Diners love the smoky flavors of Shepard in Cambridge. Neighbors? Not so much.
Spending on the facilities rose 18 percent from 2011 to 2016, even though the prison population declined 12 percent during that period.
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From snow to sudden heat, it?s a wild weather week It?s not unusual for us to receive snow in mid-May. It is uncommon, though, to see temperatures swing from one extreme to the other so quickly.
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For a state that insists the label is outdated, there?s a lot of tax-raising talk on Beacon Hill these days.
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New arts center helps reclaim a piece of Chinatown Planners hope the Pao Arts Center will become an anchor the neighborhood has been missing.
Former St. George?s School chaplain admits to molestation claim Howard White Jr., who was stripped of his priesthood by the Episcopal Church, pleaded guilty to molesting a student in Boston in 1973.
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They had their reasons for not getting a transponder. The state?s move to all-electronic tolling ? and higher rates for those billed by mail ? have led to some ?giving up,? though.
As week begins, ?ransomware? makes its impact known Global cyber chaos was spreading as companies booted up computers following the weekend?s cyberattack.
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The Trump administration is weighing whether to end temporary protected status for Haitians affected by the 2010 earthquake.
?We ended hooking up anyway,? Dennis Lehane says at Emerson commencement The Boston-bred author, an Emerson College dropout, now has a degree (albeit honorary).
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Tanglewood is a $103m economic engine for the Berkshires, study says Economic activity generated by the music festival has risen about 70 percent from 2008 estimates, according to the study.
John Oliver on Trump firing Comey: ?Does he really think we . . . are this stupid?? ?It is just inherently suspicious to try and put words in Comey?s mouth as you kick him out the door,? Oliver said.
Another appeals court to weigh President Trump?s revised travel ban For the second time in a week, government lawyers will try to persuade a federal appeals court to reinstate the ban.
Kellyanne Conway says Anderson Cooper?s eye roll was ?possibly sexist? It was the eye roll seen ?round the world. Here?s what the White House counselor had to say Sunday about the now-viral interaction.
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If tax season wasn?t aggravating enough, tens of thousands of Mass. residents also received these unnerving notices.
Annual Mother?s Day anti-violence walk draws thousands, despite rain Participants donned purple ponchos as they made their way from Dorchester to City Hall.
Jeter, who captained the Yankees during much of a 20-year career and won five World Series titles, saw his number retired Sunday.
Family says JetBlue kicked them off a plane over birthday cake A New Jersey family said JetBlue Airways kicked them off the plane for storing a birthday cake in an overhead bin.
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I didn?t want to bear witness to my mother?s anguish. But how could I not? I didn?t want to watch my mother writhe in pain. But I cared for her. Did I help? I don?t know. But I was there.
A tedious 4½-hour game started and finished in terrible weather conditions.
?We?re getting a ton of them because people aren?t prepared for the winter conditions,? said a state official.
1267 Washington St. One-family Raised Ranch, built in 1994, 1,543 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 27,424-square-foot lot.
Few members of the administration wanted to speak about last week?s firing of the FBI director.
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The former US intelligence chief expressed dismay over the abrupt dismissal of the FBI director.
Homeowners are moving less, creating a drag on the economy, fewer commissions for real estate brokers, and a brutally competitive market for first-time home shoppers.
The gritty reimaging of the Excalibur myth starring Charlie Hunnam as Arthur debuted in third place.
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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