House Speaker John Boehner met with Republicans about efforts to keep the government open beyond next week.
Top pick for defense secretary has Pentagon, Harvard tiesAshton Carter has held positions with the Defense Department and at Harvard?s Kennedy School of Government.
Keene State disciplines 170 students after riotsTwo students were expelled, nine were suspended, and the remaining students faced sanctions after the October pumpkin festival riots.
Charlie Baker planning to meet with President Obama FridayBaker is one of six incoming governors planning to attend a meeting at the White House that will focus on the economy.
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The players have every right to respond to a national event in their backyard.
About half of those who reported a mistake said the error resulted in serious health consequences, according to a new poll.
Executive director Michael Trotsky also has the potential to earn a 40 percent annual bonus, as he did this year.
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KEVIN CULLEN
Last week, Brown made his Fox News debut on a show called ?Outnumbered.?
The money would finance 43 percent of the proposed expansion from Cambridge into Somerville and Medford.
The team needs to raise $44,000 by Friday to fly to Sarasota, Fla., for the national tournament.
opinion | PAUL MCMORROW
Turning around Mass. gateway citiesThe state?s smaller cities are full of the types of amenities that have catalyzed development in other places.
Patriots? Josh McDaniels mum on Florida job openingA report has him being considered to succeed Will Muschamp, but the Patriots offensive coordinator said he is focused on the Chargers.
Kindergartener Victoria Pierro alerted her family to the blaze that drove them from their house.
The pit bull terrier mix left the Milton Animal Rescue League for good, the group said this week.
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Bail set at $1m for park ranger stabbing suspect The homeless man accused of stabbing two park rangers on Boston Common was ordered held on $1 million cash bail.
Bobby Keys, a saxophonist and lifelong rock ?n? roller, has died at his home in Franklin, Tenn.
Ward Sutton
A ?Star Wars? take on the Benghazi reportThe calls for more inquiries into the 2012 tragedy continue . . .
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Tensions soared in the third month of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.
This is Jon Lester?s last chance to make the right decision about his future. So he is weighing all comers, no matter how long it takes.
Officials have said an ice skating rink proposed for City Hall Plaza needs a slew of permits and approval by an engineer.
A major cable failure caused parts of the city to go dark.
House Republicans emerged from a closed-door meeting determined to avoid a government shutdown.
The company is looking at replacing the corn syrup in some of its products with sugar.
For its annual chamber opera production, the Boston Early Music Festival presented a new staging of two Pergolesi intermezzi.
Dec. 4
Free screening of ?Antarctica: A Year on Ice?A discussion and Q&A will follow with Katie Folts, who was featured in the film.
Ideas | The Internationalist
In Congo, peacekeepers at warWhat happens when a bold new idea turns the UN into just another army?
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