Jarrod Ramos, the man suspected of killing five people in or near the offices of the Capital Gazette newspaper, had sued the paper for defamation and lost.
4 journalists, sales assistant killed at Maryland newspaper The employees killed were Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith and Wendi Winters, police said.
?Thanks for your prayers, but I couldn?t give a [expletive] about them if there?s nothing else,? says Capital Gazette reporter ?I have heard that President Trump sent his prayers,? Selene San Felice told Anderson Cooper. ?I?m not trying to make this political, right? But we need more than prayers.?
The grieving and the reporting sort of jumbled together for staffers at The Capital Gazette on Thursday night, but they were determined to put out the next day?s edition.
Senate Democrats are vowing a fight for the ages to stop President Trump?s as-yet-unnamed Supreme Court pick from getting confirmed.
As storm aid runs out, many displaced Puerto Rican families must decide whether they?ll stay or go As federal housing help for Puerto Ricans displaced by Hurricane Maria is coming to an end on Saturday.
One thing was missing on Thursday, when Governor Charlie Baker signed the so-called grand bargain into law: The advocates who helped craft the compromise legislation.
Shirley Leung
How progressives and businesses made an unlikely deal on family leave The lasting impact may go well beyond workers getting paid family and medical leave.
A 95-year-old Maine resident beat a rabid fox to death with a wooden plank ?It was a confrontation that, if I hadn?t had that stick in my hand, I would have been chewed up,? Robert Galen said.
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The average rent in Greater Boston for the second quarter of the year hit $2,187, up more than 4 percent compared to rents during the same time last year.
Representative Maxine Waters cancels events due to ?very serious death threat? In a statement reported by CNN, the California Democrat said that after President Trump took aim at her on Twitter, ??even more individuals are leaving threatening messages and sending hostile mail to my office.??
Puppies are a hit at City Hall Plaza on ?Wag Wednesdays? Summer days at the office can be tough. Slogging through the work week ? without a weekend in sight ? can be no small feat. Turns out, puppies can help.
Businessman drops plans for vast community in Vermont A Utah entrepreneur has abruptly announced that he will sell more than 1,500 acres he has acquired in four small Vermont towns.
Boston police salute fellow officer who died suddenly The body of Officer Joseph Lomuscio was escorted by a police procession past the Brighton District D-14 station where he worked.
Spotlight Follow-up
The revelations and findings contained in the long-awaited report may change the way courts across the country handle class action lawsuits.
Capitol Police arrest about 575 people protesting Trump immigration policy A Democratic congresswoman was among about 575 people arrested at a rally protesting the Trump administration?s zero-tolerance policy on immigration.
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Laura Perille, president and CEO of EdVestors, said the mayor and school committee chairman have given her broad authority.
State officials smash multimillion-dollar gaming ring; gangster?s stepson was kingpin, prosecutors say In a statement, Attorney General Maura Healey?s office said the defendants were allegedly ?operating 130 illegal Nutel gambling machines.?
Nestor Ramos
Methuen woman fired for off-duty marijuana use files arbitration claim In a state that legalized recreational marijuana use, Bernadette Coughlin lost her job for doing something permissible, on her own time.
Cultivate, a medical dispensary in Leicester, may be licensed to become the first store to sell recreational marijuana in the state.
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RED SOX 4, ANGELS 2
The Sox outscored the Angels, 45-10, in their first five meetings. But they had to grind out the runs they got Thursday.
Two Boston men found guilty of murder for slaying of teenager in 2016 A Suffolk Superior Court jury Thursday found two Boston men guilty of murder in the slaying of a teenager near the Jeremiah E. Burke High School in Dorchester in 2016.
Bayer AG teams up with the Broad to tackle congestive heart failure The German drug giant will invest in a local lab to come up with treatments for the deadly condition.
Judge orders release of child separated from mother at US-Mexico border Judge Manish Shah wrote in his preliminary injunction that keeping Lidia Souza away from her 9-year-old son ?irreparably harms them both.??
Dinner with Cupid
Blind date: ?I remembered two years ago this really charming driver who was a stand up? Will she get a second chance at romance with her onetime Lyft driver?
Teddy Browar-Jarus, 34, was sentenced to two years in the House of Correction, one year suspended, for secretly video recording naked women, officials said.
Editorial
A great school deserves a great home in Roslindale Neighborhood activists should stand down in their oppoostion to Roxbury Preparatory Charter School?s proposal to build a new high school on an acre of land in Roslindale.
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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A healthy Dustin Pedroia and the Yankees cooling off would be a nice start.
Some projects are in the early stages, some have suffered false starts, and some have been long-promised but never delivered.
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Sales of new U.S. homes jumped 6.7 percent in May, with purchases in the South accounting for all of the monthly gains.
The Massachusetts Democrat spoke at a rally Thursday in front of the Supreme Court, saying, ??People around this country are worried and they?re right to worry.??
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AAA predicts 1.25 million Massachusetts drivers will hit the road during the holiday stretch.
The ??I really don?t care, do u??? coat originally retailed for approximately $39, but is currently fetching prices of up to $895.
The engineers in Akamai Technologies? Broadcast Operations Control Center watch for digital hiccups around the globe.
Celtics fans likely want to know two things: Is the movie any good, and does Kyrie Irving embarrass himself? The answers are: sort of, and nowhere near.
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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
Baseball is never boring in the bleachers. Just ask the Red Sox players who are out there.
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