Expect the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to be the climax of a yearlong reality show that has been growing ever more heated, outrageous, and cringe-worthy day by day.
How does an ordinary private citizen prepare to face the entire nation?
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What?s missing from the agenda on tomorrow?s hearing: the truth If he is confirmed, Brett Kavanaugh will carry a lasting stain onto the high court from the specific, lurid allegations of sexual misconduct made against him.
A new accuser stepped forward as Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh were preparing to appear before the Judiciary Committee on Thursday.
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Mookie Betts made a little bit of franchise history by becoming a 30-30 guy in the Game 1 rout.
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Red Sox? postseason run may rest on David Price?s shoulder Except for his Sept. 19 start against the Yankees, Price had been lights-out since the All-Star Game.
Space heaters are unsafe for many homes hit by gas outages in Merrimack Valley Inspectors going door-to-door in the Merrimack Valley have delivered just a handful of the thousands of space heaters being made available to residents.
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For the moment, the weight is on Tom Brady to be a solo act At 41, the Patriots quarterback doesn?t have the help he needs ? and that?s on Bill Belichick.
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40 years later, a thank you to a trail-blazing sportswriter Sports Illustrated?s Melissa Ludtke broke ground in 1978 by suing for access to Major League Baseball locker rooms.
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They were rivals at the highest levels of hockey. Then they got married Team USA hockey captain Meghan Duggan, of Danvers, and longtime Team Canada forward Gillian Apps wed over the weekend in Maine.
With latest MCAS scores, state introducing new system of judging schools The new system includes three key features that had not been part of previous school accountability systems.
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Gisele Bundchen said she battled panic attacks, suicidal thoughts "Your world becomes smaller and smaller, and you can?t breathe, which is the worst feeling I?ve ever had,? the supermodel told People.
Nurses union questions watchdog?s motive in weighing ballot initiative Union officials accused the Health Policy Commission of a bias in favor of hospitals, which are fighting the ballot question.
Boston school bus drivers union reaches 3-year collective bargaining agreement with contractor The Boston school bus drivers union Wednesday night reached a three-year collective bargaining agreement with Transdev, the contractor that oversees the bus fleet, according to Boston public schools.
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I was friends with the Boston Marathon bomber, and his crimes haunt me still Dzhokhar Tsarnaev seemed so like me. But he was hiding more than I ever realized.
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In a statement, Stephen Crosby said he has been twice accused of prejudging the outcome of an ongoing investigation into the suitability of Wynn Resorts in recent days.
Financing secured, construction of tower at Government Center Garage starts next summer At 1 million square feet, it would be Boston?s biggest office building in decades.
Slain Marshfield woman was savagely attacked by estranged husband, prosecutor says Shana Warner was shot, stabbed, and then run over by her estranged husband, who had jumped into her car as she was driving, prosecutors said.
Yale joins Harvard as target of DOJ discrimination investigation The US Department of Justice and Department of Education have opened an investigation into whether Yale University discriminates against Asian-American applicants.
More rain is expected to fall in the region around 11 p.m. or midnight, the National Weather Service says.
?We have a man gone crazy here on the boat? A man who allegedly killed a shipmate on a fishing boat 55 miles off the coast of Nantucket made an initial appearance Wednesday in federal court.
Norfolk County Sheriff Michael Bellotti will resign the position he?s held for nearly two decades to become the interim president of Quincy College, a municipally affiliated two-year school looking to rebound after its nursing program was shut down by the state this spring.
Person shot in Dorchester, police say Boston police responded to a person shot near 8 Theodore St. in Dorchester Wednesday night, a department spokesman said.
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I am Chessy Prout?s mother. I know what happens when a 15-year-old sexual assault victim speaks out The mother of Chessy Prout recounts the aftermath of her daughter?s sexual assault and challenges the cover-up playbook used to protect powerful abusers.
The world, the stage, the way ahead Lost and alone, Deb made a decision to reclaim the only home she?d ever had, whatever the risk.
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Deb was still new to this high school in Peabody, and had found her way to the vaunted theater program, establishing a foothold in a realm that felt magical.
Burkhead (neck) and Bentley (undisclosed injury) will miss a minimum of eight weeks.
The push to hire the evaluator was announced Wednesday by the state Department of Public Utilities.
Wellesley-based designer Andra Birkerts employed an upholstered, arched niche as the backdrop to this teenage girl?s lounge in a Chestnut Hill home. | realestate.boston.
The Democratic gubernatorial nominee said Colonel Kerry A. Gilpin and Public Safety Secretary Daniel Bennett have failed to do enough to reform State Police.
Florence is expected to cause record flooding downriver in South Carolina as its final act.
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The deal continues the hard charge of Michael Kors into the world of high-end fashion.
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Salley Mavor is bringing her work this week to Lowell instead.
Steve ?Nookie? Postal is making a modern version of the tomato soup/grilled cheese combo at the new Revival Cafe + Kitchen.
End of HIV transmission in U.S.: Once-thinkable goal is up for discussion ?We have the science to solve the AIDS epidemic,? the director of the CDC said.
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.
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