A new report says heavily minority schools offer fewer than half as many spots on teams than heavily white schools.
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President Obama?s decision to make Mass. eligible for far less aid than state officials wanted will put pressure on local budgets.
Less than 20 percent of Mass. residents believe Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should be put to death, a Globe poll shows.
Colorado prison is ?Alcatraz of the Rockies?The Supermax prison houses the worst of the worst. And Dzhokhar Tsarnaev may soon call it home.
Carol Pineda and Michael MacDonald, feared lost amid earthquake-triggered avalanches, were found safe on Sunday.
Death toll in Nepal quake rises to more than 3,200Tens of thousands braced against the aftershocks Sunday while digging for survivors in the devastation.
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Shinzo Abe was also scheduled to have dinner with John Kerry at his Beacon Hill home and visit the site of the Marathon bombings.
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location, location, location
The town is known for its zoo and green space, but some lament the possibility of more traffic amid a proposed development at Weiss Farm.
Competing ideas on issues like how to fix the MBTA underscore an ideological split in the state?s political leadership.
Kevin Love says he thinks Kelly Olynyk hurt him intentionallyLove dislocated his shoulder early in the first quarter after getting tangled with Olynyk.
CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER
The most significant development this season was the emergence of Stevens as one of the league?s premier coaches and motivators.
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A severely burned boy. His devoted caregiver. Their extraordinary journey.
The #medianuns of Jamaica Plain partake in spiritual conversations through podcasts, blog posts, and Facebook updates.
Orioles 18, Red Sox 7
The Red Sox had a rough series finale against the Orioles Sunday, falling 18-7 at Camden Yards.
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A mood of cautious agreement signals the possibility of a rare detente in one battlefront of the culture wars.
Get to Vermont soon to try out these new restaurants, in Brattleboro, Stowe, and Winooski.
Episode 22: The prosecution rests in penalty phaseThis 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
People around the world this week remembered the estimated 1.5 million Armenians killed over a two-year period.
The unpredictable Red Sox are capable of winning close games, losing close games, winning blowouts, and losing walkoffs.
The group said it was withholding details of its contract with Weber Shandwick until it develops a ?protocol? for disclosing expenditures.
The White House Correspondents? dinner also featured a few barbs from host Cecily Strong of ?Saturday Night Live.?
The shooting came just hours after she held a forum on the country?s restive Baluchistan region, home to a long-running insurgency.
Surveys have shown millennials earning more, saving more, and feeling better about job security.
By passing the high school equivalency test, doors will open: jobs, college, a better life.
Is there a more daunting performance challenge in theater than the solo play? To hear actors tell it, no, there isn?t.
Travel companies report that the number of people taking ?faith-based? vacations is up as much as 164 percent in the last five years.
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They do: The scholarly about-face on marriageA mood of cautious agreement signals the possibility of a rare detente in one battlefront of the culture wars.
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