The federal agency is under attack, distrusted, and underfunded, yet crucial to the nation’s survival and prosperity.
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US businesses are rushing to buy insurance coverage against the expense of being hacked or losing sensitive customer data.
With a series of recent advances, the underlying principles of basic biology are in the process of being rewritten.
Adrian Walker
Medical marijuana was always a divisive idea in Mass., but last week will be remembered as the moment it became a full-fledged fiasco.
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For two families, their loss is as final as the other 2,310 US military deaths that occurred during the 12 years of America’s longest war.
Dan Shaughnessy
Last season, the Red Sox second baseman tore the ligament in his thumb on Opening Day, but he never came out of the lineup.
Boston shoemakers and others across the US are finding new ways to tailor shoes to runners’ body movements.
The Boston Athenaeum’s climate-controlled lab received $250,000 in grants to restore its world-class Confederate collection.
opinion | Mike Ross
Stuck in dry dockOut-of-date zoning regulations are hampering innovation on Boston’s waterfront.
Dempster is leaving the Red Sox and won’t pitch in 2014 because of physical woes and family issues.
Local Jewish, Muslim, and Christian clergy spoke in stark moral terms against the plan.
An Ethiopian Airlines co-pilot hijacked a plane and flew it to Geneva, where he wanted to seek asylum, officials said.
Mayor Martin J. Walsh has changed the structure, appointed fresh faces, and kept some officials. Here’s who’s who.
The two companies are developing a sharp-edged rivalry over which firm will control the future of home entertainment.
According to Cassedy’s engaging new book, innovation in the late 19th and early 20th centuries revised Americans’ self-image.
Food and nutrition consumed during training and competition are key factors in helping athletes bring home the gold.
Globe Talks
A conversation with Neil SwideySwidey discusses his new book “Trapped Under the Sea” with Harvard’s Amy Edmondson on Feb. 24.
For pregnant women, two sets of rights in one bodyA new wave of fetal-protection measures creates a collision in American law — and exposes a moral conundrum.
