Govenor Charlie Baker has signed the first-of-its-kind bill, which taxes and regulates short-term housing rentals in Mass. Airbnb said the measure was ?flawed? and unnecessarily complex.
Saturday is expected to be mild, and New Year?s Day could be warmer Temperatures in the low 50s are expected in Boston on Saturday, and New Year?s Day could see a high of about 57 degrees.
Woman survives knife attack by date, who dies after police use Taser After meeting a woman through the Tinder dating app, Erich Stelzer was allegedly stabbing the 24-year-old when police intervened.
House GOP quietly ends probe into FBI?s 2016 decisions House Republicans brought an end to their yearlong look at the department?s handling of probes into Democrat Hillary Clinton?s emails and Donald Trump?s ties to Russia.
Teachers are quitting their jobs at the highest rate since 2001 According to Labor Department data, 83 in every 10,000 educators is leaving their job voluntarily, the highest rate since the department started collecting data 17 years ago.
EPA proposes rule change that would limit pollution control for years to come The Trump administration Friday announced a plan designed to make it easier for coal-fired power plants to once again release mercury and other pollutants into the atmosphere.
Brighton rector in misconduct allegations at St. John?s Seminary to go to Worcester Monsignor James Moroney will serve as interim rector of the Cathedral of St. Paul and the Worcester Diocese? Office for Divine Worship.
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With marijuana legalization sweeping through New England, cannabis consumers in the ?Live Free or Die? state are now surrounded by places where residents are, at least in one sense, more free.
EPA, museums to close as shutdown slogs into 2nd weekend President Trump and Democrats are trading blame for the partial government shutdown but doing little substantive talking with each other as the shutdown slogs into another weekend.
Maine governor writes ?stolen election? as he signs off on results Outgoing Governor Paul LePage tweeted Friday he signed off on the results despite his dislike of Maine?s new ranked voting method.
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Starts & Stops
The new year will bring new trains, new policies, and ? surely ? new debates about how to fight crippling gridlock.
BEN VOLIN | SUNDAY FOOTBALL NOTES
Ten of the 12 playoff seeds are still up for grabs ahead of the last games of the regular season.
NICK CAFARDO I SUNDAY BASEBALL NOTES
Paul Goldschmidt, Nolan Arenado, and Chris Sale are up after next season.
Boston officials put focus on safety during First Night An estimated 300,000 people are expected to attend Boston?s First Night events throughout the day and into the night, but that number could change depending on the weather.
The Globe?s movie critic offers his picks on films that took us to special places.
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An outdoor rink in Blaine, Minn., is where the Bruins wing got his start, although a suspension will cost him a chance to play in the Winter Classic.
?Better dead than coed?: Deerfield Academy confronts its male-only past One of the nation?s oldest and most elite boarding schools remains a place where female students have a sense that this is not their Deerfield.
Photos: Seniors celebrate the New Year a little early Approximately 2,300 seniors from across the city gathered at the Seaport World Trade Center for a hot lunch, music, and dancing.
Dinner with Cupid
Blind date: ?I was getting nervous that I was getting stood up? Will these two daters be able to smooth over a nerve-racking start to their dinner?
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EDITORIAL
No one would ever think that you?d need to recall a mayor twice. But that?s exactly what Fall River residents are grappling with.
OPINION | CHRISTOPHER WEYANT
With the death of a second Guatemalan child in immigration custody, Trump is building a grim wall on the US border.
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The Big Picture
Photographs from July to December 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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After talking about future plans earlier in the week, Tom Brady limited his remarks Friday to the Jets as Sunday?s game approaches.
Access to 911 services was disrupted Friday for callers in multiple states ? including Massachusetts. Officials thought they had the problem solved earlier in the day, but sporadic outages continued.
This coastal estate features six bedrooms, six full baths, four half baths, and roughly 11,300 square feet of living space.
Steve Aylward lamented how the party has not capitalized on the successes of Scott Brown and Charlie Baker.
The request appeared to open the way for President Bashar Assad?s forces to start retaking the Kurdish-held part of the country near Turkey?s border.
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Truck drivers tend to choose a brand and stick with it, despite the lure of newfangled aluminum this and hybrid that.
The company presented a revised offer around 11:30 p.m. Friday, and the two sides have agreed to schedule meetings for the unions to formally respond, according to a joint statement.
For so long, movies around the holidays have been merry and bright. Lately, more and more seem murderous and designed to fright.
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.
