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Stewart Weldon, who lived at a Springfield home where authorities found bodies of three women, was linked by DNA to sexual assaults reported earlier but never charged.
Family of 2-year-old killed in crash expresses appreciation The family of 2-year-old Colin Thomas McGrath thanked the community for expressions of sympathy, but asked for privacy to grieve.
Longtime TV journalist Clark Booth dies at 79 Booth worked at WCVB-TV for 25 years. He had also worked at WBZ-TV.
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A bulletproof vest may have saved the life of one officer, an official said. Another official said one officer was grazed on the back of his head.
A prisoners advocacy group held a rally in support of more than 250 Bristol County House of Correction inmates.
New Hampshire, 94 percent white, asks: How do you diversify a whole state? New arrivals often find themselves isolated and alone, without the comfort and support of a built-in community.
Commentary
Studies show we?re a long way from the land of the free A flurry of studies shows America divided by supremacy and rife with misogyny.
A longstanding tribute to African-American soldiers who fought in the Civil War is getting a multi-million-dollar restoration.
?It opened a great wound inside of me?: Nuns report abuse by priests An Associated Press analysis shows that cases of abused nuns have emerged in Europe, Africa, South America, and Asia,.
Police charge ?notorious? graffiti taggers with felonies In the past two weeks, Boston police arrested three high-profile graffiti taggers ? all three are charged with felonies.
RITES OF SUMMER
The Corn & Tomato Festival comes as the Concord farm celebrates its centennial.
Acting EPA head slows rollback to bulletproof changes Andrew Wheeler has sought to halt two major efforts to roll back environmental regulations, arguing that the policies are legally vulnerable.
3 women paid ?hush money? for Trump affairs, Avenatti says Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels?s lawyer, said he now represents three more women who had relationships with President Trump and were paid ?hush money.?
Nestor Ramos
The audacity of hopelessness Trump?s latest indignity could be the one that finally leads to indictment, impeachment, even arrest. It must be. It has to be. Well, it isn?t. It never is.
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Red Sox 4, Twins 3
Betts saved the Sox after Craig Kimbrel blew the save in the ninth.
PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL
Entertaining game, start to finish, but questions remain about bullpen The bullpen needs another arm to get the Sox from the seventh to the ninth inning.
Calif. wildfire destroys 500 structures, nearly levels community In the small northern California community of Keswick, only a handful of homes remain.
Legislators drop proposed plastic bag ban Representative William ?Smitty? Pignatelli said the conferees simply could not find consensus.
RITES OF SUMMER
Treasure hunting before the cows are up Antique furniture, vintage fashion, collectibles ? there?s something for everyone at Todd Farm Flea Market in Rowley.
WEST OF BOSTON
Newton group pushes to ban pot shops Newton voters could face two ballot questions in November asking whether to limit or ban recreational marijuana businesses within city borders.
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A sampling of local police departments suggests those who smoke pot in public have little to fear.
A new public art installation puts the ruins of a Gilded Age ballroom by Kenmore Square Liz Glynn?s new public art installation evokes the treasures of an unequal age.
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Grandma?s always right: North Shore woman corrects SCOTUS on ?gerrymandering? pronunciation Think Gary Coleman. Not Jerry Seinfeld.
Connections | Magazine
How my grandmother?s last choice, where to be buried, was for us, not her She always wanted to be buried with ?her people.? The way she defined that term changed, and changed me.
How to stop your smartphone from tracking you Here are some steps you can take to help stop companies from knowing exactly where you are all the time.
CBS CEO accused of sexually harassing actresses, writers Six women told New Yorker writer Ronan Farrow that Les Moonves had sexually harassed them over a period from the mid-1980s to the mid-2000s.
A $200,000 violin turns up at a Somerville pawn shop A pawn shop in Somerville recently acquired a $200,000 violin for $50. But it turned out to be stolen.
Harvard says the group suing the school over alleged admissions discrimination has created ?900 paragraphs of supposedly undisputed facts ? many of which are neither undisputed nor even facts.?
Evan Horowitz | Quick Study
The economy is surging ? but for how long? The US economy grew 4.1 percent during the second quarter, a healthy clip that suggests the recovery may be accelerating.
Fisher will reprise her role as Leia Organa in ?Star Wars: Episode IX? using footage shot for ?Star Wars: The Force Awakens.?
Dante Ramos
Relax ? the bikes and scooters don?t bite Instead of freaking out over dockless bikes and electric scooters, we should be welcoming them.
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.
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DEA wanted new suppliers of research marijuana. Nothing changed Two years after saying they?d consider licensing new suppliers of marijuana for scientific purposes, none has been approved.
Seattle?s mayor talks growing pains that offer some lessons for Boston 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.
The bullpen needs another arm to get the Sox from the seventh to the ninth inning.
No injuries were reported in Upton, where power is out to about 19 percent of the community.
Called Lucknow, it offers 75-mile views across Lake Winnipesaukee and the mountains.
Special counsel Robert Mueller?s office says it plans to call 35 witnesses in the upcoming trial of President Donald Trump?s former campaign chairman.
A handful of nuns have come forward recently on an issue that the Catholic Church has yet to come to terms with: The sexual abuse of religious sisters by priests and bishops.
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Uber officials say the company has taken the first step toward relaunching its self-driving cars on Pittsburgh area streets four months after a fatal accident involving one of the cars in Tempe, Arizona
The Commerce Department reports that the gross domestic product, the country?s total output of goods and services, posted its best showing since the third quarter of 2014.
Accusations of plagiarism arose in June over a story chosen by the Boston Book Festival for its One City One Story program.
Tourists update the concept of the mid-century roadside motel, paying homage to the days when the Mohawk Trail was one of the most traveled scenic highways in the Northeast.
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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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