significant development in a contentious #MeToo case that has drawn national attention.
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Laura Bush and Melania Trump break through the madness on immigration policy Two mothers became the voice of reason over children being torn from their parent?s arms and sent to mass detention centers.
A majority of American voters oppose the policy of separating children and parents when families illegally cross the US-Mexico border.
Here?s what you need to know about children being separated from their parents at the border Nearly 2,000 children were separated from their parents during six weeks in April and May.
Baker won?t send Mass. National Guard to border Governor Charlie Baker, a Republican, called the Trump administration?s policy of separating migrant children from their families ?cruel and inhumane.?
Wedding bells are ringing, but justices of the peace aren?t getting the call Justices of the peace, who long presided over non-religious weddings, are getting pushed out by one-day officiants. And they?re not happy about it.
Redd?s restaurant in Roslindale is closing, owner says The owner wrote in an e-mail the restaurant is closing ?because the largest asset of this business, the liquor license, is going to be devalued tremendously? by a City Council initiative.
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Pot is legal in Massachusetts, but many parents still don?t want their kids to know they partake.
Bill Cosby will formally challenge his conviction in the fall, Mass. lawyers say Lawyers for Bill Cosby in Massachusetts, where he is facing civil litigation related to his alleged sexual assaults, said he will file to have his convictions in Pennsylvania tossed out.
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An inheritance damaged by delayed property taxes 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.
A University of New Hampshire study used data by three telescopes over a decade to postulate that a radiation flare in a distant galaxy was a star being consumed by a medium-sized black hole.
In February, things got heated between City Councilor Ed Flynn and the show?s creator over the content of the series.
CHAD FINN
Staying healthy is the key, and sustaining his excellence for an entire year will leave no doubts.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
A few stories of dads with special places in the sports world Steve Burton, Larry Bird, Terry Francona and others have cherished memories of their fathers.
Opinion | Rachelle G. Cohen
Misguided millionaires tax was a nonstarter Massachusetts just dodged the economic bullet of the so-called millionaires tax.
IDEAS | THE BIG TECH ISSUE
Why Facebook and Google should pay you for your data 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
Getting over a breakup Meredith Goldstein explores how to move on when a relationship ends.
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Calling all foodies Our new weekly summer newsletter, ?Eat. Drink. Eat some more,? gives you 15 weeks of recipes and restaurant tips. Find out more.
We take a look at what moves each team could make to pull away.
?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.
Paul Manafort, the former campaign chairman for President Trump, was jailed last week in the investigation by Robert Mueller.
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.
Wayfair, the fast-expanding online retailer, has signed a lease for another 395,000 square feet of office space in the Back Bay.
I really don?t ever want to hear another highly commercialized reality star talk ? even tentatively ? about parlaying silly TV fame into political clout.
Here are three worthy Maui adventures that do not involve lying in sand.
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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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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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