Merging Beth Israel, Lahey would drive up costs, watchdog says
The consolidation would boost medical spending by as much as $191.3 million a year for inpatient, outpatient, and primary care services.
The consolidation would boost medical spending by as much as $191.3 million a year for inpatient, outpatient, and primary care services.
White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said reporters misunderstood Trump?s answer to a question on whether Russia was still meddling in US elections.
Maria Butina, who has been charged with secretly acting on Moscow?s behalf in the United States, was ordered held without bond.
Children may already have been traumatized by being separated from their parents, participants at a forum at Tufts University heard.
Liberals lawmakers had wanted the budget to prohibit police from performing some federal immigration duties.
A lawyer for Emanuel Lopes said he has ?been unable to speak with him in any coherent fashion? about the case, but the judge decided Lopes was aware of what was happening.
A Lowell man is now facing stalking charges following a monthlong investigation by Lowell and Winchester police.
Opinion | Diane Hessan
Is there a way to bridge the divide between Republicans and Democrats?
The State Police say they have brought in a familiar face to consult and bring change to the department: former state public safety secretary Kathleen O?Toole.
A serial rapist was sentenced Wednesday for raping women on the Esplanade and in South Boston in 2006, 2007, and 2010.
Programs that encourage guests to skip housekeeping, and save energy, are wreaking havoc on workers? schedules, a union says.
ADAM HIMMELSBACH
Leonard going to an Eastern Conference team will re-balance the player talent scales at least a bit.
The Patriots were the second-ranked NFL team.
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If he?s traded to the Dodgers as expected, Baltimore will be a weaker team.
Q & A
The Red Sox manager took questions from the Globe about his impressions of the season and what the future holds.
Miss Conduct
I don?t want my family using paper plates and plastic utensils, even at other people?s parties. Plus, a popcorn-in-teeth dilemma.
DANTE RAMOS
To fix our crippling housing crunch, Massachusetts should let people build ?granny apartments.? So why isn?t Robert DeLeo?s House doing anything to legalize more housing?
NAMES
The dating service was founded by Newton-raised sisters Leigh and Casey Isaacson, who believe that dog-friendly humans make good teams.
A group of boaters got to witness a rare sight last weekend: a great white shark having a meal.
Just be courteous and think about the people who might use that bike after you.
Talking Points
The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce is hosting a festival in September, with panels and other programs aimed at bringing together and helping millennials of color.
President Donald Trump says the familiar color on the presidential aircraft will give way to a new red-white-and-blue color scheme.
IDEAS | Mark Hannah
The real threat to European democracy and unity comes not from Russia but from within the West itself.
The Kakuma Refugee Camp is a holding center for thousands dispossessed by war and conflict. A New Hampshire university has made it the focus of its global plans.
Eric Betzig?s newest microscope looks nothing like the one you remember from school.
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.
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Here?s a look at the best and worst (and more bests) of what we?ve seen so far this season.
The shortfall is the consequence of the state?s failure to update its 25-year-old formula for doling out aid, according to the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center.
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The mayor is taking a two-day trip to Republican-leaning districts in Ohio and Indiana where Democrats are vying for congressional seats.
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Summer is the high season for non-alcoholic drinks. Let the battle begin over who makes the best raspberry lime rickey.
Special counsel Robert Mueller is seeking immunity for five potential witnesses in the upcoming trial of President Donald Trump?s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort.
The blockbuster fine comes with an accompanying EU order freeing up phone manufacturers to choose non-Google apps to install on Android phones.
Irving, 76, the author of ?The World According to Garp,? ?The Cider House Rules,? and ?In One Person,?? among others, has won the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award.
If you?re a food lover, the Wells, Maine, destination feels an awful lot like a carnival.
Address
As the spring house hunt gets underway and National College Decision Day nears, thoughts are turning to campus housing.
The Big picture
Established in 1992 following the arrival the ?Lost Boys of Sudan? and with a population of nearly 190,000, the UNHCR refugee camp in Kakuma, Kenya, now resembles a sprawling shanty town.
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