A startup that sends manicurists to offices highlights differences between the old and new economies.
A homeless man was arrested in the stabbing of two park rangers on Boston Common, leaving one critically injured, officials said.
State legal aid groups turned away nearly two-thirds of people qualifying for assistance, a study found.
John Connolly says his conviction in a Florida court in a 1982 slaying orchestrated by James ?Whitey? Bulger should be overturned.
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opinion
The new policy is inconsistent with many of the most basic principles taught at the university, 28 members of the Harvard Law School Faculty write.
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An event at the Wang Theatre featured Ann and Mitt Romney, politicos from both sides of the aisle, and other luminaries.
Some of Boston?s best chefs got together for a festival celebrating the arrival of the reality TV cook show.
Dan Shaughnessy
The Giants did it again Tuesday with an extra-innings win in Game 3 of the NLCS.
Prosecutors reveal gruesome new details in Blackstone caseThe remains of two infants found the home allegedly had on clothes and diapers, indicating they may have been alive for a time.
Derrick Z. Jackson
Hubway should extend do-good efforts to its workersThe bike-share program should show its appreciation by bargaining with employees as real people.
The Royals defeated the Orioles, 2-1, in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series Tuesday night.
Aaron Hernandez would be free to watch Patriots games if other detainees in his unit agreed to it as a recreational activity.
Romney has added a new retort to questions about her husband running for president a third time.
Dario Guerrero found clinics offering alternative treatments for his mother?s cancer in Mexico and took her across the border.
The company that linked passengers with licensed cabs was facing intense competition from other so-called ?ride-sharing? companies.
For anyone still lamenting the loss of the fizzy, frenetic friendship comedy ?Happy Endings,? ?Marry Me? might help fill the gap.
Lloyd Gallman/Montgomery Advertiser via Associated Press
All across the world, seasonal fairs are held to celebrate harvest, holidays and trade. People of all ages come out to explore, learn, and catch a thrill on rides.
Globe Talks
A conversation with Steve LyonsLyons, former Red Sox player and television broadcaster, spoke about his experiences playing in Boston.
ideas
The Berlin Wall?s great human experimentWant to know how ideology and economics shape society? Split a nation in half. Twenty-five years later, what we?re still learning.
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