The local Board of Health voted last week to ban the sale of e-cigarettes and menthol cigarettes in stores that are open to youth, a move that will effectively pull the products from convenience store shelves.
US says 2nd Guatemalan child has died in immigration custody An 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died in government custody early Tuesday, marking the second death of an immigrant child in detention this month.
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Many older people don?t know when they ? or their partners ? will retire, or what they?ll do after. And economic volatility adds to the uncertainty.
A vulgar sign at UMass Amherst leads to questions of free speech and profanity A student was asked to remove a sign from her dorm window that used derogatory language to tell Nazis they aren?t welcome, prompting debate on campus.
Mattis sends holiday message to military members, and says ?storm clouds loom? Outgoing Defense Secretary Jim Mattis?s holiday message commends service members, and mentions ?storm clouds.?
Man and child taken to hospital after house fire in Avon Two people was taken to the hospital after a fire tore through a home in Avon on Tuesday night, the state fire marshal?s office said.
These Facebook holdouts are very glad they stayed away With scandals plaguing Facebook this year, those people who never joined the social media platform think they made the right decision.
Tufts doctor killed by falling ice remembered for love of adventure Dr. Judith Pinsker was hiking with her husband and sons, and other people, in the White Mountains when she was struck by falling ice.
Fires damage homes, displace residents in Eastern Mass. No one was injured in the aftermath of blazes in Whitman, New Bedford, and West Roxbury across Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
More than 3,000 patients in N.J. possibly exposed to HIV, hepatitis The New Jersey Department of Health says more than 3,000 patients at a surgery center may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C.
Shutdown will continue until Democrats provide border money, Trump says President Trump said parts of the government will stay shut as long as Democrats refuse to approve money for more barriers on the US-Mexico border.
President Trump expressed confidence in Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who is struggling to contain his first real crisis.
Proposed law would stop companies from firing workers for off-hours pot use A bill Senator Jason Lewis plans to introduce next month would only allow employers to fire workers who show up high.
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Celtics 121, Sixers 114 (OT)
Kyrie Irving had 40 points and 10 rebounds, and hit two critical 3-pointers in the final 2 minutes of the extra session.
After eight years of LePage, Maine will soon see changes Janet Mills, who sparred with Paul LePage as attorney general and will become the state?s first female governor, has promised in a more civil tone.
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The No. 1 seeds in the NFL playoffs sure look vulnerable Is anyone feeling confident about the Chiefs and Saints with the way each team is currently playing?
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With one week left in the season, we are looking at one of the most confusing editions of the Belichick-Brady reign.
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Focusing on God?s love, Cardinal Seán O?Malley?s urged the faithful, and even the not-so-faithful, to remember and celebrate each other in his Christmas message.
?Being homeless in downtown Boston, St. Francis provides for you? For 34 years, St. Francis House has served free lunch on Christmas to guests at the shelter. This year, they prepared 280 pounds of ham, 168 pounds of mashed potatoes, 60 gallons of apple cider, and so much more.
The actor is scheduled to be arraigned on a charge of indecent assault and battery at Nantucket District Court on Jan. 7.
From ?Die Hard? to a crackling yule log: The best Christmas movie streaming options Gift wrapping complete? Kick back with a glass of eggnog and enjoy some snow-dusted streaming options.
Editorials
The most-read Globe editorials of 2018 The Boston Globe?s Editorial Board dealt with a range of topics during 2018, from Brett Kavanaugh, to President Trump?s attacks against the press, to the Catholic Church?s sex abuse scandal.
Opinion | Kenneth Rogoff
Has peak cryptocurrency already come and gone? The right way to think about cryptocurrency coins is as lottery tickets that pay off in a dystopian future.
JENEÉ OSTERHELDT
Why I?m celebrating Christmas alone this year The holidays were my mother?s time to shine, because giving and receiving presents made her light up.
Kevin Cullen
Three years ago, this veteran hit rock bottom ? and then got back up Casady Roy knows he?ll always be an addict, always in recovery, and he can deal with that because he knows the alternative.
These were the 10 most-borrowed books at the Boston Public Library in 2018 Have some free time on your hands over the holiday break? Now?s a good time to pick up a new book. These ones proved popular among Boston borrowers.
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The Big Picture
Photographs from January to June on a range of topics from around the world.
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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? Why? When will it stop?
Aaron Hernandez and Football Inc. The story of a profoundly troubled young man and the ugly underside of America?s most popular sport.
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On Sunday, the Patriots? rookie cornerback turned in perhaps his strongest performance in a month-long stretch of strong performances.
Cardinal Sean O?Malley helped to serve Christmas Eve lunch to the men at the Pine Street Inn in Boston?s South End.
The five-bedroom property used to be a 12-unit apartment building.
Jim Mattis will depart as defense secretary after his stinging criticisms of President Trump in his resignation letter. His deputy, Patrick Shanahan, will be acting secretary.
More than 1,400 people were injured and at least 128 were missing after the killer waves slammed into western Java and southern Sumatra without warning Saturday night.
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Porsche's SUV features new engines, new brakes, and better performance.
Sometime in the last couple of months, predictions of a major economic downturn or recession in 2019 went from being a crank view to the conventional wisdom.
There is nothing like relaxing to beloved shows playing over and over on linear TV. It?s a different kind of watching: daze-watching.
We wish we?d written that: our favorite stories of 2018 It?s been a busy 2018 at STAT, but we still have found the time to see what other journalists are writing ? and get jealous we didn?t do it ourselves.
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.
