With increasing awareness of hate crimes after the election of Donald Trump, colleges are grappling with the definitions of hate crimes in a way they haven?t before.
Boston is expected to see mostly rain tomorrow, but areas in Western Massachusetts and elsewhere in New England may get up to 12 inches of snow.
Drafters of the marijuana legalization measure have said the quick opening of stores is critical.
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Dr. David Torchiana was among the health care executives who met with President-elect Trump, and the Affordable Care Act was a topic.
Trump takes credit for 8,000 jobs from Japanese mogulIn the grand scheme of the economy, the jobs announcement is unlikely to have a major impact.
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Considering he?s out in three weeks, there was no time but the present for Kerry to give one last shot.
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Entrepreneurs and investors read the tea leaves for 2017Investors are relying on hopes and expectations based on past Republican administrations and Donald Trump?s campaign promises to guide them.
MassDOT?s winter message: ?Don?t Crowd the Plow?The Massachusetts Department of Transportation launched a winter campaign Wednesday to ask drivers to be cautious while near heavy snowplows.
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2017 promises to be the year when some long-awaited technologies finally come into their own.
The past year?s wild, weird and wacky Boston business storiesFrom dinosaurs to doughnuts, here are just a few local business stories that caused us to raise our eyebrows.
As Fios comes to Boston, Comcast holds its fireVerizon Communications Inc.?s rollout of its Fios service in Boston so far hasn?t a triggered a price war among cable and Internet service providers.
Debbie Reynolds, star of ?Singin? in the Rain,? diesDebbie Reynolds was taken to a hospital one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher died.
For First Night, the work precedes the funAfter 41 years, First Night ? Boston?s annual rite of passage for Father Time and its embrace of a new year ? perseveres because of those who love the Boston tradition.
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First Night ice sculptures are going swimminglyEight nautical sculptures will adorn Copley Square as part of the 2017 First Night First Day celebration.
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Critic?s picks for dance performances in Boston on New Year?s Eve.
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A Planet where guitars ruleNashville?s Diarrhea Planet is known for its raucous live shows and four-guitar attack.
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Watch ?Purple Rain,? but don?t watch-watch it?Purple Rain? is on this weekend! Look away and enjoy.
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Is this work marriage on the rocks?I don?t want to lose this relationship. How do I navigate the ?is this a break? talk with a colleague, not a romantic partner?
Search in Georgetown home in possible old murder case yields mannequins, animal bonesThe search of the house of a deceased man yielded some bizarre items, including a box of children?s identification cards.
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Obama?s lame-duck stunt on IsraelHis attempt to isolate Israel on his way out the door is the last wheeze of a feeble foreign policy.
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Pat and Dina Lacey had been parents for only a few months when doctors discovered a tumor in their new baby?s chest. Told to take their son home to die, they put their faith in a young doctor who wouldn?t accept death as the answer.
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The San Antonio solutionOne Texas city took on mental health as a community and became a national model. Why can?t Mass. do the same?
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.
Promising Red Sox lefthander Eduardo Rodriguez continues to have problems with his right knee, and that is worrisome.
During his tenure as Gillette?s president, Mr. Turley helped ward off takeover threats from the likes of Coniston Partners and Ronald Perelman, chairman of the Revlon Group.
$5,000 is a hefty chunk of change to spend each month on your pad. If you were to write out those checks, would you go for the swanky two-bedroom apartment in Cambridge or the five-bedroom house in Revere?
The Bears Ears National Monument in Utah will cover 1.35 million acres in the Four Corners region, the White House said.
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The U.S. government is investigating some Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan cars because the brake pedal may lose pressure, making it hard for drivers to stop the vehicle
Two different juries had sentenced Jacqueline Sauvage to 10 years in prison for fatally shooting her husband three times in the back .
Oil rose for an eighth straight session, capping the longest stretch of gains in seven years.
The Australian comic, who doesn?t shy away from political topics, plays the Wilbur Theatre on New Year?s Eve.
Several visiting artists are participating in the Winter Wonder Dance Festival in Cambridge.
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With Carrier, Trump exposes rift between unions and leadersSomehow Donald Trump, who claims a net worth of $10 billion, was standing up for the little guy, against their own union boss.
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Massachusetts hiker, 26, found dead after Christmas Eve hike in White Mountains
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Mass. lawmakers vote to delay retail marijuana shops
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