Two children die after becoming locked in chest

Franklin Police officers walked past a home where two children died after becoming trapped in a hope chest.

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The brother and sister from Franklin, both under the age of 10, accidentally locked themselves inside a hope chest while playing, officials said.

Supreme Court won’t revive Arizona’s 20-week abortion ban

The court won’t reconsider a lower court’s ruling that the state’s ban on most abortions after 20 weeks is unconstitutional.

Patient gives Dana-Farber $30m gift for cancer research

Management consultant Albert Marcotte, 75, was treated for prostate cancer at Dana-Farber in 2003.

People who sleep less than seven hours a night are about three times more likely to develop cold symptoms, researchers have found.

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Health

Why sleep is more important than you think

America is chronically sleep deprived and Dr. Charles Czeisler wants to do something about it.

Peyton Manning and the Broncos are the final barrier for Tom Brady and the unsinkable Patriots.

Christopher L. Gasper

It was always going to be Broncos vs. Patriots

The AFC Championship couldn’t have come down to two other teams or two other quarterbacks.

Maria Carrasquillo, who was the UNH campus coordinator for the Obama campaign in 2012, said students are stepping back. “What we wanted to happen hasn’t happened.”

Democrats see their grip on younger voters slip

Surveys show that the electorate’s newest generation is disappointed by government’s performance.

A crowd gathered at a sales counter in a Denver marijuana retail shop.

Marijuana advocates eye legalization in Mass.

An effort has been launched to both get a question calling for the drug’s legalization on the 2016 ballot and to raise enough money for victory.

Opinion

opinion | Mike Ross

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What if Boston had a second chance to redefine a place for artists to gather, grow, and thrive?

Health and wellness

Q&A | Dr. Josephine Briggs

“The automatic use of psychoactive drugs for symptom management creates problems,” says Dr. Josephine Briggs. “We have an opioid abuse epidemic.”

On alternative therapies and the placebo effect

Dr. Josephine Briggs became interested in alternative medicine after running a conference on the placebo effect.