The deal to restore diplomatic relations came after 18 months of back-channel talks hosted by Canada and encouraged by Pope Francis.
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Sony may set risky precedent by canceling movieWith its decision to not release ?The Interview,? Sony may have emboldened other people bent on threats and intimidation.
UMass president Robert Caret to resignCaret has been appointed to lead the University of Maryland system, officials in Maryland announced.
Companies are trying to avoid a repeat of last year?s debacle, when more than one million packages weren?t delivered in time for Christmas.
The outbreak case that killed at least 64 people is an ?unprecedented national tragedy,? US Attorney Carmen Ortiz said.
One of Dr. Piero Anversa?s papers investigating the heart?s ability to regenerate itself was retracted earlier this year.
?You don?t know freedom until you lose it,? said Sixto Lopez, who once worked for the Education Ministry in Cuba.
The blockbuster deal would shake up the real estate markets in both neighborhoods.
Nathaniel Kibby faces more than 200 charges, including sexual assault, for allegedly kidnapping a 14-year-old girl and imprisoning her for nine months.
Development needed for the 2024 Games would complement planning for Boston?s 400th anniversary in 2030, officials say.
Patriots put top draft pick Dominique Easley on injured reserveThe 29th overall pick in the 2014 draft will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury.
Actor Stephen Collins, beset by allegations that he sexually abused young girls, has reportedly admitted for the first time, in an essay, that there were three victims.
A Portsmouth, N.H., filmmaker is hoping a second wave of public support will help pay for a documentary about the struggle that riveted New England for weeks.
The coffee-and-donuts chain said it will continue selling its best-selling croissant doughnut into 2015 in response to demand.
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New US approach on Cuba is a welcome turning pointThe US policy conversation can finally focus on half a century of atrocities committed by the island?s totalitarian government.
David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via Associated Press
Photographs from May-August on a range topics from around the world.
Boston sent minor league righthander Aaron Kurcz and cash to Atlanta in exchange for the 30-year-old righty.
Sampson, who carjacked and killed two Mass. men during a crime spree in 2001, faces a sentencing retrial in February.
Advocacy groups on both sides of the political spectrum said the estimate was potentially in range.
At least 148 people died in the attack, almost all of them school children.
In 2013, UPS and FedEx were forced to apologize after an estimated 1 million packages were delivered later than promised.
With its decision to not release ?The Interview,? Sony may have emboldened other people bent on threats and intimidation.
The new outpost of La Victoria is Alex Barrientos?s first venture in Arlington (and his third restaurant).
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Inside the files of the Islamic State in IraqWhat we are learning about the militants from their declassified spreadsheets.
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