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G. Jeffrey MacDonald
For all the well-known risks of commercial fishing, riding home with the Coast Guard isn?t one that fishermen generally fear.
Saturday?s attack comes just a week after India?s Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an unannounced visit to Pakistan.
Carson?s new campaign chief a true believerThe Ben Carson?s campaign promoted retired Major Gen. Robert Dees from foreign policy adviser.
2015 was an exceptionally dry yearDespite all the snow, Boston ended 2015 with nearly 9 inches less than its normal rainfall total.
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Superior Courts across the state have started installing a new digital recording system that does not require a court reporter to take a live transcript of the proceedings.
President Barack Obama said he was moving unilaterally because Congress had failed to address the growing problem of gun violence.
Incoming Weymouth mayor sets goals, including taking care of little thingsWeymouth needs to work on improving its aesthetics, says mayor-elect Robert Hedlund, who wonders whether he?d get a reputation as an urban mechanic.
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?These fires are primarily what we would describe as accidental or preventable fires,? said State Fire Marshal Stephen D. Coan.
New York AG wants DraftKings, FanDuel to give back moneyMost of the money contestants submit as entry fees are paid back in the form of prizes, which can exceed $1 million in the biggest contests.
Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
Many said their greatest hope is peace ? but they also pine for simpler things: trains that run on time, sidewalks cleared of snow, and an adequate supply of parking spaces.
Crowds charge into frigid Southie waters to mark New Year?s Day The holiday mainstay, held for more than a century by the L Street Brownies swim club, started on the early side this year.
Fluto Shinzawa | On hockey
Bruins were the Winter Classic?s only blemishThe Bruins should not expect another invitation soon. They turned Friday?s event into a dud.
Christopher L. Gasper
Winter Classic great for sport, but not for home teamThe NHL?s Jan. 1 embrace of Mother Nature is about the pomp and circumstance of the event, not the play on the ice.
So, on a machine-made sheet of hardened water, there they were, hundreds of them ? Bostonians, visitors from the suburbs, and tourists.
White House South Lawn becomes Michelle Obama?s grassy stageThe manicured grass and gardens make a symbolic place to welcome more visitors to the seat of world power.
Book review
A historian uncovers the roots of men?s facial hairHuman beings have been tugging on beards for as long as we?ve had tools to shave them with.
Keith Bedford/Globe Staff
The men are not related, but are bound by a common Chinese heritage and by intellectual disabilities that cause each of them to crave order.
opinion | Carol Hay and John Kaag
Welcome to UMass Lowell, Mr. TrumpInsofar as we believe that what he is saying is hateful ? sexist, racist, able-ist, and xenophobic ? we have the duty to decry his message.
Patriots rookie safety Jordan Richards has it coveredRichards had seven tackles in his most meaningful minutes against the Jets last Sunday.
Perspective
Jim Braude predicts a 2016 full of frustrationCould these dramatic scenarios involving Trump, Brady, Belichick, and more actually come true? A guy can dream.
Boston?s first baby of 2016 born at Tufts Medical Center Zoey Faith Basilio-Lutz was born at 12:02 a.m. to a family from Dracut. Her parents say she is doing great.
Updated: Jan. 1, 7:52 p.m.
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Editorial
Obama?s foreign policy to-do list for 2016The year 2016 ? President Obama?s last full year in office ? begins on a high note on a number of fronts.
STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.
Ground Game
A campaign fundraising deadline that matters littleThis time the difference between a pretty good and a pretty bad fundraising report isn?t much. If a candidate gets an extra million, it means virtually nothing.
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.
From their attire to their social media accounts, the Patriots have been among the Bruins? biggest fans this week.
Forecasters do not expect much accumulation.
At one point, Jerry Seinfeld asks how many world leaders are just completely ??out of their minds???
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Car critic Bill Griffith reveals which drivers end up on his naughty list and the locations where they are most likely to offend.
The worst of the dangerous, deadly winter flood is over in the St. Louis area.
The company is building an artificial intelligence system, and its new features have taken on human-like sensibilities.
The ??SNL?? alum is credited as a ??vocal consultant?? for the sounds of BB-8, the cute new ??soccer ball?? droid in ??The Force Awakens.??
Odds are good that you weren?t born a Kennedy. But now, thanks to folks at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, you can buy the next best thing.
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The big picture
Photographs from July - December on a range of topics from around the world.
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.
betaboston | tech lab
Dear FCC: Don?t fight Internet freebiesThe FCC is casting a suspicious gaze on some US telecom firms that are handing out free Internet bandwidth to their customers.
The new Christian martyrs
A faith on the rise and under attack in AfricaAfrica is also widely considered the most dynamic corner of the Christian map.
Design New England
The Meaning of HomeA thoughtful design gives two Boston Marathon bombing survivors accessibility with panache.
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Church allowed abuse by priest for years
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