A proposal by City Council President Bill Linehan seeks to give himself and fellow councilors a 29 percent pay increase this year.
Voters will determine whether the union of Scotland and England, which dates to 1707, should end.
yvonne abraham
As Suffolk Downs winds down, an end to a way of lifeMany of the people who work at the track can?t imagine doing anything else. But now they?ll have to.
Mohegan Sun says licensing process was ?defective?Mohegan Sun said the gaming panel gave Wynn more chances to address deficiencies in its casino proposal.
Hiawatha Bray | Tech lab
More than an app, it?s an ?Automatic? lifesaver for carsAutomatic is a $99 piece of hardware that has a built-in crash sensor that can call for a rescue if you?re in an accident.
opinion | Alan M. Dershowitz
Should democracies use torture to protect against terrorism?
Nat Kibby has had numerous run-ins with the law, and also has a personal history of erratic behavior.
Martin Walsh will return to Ireland Friday for his first visit since being elected mayor of Boston.
Nick Cafardo | On baseball
The process of determining how good Castillo is began Wednesday in Pittsburgh.
Alan M. Dershowitz
Targeted killings and the rule of lawThe legal system needs to catch up with military technology.
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Clay Buchholz lasted four innings, and Rusney Castillo went 1-for-4 and started in center field.
The track?s fate was sealed earlier this week when the state?s gambling commissioners chose a rival plan in Everett over the proposal to save the track with a casino.
Chris Christie offered effusive praise for the US Senate candidate while in New Hampshire on Wednesday.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will arrive in Washington on Thursday with a simple request: more economic and military assistance.
For the second time in two years, some in town are complaining of an infestation ? and officials are scrambling yet again to get rid of the rodents.
Northeastern?s nano printer represents the latest innovation in the burgeoning field of nanotechnology.
Just released for the first time in the United States, this 1996 film from New Wave icon Chris Marker is a dense and wordy sci-fi film of sorts.
Feingold, who was born in Cranston, R.I., and attended Emerson College, goes behind the scenes of her new photo book.
design new england
The test of time in ChathamAs an apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright, Grattan Gill designed a house for his parents? retirement. Now he?s retired there himself.
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Energy: What Americans really want
