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An attorney rushed to a South Carolina hospital where Robert Gentile is near death Friday, but did not get any new information.
A strike that would have hit several thousand office buildings in the Boston area was averted late Friday.
Did NASA just change your zodiac sign?NASA says astrology is not astronomy. But the space agency?s take on changes to the zodiac still set off a Twitter storm.
Next year is this year, long-suffering Cubs fans proclaim It has been 108 years since the Chicago North Siders won a world championship, the longest drought for any major sports club.
GE plan to demolish historic bridge runs into neighborhood resistancePlans for General Electric?s new headquarters complex in Fort Point have run into a speed bump.
Photos: Celebrating a first at Wellesley CollegePaula Johnson became the first African-American president of Wellesley College when she was inaugurated Friday.
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Hurricane Matthew grew into a powerful Category 5 storm late Friday as it crossed the Caribbean Sea.
Taj McDonald was watching the boy before police found him with ?trauma to the face and neck area.?
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Honored before the game, Ortiz proceeded to break a 3-3 tie in the seventh inning with a two-run homer.
Peter Abraham
One final seasonFrom spring training to the playoffs, Globe Red Sox beat writer Peter Abraham documented key moments from David Ortiz?s last season on the field.
For Trump, more undisciplined campaigningPublicly airing grudges against a former beauty queen, in the middle of the night, is certainly unprecedented in presidential politics.
Family of Kyzr Willis says it?s still waiting for informationThe mayor?s office said the city could not comment due to ?an ongoing internal investigation.?
Authorities search home of woman missing after fishing trip with sonLinda Carman is presumed dead as questions emerge about the fishing trip she took with her son.
How a really fat cat in N.H. became Internet famousLogan, a 31-pound cat, has become an Internet superstar after a video of him waddling about went viral.
Mass. Department of Conservation and Recreation official resignsDCR?S deputy commissioner Matt Sisk resigned Friday, following a string of damaging revelations about the agency.
The competition was held at the Topsfield Fair on Friday.
Massachusetts Turnpike toll plazas will start to fall in late OctoberThe toll plazas on the Massachusetts Turnpike and Tobin Bridge will soon be demolished.
Amazon ships first order from new Fall River warehouseThe internet retailer?s 1 million-square-foot facility is officially in business.
Review of massive ?One Charlestown? project beginsDevelopers have proposed replacing an aging public housing complex with a new mixed-income neighborhood of 3,200 apartments and condos.
Friday?s top games included Everett-Billerica, Xaverian-Catholic Memorial, and Lexington-Reading.
Michael A. Cohen
Trump took Clinton?s bait on Alicia MachadoIt?s not accidental that we?re talking about Machado. This was orchestrated by the Clinton campaign.
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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Red Sox slugger David Oritz closes out his regular season career this weekend at Fenway Park.
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Veteran strength coach Bryan Doo saw generous and thoughtful sides of the retiring big man.
The pilot is only days old and already those cheers you hear are coming from advocates for those with disabilities.
Donald Trump seems to be making a straightforward political calculation in refusing to release his returns.
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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.
Investigators hope the recorder will tell them how fast the New Jersey Transit commuter train was going when it slammed into the Hoboken Terminal.
The recommendation by state health regulators is scheduled for a vote on Oct. 20.
The complete list of acts for the local version will be announced soon.
A coffee IPA? Yup.
Ground Game
Are these the most irrelevant VP picks in modern history?The VP debate Tuesday could carry the same impact that Mike Pence and Tim Kaine have brought to their tickets: inconsequential.
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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Bottle flipping becomes the rage with middle schoolers
Behind the scenes throughout David Ortiz?s final season
Janet Napolitano: It?s time to free speech on campus again
Donald Trump tops his own reputation for undisciplined campaigning with 3 am Twitter rant
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