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Following controversy at MGH, the world?s largest surgeons? group is now considering new guidelines for overlapping surgery.
The debate is the first time that the candidates have taken the stage since the San Bernardino shootings.
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Unmindful of veterans? needsAll yoga instructors and the veterans they serve at a local hospital want for Christmas is a room to call their own.
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Some have wondered why Brady and the Patriots would want to forge financial relationships with an entrepreneur who has a history of legal trouble.
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Should the Panthers go for 16-0 season?The answers take you in circles, so we asked a coach and a player who have faced the same question.
A Kenyan police official says an Air France flight from Mauritius to Paris has been forced to land in Mombasa.
JOAN VENNOCHI
The T?s haves and have-notsAny time the T tries to balance its budget by cutting a service, it leaves behind another slice of the riding public.
The two were abruptly laid off by the former superintendent, who said it was necessary because of a budget deficit.
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An Indian website reporting anti-Christian persecution claims that in 2015 there has been an average of one violent episode a week.
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A single mom of three in Boston needs help giving her children presents this season, and she turned to Globe Santa.
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Come back, New HampshireWhat happened, New Hampshire? Why are you so enamored with Donald Trump?
Art Review
Diane Simpson show at ICA is superbTo make her sculptures, Simpson transposes details of clothing or architecture that have caught her fancy. The results are superb.
Kevin Paul Dupont | On Second Thought
From stealing plays at a Pop Warner game to a high school coach ordering players to assault a referee, adult interference wreaks havoc with youth sports.
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Utilitize 10 of Yoda?s maxims to become a money master.
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It?s more critical that officers be culturally fluent in the communities they serve than that they match residents? skin color.
Common-sense preparations are both inexpensive and effective against geological disasters.
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Some holiday sneer from the late Christopher HitchensEverything Hitchens touches is treated in a style that?s actively probing, often fiercely critical, but always infused with ironic wit.
On the job
Death, dignity, and a calling to be a funeral directorSarah Stopyra, a mortuary instructor, says it?s difficult to convey how all-consuming the profession is.
Mr. Macomber was the third generation to run the family?s construction firm.
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How a standoff over schools changed the countryTo this day, Boston?s bitter school desegregation is held up as a cautionary tale.
STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.
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DNC chairwoman discusses timing of Saturday debateA Q&A with DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz before Saturday?s Democratic debate.
Globe investigations and Spotlight reportsA look at high-impact investigations from The Boston Globe, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning report on abuse in the Catholic Church.
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The decade wait is over for ?Star Wars? fans with the opening of the seventh film, ?The Force Awakens,? this week.
Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight??Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
Eighty teams ? or 63 percent of those playing in the Football Bowl Subdivision ? are getting an extra game.
D?Andre King-Settles, 17, was killed Friday in a playground behind Boston Police headquarters.
For some, The Christmas Place in Abington is a ?magical? place this time of year.
?Donald Trump is a jerk,? Bush said, seemingly unprompted, to applause.
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It remains to be seen whether the plan will bring any relief to the people of the war-torn nation.
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I gave adult camping another try last month in California. It was also an excuse to try out a purple-and-green tricked-out camper van.
?The Affair? and ?Homeland? conclude their current seasons Sunday night on Showtime.
Tiger Mama, a new restaurant in the Fenway from chef Tiffani Faison (Sweet Cheeks) and wife/co-owner Kelly Walsh, featuring the flavors of Southeast Asia.
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HubSpot inks lease to expand in East CambridgeThe sales and marketing software firm said Friday it plans to take over the rest of its building.
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Persecution of Christians is rising globallyChristians are being harassed by governments and social groups throughout the world.
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The Meaning of HomeA thoughtful design gives two Boston Marathon bombing survivors accessibility with panache.
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