Firefighters were battling a heavy blaze here on Thursday that gutted a three-story home and sent at least one person to a hospital.
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He wasn?t a lawyer, but David E. Scher knew his way around a courtroom.
Cities offer $75m Green Line lifelineThe troubled Green Line Extension got a big jolt of cash from local governments Thursday, just days before a key meeting of transportation officials.
Court officials say they cannot find enough attorneys to handle the cases within the required time frame.
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The high-profile pundit emphasized her decision was not connected to Donald Trump?s being the presumptive GOP nominee.
Paul Ryan declines to endorse Donald TrumpTrump fired back shortly after, saying he?s ??not ready to support?? the House speaker?s agenda.
In one week, 4 toddlers accidentally shoot, kill selvesIn a country with more than 30,000 annual gun deaths, the smallest fingers on the trigger belong to children.
Hospitals aim to stop vote on how they?re paidHospital executives are trying to stave off a fall ballot question that would change the way health care is financed in Mass.
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There?s no way out of it, not really, except to learn how to remember the names for things and to keep the tears from falling.
Long struggle ends with a place for the sick, homeless in Jamaica Plain A new development to provide permanent housing and health care for homeless people has opened its doors.
RED SOX 7, WHITE SOX 3
Red Sox earn series win in ChicagoSeven players drove in a run for Boston, with solo homers from Dustin Pedroia, Hanley Ramirez, and Jackie Bradley Jr.
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Stage adaptation of ?Cheers? headed to BostonThe local engagement of the show, slated for Sept. 9-18, will launch a national tour.
New app gives Uber a little disruption of its own A small Harvard startup that wants to compare fare prices found that Uber isn?t too happy with little competitors ignoring its own rules.
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Swedish government officials have proposed banning the sale of live US lobsters in the European Union and designating them as an invasive alien species.
OneUnited looks for reinvention with falling profits and depositsLast year, OneUnited Bank made just $48,000 in profit, among the lowest in Massachusetts.
Harvard, MIT ranked two most prestigious colleges in the worldThe Boston area might be a hot college spot in the US, but it?s also apparently home to the best institutions in the world.
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Southie Starbucks, not IndyCar, warrants soul-searching by BostonForget IndyCar or the Olympics. If you?re wondering why Boston is the land of ?no,? look to a retail space in Southie.
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Who will be Trump?s VP pick? A Globe analysis of more than 70 former and current elected officials yielded seven people who could join his ticket.
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A disastrous wildfire has forced more than 80,000 residents to evacuate Fort McMurray, the biggest evacuation on record in Canada.
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The court heard arguments on a judge?s decision to order a new trial for Sean Ellis, who was once convicted in the 1993 murder of a police detective.
The delegate selection process is complex but could devolve into an old-fashioned political scrum Saturday when the committee gathers in Newton to pick delegates.
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Kim Jong Un takes center stage Friday when North Korea pulls back the curtain on the first full congress of its ruling party since 1980.
A salacious lawsuit challenging Sumner Redstone?s mental competence goes to trial Friday.
It?s not easy to sympathize with someone dissatisfied over having too much free time and money, but at least Susan Sarandon?s character tries to spread the wealth.
Based on Ensler?s 2013 memoir, ?In the Body of the World? is getting its world premiere at ART under the direction of Diane Paulus.
Historically, the construction industry has been a male-dominated field, but there?s a push to change all that.
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Key reports from Globe?s Spotlight team on clergy sex abuseThe Boston Globe?s 2001-2002 investigation into sexual abuses by clergy in the Catholic Church resulted in more than 600 stories.
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.
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