Ayanna Pressley, the first African-American woman elected to the Boston City Council, made history again, defeating Representative Michael Capuano, a 10-term incumbent heavily backed by the political establishment.
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Pressley is also a party insider. Can she push Democrats to find new voters? Ayanna Pressley?s ?change can?t wait? message might be even more more potent inside a Democratic Party that?s debating the best way to win back the White House.
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Dan Koh and Lori Trahan are knotted in a too-close-to-call race in the most crowded congressional field in a generation.
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Heading into the midterms, expect the polls to get it wrong Progressive outsiders are making the pollsters look foolish.
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The big loser in the primaries? Boston Mayor Marty Walsh Walsh never understood the longing for representatives in Washington who strive for something more than seniority.
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Was Tuesday the last stand of a political old guard? Up and down the ballot, veteran Democrats had the unfamiliar feeling of finding themselves in tough races.
Sara Bermudez and her three children were killed in West Brookfield in March.
Running as a self-described progressive, the former federal prosecutor defeated four rivals, including longtime Suffolk prosecutor Greg Henning.
Two longtime state representatives ousted in primary upsets Jeff Sánchez, the House Ways and Means chairman, and Byron Rushing, the House assistant majority leader, lost to their challengers.
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Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh can expect to spend most of the day sparring with Democratic senators over abortion, guns, executive power and other high-profile issues.
Woodward?s ?Fear? depicts a chaotic White House under President Trump.
Boston police captain?s son faces 20 years for terror plot A Boston police captain?s son faces 20 years in prison for plotting an attack on a college to support the Islamic State group.
The New York City mayor?s office says a plane has been quarantined amid reports numerous ill passengers aboard a flight from Dubai.
Police have detained a ?ranting? man accused of crashing a pickup truck into a Fox affiliate television station building in downtown Dallas during a live newscast.
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Did it seem like the kids were at each other?s throats by the end of the long, hot summer? Here are some ideas from experts about how to keep bickering to a minimum.
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Their house badly damaged, a Newton family expected Providence Mutual to help them get back on their feet quickly. That didn?t happen.
Alex Speier
The Red Sox and the celebratory second base shimmy A new trend is sweeping across the Red Sox, and it has little to do with launch angle, spin rate, or first-pitch breaking balls
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Now boarding: Higher fees for air travelers As JetBlue and United hike fees for checked bags, consumers should prepare for other airlines to do the same.
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Virginia man convicted of punching Charlottesville rally organizer fined $1 A Virginia man convicted of an assault against the organizer of last summer?s violent white nationalist rally during a news conference has been handed a $1 fine.
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Attacks on free press show journalism is effective check on government Democracy depends on a free press. We can no longer take its survival for granted.
TSA says air marshals don?t follow ?ordinary? travelers. Some ordinary travelers beg to differ She?s a social media manager for an arts-and-crafts company, and somehow became a target of a secret TSA surveillance program.
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After a cancer diagnosis, a father and his family grapple with the uncertain time left As Adam Hayden has waded into cancer advocacy, he has had to balance his new passion against preserving his family life.
Any team with this lead would love to decelerate, but the Red Sox may not be able to accomplish this with Sale and Price
Robert Berry and Dania Antoine-Guiteau are scheduled for arraignment in Norfolk Superior Court Wednesday afternoon.
A St. Louis man is the new tenant of a tiny apartment with a unique layout ? the kitchen and bathroom are in the same place.
Jon Kyl, a Republican, said he has only committed to serve until the end of the year.
Jalaluddin Haqqani, a former US ally who became a fierce enemy, had long been in ill health.
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John Paul, AAA Northeast's Car Doctor, answers a question from a reader whose Buick LaCrosse loses acceleration while driving.
It would be Staples? biggest acquisition since its play for Office Depot fell apart due to antitrust concerns.
The next spinoff of Dick Wolf?s TV franchise will be based on New York?s Hate Crimes Task Force.
You?ll find ceviche, pisco sours, and a community of artists at Peruvian spot Celeste.
Until next year, my sweetheart In a special bonus episode, Meredith Goldstein explores what happens to summer romance when the summer ends, and ?Wet Hot American Summer? creator David Wain shares a girl-crazy memory from his own camp days.
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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.
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.
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Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: staying cool in the summer heat, installing a new police commissioner, spotting sharks on the Cape, campaigning politicians on the trail, and flipping gymnasts at the US championships.
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