MBTA panel sets stage for fare increase next year
Transportation officials approved a policy that allows for 10 percent fare increases every two years.
Transportation officials approved a policy that allows for 10 percent fare increases every two years.
An analysis found a persistent pattern of racial disparity in mortgage approvals in both greater Boston and across the state.
State pathologists have again changed their findings that the death of an infant in Middlesex County was linked to shaking.
?I think people are kind of tired of the really amped-up rhetoric that passes for a lot of political dialogue,? Charlie Baker said.
A grand jury did not indict a Texas sheriff?s office or jailers in the death of Sandra Bland but will consider an indictment against the arresting officer.
Valerie McGrath, 47, was held on $10,000 bail and is expected to be arraigned Tuesday in a Wareham courtroom.
The new suit, filed by Steward Health Care System, comes in the wake of a lawsuit filed in state court by Southcoast Health System.
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Following controversy at MGH, the world?s largest surgeons? group is considering new guidelines for overlapping surgery.
The announcement that Nick Roberto will not return came the same day a report emerged that said he was involved in gambling.
Six US service members were killed and three were wounded when a motorcycle detonated near them in an apparent suicide attack.
The rocket lifted off six months after a June accident and then landed upright back at Cape Canaveral.
Nick Cafardo | On Baseball
It?s baffling as to why the Red Sox waited so long to honor one of their greats.
The Patriots wrapped up a first-round bye for a record sixth straight season, but the complete AFC playoff picture isn?t yet settled.
KEVIN CULLEN
Tim Davis has learned that when you give something that you love away, it will come back to you again and again.
Developer Jon Cronin filed notice with the city Monday that he wants to build the tower at the current site of the Whiskey Priest and Atlantic Beer Garden.
Take a tour through some highlights of our local podcast bounty, with shows for every taste available to listeners anywhere.
Two police officers helped guide a woman and two infants out of the building while firefighters were tied up with a different blaze.
Mona Haydar and her husband stood outside a library over the weekend, talking with more than 100 strangers.
Chelsea Clinton announced Monday that she is expecting her second child next summer.
DANTE RAMOS
There?s nothing to unite Republicans, so long-submerged disagreements are resurfacing.
Ground Game | Q&A
A Q&A with DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz before Saturday?s Democratic debate.
A look at high-impact investigations from The Boston Globe, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning report on abuse in the Catholic Church.
The Big Picture
The Treehouse Community was founded to support families that take in foster children in the hopes of stopping the bounce through the system.
?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
Six Celtics players scored in double figures as the team stopped a three-game losing streak.
The Boston Public Schools bus, carrying five children believed to be under eight, hit a utility pole.
Some Granite State voters say the lower tier of candidates have worn out their welcome.
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Prices have not been this low since March 2009.
People jumped on the car and banged on its windows, but Lakeisha Holloway, 24, would not stop driving, officials said.
Movies about a group of hustlers, a vigilante, and a foul-mouthed teddy bear took the vast majority of credits in 2014.
To say that the force is strong with this one is an understatement.
The ex-Miss Universe, serving as a judge Sunday, witnessed the host declare the wrong winner.
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The sales and marketing software firm said Friday it plans to take over the rest of its building.
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The Vatican announced that Greg Burke, a former Fox News correspondent in Rome, has been named the new vice director of the Holy See Press Office.
Design New England
A thoughtful design gives two Boston Marathon bombing survivors accessibility with panache.
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