Deval Patrick is arguing that, because he was speaking as governor, he should be protected from the claims.
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At issue: whether the church is entitled to insurance coverage for abuse it should have known was likely to occur.
Ex-Phillips Exeter aide charged with 1973 sexual abuseArthur Peekel faces the first criminal charges brought as officials investigate dozens of reports of abuse at one of the nation?s top boarding schools.
ADL leader: massacre of Armenians was ?unequivocally genocide?It marked the strongest affirmation yet from the leading civil rights group in support of Armenian advocates.
N.H. man arrested for allegedly shooting two police officersIan MacPherson, 32, of Manchester faces two counts of attempted capital murder in the shooting.
The insurers attributed the losses to rising prescription drug costs, higher use of medical services, and the Affordable Care Act.
MICHAEL A. COHEN
His attack on Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post hints at how he will abuse his power as president.
Donald Trump?s spokesman sounded just like Donald TrumpIn the 1970s, ?80s and ?90s, Donald Trump masqueraded as an unusually helpful and boastful advocate for himself.
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His daily runs, before most anyone is awake, give Boston Police Commissioner William Evans a keen vantage point of Boston?s neighborhoods.
Astros 7, red Sox 6
Astros slow down Steven Wright, Red SoxThe knuckleballer failed to hold 5-1 lead and Houston held the lineup under double digits for first time in five games.
Gluten-free diet may not be good for healthy kidsGoing gluten-free might not be the healthiest choice for a child who doesn?t have celiac disease, according to a new article in The Journal of Pediatrics.
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He works as a custodian today at WPI. Tomorrow it becomes his alma mater.Michael Vaudreuil fought self-doubt, and sometimes depression, but on Saturday he?ll collect his bachelor?s degree in mechanical engineering.
On the Job
Creating visual effects that disappearDon Libby has played a supporting role in enhancing recent films such as ?Black Mass,? ?American Hustle,? and ?Southpaw.?
What to an outsider might seem like two separate lives makes perfect sense to Christopher Chaun Bennett.
Should colleges charge for academic credit earned from unpaid internships?Students at several schools are beginning to allege publicly that colleges are profiting from their free labor.
A guide to what?s renewed and what?s in trouble.
By Friday morning, the site showed bidding had surpassed $25 million with the leading bidder using the screen name ??Racist McShootface.??
Katherine Dunn, 70, author of bestseller ?Geek Love?Ms. Dunn?s 1989 novel told the story of a house full of circus sideshow performers.
JEFF JACOBY
In Hiroshima, Obama should celebrate the friendship that the A-bomb made possibleSome condemn the atomic bombings as a great moral evil. But Truman?s decision saved lives, and made the world more peaceful.
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The N.H. race that no one is talking aboutThere are a few reasons why this highly competitive race has flown under the radar.
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Photographers around the world have been documenting birds during this busy time of year migrating, building, defending and hatching.
Private schools, painful secretsMore than 200 victims. At least 90 legal claims. At least 67 private schools in New England. This is the story of hundreds of students sexually abused by staffers, and emerging from decades of silence today.
The Celtics didn?t expect to benefit this much and this soon from the Brooklyn draft picks they acquired.
Customers may experience delays of 5 to 10 minutes at Park Street until workers can make permanent repairs at the end of service Friday.
Mark Zuckerberg?s announcement comes days after allegations that Facebook suppressed conservative viewpoints in its trending news section.
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The automaker announced the steering columns in some vehicles can fail.
The government hopes to get those new workers in place as soon as possible.
The upper floors of the 51-story tower will now include 175 condominiums, the developer said.
Tilda Swinton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Ralph Fiennes, and Dakota Johnson square off on the Sicilian island of Pantelleria.
It is in the works at CBS All Access.
The latest wellness trend to captivate the city is tucked away in Somerville?s Magoun Square.
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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The age of impunity
Defamation case against ex-governor Patrick to go forward
Spotlight: Sexual abuse at New England boarding schools
Gluten-free diet may not be good for healthy kids
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