“The brain of a juvenile is not fully developed,” wrote the state’s highest court in a ruling that declares life sentences without parole unconstitutional for juveniles.
“This world truly lost an amazing hero,” said the sister of Sergeant Daniel Vasselian, who died in combat on Monday.
Some state agencies routinely use temporary workers to circumvent restrictions on hiring staff, a new report found.
The move comes after investigators discovered a mass grave in the country where ethnic violence has erupted.
The boyfriend of a Fitchburg woman whose 5-year-old son is missing and presumed dead was held without bail.
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Pope Francis celebrated Jesus’ beginning as a poor and vulnerable baby as he conducted his first Christmas Eve Mass as pontiff in St. Peter’s Basilica.
Movie REview
Scorsese’s ‘Wolf’ is a howl, and the joke isn’t pretty“The Wolf of Wall Street” is one of the funniest yet most depressing movies of Martin Scorsese’s long career.
Movie REview
In love with ‘Her’Joaquin Phoenix is superb in the touching meditation on what it means to be human and where our machines may be taking us.
opinion | Elizabeth Bartholet and Daniel Heimpel
Our leaders have chosen policies that systematically favor family preservation, keeping children like Jeremiah Oliver at home even when home represents a serious danger.
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‘Duck Dynasty’: Free expression all aroundParticipants in reality television shows have the right to express their views, but the networks are right in letting their stars know when they’ve crossed a line.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman rejected Thornton’s appeal, though the Bruins enforcer can appeal again to a neutral arbitrator.
The owners and insurers of the Framingham pharmacy blamed for the fatal meningitis outbreak will compensate victims and creditors.
Space station astronauts repaired a crippled cooling system during a rare Christmas Eve spacewalk Tuesday.
Mayor-elect Martin J. Walsh said he would announce several key hiring decisions after Christmas.
Paul Levenson, the agency’s new chief in Boston, was an assistant US attorney with 24 years of experience, most recently pursuing white-collar crime.
Reich’s shredded-from-the-headlines appropriations of real-life events beef up this solid financial thriller.
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Watch the ‘Broken City’ Insiders eventVideo of a discussion with The Boston Globe’s Washington bureau of the gridlock in Washington and what can be done to end it.
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When doctors prescribe books to heal the mind Can you read your way to psychological health? Britain is finding out.
