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The baby was born on a concrete loading dock in Chinatown in a frigid wind, the outside world visible just above the lip of the dumpster at the edge of the dock.
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Fed up with stepping over needles near school, students say enough The students at the Orchard Gardens K-8 Pilot School have been walking past used needles for years. They staged a dramatic protest about it Tuesday, with the support of parents, school staff, and neighborhood activists.
US surgeon general warns of teen risks from e-cigarettes The government?s top doctor is taking aim at the best-selling electronic cigarette brand in the United States, urging swift action to p1revent Juul and similar vaping brands from addicting millions of teenagers.
In 1971, two grand juries in Boston looked at leaks related to the Pentagon Papers, which detailed the US involvement in the Vietnam War. Records of those grand juries remain sealed today, and Harvard?s Jill Lepore wants them released.
Talking Points AM | Larry Edelman
The Federal Reserve is expected to nudge interests higher Wednesday. But what policy makers say about next year is more important and will set the tone for the stock market.
A Fox News reporter spotted one scurry across his path on Monday while setting up to film a news segment on the White House lawn.
Eastern states, including Mass., agree to landmark deal to combat climate change The states have agreed to work together to impose regionwide limits on transportation emissions, the nation?s largest source of carbon pollution.
CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS
Natural gas industry burns for more pipeline capacity in Mass. With lawmakers raking the natural gas industry over the coals, this might seem like a strange time to seek support at the State House for expanded pipeline capacity.
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Just when all hope is lost, the football gods shine on the House of Kraft.
Renée Graham
Trump is a better punchline than president, and he hates it President Trump has no sense of humor.
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Ideas | Kory Stamper
Crunch the data on the most looked-up words and hope for something meaningful. Ignore the reality that, by mid-January, all this crunching and consideration will be forgotten.
Longtime Museum of Science president and director stepping down in January The former dean of the Tufts University School of Engineering is stepping down Jan. 31 after a 16-year tenure at the Museum of Science.
Movie Review
?Mary Poppins Returns? is an oh-so-careful attempt to make a new movie that looks and sounds as much like the old ?Mary Poppins? without being an exact Xerox.
The transportation snarls after Leicester?s marijuana store opened have reverberated across the state, changing the debate in communities where pot stores are proposed.
Holyoke Mayor wants to go from ?Paper City? to ?rolling paper city? Mayors and other elected officials from eight communities that host marijuana firms spoke at a Cannabis Control Commission forum Tuesday.
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For years, Facebook gave some of the world?s largest technology companies, like Amazon, Netflix, and Spotify, more intrusive access to users? personal data than it has disclosed.
Jim McGovern warns against House Democrats focusing on impeachment ?The votes aren?t there,? the Worcester Democrat said of the Senate, still controlled by Republicans.
Killings of journalists were up in 2018 A new report identifies 53 journalists worldwide who were killed this year, with 34 specifically killed in retaliation for their work. Both numbers mark an increase on 2017.
An 11-year-old Haverhill girl was hospitalized, placed on life support, and later died after an incident in Lawrence.
President Trump appeared to back off his demand for $5 billion to build a border wall, signaling for the first time he might be open to a deal that would avoid a partial government shutdown.
Elon Musk unveils underground tunnel, and the first ride is a bit rough Elon Musk unveiled his underground transportation tunnel in Los Angeles on Tuesday, allowing reporters and invited guests to take some of the first rides in the subterranean tube.
?Laverne & Shirley? star Penny Marshall dies at 75 As a filmmaker, she became the first woman to direct a film that grossed more than $100 million. She also directed ??A League of Their Own,?? ?Jumpin? Jack Flash?? and ??Awakenings.??
Indicted Fall River mayor has five days to resign, or face recall election, city council says Mayor Jasiel Correia II has been indicted on charges of fraud and tax evasion related to a tech startup.
After suicides in Acton and Boxborough, a communion of sorrow 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? Why? When will it stop?
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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.
Brown remains the chief enigma on a Celtics team that is now succeeding in spite of him or without him more than it does because of him.
New Orange Line cars are rolling out of a Springfield factory as officials with the Chinese-owned manufacturer lobby the Trump administration for tariff exemptions.
The attraction is included in one of six proposals before the Boston Planning & Development Agency to attract more visitors.
Massachusetts? first black congresswoman announced Monday on Twitter that she will work in the Capitol office that belonged to the country?s first black congresswoman.
The aid aims to promote better security conditions and job opportunities as part of a regional plan to allow Central Americans and Mexicans to remain in their countries and not have to emigrate.
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The show offers a chance to wander from one automaker to the next without ever leaving the building.
US stocks held near a 14-month low on a volatile day that saw the benchmark gauge swing almost 2 percent from trough to peak.
The Boston writing center has been chosen from among four finalists to get a 13,000-square-foot space at below-market leasing rates.
Add a few candles to your table, some flowers or greenery (or even snip some from way inside the tree, where they?ll never be missed), and you?re most of the way to entertaining holiday guests.
Recovery experts set up new ?religion? in Maine that may skirt drug laws The Church of Safe Injection illegally distributes clean syringes. Branding as a ?religion? may offer some legal protection.
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.
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