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Amazon on Tuesday confirmed that it will split its second headquarters between the Washington, D.C., region and New York City.
What Amazon?s HQ2 snub says about Boston Being an also-ran might be what?s best for the region, but housing and transportation issues remain.
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We should take every dime that would have gone to Amazon and spend it on improving Boston anyway We shouldn?t need Amazon to summon the will to address the Boston area?s transportation and housing problems.
Report shows opioid crisis is costing Mass. economy billions The toll that the opioid epidemic is taking on the Massachusetts economy now has a cost in dollars.
Maine US House candidate seeks injunction to stop ranked-choice voting In a historic test case, US Representative Bruce Poliquin, a Maine Republican, filed a federal lawsuit hoping to stop the unconventional process called ranked-choice voting.
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The FBI reported Thursday that hate crimes rose nationwide for the third straight year.
Two letters containing ?hateful and harmful words? were found in a Muslim student?s storage bin at Hemenway Elementary School, officials said Tuesday.
Monica Lewinsky thinks Bill Clinton ?should want to apologize? On the eve of a new documentary series called ?The Clinton Affair,? Lewinsky reflects on telling her own story.
Lord & Taylor settles racial profiling probe, plans to train staff The company agreed to train staff, hire a consultant, and improve efforts to prevent shoplifting.
Comcast owes refunds, debt forgiveness to 20,000 customers in Mass. In an agreement with Attorney General Maura Healey?s office, Comcast will pay out $700,000 to resolve allegations it violated state law with deceptive advertising.
At least 48 are dead in California wildfires and more are still missing Search teams are looking for victims, a grim task in areas where only ashes remain.
A woman, possibly in her teens, was shot on Centre Street in Jamaica Plain on Tuesday afternoon, sustaining injuries that were not thought to be life-threatening, police said.
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A soggy fall, by the numbers.
Melania Trump publicly calls for White House aide?s firing In an extraordinary move, Melania Trump called publicly Tuesday for the dismissal of a top White House National Security Council aide.
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Maura Healey? Marty Walsh? Someone we?ve never even heard of? Let the kibitzing begin.
Francesco Cesareo, president of Assumption College in Worcester, spoke at the US Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore, where clergy are addressing accountability in their ranks.
THOMAS FARRAGHER
Thomas Farragher: ?I?ve been dealing with this stuff now for 16 years. Can?t we just get this right?? Christopher Coyne, who was a spokesman for Cardinal Bernard Law in Boston and is now Bishop of Burlington, Vt., is struck by how the abuse scandal is still roiling the church.
For the first time, Peter DeMarco and officials from Cambridge Health Alliance, the parent company of Somerville Hospital, sat face to face ? more than two years after Laura Levis?s death.
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A former aide to Berry told the State House News Service that the Peabody Democrat died after a ?brief illness.? He was 68.
The company filed suit against Boston, claiming requirements that take effect in January that require it to police listings and share user data violate federal and state laws.
Perspective | Magazine
College kids ? and their parents ? think a humanities degree is useless. But businesses want students who can write and think critically.
How do I pay? What do I need to bring? What happens when I walk in? With recreational pot sales just days away in Massachusetts, here?s what you need to know.
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Somerville?s Board of Aldermen on Thursday unanimously passed a dramatic equity ordinance.
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Rutgers? coach 6th woman to achieve 1,000-wins The 70-year-old Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer is also the first African American to reach 1,000 wins.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
After lukewarm start, Celtics don?t seem to be taking any heat The Celtics were basically anointed Eastern Conference champs before the season but they haven?t played that way.
Editorial
Editorial: No Amazon headquarters, so what? We can?t help but wonder if Jeff Bezos seriously considered Boston?s bid at all for a second corporate headquarters for Amazon.
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Help was a few feet away. Why didn?t they save her? My wife, Laura Levis, did everything she could to save herself when the asthma attack began. She went to Somerville Hospital and called 911, too. How could she have been left to die just outside the emergency room?
Subscribe to This Week in Weed Witness the birth of the marijuana industry in Massachusetts, and catch up on national pot headlines. Subscribe to ?This Week in Weed? for the latest marijuana news from reporter Dan Adams every Saturday.
Craig Kimbrel is on the market, and if the Red Sox don?t re-sign him, the job will be open.
The object ?Oumuamua ? Hawaiian for ?messenger from afar arriving first? ? is the first ever observed intruding in the orbits of our planets.
Certain people in my household ? and I?m not naming names ? have been waging a stealth and coordinated campaign to get a dog.
They?re documenting the start of their congressional journey on Instagram.
President Trump?s disparaging remarks on Twitter about France on Tuesday were highly unusual, an international relations expert said.
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"Crossing intersections has become a life-risking activity."
General Electric Co. surged as Chief Executive Officer Larry Culp accelerated plans to pare the company?s stake in Baker Hughes with a deal that would raise almost $4 billion at current prices.
Showrunners made the announcement at the end of a new 30-second-long teaser video looking back at pivotal moments in the series.
The Julia Child collaborator has shaped BU?s culinary arts and gastronomy programs, where he has taught for three decades.
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The Big Picture
Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: fall colors, Halloween, and a World Series victory.
A new frontier for drug ads: patient ?influencers? on social media A new industry links drug makers with ?influencers? ? patients with devoted followings who might promote their products or share their insights.
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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Are we ignoring ? or outright banning ? an easy affordable-housing fix? Mobile homes may be the least expensive and most effective means of addressing the region?s housing shortage.
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