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The rules are simple: Starting at Boston College Station, the group picks a train, chats briefly with the driver, and then proceeds to race it.
Authorities are looking for the gunman who fatally shot at least four people at a mall north of Seattle.
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Will Yahoo hack trigger better security?Even as billions of people worldwide store their most sensitive information online, relatively few of them do everything possible to keep it safe.
Weeks before Election Day, the votes are rolling inWhat was once a singular ?Election Day?? is shifting into an election season spanning months.
Former Trump executive had a penchant for theftOver a period of 30 years, Abraham Wallach collected at least 15 arrests in five states for crimes including forgery and grand larceny.
The flip-flop was a stunner since the Texan was booed during a floor speech at his party?s convention for urging Republicans to ??vote your conscience.?
In canceling the games, school officials cited ?inappropriate behavior? at a parent-sponsored gathering for players.
Obama vetoes bill that would allow 9/11 families to sue Saudi ArabiaThe vetoed bill, which could have opened American citizens up to lawsuits from abroad, sets up a potential override by Congress.
Both victims, described as ?young adults,? were rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital.
A video of a deadly encounter between Charlotte police and Keith Scott shows his wife repeatedly telling officers he is not armed.
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Red Sox 2, Rays 1
Drew Pomeranz was effective for five innings and David Ortiz hit a massive two-run homer
Steve Grogan watches naked bootleg return to fashionJacoby Brissett?s 27-yard TD run was the longest scoring jaunt by a Patriots QB since Grogan?s 41-yard scamper 40 years ago
Jacoby Brissett has torn ligament in right thumbThe Patriots backup quarterback will not need surgery as of now.
Kevin Garnett will retire after 21 NBA seasonsThe former Celtics star, who won a title here in 2008, will collect his entire $8 million salary for next season.
Week 3 high school football resultsFrom Top 20 matchups to league rivalries, here are the scores from Friday?s high school football showdowns.
State warns of West Nile virus risk State health officials said residents in several towns in Norfolk, Middlesex, and Suffolk counties are a high risk for infection.
A guide to seeing the very bizarreThe book and website ?Atlas Obscura? shows travelers where to find Buddhist temples made of beer bottles, an upside-down house in Poland, and a statue of a child-eating man.
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Are you the next Beethoven, Mozart, or Lang Lang? Or the next Billy Joel?
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James Taylor, no fan of Fox News, asks to change the channelSinger can?t stomach Fox News on the screen at Logan Airport
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Over seas and many years, a pair of remarkable pen palsTheir letters to each other, yellowed now with the age of nearly eight decades, are a time capsule that chronicles events big and small.
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Tim Rollins & K.O.S. tackle Shakespeare?s ?A Midsummer Night?s Dream.?
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American capitalism?s lousy, lousy weekIf you genuinely believe in the vigor of the private sector, the Wells Fargo and Mylan CEOs? performance was utterly depressing.
The desperate and the dead
The broken covenantBehind the fragmented state of mental health care lies a political system failure that spans decades ? and continues.
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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Not far from the refurbished F1 race track of Kyalami in Johannesburg is a small, virtually dirt race track that attracts only the brave.
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The former first-round pick is prepared for return to NHL after three years in Europe.
A Mass. company and UPS staged a mock delivery using drones to fly a small package from Marblehead to a small island.
Steve Tompkins pitched committee members on the prospect of appealing to a more diverse group of voters.
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This 5-passenger midsize wagon thrives in all seasons, showing the kind of pluck we?d like to think is our birthright.
The Tulsa and Charlotte police shootings raise questions about whether police are obligated to release video footage.
Yale University?s endowment posted a 3.4 percent gain on investments for the fiscal year ended June 30, outperforming Harvard?s 2 percent loss.
A show at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art showcases his work before and beyond his classic ?The Americans.?
We live in a whirling media culture in which experience arrives pre-tested, pre-digested, judged, and signed off on.
Those murky New England IPAs are great, but this Cincinnati outfit has other things in mind
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It?s time for Donald Trump to pledge to serve a single termMaybe it is time for him to make a dramatic announcement: A pledge to only serve one term.
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?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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Red Sox run win streak to nine
Patriots quarterback Jacoby Brissett has right thumb injury
The strange tale of Abraham Wallach, a high-level former Trump executive with a penchant for theft
In footrace against the T, a story of men and glory
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