Putin declares Crimea ‘sovereign and independent’

Crimea’s move to secede from Ukraine could also encourage rising pro-Russian sentiment and lead to further divisions in the country’s east.

3 charged with misleading police in search for 5-year-old

Three people are facing charges of interfering with an investigation into the disappearance of Jeremiah Oliver, officials said.

Judge will rule on Justina Pelletier case this week

Lawyers for the Connecticut teenager and her parents in the long-running custody case want the girl returned home.

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A signal picked up by a satellite indicated the plane could be anywhere on an arc stretching from Kazakhstan to Australia.

Mayor Walsh celebrates St. Patrick’s Day

As Celtic music played, the mayor watched as the Irish flag was raised outside City Hall and a youth dance troupe performed Irish step dance moves.

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Huntington Theatre Company’s next season will feature productions under the helm of David Cromer and Nicholas Martin.

A team at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announced that they have found the first direct evidence of cosmic inflation. Left to right, Marc Kamionkowski of Johns Hopkins University, Clem Pryke of the University of Minnesota, Jamie Block of Caltech/JPL, Chao-Lin Kuo of Stanford/SLAC, John Kovac of Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

Scientists unveil key discovery tied to Big Bang

In a major discovery, a Harvard-led team detected a cosmic pattern that has been described as the “bang” of the Big Bang.

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“We had a conversation about it,” new Patriots cornerback Darrelle Revis said of his 2012 remark. “We’re moving forward.”

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The preference for locally made products is, in part, a rejection of globalization, but it also has to do with changes that are making American manufacturing more viable.