Nearly half of Massachusetts doctors in busy specialties received payments or meals from drug companies, but the practice appears to have had little impact on their prescribing habits.
Trump turns to charm to woo unbound delegatesRepublicans were preparing for a possible contested convention, and Donald Trump warned of ?riots? if he doesn?t get the nomination.
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Governor Charlie Baker furtively left the state earlier this month to attend a secretive conference off the Georgia coast.
Merrick Garland is highly regarded but Republican leaders were holding to their promise to not allow his appointment to proceed.
State trooper dies after crash on Mass. PikeThe cruiser of Trooper Thomas Clardy, a Marine veteran with a wife and six children, was struck during a traffic stop in Charlton.
Fantasy sports companies are charging into the NCAA tournament with cash prizes, despite requests to back off.
Lawyers for Flint water victims hire D.C. lobbyistsThey want Congress to create a victim compensation fund.
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In rapidly gentrifying South Boston, the shifting landscape is on display daily.
Mourners recall NU students who died in Dubai Many in the spillover crowd at the Fenway Center choked back tears as speakers recalled the lives of Victoria McGrath and Priscilla Perez Torres.
Three incidents of graffiti have been reported since a basketball game in which another school?s fans students taunted Newton.
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Each crowd cheered for its own players, rather than trying to tear down the other team.
BLS student says teacher greeted her with slur during classThe encounter is one of several incidents to become public this year following student complaints of racism.
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The Maryland victim was never identified ? but a pollen test recently showed she may have come from near the Arnold Arboretum.
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T forced to consider late-night service alternativesThe move comes as federal officials rebuked the transit system for making the cuts without completing a civil rights analysis.
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Americans support new rules on opioids, poll findsA poll also found that most people are concerned about hurdles for people who legitimately need strong pain medicine.
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Kevin Durant makes some noise in BostonFree-agent-to-be Durant said he likes the city, the team, and the fans. Really.
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Merrick Garland deserves hearings and a voteThe judge clearly meets the criteria for the Supreme Court.
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Get ready for a long nomination raceHillary Clinton and Donald Trump may have to wait until June to set their sights on each other.
The infamous race is a remaking of the freight route to Nome and pays tribute to the role sled dogs played in the settlement of Alaska.
Durant scored 28 points as the Celtics suddenly find themnselves in a three-game losing streak.
The body of Kenneth Manning, the suspect in the February murder of a Malden woman, was found in the Mystic River.
At least half of all voters surveyed preferred a continuation of Obama?s policies, while no more than a third wanted policies that are more liberal.
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iRobot bets it can clean the gunkiest corners of your bathroom floorThe Bedford company?s newest product is a stain-busting automaton that will inch its way around around sinks and toilets.
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An Australian lesson in telling the whole Catholic storyThere are salt-of-the-earth folks, who quietly carry out a staggering variety of good works.
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