Many who entered the church said they didn?t know the reporter, but felt compelled to be near his family.
American man with Mass. ties released in SyriaPeter Theo Curtis, who has Boston ties, has been freed by his Al Qaeda-linked captors after nearly two years.
The meeting comes as the board tries to finalize a deal to give control to Arthur T. Demoulas.
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The longest road | Part 1 of 3
He was an ebullient boy, quick to laugh and easy to love. And then, at 17, the shadow fell. A devastating diagnosis of mental illness.
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Juan Becerra cleaned up broken glass at a vacant store in Napa, Calif.
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The governor has declared a state of emergency after an earthquake struck northern California early Sunday.
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It was the most powerful earthquake to hit the Bay Area since the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989.
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Residents in Napa, Calif., looked at damage.
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A Napa County firefighter sprayed foam at a blaze in a mobile home park.
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Jean Meehan looked over damage at her stamp and collectible store in Napa.
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Bottles of olive oil and vinegar fell in Napa.
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Jorge Sanchez looked at damage at the main post office in Napa.
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Bricks and fallen rubble damaged a car in Napa.
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The top corner of a building in Napa was exposed.
At least 90 people had been treated at the emergency room in one Napa medical center, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Attenborough won the Oscar for best director for 1982?s ?Gandhi.?
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George Bell?s family was powerless to stop his brother?s lifelong, and life-ending, drug and alcohol addiction.
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Ice Bucket Challenge a gimmick best not repeatedThreats to compel giving? It seems the opposite of what it really means to be charitable.
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What?s it like to raise kids in the city?Globe columnist Shirley Leung misses her life in Boston. But could she really handle city living with young children?
Grigor Dimitrov, Milos Raonic, Eugenie Bouchard, and Petra Kvitova are just a few of the emerging superstars in tennis.
The fight over gambling in Mass. has spawned an unlikely alliance.
Michael Brown?s body remained in the street for four hours, angering protesters.
The 2016 framework is in line with plans pushed by Republicans.
Republicans in Congress want to kill the bank, but supporters say the federal agency helps US business compete in the global economy.
The average cost of the seven new or renovated schools opening in the suburbs at the start of this academic year is $100 million.
Reaching beyond dystopia and the paranormal, teen films take on real life.
She is the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. And somehow, for fairly short money, she?s now mine to play with.
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Quarries in New EnglandThe last active Quincy quarry closed in 1963, but there are still active quarries in New England, some of which are used the ubiquitous granite counter-top.
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Why can?t Greece shake its corruption problem?A report from a country where everyone knows a thousand ways around the rules.
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