The Brookline firefighter?s career has been in limbo after a 2010 incident involving a supervisor?s alleged use of a racial slur.
The company is searching for a cultivation facility after a bylaw recently tightened the areas where grow sites can be located.
Kevork Djansezian/REUTERS
To those who remember the havoc Wahlberg wreaked, his request to erase his teenage offenses from the record is infuriating.
A Houston energy company says it will pursue an alternative route that bypasses many Mass. communities.
President Obama said he ordered the rescue attempt, in which a South African also was killed, because of ??imminent danger.??
Mayor Martin Walsh fired another department head as his administration continued to take shape.
NICOLE CAMMORATA FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE
On tree farms across the state, farmers have been carefully tending to your tree for almost a decade before you show up to cut it down.
high school Football championships
Noah Sorrento scored four touchdowns as Xaverian capped a perfect season with a victory at Gillette Stadium.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
Two of the original members of the AFL meet Sunday night with plenty at stake in this year?s playoff race.
stage review
?O.P.C.,? getting its world premiere at the American Repertory Theater, is not so much a play as a polemic.
opinion | P. J. O?Rourke
Casper, Melchior, and Balthazar invented traditions like way-too-practical presents.
Pope denounces ISIS violence in message to refugeesPope Francis spoke in a video message played for refugees in Erbil, Iraq.
The NPR distributed podcast tells the story of Hae Min Lee, a high school student who was murdered by strangulation 15 years ago.
Legislators accidentally deleted a provision allowing the businesses to distribute their wine and cider to retailers.
Michael A. cohen
Eric Garner outrage overshadows major reformsNew York City is taking steps to focus on mental health in its justice system, which could serve as a model for other cities.
The Big Picture
The city is dealing with a housing crisis daily, with about 220,000 people without a proper place to live.
After losing three straight on the West Coast, coach Claude Julien has challenged his players to salvage something Saturday in Arizona.
As he prepares to leave office in January, the outgoing governor appears to be aiming for a job in academia.
The governor-elect said he felt confident about collaborating with an administration more accustomed to Democrats from Mass.
The former Harvard scholar, now President Obama?s nominee for defense secretary, will have to build consensus amid a sea of security issues.
Kawasaki rose to fame as Apple?s chief evangelist in the early era of the Mac, but today he?s best known for a commanding social media presence.
The Harvard Early Music Society mounts Handel?s pastoral oratorio ?Acis and Galatea? in a fittingly intimate, frequently striking performance, despite makeshift visual elements.
Eight years into the relationship, she wonders if it?s as great as it sometimes seems.
Design New England
A Vermont tiny house is full of huge possibilitiesInspired by tiny house blogs, Ethan Waldman of Morristown built himself a movable home.
In Congo, peacekeepers at warWhat happens when a bold new idea turns the UN into just another army?
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