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The unthinkable has been an all-too-common companion in two small neighboring towns, where six young people took their lives in the short span of 30 months. The questions keep coming: What is happening? And why? And when will it stop? By Mark Arsenault
?Active police investigation? in Easton; public asked to avoid area The investigation is near Bay and Allen roads, but local officials say there?s no danger to the public.
The report is the first to study the millions of posts provided by major technology firms to the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Rudy Giuliani, President Trump?s attorney, is ruling out a presidential interview with special counsel Robert Mueller.
Susan Collins says there?s ?absolutely no excuse to shut down government? The Maine Republican said a government shutdown must be prevented, as President Trump and Democrats tussle over funding for a possible border wall.
Matt Damon made a bunch of Boston references while hosting ?SNL? In his second stint hosting the show, the Cambridge native bragged about how wonderful the holiday season can be in his hometown.
Police said Kroll died of an apparent drug overdose.
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A Tufts graduate had always brushed off her father?s tales of hanging out with Charles Barkley ? until the basketball legend arrived at her father?s funeral to deliver a heartfelt eulogy.
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?Reasonable doubt? on climate change is killing the planet Honest climate scientists acknowledge the limits of their work. But like defense lawyers in a TV drama, President Trump uses any flicker of doubt to let climate change go scot-free.
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Julian Edelman, Robert Kraft show support for Jewish community in Pittsburgh Kraft visited the Tree of Life synagogue where 11 people were killed on Oct. 27. Edelman will show support with customized cleats.
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Simply put, Tom Brady and Bill Belichick have had the Steelers? number Despite its pedigree, Pittsburgh is just another team that loses it at the sight of Brady and Belichick.
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A storm will bring potentially heavy rain, with some places, especially to the north and west, seeing some snow.
Section of wrap depicting 2018 World Series flag stolen from Fenway Park A piece of a wrap around a fence near the park commemorating the recent Red Sox title was missing this morning, but it?s been recovered.
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Children and parents who are homeless or in transitional housing celebrated for the 30th straight year.
That perfect tree is just a few clicks away Online ordering and Internet-enabled sales strategies are transforming the Christmas tree trade for both tree sellers and their customers.
Only a drill: MBTA simulates mass-casualty on Green Line A federally mandated exercise simulated a mass-casualty incident on the Green Line on Sunday morning, centered around Fenway on the D branch.
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The Year in Arts
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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.
Mitch Trubisky threw two TD passes to help Chicago advance to the playoffs for the first time since 2010.
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Less than a month after the debut of legal marijuana sales in the commonwealth, thousands descended on Worcester for the second annual Harvest Cup.
The iconic Swampscott train depot, built in 1868, has been vacant for years.
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Friday?s ruling has thrust the volatile debate over health care onto center stage in a newly divided capital.
More ambitious action to fight global warming and on regulating the market for international carbon emissions trading was postponed, though.
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Stephen Spinelli Jr. worked at Babson from 1993 to 2007. He will replace Kerry Healey, who is stepping down in June.
Cosby, 81, is serving a three- to 10-year state prison sentence for sexually assaulting a woman in his suburban Philadelphia mansion in 2004.
San Miguel de Allende has been named the best city in the world two years in a row. Does it live up to the title?
Appeals court rules that secret OxyContin documents must be released A Kentucky appeals court side with STAT, upholding a ruling ordering the release of Purdue Pharma records about the marketing of the opioid OxyContin.
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.
