?I can think of no other project that would have such a positive impact on our inmates and our country than building this wall,? Thomas Hodgson said.
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Patients idle for hours ? and even days ? waiting for treatment, while patients with medical problems rarely experience these holdups, a study found.
As Republicans prepare to repeal the health care law known as Obamacare, Democrats appeared to almost relish the upcoming battle.
Bernie Sanders uses giant Trump tweet poster in Senate floor speechSanders used the 2015 tweet from Donald Trump as an example of how the Vermont senator believes the president-elect was, well, right.
Fed sees faster economic growth under Trump, but not a boomFederal Reserve officials see little chance of the boom Trump has promised, according to an account of the Fed?s most recent meeting in mid-December.
Hopefuls emerge for Roxbury, South Boston council seatsThe early speculations are coming as councilors are fund-raising and campaigning for this year?s election.
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Methuen police are trying to determine who, if anyone, poisoned a 10-month-old girl with fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid.
Concord firefighters battle blaze at ?home away from home?When the alarms sounded early Wednesday morning, the three firefighters on duty didn?t have far to go: Their own fire station was ablaze.
Officials call for Pilgrim Power Plant hearing The call for a meeting comes amid the ongoing NRC review of operations at the plant, which the agency has classified as having a poor safety record.
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Every year, CES presents hundreds of clever new products, but also serves up digital oddities that look like something Ron Popeil would advertise on late-night TV.
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Tower project might cast shadow on Boston developmentThe state?s shadow laws ? and whether one developer deserves an exemption ? will almost certainly be a hot topic at a public meeting Thursday.
Yvonne Abraham
Lo and behold, higher Boston meter rates are already opening up spotsMake street parking more expensive, the theory goes, and people will be less likely to use on-street spots for longer than they should.
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Meet a Tufts doctor who aims to make drugs safer for newbornsDr. Jonathan Davis is running trials to test drugs for the youngest of patients.
TV Critic?s Corner
?The Affair? is falteringWith Irene Jacob, Brendan Fraser, and a fragmented plot, the Showtime series has gone off track.
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?Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds,? premiering Saturday on HBO, captures mother and daughter as teasing, loving friends.
Falmouth hockey team plays first game since deaths of two playersTwo Falmouth hockey players died just days before Christmas. On Wednesday, the team played its first game without them.
?He was like a big brother to me,? said former Bruins star John Bucyk.
First self-driving car hits the road in BostonThe test drive, in an industrial park in South Boston, was the first part in what may be more self-driving activity in the state.
Love Letters
Crush on a married friendShe has a crush on him, he?s married, and they?ve been friends for seven years. Should she attempt to be distant with just him or try to ignore her feelings?
Macy?s is eliminating more than 10,000 jobs and will close 68 stores after a disappointing holiday shopping season.
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America?s ill-informed electorateReams have been written about the media?s failures in covering election 2016. But what of the voters? shortcomings?
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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 Desperate and the Dead | Part 7
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.
Brady wrote to the Riley family of San Mateo, Calif., when their son Calvin, 20, was shot and killed last summer.
The model train is traveling by boat from China and is expected to reach the Conley Terminal in South Boston.
The prices are blowing past the highs reached a decade ago.
President Barack Obama, in remarks directed at least partially at his successor, urged the US military and the country on Wednesday never to abandon its ??core principles.?
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An Israeli soldier was convicted of manslaughter Wednesday for fatally shooting an unarmed Palestinian assailant as he lay wounded.
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Performing a Mozart string quartet, the Boston Artists Ensemble revisits the composer?s attempt to get a valuable commission from Frederick Wilhelm II, King of Prussia.
Many of the honorees have Boston-area connections.
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Ground Game
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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A Gardener?s GardenThe lush landscape around Andrew Grossman?s home and studio is a showcase of possibilities.
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