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MBTA officials hope to cut fare for The Ride service

If the decrease from $4 to $3 passes in December, it would likely go into effect in early January.

Investigators were at  43 Olney St. in Dorchester where a 7-year-old girl was killed and her mother injured when an SUV hit them.

Girl killed in Dorchester sidewalk crash

The 7-year-old girl was killed and her mother was injured when an SUV struck them on a Dorchester sidewalk. The driver faces DUI charges.

Strong storm is expected on major travel day

One of the busiest travel days of the year on Wednesday will be made all the more trying by a storm that is expected to bring driving rain.

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More than 50 people attended the vigil in Arlington.

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Benjamin Li, Mei Kum Jones’s brother, spoke at the vigil.

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A childhood friend of Mei Kum Jones also spoke.

Mei Kum Jones’s first husband, Matthew Fulton, performed.

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Mei Kum Jones’s first husband, Matthew Fulton, performed.

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Mei Kum Jones’s brother, Benjamin Li, and a friend from her childhood embraced.

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The event was at Peirce Elementary School in Arlington.

Vigil pays tribute to slain Arlington mother, infant twins

Friends, family, and neighbors remembered Mei Kum Jones and her two sons, Cameron and Colt, on what would have been the boys’ first birthday.

The Bay Psalm Book was sold by Boston Old South Church.

Psalm book fetches record $14.2M at NY auction

The Bay Psalm Book, owned by Boston’s Old South Church and believed to be the first book printed in what is now the US, set a record auction price for a book.

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Carolyn Johnson of 80 Thoreau and Chris Parsons of Steel & Rye accepted the Globe’s Thanksgiving challenge to cook four holiday dishes in three hours.

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Opinion | Alan Berger

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Contrary to the claims of some critics, the nuclear deal Iran has signed qualifies as a diplomatically disguised capitulation by the Islamic Republic.

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Former Red Sox player Mike Timlin threw out a ceremonial first pitch prior to Game Two of the 2013 World Series at Fenway.

Several former Red Sox players on Hall of Fame ballot

Former Red Sox players on the ballot for the first time include Hideo Nomo, Mike Timlin, and Eric Gagne, and they join holdovers Lee Smith, Curt Schilling, and Roger Clemems.