Mayor Walsh trying to keep focus amid scandal

A day after an aide was charged, Mayor Martin J. Walsh attended a groundbreaking ceremony for a Boston housing project on Friday.

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The message from the administration Friday was that it?s time to get back to governing.

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About 10,000 people in the state lost their food assistance last month, thanks to a provision in the 1996 welfare law.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

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The Indians manager reminisced on the good ? and bad ? days when he was manager of the Red Sox.

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Now that he?s no longer working in the White House, Jon Favreau is free to say ? or tweet ? whatever he wants.

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Many college speakers are adding another item to the list of essential pieces of advice for the nation?s future leaders: beware Donald Trump.

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The early support for the redesigned project is good news for the Green Line extension, which has been on hold for nearly a year.

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The MBTA pension fund released its belated 2014 annual report Friday, confirming a 5.5 percent investment return that year, below its 6.2 percent benchmark.

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A Boston-based entrepreneur is now shaping the international strategy of an iconic Japanese brand.

Man dies after being shot in Dorchester

A man in his 20s who was shot on Thursday night in Dorchester has died from his injuries, police said.

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A French judicial official wouldn?t comment on any initial results as investigators continue to probe what caused the Paris-to-Cairo plane to crash.

Boston, MA - 05/14/16 - (3rd inning) Cleveland Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor (12) steals second base and then takes third after Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia (15) can't handle the throw during the third inning. The Boston Red Sox take on the Cleveland Indians in Game 1 of a three game series at Fenway Park. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Peter Abraham, Topic: 21Red Sox-Indians, LOID: 8.2.3012596961.

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Indians 4, Red Sox 2

Clay Buchholz falters early again in Red Sox? loss to Indians

Buchholz got through the first two innings unscathed, but he allowed four runs in the third inning.

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Now it?s your move, Sav-Mor.

The store will be Trader Joe?s first foray into Somerville, whose next-door neighbor Cambridge currently boasts two locations.

Somerville?s first Trader Joe?s to open in 2017

The store will be Trader Joe?s first foray into Somerville, and will carry beer and wine for customers.

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Speaking before the arraignment, David Collignon?s brother said the suspect had done what Beth Birnbaum had wanted.

THOMAS FARRAGHER

College costs go up and students suffer

In 1988, the average grant from the state?s primary need-based grant program paid for 85 percent of a student?s education. That number today? 9 percent.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/14/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/GettyImages-80096756.jpg Camille Cosby?s tense Feb. testimony released

Embattled entertainer Bill Cosby?s wife, Camille, underwent tough questioning by attorneys in a deposition taken in late February, a newly released transcript reveals.

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Mr. Young?s sly, low-key style first attracted a wide US audience in 1944 with ?The Alan Young Show? on ABC radio.

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A Secret Service agent shot a man outside the White House on Friday afternoon after he approached a guard booth carrying a small, silver pistol.

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How does the Golden State Warriors star?s feat compare to other triumphs accomplished in two minutes or less?

In search of sanctuary

The pews grew emptier and emptier. Until at last they realized: the Congregational Church of West Medford was dying. But they were people of faith and they believed in resurrection.

Opinion & Ideas

DANTE RAMOS

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A new project on the waterfront gets the kind of development treatment the Walsh administration was supposed to be weaning Boston off of.

Life sciences

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