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Superintendent Tommy Chang is floating the idea of high schools that start at grade 7.
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Palmer rose from a blue-collar background to become part of the sport?s royalty.
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Advocates, Baker clash on nursing home hikesSome nursing home workers were counting on a new state law that was aimed at boosting their wages.
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The candidates sent their key aides forth on Sunday to frame how the highly-anticipated first debate could unfold.
A reading list for the first presidential debateEssential stories from the Boston Globe on Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump ahead of the first presidential debate of 2016.
Authorities identified the man killed as Cody Lafont of Claremont, but they released few other details.
Seven people stabbed in Boston?s Theater DistrictNo arrests had been made as of Sunday evening, and no information on a suspect or suspects was available, a police spokesman said.
Muslim Festival celebrates faith, sparks dialogueOrganizers sought to honor diverse cultures and make sure other people knew what their religion is truly about.
Fred Field
Online ratings for Grace and the Foreside Tavern plummeted after an anti-assault rifle post to Facebook.
Weymouth woman shot by police, charged with assaultThe shooting was not fatal, according to police.
Boston corpse flower could bloom any day nowAn amorphophallus titanum, better known as a corpse flower, is set to bloom at Franklin Park Zoo.
John J. Rizzo, survivor of Cocoanut Grove fire, dies at 96Mr. Rizzo, a waiter at the nightclub during the 1942 inferno, survived by breaking a window, and then helped others escape.
Need a dog walker? There?s an app for that. And plenty more for your poochNow there?s an app for man?s best friend. More than a few of them, actually.
Three adults and one child die in Greenfield fireOfficials are investigating the cause of the fire at a single-family home in the western Massachusetts town of Greenfield.
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Boston Police Commissioner William B. Evans drew the wrath of his department?s largest union last week.
RED SOX 3, RAYS 2
Red Sox tie strikeout record, extend unbeaten streak to 11 in win over RaysThe Sox struck out 21 in nine innings, tying a major league record.
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Pedroia scores winning run with an awkward two-step The second baseman clinched the three-game sweep with some fancy footwork.
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Somber Red Sox players mourn loss of Marlins? Jose FernandezDavid Ortiz said words could not describe the pain.
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Two quarterbacks, two injuries, and a Patriots waiting gameBill Belichick is tight-lipped about the status of Jimmy Garoppolo and Jacoby Brissett for Week 4.
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Sustainable infrastructure after the Automobile Age The US infrastructure needs long-term planning that goes way beyond quick ?shovel ready? remedies.
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 2014 Sprint Cup champion was among nine Chase drivers who finished among the Top 10 Sunday in Loudon, N.H.
It?s simple: Be perfect. All you have to do is everything right.
A raccoon walks into a fire station, a man finds his car covered in chocolate syrup, and other odd tales from local police blotters.
?What this election is about is it?s about the health of our families,? Warren told volunteers in Nashua.
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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 museum, which opens Saturday on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., is a faceted look at the black experience.
Bleicher is chief executive of OptumLabs, the Cambridge-based research outpost of the big health care company Optum.
Bizet?s ?Carmen? is one of the most popular operas in the repertoire.
When I started traveling solo, I was afraid. Now I love the freedom of being on my own.
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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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Legendary golfer Arnold Palmer dies at 87
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