Vatican defrocks ex-US cardinal McCarrick over sex abuse


Pope Francis has defrocked former U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick after Vatican officials found him guilty of soliciting for sex while hearing Confession and sexual crimes against minors and adults.

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It appears to be the first time that a cardinal or bishop in the United States has been defrocked, or laicized, from the Roman Catholic Church.

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President Trump, among other things, said the Japanese prime minister nominated him for a Nobel Prize and took credit for saving 3 million lives in Syria.

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Former Mass. governor William Weld, who ran on the Libertarian ticket in 2016, said Friday he is considering challenging President Trump in the 2020 GOP primaries.

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The woman?s bicycle was hit by a cement truck around 1:30 p.m. Friday just blocks from Fenway Park.

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The president used a signing statement to call out a medical cannabis rider that appears in the spending bill that averted a government shutdown.

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For the state, the deal was as much a bet on GE as it was on South Boston real estate.

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GE and Amazon announced they were scaling back headquarters plans within hours of each other on Thursday ? a coincidence that will have ramifications for Boston.

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Allison Donovan, 40, was remembered Friday night near the site where she was killed a week ago.

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Before settling into a new lakeside home, Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito?s husband had a request: that details of their $1.5 million house be scrubbed from a public database.

Even before Democrats took control of the House, President Trump had stewed over his inability to make a southern border wall a reality.

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Trump?s national emergency move was months in the making

President Trump on Friday said he was invoking his powers to declare the emergency, then acknowledged what his lawyers had been warning him: He will get sued and, at least initially, will probably lose.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/12/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/turner121818METRO19orangeline300.jpg The global trade war makes a local stop: Springfield

The Chinese government-backed rail car company building cars for the MBTA?s Orange and Red lines won?t get any tariff relief, even though the cars are being assembled in Massachusetts.

Bruins 3, Ducks 0

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The Bruins, who won their fourth straight, return to action Saturday night in Los Angeles

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The Pelicans star is going to have to address the national media during All-Star Weekend.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_020619_feature_689x.jpg Here?s the forecast for school vacation week

If you?re sticking around Massachusetts, temperatures are going to be below average next week.

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The myth of the common man or woman is alive and well on the campaign trail.

Letters

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With President Trump declaring a national emergency, readers start to put up a wall of resistance.

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The art of President Trump?s promises

Cartoonist and illustrator Christopher Weyant envisions the reactions of President Trump?s most ardent supporters when they discover the truth behind his promises.

A copy of a rendering of the proposed ballpark in Worcester.

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What?s in a name? For Worcester?s new minor league baseball team, everything

The Worcester Mitten Kittens? The Worcester Tube Sox? The Worcester Hot Weiners? Nothing?s off the table when it comes to renaming the PawSox.

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AAA has announced its 2019 list of best restaurants nationwide ? and several of the top-rated establishments are located here.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/13/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/1095275310.jpg Dane Cook opens up about his 20-year-old girlfriend

?Sometimes I actually find myself saying, ?Where has she been all my life??? Cook told Jimmy Kimmel. ?And then I realize she wasn?t alive for the first 26 years of it.?

Love Letters: The Podcast

Season Two: How do you meet someone?

Dating in 2019 is?complicated. Frustrating. Sometimes completely exhilarating. In Season 2 of the podcast, Meredith Goldstein goes deep on one of her most-asked questions.

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In a world where the smartphone is now ubiquitous, photographers capture daily life in which the personal device is part of the moment.

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Mobile homes may be the least expensive and most effective means of addressing the region?s housing shortage.

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