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A 40-year-old Charlestown man allegedly broke the sword off the memorial, which stands just across from the State House.
Harvard?s research center, which is set to shut down, is being investigated after some of its monkeys died after arriving at the Oregon Zoo last May.
The video shows Angelo West shooting Officer John Moynihan at point-blank range before getting shot to death by police.
Tsarnaev death penalty trial to resume April 21The death penalty phase of the Dzhokhar Tsarnaev trial will begin one day after the 2015 Boston Marathon.
Marijuana institute enticing students with special ?4/20? offerA program in Natick is trying to attract a new crop of students by offering them scholarship funds.
The jury in the Aaron Hernandez trial ended their third full day of deliberations without reaching a verdict.
Jordan Spieth sets two-round Masters scoring recordThe 21-year-old Texan followed his 64 with a 66 for a 130 total that broke the 36-hole record of 131 by Raymond Floyd in 1976.
Tufts University finally receives long-awaited Jumbo statueThe 11-foot-by-18-foot bronze elephant sculpture was lifted by crane and installed in a garden on the campus green.
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The once ubiquitous chairman of Boston 2024, John Fish, has reined in his appearances.
Chiarelli also said he didn?t know whether he would still be around to fix things.
Ideas
The state has lost a growing industry before: the minicomputer boom of the 1970s.
THOMAS FARRAGHER
Shields, president of Shields Health Care Group, gave away millions. His seven children inherited something more valuable.
2015 Tops Spots to Live
The best streets in Greater BostonFrom Andover to Weymouth, Back Bay to Newton, these streets win honors for their curb appeal, amenities, and other distinctions.
From fashionistas to legal scholars, these tastemakers reveal how they set the city?s trends.
Aboard flights, clashes rise over assigned seats, religionMore passengers are telling of conflicts between ultra-Orthodox Jewish men trying to follow their faith and women hoping to sit down.
A 911 call in which a panicked Bullock described seeing a man in her home was heard at a hearing for the alleged intruder.
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Bostonians wonder if the collection of pricey water views and highway-wide streets will ever join the ranks of our town?s famed neighborhoods.
Episode 18: Tsarnaev found guilty on all countsThis interactive timeline highlights trial coverage and a podcast featuring Globe columnist Kevin Cullen and WBUR reporter David Boeri.
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The big picture
On April 15, the United States commemorates the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln?s assassination.
The opponents in the first week of the Red Sox? season offer a glimpse of what could have been if Boston had not retooled its roster yet again.
Only three people have been executed in the past three decades in federal cases that carry capital punishment.
Clinton tapped a trio of operatives with ties to state Democratic networks for local outreach.
The time in between the dashboard video and a bystander?s cellphone video remains a mystery.
Rich Doyle plans to offer the resources of a big company without the shame of getting acquired by a faceless multinational.
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At Symphony Hall, Andris Nelsons introduced a work by Gunther Schuller commissioned for Tanglewood, alongside works by Mozart and Strauss.
Bruce Dern and Geneviève Bujold portray convincing curmudgeons in this serio-comic melodrama set in rustic Vermont in 1956.
Design New England
Garden varietyWith hundreds of thousands of species in existence, how are eager gardeners to choose plants for their gardens?
Deprogramming ISIS recruits comes with high stakesWestern countries are at an impasse over what to do with those who want to opt out.
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