Drug maker scrambling to boost supply of shingles vaccine
Heavy demand for Shingrix has created shortages and long waits in Massachusetts and beyond.
Trump says he will nominate William Barr as his next attorney general
President Donald Trump said he also plans to nominate State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert to be US ambassador to the United Nations.
Trump?s pick for UN ambassador went to Pine Manor College
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert attended Pine Manor College from September 1988 to May 1990, the college said Friday.
Here?s what to know about the Mueller investigation Friday
Robert Mueller is set to reveal more details about his Russia investigation on Friday in the cases of two men who worked closely with President Trump.
Trump says he?ll release a ?counter report? to Mueller?s report
President Trump is unleashing a barrage of tweets aimed at everyone from Robert Mueller to former FBI director James Comey to former Justice Department officials.
58 arrested in New England immigration sweep
Among those arrested were many with criminal records and two wanted on murder charges in Brazil, officials said.
Making Trump?s bed: a housekeeper without papers
Victorina Morales has made Donald Trump?s bed, cleaned his toilet, and dusted his crystal golf trophies. She says she is in the country without permission.
Talking Points AM/Larry Edelman
The weak jobs report is good news ? and not just for the suits on Wall Street
The latest data are reassuring at a time of serious uncertainty about the economy.
State Police comb area where burned body was found at Lynn playground
Members of the State Police Special Emergency Response Team returned to Frey Playground on Friday to continue seeking evidence.
Big decisions await commuter rail
How often should trains run? How much should a ride cost? And who?s going to operate it, anyway?
Your 2018 holiday gift guide
Looking for that special something? Don?t stress out, we?ve got a ton of ideas.
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Baby, it?s cold outside ? for songs that celebrate sexual assault and domestic violence
?Baby, It?s Cold Outside? should be left outside modern culture.
Photography Review
You probably remember Ansel Adams from dorm-room calendars. But there?s much more
His reputation as a purveyor of idealized wilderness is well-earned, but a new MFA exhibition teases out contemporary alliances for a figure more complex than his popular image allows.
School bathrooms have turned into the ?Juul room?
As the vaping epidemic escalates, schools are installing real-time vape detectors in bathrooms.
Mohegan Sun says MGM Springfield is hurting its profits
The company reported that net revenues at its flagship Connecticut casino dropped about three percent and acknowledged ?new competition in the New England region? was a factor.
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Chad Finn | Unconventional preview
A win at Miami won?t come easy for the Patriots
The Patriots could clinch the AFC East for the 10th straight year with a win, but they?re going to have to earn their hat and t-shirt Sunday.
?There?s a long way from #MeToo to never again?
At the Massachusettts Conference for Women ? the largest women?s conference in the nation ? Amal Clooney said we?re living through ?a defining moment in the fight for gender equality.?
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Opinion | Stephen Kinzer
How ?femicide? drove the caravan
Migrants are fleeing Central America for a number of reasons. But one of the most important is often overlooked: gender-based violence.
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IDEAS | COURTNEY HUMPHRIES
How Amazon Prime will change the way our cities look
For centuries, streets lined with retail stores have defined the urban landscape. But that was before same-day delivery. How will our cities change when life?s necessities go straight to your home?
Involving patients in hospital ?rounds? can curb medical errors, researchers find
Doctors, residents, nurses, and medical students often gather in front of computers in corridors to conduct the crucial daily meetings to determine treatment.
Residents think there?s something fishy about a proposed salmon farm in Maine
The $500 million plant, which would clear more than 50 acres of woods along the coast and become by far the biggest building in this city of 6,500, has sparked significant dissent throughout Belfast.
Arkansas town alderman candidate misses vote, ends up tied
Whoops. A first-time political candidate didn?t make it to the polls in time to vote, and his race for a city council seat ended up as a tie.
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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?
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Keeping tradition of the hunt alive
Through the New England countryside, riders take part in an adventure at once ancient and modern: A formal fox hunt, no fox necessary.
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It took awhile, but Celtics have hit on a winning formula
A disappointing, uneven start to the season has been transformed by stressing team, not indivisual play.
Metro
Dot Block project gets new team, new look
A long-delayed development that promises to reshape a key corner of Dorchester is moving forward again, with one of Boston?s best-known developers at the helm.
Real Estate
For decades, this old Mass. factory has sat empty. Now there?s a battle over its future.
In the heart of Hopedale, the sights and sounds that brought the Draper Corp. factory to life went still and silent decades ago. In their absence, shattered windowpanes and chipped paint, boarded windows and dark hallways are mainstays at the expansive, 1,000,000-square-foot former industrial powerhouse that once churned out textile machinery used around the globe.
Politics
Representative Stephen Lynch throws his support to Nancy Pelosi
The Mass. US representative said he had been assured that the House will try to help working families in the next session.
Nation & World
All clear after bomb threat forces evacuation of CNN offices
Police have given the all-clear after a phoned in bomb threat forced the evacuation of CNN?s offices in New York.
Cars Search This Week's Specials
It's time to buy a convertible, even though it's nearly winter
With temperatures dropping, dealers have a harder time moving droptops off the lot.
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Business
The Dow?s wild week explained
You?d be forgiven for asking, ?What the heck is going on?? after the Dow went down, then up Thursday, after a tumultuous week.
Arts
Kevin Hart steps down as Oscars host after old homophobic tweets surface
Hart told critics that they should ??stop being negative?? after the years-old tweets were uncovered.
STAT
Democrats are eyeing a valuable pharma asset: its patents
After a midterm election that saw voters focused on drug prices, progressives are decrying pharma?s abuses of the patent system.
Love Letters: The Podcast
Love Letters: 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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Real Estate
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.
