Like outgoing commissioner William Evans, William Gross has built strong relationships with communities across the city, according to city leaders.
William Gross, first black Boston police commissioner, started on force as cadet Gross cut his teeth in the downtown, East Boston, Dorchester, South Boston, and Charlestown precincts.
Police Commissioner William Evans to retire; William Gross named successor Outgoing Commissioner William Evans? second-in-command, William Gross, will become the first person of color to lead the 2,200-person Boston police force.
?Fox and Friends First? cut off the interview after they eventually realized they were speaking to Barbara L?Italien and not an Arizona politician.
Patriots Notebook
The injury-plagued Mitchell has not played since Super Bowl LI against the Falcons.
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The Patriots open training camp this week following a wild 5½ months.
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If this is the last dance for Bill Belichick and Tom Brady, enjoy every twist and turn No two people have a better knowledge of how to win a Super Bowl.
Pot is legal, but is it safe? Here?s what we know Much of the evidence for marijuana?s benefits and harms remains weak, with little firm science to guide decision-making.
NY Daily News slashes newsroom staffing in half The New York tabloid Daily News will cut half of its newsroom staff and Jim Rich, its editor in chief, was released.
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The ?Robi on the Road? reporter has taken a job at Bridgewater State University ? his alma mater ? becoming the school?s assistant VP for content strategy and development.
The Hamilton native tries to get back from Los Angeles at least a few times a year.
There?s no telling whether a second double date is brewing among the couples, but fans are crossing their fingers that it?s the start of a budding friendship.
Amanda Palmer finished shooting the video for her anti-Weinstein track: ?we crushed it? The Lexington native?s new single decries the alleged sexual assaults of fallen movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.
?This heartache is indescribable? Brian Baker was young, healthy, and fit ? but two small yellow jacket stings last week proved to be fatal, leaving his wife and his family reeling in shock.
Historic Maine farm will continue to be farmed, says new owner A well-known family farm in Maine that was sold at auction earlier this month will continue to operate as a farm, according to its new owner.
The target: you and your every move How companies use geolocation data to target you ? and everyone around ? in ways you?re not even aware of.
President Donald Trump is considering revoking the security clearances of a half dozen former Obama administration officials and critics of his presidency.
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A dockless bike-sharing company known for its bright yellow design is deflating its fleet in the Bay State.
Retired judge to play legal referee role in fight over millions in Nathan Carman civil case Carman?s aunts hope to block him from collecting millions from the estate of his deceased grandfather.
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Hoping to stand out from the crowd, many online daters end up looking just like everyone else.
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The beautification of Kim Jong Un South Korea is accepting Kim?s vague pronouncements about peace and denuclearization, in hopes that it will lead to normalized relations.
Steven Fortier, who had been riding a motorcycle, died in a crash with a car driven by Joseph Thompson, director of Mass MoCA.
Senate turned over Bryon Hefner records to federal grand jury The state Senate turned provided records, including e-mails, to a federal grand jury earlier this year in an investigation into Bryon Hefner and his relationship with his husband, Senator Stanley Rosenberg.
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Mylnikov?s sculpture, titled ?Vanishing Muse,? featured two people protruding from columns of sand, looking toward each other.
The city?s skyline makes a very quick appearance behind Millie Bobby Brown.
Georgia lawmaker uses racial slur in Showtime series A Georgia lawmaker is the latest public figure caught with his pants down on provocateur Sacha Baron Cohen?s new cable TV series, this time literally.
Paper suggests Kenyan monkey inspired Dr. Seuss?s Lorax character ? and that monkey?s not doing great now, either The furry orange protagonist of ?The Lorax? and the Truffula trees for which he spoke may have been inspired by specific monkeys and trees.
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Trump?s abandonment of Syria Nothing better exposes Trump?s geopolitical dereliction than his moral and strategic abdication in Syria.
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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Out of prison, ?father of gene therapy? faces a harsh reality Disgraced gene therapy pioneer Dr. W. French Anderson was imprisoned for sexual molestation.
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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Rick Porcello is on the mound as the Red Sox open a three-game series against the Orioles at Camden Yards.
A motion filed last week said attorneys have ?identified approximately 30 appellate claims to consider raising in Mr. Tsarnaev?s [appellate] brief.?
The Hollywood legend shared the home with her second husband, Michael Wilding.
The state?s full-time Legislature has to debate, horse-trade, and reconcile priorities it has had a year and a half to work on, all before the clock strikes midnight July 31.
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A man walked along a Toronto street firing a handgun into restaurants and cafes before dying in an exchange of gunfire with police.
Regulators have an incomplete picture of who holds what in the $600 trillion market.
The colorful, innovative singer-songwriter arrived ready to make us feel.
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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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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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