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Massachusetts begins its march to a $15-an-hour minimum in 2023 with a hike to $12 Jan. 1, but a number of businesses aren?t waiting.
Although the sheriffs said they had long wanted to do this, recent legal actions may have added pressure to act now.
After second child dies in immigration custody, US orders widespread medical checks US Customs and Border Protection is seeking help from other agencies to perform medical checks on every child in its custody.
Two people dead after house fire in Avon One man was pronounced dead after being taken to the hospital and the body of the second man was found inside the house, Avon fire officials said.
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.
Post-holiday, Americans likely to increasingly feel effects of shutdown Wednesday brings the first full business day after several government departments and agencies closed up over the weekend.
Did a doctor in Queens help President Trump avoid service in Vietnam? In the fall of 1968, Donald Trump received a timely diagnosis of bone spurs in his heels that led to his medical exemption from the military during Vietnam.
Indonesia asks people to avoid the coast, fearing new tsunami Indonesian authorities requested people be cautious in a fresh warning issued on the anniversary of the catastrophic 2004 Asian earthquake and tsunami.
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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.
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.
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.
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The old notion of an orderly passage from the office to the golf links ? a concept that mostly applied to buttoned-down professionals in the post-World War II era ? has been supplanted by today?s more improvisational model of retirement.
Gary Washburn | On basketball
The guard set the tone. He played with vigor on both sides of the ball. He brought playoff intensity to a regular-season game.
Senate President Karen E. Spilka seems eager to take a more sweeping view of the possible, but offered few specifics on why she is hopeful that the Legislature could move more quickly than it has to date.
EDITORIAL
Even those who support a troop withdrawal from Syria would agree that it should be done carefully: you can?t have an exit strategy without a strategy.
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.?
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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.
![Boston, MA - 12/25/2018- ] Cardinal Seán Patrick O'Malley speaks to Jose Luiz Sotob during a Christmas Day luncheon and prayer service for the poor and homeless at St. Francis House. (Michael Swensen for The Boston Globe) Topic: (Metro)](c_o0bg_com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Swensen18122526stfrancis0001.jpg)
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.
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Steve Carell still loves lamp The ?Welcome to Marwen? star shared the origin of his famous ?Anchorman? line.
Ben Volin | On Football
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?
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.
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.
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From a restaurant pushing the Seaport?s boundaries to a Peruvian party in Somerville to an adult snack bar near Fenway Park, these are the places that stood out this year.
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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.
Court Sense Follow the Celtics? quest for a title and other NBA news both on and off the court. Sign up here.
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.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) ? A New Hampshire legislator wants to make regulations more clear for those interested in the so-called tiny home movement. Republican state Rep. Dave Testerman tells New Hampshire Public Radio he wants to sponsor legislation to clarify municipal regulation of the structures.
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 hear repeatedly that the United States has the safest food supply in the world. But with all these recalls, how can that possibly be true?
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.
