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You know things have gotten pretty bad on the roads when motorists are nostalgic for a toll booth. But the problems in Eastie may have more to do with massive spikes in traffic.
Can a concert save your life? For one Brookline woman, it may have Ingrid Christiansen, 89, went into cardiac arrest in the middle of a concert by the chamber music ensemble Mistral. What happened next was dramatic.
President Donald Trump and special counsel Robert Mueller appear to be on a collision course.
Christopher Roy was killed while fighting a five-alarm fire on Lowell Street in Worcester early Sunday.
Orange Line conductor removed from train after making unusual remarks Officials said that the conductor had suffered a medical emergency. He was removed from his train around 8 a.m., causing delays of about 10 minutes during the morning commute.
Bulger?s family set to file wrongful death suit, report says The estate of gangster James ?Whitey? Bulger is preparing to file a wrongful death lawsuit, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
Simmons president paid more than her peers at Harvard, MIT Helen Drinan earned $1.7 million in 2016, putting her in an elite group of top earners that included the presidents of Northwestern and the University of Chicago.
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Bernie Madoff and the coming stock market apocalypse After a tumultuous couple of months, it feels like our good luck is about to run out. Is it?
Four other people were hurt, including an infant who suffered serious injuries.
NASA?s Voyager 2 probe enters interstellar space Voyager 2 is now beyond the outer boundary of the heliosphere, some 11 billion miles from Earth.
BC student arrested after allegedly writing racist graffiti in dorm Officials say that same student also discharged a fire extinguisher in another residence hall.
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This Boston Globe documentary short premiered at the Globe Live event at the Paramount Center in Boston last month.
A mysterious fire. Brutalized animals. Extortion. Rickety Ranch isn?t the haven its owners dreamed of The Hollis, N.H., animal rescue farm has become the target of what the FBI describes as a ?vicious? extortion campaign.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reveals Jewish ancestry at Hanukkah celebration Ocasio-Cortez said that she was descended from Jews who fled Spain during the Spanish Inquisition.
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Gronkowski at the end of Sunday?s game, so out of place and so out of gas, has become the defining image of the Patriots? loss.
?I don?t know what to say?: Listen to calls of the Dolphins? game-winning play vs. Patriots It was a finish that left those who witnessed it stunned. And in a few cases, the camera was rolling.
?Fearless Girl? statue gets new permanent home The bronze statue that inspired millions with a message of female empowerment has a new permanent home in front of the New York Stock Exchange.
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Globe TV critic Matthew Gilbert?s take on what to watch.
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During the informal session, bills can only pass unanimously, meaning controversial legislation is a non-starter.
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When it comes to politics: nothing works Populism doesn?t work. Centrism doesn?t either. What turned our earth into Disnaeworld?
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We can?t privatize our way out of poverty A new class of mega-rich philanthropists is usurping the role of democratic governments to decide what social ills to tackle and how.
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Ex-Patriot Kevin Turner?s children battle the nurse who became his wife and heir Turner died a year after marrying his nurse, who now gets his NFL pension, but his parents claim he wasn?t mentally fit to make decisions.
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Harvard student accused of rape far from campus sues university for investigating it Some Harvard activists say that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos?s efforts to overhaul the Title IX process are altering the landscape of sex assault investigations.
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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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The Big Picture
Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: a colorful sunrise, Christmas tree lightings, and high school sports.
A slick play from David Krejci set up the Bruins defenseman for his second goal of the season at 3:07.
The 1773 tea burning preceded the more famous Tea Party protest by three days.
In New York City, coders are building easy-to-use, data-driven tools to empower tenants. | realestate.boston.
Nick Ayers had been expected to replace John Kelly.
China raised the pressure on the United States and Canada as a bail hearing for a top Chinese technology executive was set to resume Monday in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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This Corolla is styled to banish any memories of its benignly inoffensive predecessors that delivered the emotional fulfillment of a dishwasher.
Tokyo prosecutors have charged Nissan's former chairman Carlos Ghosn, another executive and the automaker itself for allegedly underreporting income.
In a sprawling exhibition that opens Thursday, Adams?s visions ? and that of other artists ? are on display.
Will Democrats in Congress keep the door open for pharma ? or slam it? Current and former staffers and lobbyists connected to the industry said PhRMA is struggling to preserve its clout.
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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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.
