Bishops and Catholic leaders from around the world, including Cardinal Sean O?Malley, archbishop of Boston, have convened in Rome for the three-day summit.
JOAN VENNOCHI
Is Cardinal Sean O?Malley trying to rescue the pope ? or replace him?
Thursday morning?s commute could be slippery and slow because of winter precipitation and limited visibility.
What to know about child flu deaths in Massachusetts Now that a third Massachusetts child has died from the respiratory illness, an infectious disease specialist discusses the risks for young people.
Toll from natural gas disaster in Merrimack Valley passes $1 billion The parent company of Columbia Gas said its cost could keep growing and that it is seeking to settle the numerous lawsuits filed against it.
Gambling regulators authorize settlement in Wynn lawsuit A settlement is pending in Steve Wynn?s lawsuit seeking to block the release of Massachusetts? investigation into allegations of sexual assault against him.
Mueller is said to be nearing end of his investigation into Trump and Russian interference Justice Department officials believe Special Counsel Robert Mueller is completing his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and expect a report in the coming days.
FBI file for Cardinal Law reveals several death threats Before he resigned in disgrace, the Boston archbishop was held in such high esteem by President George H.W. Bush that he was vetted for a possible presidential appointment.
NESTOR RAMOS
Instead of running in 2020, these Democratic hopefuls should just stay home Tally up all the candidates announced and rumored and you?ve got a field so sprawling that it makes the unwieldy 2016 Republican primary feel intimate.
Salem marijuana shop closed to recreational customers until further notice Customers seeking to buy recreational marijuana products at a Salem dispensary are out of luck for now.
Prosecutors say a Coast Guard lieutenant is a ?domestic terrorist? who wrote about biological attacks and had a hit list that included prominent Democrats and media figures.
US says Alabama woman who joined Islamic State can?t return Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says an Alabama woman who left home to join the Islamic State group in Syria will not be allowed to return.
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Clarence Smoyer rode on a Sherman tank in Charlestown on Wednesday for the first time since World War II.
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Smoyer, middle top, was photographed here with his comrades on March 6, 1945, in Cologne, Germany.
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?Here?s an old friend,? Smoyer said in Charlestown on Wednesday. ?This tank saved my life.?
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Smoyer, an Allentown, Pa., resident, was in town to sign copies of ?Spearhead,? a new book about his exploits by Adam Makos.
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Charlestown residents and service members turned out to welcome Smoyer and the tank.
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Smoyer was a gunner on Sherman and Pershing tanks with the Third Armored Division at the spearhead of the Allied advance into Germany.
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The Sherman tank, dubbed ?Liberty,? had been donated for the occasion by the American Heritage Museum in Stow.
Clarence Smoyer was a gunner on tanks in the Third Armored Division in the drive into Germany. Now 95, he had the chance to ride on one again in Charlestown on Wednesday.
What doing more than 40 push-ups in 1 minute might do for your heart health If the last time you dropped to the floor and counted off a quick round of push-ups was in your high school gym class, you might want to read this sitting down.
Matt Porter
The Bruins also sent a 2019 fifth-round pick to Minnesota for Coyle, a versatile forward who played at Boston University.
Actor Jussie Smollett was charged with making a false police report when he said he was attacked in Chicago by two men who hurled racist and anti-gay slurs and looped a rope around his neck.
Love Letters
My fiancé doesn?t know how to be alone He has to constantly be with people when I am not around, and then I feel excluded.
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The Red Sox hope to save some wear and tear in spring training with door-to-door cart service between the clubhouse and the bullpen.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
Red Sox-Yankees should be intense this year, and other thoughts The teams start things off in Florida Saturday, and there will be a lot more to come in 2019.
CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER
Odell Beckham Jr. to the Patriots? It?s not fantasy football The cost of procuring the dynamic receiver?s services would be high, but a deal isn?t impossible.
Opinion | Stephen Kinzer
Farewell, Afghanistan We should pull out of this never-ending war. But do we have the political clout to do it right?
Opinion | Jesse M. Fried and Charles C.Y. Wang
Senators take aim at the buyback boogeyman Legislation could threaten not only the capital markets but the workers and communities the senators claim to care about.
Editorial
Beacon Hill can reform secret court hearings, and it should Two bills before the Legislature could reform clerk-magistrate hearing system of ?secret courts.?
Opinion | Bernard-Henri Lévy
The real national emergency The United States is focused on an invented Latin American peril rather than the fact that it is being duped by scheming autocrats.
REBECCA PACHECO
Do we really need to eat cold piles of kale when it?s 16 degrees? It?s time to reconsider our winter diets Maybe our health conscious mindsets and all those Whole 30 experiments popular this time of year have made us lose our ability to think outside the kale bowl.
Truth and Consequences Opinion columnist Michael Cohen takes a candid and no-holds-barred look at the current political moment. Sign up now.
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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Read a multi-part investigation into how and why the lives of promising Boston valedictorians didn?t quite turn out the way they expected.
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The Big Picture
In a world where the smartphone is now ubiquitous, photographers capture daily life in which the personal device is part of the moment.
Stevens expects Hayward to be questionable against the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night.
A clergy abuse survivor from Chester says he will go on a hunger strike Wednesday in hopes of compelling Pope Francis to respond to specific accusations of sexual abuse in Springfield.
The home also has three bedrooms, an indoor/outdoor bar, a deck that runs the length of the house, and a private dock.
US Senator Bernie Sanders enters the 2020 presidential race with political advantages that his rivals could only dream of having. But he also has one major obstacle.
Russian President Vladimir Putin?s threat comes as Washington withdraws from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty, a key arms control pact.
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Who orders that platter of cookies for the weekly staff meeting? If your employer hasn?t embraced healthier food options yet, take matters into your own hands.
Siobhan Dullea will take the reins of the organization from founder John Harthorne.
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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.
Supplies of a bladder cancer drug are dwindling, as patients scramble There?s a critical national shortage of a cancer drug that has been used for decades and that is remarkably effective.
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