Two key state lawmakers are urging a crackdown on municipalities demanding excessive payments from marijuana companies seeking to sell locally.
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A White House meeting would be a dramatic extension of legitimacy to the Russian leader, who has long been isolated by the West for activities in Ukraine, Syria, and beyond and is believed to have interfered in the election that sent Trump to the presidency.
Renée Loth
Trump declares victory in war on poverty in order to punish the poor Trump is pushing new work requirements on aid recipients, many of whom are elderly or children.
The bipartisan resolutions would have put the body on record as being in support of intelligence agency conclusions that Russia interfered in the 2016 election.
11 people dead after Missouri tourist boat accident At least 11 people, including children, died after a boat carrying tourists on a Missouri lake capsized and sank Thursday night, the local sheriff said.
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Brian Schweizer has worked in Pi Alley for 12 years, but how the downtown shortcut got its name is a mystery to him. ?I have no idea,? Schweizer said. He?s not alone.
Slain Weymouth sergeant remembered at wake About 3,000 police officers paid their last respects to slain Weymouth Police Sergeant Michael C. Chesna at a Hanover church.
Children?s lemonade stand raises $2,000 for Weymouth sergeant?s family The kids plan to visit the Weymouth police station soon to donate the money to a fund set up for the Chesna family.
Roxbury church building saved from demolition Historic Boston Incorporated agreed to purchase the property and work with the community on future plans for the site, the city announced Wednesday.
Six people were stung by bees Thursday morning in Manchester, N.H., after a tree fell and cracked open a large beehive.
Charlie Baker?s no-new-fees pledge tested by police-backed bill A new bill pits two of Baker?s strongest GOP tenets ? supporting law enforcement and his pledge against new fees ? against each other.
Pam cleared of forgery, jury deadlocks on other charges from home sale Prosecutors plan to retry Kyle Pam on indictments of larceny from a person over 60, money laundering, uttering, embezzlement, and perjury.
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Business and health care industry groups warn that proposals by state lawmakers to raise millions of dollars for struggling community hospitals would send costs soaring.
Still paying retail for downtown parking? The car beside you may be getting a better deal Parking has long favored the people who own the spots. But now parking apps are empowering parkers.
Don?t bother with cheap luggage that falls apart ? check out your best carry-on options Here are some of our travel-tested favorites.
These startups want to buy a share of your house. Is that a good idea? Home equity investors are offering cash now in exchange for a cut of the growth (or loss) of a home?s value. Consumer protection advocates warn that it raises complex questions.
NFL halts implementation of new national anthem policy The league announced an agreement with the Players Association in a joint statement, which said the sides are working on a resolution.
CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER
In the end, Celtics made a Smart investment The Celtics wanted Smart more than they wanted to win the deal (four years, $52 million).
Thailand seeks control over movies about cave ordeal Thailand?s military government wants to control how movies portray the ordeal of the young soccer players and their heroic rescue from a flooded cave.
Ty Burr
You want bad movies? We?ll give you some really bad movies. An ode to the pleasures of panning a bad movie.
This Boston resident was a millionaire ? for 10 whole minutes Ellen Fleming?s stint as a member of the 1 percent was fleeting. But she?s totally OK with it.
Dinner with Cupid
Blind date: ?I guess we?re both mean people? They enjoyed quietly making fun of people who passed by. But will their snarky banter lead to more?
The home featured in the establishing shots of ?The Brady Brunch? can be yours for $1.885 million. Take a look inside.
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The groovy beginning (and bittersweet end) of two hippie communes in Vermont Fifty years ago, a few idealistic young people fled Nixon?s America to live off the land in Vermont. Photographer Peter Simon remembers.
Man says former D.C. archbishop sexually abused him for years A 60-year-old told police that Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, a family friend who baptized him, molested him beginning when he was a minor.
SPORTS MEDIA
It?s full circle for Ordway, who led the station?s afternoon show before being let go in 2013 and then brought back to work the midday OMF program.
Experts say shark bites are very rare, despite N.Y. headlines With all of the talk about shark sightings off Cape Cod lately, some beachgoers might wonder whether they are at risk.
Television review
Even viewers who aren?t students of the Stephen King multiverse will find the Hulu drama worth watching.
Michael A. Cohen
Hillary Clinton?s 2016 prognosis of ?puppet? Trump proves true Hillary Clinton?s hyperbolic characterizations of Donald Trump in 2016 have proved accurate.
For refugees in Kenya, an education in hope 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.
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Atul Gawande?s first task as health CEO: a listening tour He?ll travel across the country to meet employees he will serve through an Amazon-backed health care venture.
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.
More about Last Seen: The Largest Unsolved Art Heist ever A true-crime podcast about the most valuable ? and confounding ? art heist in history: the theft of 13 irreplaceable artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
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The Sox have 10 games remaining against the Yankees, and 10 combined against the Astros and improved Indians.
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.
Rob Robillard offers tips on home maintenance and energy conservation.
Bob Massie may not have secured the Democrats? endorsement for governor earlier this year, but he has an unexpected ? and unwelcome ? supporter.
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Ford is recalling about 550,000 cars and SUVs in North America to fix a gearshift problem that could cause the vehicles to roll away unexpectedly
Summer is the high season for non-alcoholic drinks. Let the battle begin over who makes the best raspberry lime rickey.
Nineteen people drowned when a boat loaded with as many as 150 people who were thought to be migrants capsized off the northern coast of Cyprus, a Turkish Cypriot official said Wednesday.
The announcement leaves the path open for Disney to buy the Twenty-First Century Fox assets with its $71 billion offer.
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.
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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
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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