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If you think any of his behavior suggests the Maine governor is a racist, you?d better be prepared for serious blowback.
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The Harvard senior?s death was a cautionary tale to all who saw the city?s adult entertainment district as a danger to decent Bostonians.
JEFF JACOBY
With death penalty, fewer criminals will killWhen the death penalty is on the books and consistently enforced, a significant number of homicides will be prevented.
Crossing gates were fully functioning and had been dropped in preparation for the train?s approach, police said.
The victim, Clinton Griesser, was pulled from Edgartown Great Pond on Saturday.
Investigators described the incident early Sunday as a suspicious death.
Wellesley father says racist posts shook familyA family?s photo was defaced with jokes about lynching and shared on Facebook, leaving residents to grapple with racism.
Tufts student awakes to intruder in bedroomThe man, who appeared to be of college age, fled through the front door and into a dark-colored sedan, police said.
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Andris Nelsons announced Sunday that he is planning to return to the Berkshires next summer for four full weeks.
Spotlight | The desperate and the dead
Behind the fragmented state of mental health care lies a political system failure that spans decades ? and continues.
The results of the drought are being felt throughout the region, including by wildlife and plants.
The second baseman will be away from the team for personal reasons.
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When your reasonable offer on a home is rejected, it?s enough to make you cry ? and you?re not alone.
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If Matthew George has his way, a robot might deliver your groceries, maybe as soon as this year.
Trump stand-ins struggle to speak for and defend nomineeDonald Trump isn?t making it easy for top supporters and advisers, from his running mate on down, to defend him or explain some campaign positions.
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What?s ?alt-? about the alt-right? The ?alt-right? is making a name for itself in the mainstream. But what's in a name?
Hillary Clinton offered details about her father and her upbringing as a contrast to Donald Trump?s background.
Some women in US go topless today in push for equalityThe move comes in celebration of GoTopless Day, focused on promoting gender equality and women?s rights to bare their breasts in public.
Ty Burr
Lists are ridiculous necessities that attempt to forge consensus out of unique and personal passions.
The issue of crimeThis special edition of Ideas explores crime through the eyes of first responders, criminals, and victims living with the legacy of trauma.
Private schools, painful secrets
The unexpected price of reporting abuse: retaliationThe Globe found 15 instances of retaliation at New England private schools against students or employees who raised concerns about sexual abuse by staffers.
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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Spotlight | The desperate and the dead
Westborough State Hospital was built in the 1800s on hope and compassion. But with little scientific knowledge of mental illness, institutions like these became wretched warehouses.
STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.
In the hockey rink or in an animal shelter, Backes knows where he is needed and knows how to help.
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Former governor William Weld was critical of both major parties, but focused his most stinging barbs on Donald Trump.
A man dresed up like a rabbit raises suspicions, an intrusive opossum evades police, and other odd tales from local police blotters.
Speaking in Iowa, the Republican candidate pledged to cut federal taxes on family farms.
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Auto Notes columnist Bill Griffith reflects on a car crash that nearly took the life of a friend 50 years ago. Plus red light-running crashes claim more lives.
Rodney Earl Sanders is accused of killing Sister Paula Merrill on Thursday in her Durant, Miss., home.
The father of China?s craft beer revolution got his start on bar stools in Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts.
Ai?s sculpture was supposed to appear at an art show next month in Yinchuan, but the regime nixed the plan.
My time was a week of contrasts, veering from the happiness of tourist mainstays such as waffles and frites to serious discussions of terror cells.
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What does Donald Trump have to lose?Trump may have already lost black and Hispanic voters, but his new tone could be a hit with white women in swing states.
Design New England
?This is home?Keith Leblanc and Kelly Monnahan create a haven for themselves, family, and friends in the piney hills of outer Cape Cod.
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