The US-led airstrikes are designed to weaken the Islamic State?s hold on its Syrian sanctuary so that regional allies can take back those areas.
Boston was one of three cities selected by the Justice Department because of its community engagement and policing.
Boston Police said the reduction was due to targeting ?major players? and hotspots, and efforts to get guns off the streets.
Blackstone to raze house where babies? remains foundThe house ?is a black hole in Blackstone,? the chairman of the Board of Health said.
The men were convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of a Domino?s Pizza delivery man in Hyde Park in 2010.
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Six years after the Church of Scientology bought the blighted hotel, it remains boarded up due to a lack of funding for its planned renovation.
The league is one of the biggest in the state, a reflection of how the biotech industry has grown in Mass.
Mayor Martin Walsh has chosen Julie Burros as Boston?s new Chief of Arts and Culture.
The First Lady will try to help Coakley close her hefty cash deficit against rival Charlie Baker by headlining a fund-raiser next week.
Paul Farmer and Joia Mukherjee
Ebola?s front linesThe countries fighting this virus need to have the tools to treat patients closer to their homes and communities.
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Clay Buchholz took a shutout into the eighth inning but then fell apart.
The three men, now in the custody of immigration officials, apparently visited a Mashpee strip club before they vanished.
The Kuwaiti-born cleric, who sat with Osama bin Laden in a cave hours after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, was sentenced to life in prison.
The candidates for governor will meet several times before the Nov. 4 election.
The soda makers said they?ll work to reduce the calories Americans get from beverages by 20 percent over the next decade.
Going forward, it?s going to need more laughs, but ?Black-ish? could be one of the best new shows of the season.
The food at Noor Mediterranean Grill in Somerville could be going onto tables at a much fancier spot.
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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.
How to fight biasPsychologists are testing ways to reduce unconscious racial prejudice ? not just in the police, but in all of us.
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