Philip Horner, 38, is accused of repeatedly stabbing the driver of a tow truck that fatally struck his mother in Watertown on Wednesday.
Christine Blasey Ford can testify next week if terms are fair, lawyer says In one obstacle that must be overcome, attorney Debra Katz?s email said a hearing Monday is ??not possible?? and that scheduling it that day ??is arbitrary in any event.??
56 protesters opposing Kavanaugh arrested in DC The protesters on Thursday swarmed a range of Senate offices, including those of Senator Charles Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senator Susan Collins, a key Republican swing vote.
How well can a person remember things that happened more than 30 years ago? A central question is circling around the controversy in Washington this week: How well can a person remember anything that happened more than 30 years ago? Memory experts have answers.
Four killed, including suspect, in shooting at Maryland Rite Aid center An employee at a Rite Aid warehouse opened fire at work Thursday, killing three people before taking her own life, authorities said. Several other people were wounded.
Marijuana stores unlikely to open until late October or November Cannabis Control Commission chairman Steve Hoffman had said he hoped the agency would issue a final license Thursday.
Dow beats all-time high from January Wall Street delivered another set of milestones Thursday as a wave of buying sent US stocks solidly higher.
3 Boston hospitals reach $1 million settlement over patient privacy in ABC series Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women?s Hospital, and Boston Medical Center were cited for allowing crews to film without first obtaining authorization from patients.
NAMES
New York City Mayor de Blasio meets with Red Sox management in Big Apple New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio met up with Red Sox management for lunch at the offices of Goldman Sachs on Wednesday.
Border Patrol agent accused in serial killings lived quiet suburban life Juan David Ortiz appeared to be living a typical suburban life in a subdivision where rows of new homes stand next to fields of desert brush.
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NESTOR RAMOS
It was the kind of tragedy that ends two lives and can ruin so many more through grief and pain. But Silvia Santiago?s story is not one about death or violence or despair.
Stage Review
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?Hamilton,? the hit heard ?round the world, arrives in Boston (finally) with a bang This exhilarating touring production of Lin-Manuel Miranda?s blockbuster serves notice that ?Hamilton?? is built to last.
President Trump suggested a Sahara wall could stop migrants, a Spanish minister claims Trump suggested building a wall across the Sahara as a means to help solve the European migration crisis, Spain?s Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said.
Campaign Notebook
Baker campaign gets boost by group aiming to lower drug prices Patients for Affordable Drugs Action was founded by David Mitchell, a Maryland man who regularly travels to Dana-Farber in Boston to treat a form of blood cancer.
80 years ago Friday: Great Hurricane of 1938 wrecks New England The storm killed 685 people, injured thousands, and caused about $500 million in damage.
Case dismissed against mom charged after taking daughter?s phone away Jodie May took away her daughter?s phone after the girl got in trouble in school, but she was arrested on a misdemeanor larceny charge.
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HELP DESK
Before you leave for picking, call the farm. Some have websites so you can check apple varieties and other activities.
NAMES
Tickets for Michelle Obama?s ?intimate conversation? at Boston?s TD Garden go on sale tomorrow The former first lady?s book tour event ? which comes to Boston Saturday, Nov. 24 ? is shaping up to be the next must-see show in town.
Opinion | Marcela García
The federal government?s response to Hurricane Maria was woefully inadequate. Citizens need to hold President Trump accountable.
COMMENTARY
?The Black Clown? unveils America?s three-ring circus of racism A.R.T.?s ?The Black Clown? isn?t just a stirring performance of the Langston Hughes poem. From Botham Jean to Colin Kaepernick to Reginald Andrade, it?s the circus of racism in America.
NAMES
Southie native Deirdre Devlin takes home Emmy for ?Robot Chicken? ?Robot Chicken? won the Outstanding Short Form Animated Program Emmy for its Christmas special.
Opinion | Jenifer B. McKim
For too many people, the ?recovery? never happened The success of the housing ?recovery? depends a lot on who you are and where you live.
Stranger in the house
The US has a huge need for home health care, and many from Ghana do the hard work The need for home care is soaring, and much of it is done by immigrants willing to take on this hard and low-paying work.
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In the season?s first half, they did a lot of damage on ?middle-middle? offerings, but that has changed.
A judge said Nathan Carman, 24, has to answer questions during a deposition, held no later than Oct. 31, in a pending lawsuit in federal court in Rhode Island.
We're a nation of multi-taskers, often keeping an eye on our phones or other devices even while lounging on the sofa watching television.
The levy, Gonzalez said, would be a ?modest? 1.6 percent tax on endowments of any private, nonprofit college or university with a fund of more than $1 billion.
An agonizing week of violent winds, torrential rain, widespread flooding, power outages and death have led to growing frustration and exhaustion in the Carolinas.
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John Paul, AAA Northeast's Car Doctor, answers a question from a reader who wonders why her dealer didn't use a Michelin tire for a warranty-covered replacement.
Samuels & Associates? participation could help move forward stalled plans to build 656 apartments and condos.
?Fahrenheit 11/9? is Michael Moore?s latest polemical documentary, and it?s pretty awful.
These patterns and colors were big on the runways, and they?re wearable for New England, too.
Jerome Adams reflects on his first year as U.S. surgeon general Adams shares his plans for year two and his thoughts about some of the most pressing public health debates today.
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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Despite debt, millennials are the biggest home-buying generation. How? Slightly more than a third of all home purchases were made by millennials over the past year.
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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The Big Picture
Hurricane Florence brought heavy winds and rain to the Southeast coast of the United States, leaving devastation in its wake.
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