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The Patriots quarterback moved well, perhaps the most encouraging sign to come out of Sunday?s win.
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Patriots clinch a first-round bye, but don?t put much stock in beating the Jets The Patriots could smile after Sunday?s win, but the Jets fielded a team that looked ready for the offseason.
New England needs both the Chargers and Chiefs to lose their games, which started at 4:25 p.m.
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My wife?s death was senseless. Using it to save lives is only thing that makes sense to me My quest to understand what happened to my wife led to hard questions at Somerville Hospital.
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Unhealthy Divide
Cancer is a tremendous burden for anyone, but for a growing number of lower-income and even middle-class patients, an illness means an avalanche of trouble.
Remember ?Cat Person?? The author of the viral short story has written a book A viral sensation, Kristen Roupenian?s ?Cat Person? has led to a hotly awaited collection, ?You Know You Want This,? due out Jan. 15.
Ideas | Kory Stamper
Language nerds worked really hard on that ?Words of the Year? list 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.
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Outgoing White House chief of staff John Kelly said President Trump?s repeated calls for a wall along the border with Mexico may include several different kinds of barriers.
Trump spends weekend ripping Democrats amid shutdown Talks to end a partial federal government shutdown remained at a stalemate.
New Year?s Eve is likely to be a wet one, with steady rainfall beginning around sundown and lasting into mid-morning Tuesday.
Final preparations gear up for First Night The mild temperatures aren?t an ideal environment for the ice sculptures that are on display for the New Year?s Eve festival.
Week Ahead
To avoid the hubbub, try First Night in the ?burbs There are places outside Boston where you could mark the end of the old and ring in the new in smaller ? and perhaps more meaningful ? settings.
Valenz Joisil, 24, was arrested early Sunday morning after officers investigated the non-fatal knife attack in Chinatown Saturday night, Boston police said.
Family had sought help for man who was tasered by police as he allegedly stabbed woman The family of Erich Stelzer expressed sympathy for the victim in a statement released Saturday and said they had tried to get Stelzer help over the past days.
Verizon reaches deal to continue carrying Disney channels, including ESPN and ABC Verizon and Disney faced a Monday deadline to get a deal done.
50 years later, Worcester remembers 5 teenagers killed in Indian Hill fire Warren Briggs, Timothy Donohue Jr., and Ronald Vysniauskas, all 17, died on that cold night, along with Michael Foley and John Quinlivan, both 16.
?Get ready for an influx of sadness?: Why vets dread the holidays Come this time of year, veterinarians see a spike in pet euthanasia.
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Dave Barry?s year in review: Good riddance, 2018! Who?s got the bigger nuclear button? And other highlights of another ridiculous year.
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The Big Picture
Marie Cajuste couldn?t ignore it any more. She had noticed a hard lump in her left breast about a year before, but kept the discovery to herself. She literally could not afford to be sick.
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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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Kyrie Irving had 26 points and 13 assists and Al Horford hit five 3-pointers in the comeback win.
It?s been 206 years since the historic warship defeated the British HMS Java.
This coastal estate features six bedrooms, six full baths, four half baths, and roughly 11,300 square feet of living space.
The others, according to advisers and people briefed by their associates: Kamala Harris of California, Cory Booker of New Jersey, and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York.
Security forces simultaneously raided three sites in Giza and Arish in North Sinai.
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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.
They?re also boosting investment in technology and redesigning stores to cut costs.
?Mary Poppins Returns,? ?The Mule,? and ?Second Act? were among the flicks that took advantage of the post-holiday weekend.
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.
