President Trump will direct the government to declare the opioid crisis a nationwide public health emergency.
What a nationwide public health emergency means Here?s a quick primer on what the designation could mean for states and addicts seeking treatment.
House narrowly passes budget, paving way for $1.5 trillion tax cut The legislation authorizes special procedures that will allow Republicans to reduce federal revenues over the coming decade by as much as $1.5 trillion without Democratic help.
Senate to vote on sweeping criminal justice bill Advocates say the bill is a long overdue antidote to a poisonous system that has unnecessarily ensnared generations of people ? often poor, often black and Latino.
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Elizabeth Krause called 911, desperate with worry that her son, Orion, might take his own life. The next day, he allegedly killed her, his grandparents, and an aide.
Beacon Hill health bill pits large hospitals against small ones Lawmakers want to help community hospitals, but Mass. General and Brigham and Women?s hospitals are sternly objecting.
A Revere man convicted of involuntary manslaughter is entitled to a new trial because two jurors slept during testimony and the judge failed to do anything about it.
Pharmacist in NECC meningitis outbreak case acquitted of murder However, jurors found Glenn Chin guilty on several other charges, including racketeering, conspiracy, and dozens of counts of mail fraud.
NESTOR RAMOS
A lesson in diplomacy for Scott Brown, the ambassador from N.H. (Or is it Mass.?) As a politician, Scott Brown?s greatest talent was glad handing. On his first day in Samoa, the ambassador botched even that.
Chance to live in new apartments near North Station draws crowd Hundreds came just to receive lottery numbers for The Beverly, a new low- and middle-income apartment building set to open next year near North Station.
Harvard?s surplus may be ?high-water mark? Harvard University ended the 2017 fiscal year with a $114 million surplus, $37 million more than last year.
Rabbit leads State Police troopers on a chase on the Zakim Bridge There?s a new solution for your frustration with Boston traffic: Skip the driving and hop.
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Kelsey Taylor has undergone surgery, chemo, and transplants, to no avail. Now, she?s sitting down with a scientist to talk about the future of her disease.
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Christopher Muther
New England is dipping its toe into the burgeoning cannabis tourism industry with the new B&B in Maine - is it a relaxing getaway or reefer madness?
Patriots lose linebacker Dont?a Hightower for rest of season Hightower suffered a torn pectoral muscle in Sunday?s game vs. Atlanta.
Joe Girardi will not return as Yankees? manager The 53-year-old Girardi announced his departure in an emailed statement on Thursday.
High school golf
She won the tournament, but not the trophy ? because she?s a girl Lunenberg High?s Emily Nash shot the best score at a boys? golf tournament in Massachusetts but was denied the trophy because she?s a girl.
This N.H. college student gained Internet fame with one photo When the photo was posted, new social media followers began pouring in, commenting on the photo, and begging modeling agencies to take her on as a client.
Dan Shaughnessy
The Astros? 7-6 win in 11 innings was without doubt one of the greatest World Series games ever played.
Ashley Judd says a ?deal? helped her flee from Harvey Weinstein Actress Ashley Judd says she told him, yes, she would submit to his advances only after winning an Oscar in one of his movies.
Journalist Mark Halperin apologizes after sexual harassment claims Mark Halperin?s statement came after CNN reported allegations that he propositioned, fondled and pushed himself against five women in the early 2000s.
Old North Church opens 200-year-old tomb This brick-lined tomb, built in 1808, holds some of the 1,100 bodies buried far beneath one of Boston?s best-known steeples.
Is the MBTA really 90 percent reliable? A consumer group is skeptical The T says the subway has been at nearly 90 percent reliability over the past month. A consumer group takes issue with how the agency calculated that number.
From eerie local podcast to Amazon television series,?Lore? feasts on fame Aaron Mahnke?s audio project started as a hobby in his Danvers home in 2015. Now, he has books and a new streaming show.
Isaiah Thomas made a cameo Wednesday night on ?Law and Order: SVU? Like any good ?Law and Order? episode, things aren?t exactly how they seem to be.
A Scottish woman showed up for her flight from Glasgow to Heraklion on Sunday ? and ended up with a private jet ride.
Dave Epstein
Friday and Saturday are expected to be pleasant, but a fast-moving storm is set to arrive Sunday night.
Television review
?Stranger Things? goes deeper in season two This time around, there?s no pressing catastrophe drowning out the characterizations; the whole show seems to have room to breathe.
A drone accidentally captured a marriage proposal in the Boston Public Garden As a Tufts senior took aerial photos of the city on Saturday, he unwittingly captured the proposal ? and then went on a hunt to find the couple.
The Season Ticket podcast NFL Network?s Ian Rapoport joins host Chris Gasper to discuss the NFL trade deadline, and Globe Sports Editor Joe Sullivan weighs in on the World Series.
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Nurse?s aide plays video games while a vet dies at VA hospital The Bedford VA hospital admitted its care for Bill Nutter was not ?up to our standards,? but the reality was uglier. Now, the FBI is investigating.
EDITORIAL ENDORSEMENT
City council at-large: Reelect Wu, Pressley, Essaibi-George, and Flaherty Voters shouldn?t tune out the City Council race in Boston?s upcoming election.
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newsroom commentary
Dear Jeff Bezos: Come and help us build a better Boston together An open letter to the owner of Amazon, proposing a true partnership that rewrites the relationship between a city and the big companies that call it home.
What?s in the White House?s opioid emergency declaration ? and what?s not The declaration of a public health emergency is a major step in combating the drug epidemic.
More than 1,500 pages of documents were released by the FBI in connection with its investigation of the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
George Springer belted decisive two-run homer in the 11th to help Houston tie best-of-seven series at one apiece.
Where do you begin, when a flea market beckons? With a list, suggests New York interior designer Jenny Dina Kirschner, who rarely goes hunting for vintage items without one.
President Trump has not only continued to defy doomsayers, but he has shown an ability to actually shape his supporters? views, according to polls.
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Edmunds sizes up two crossover SUVs: the 2018 Chevrolet Traverse and the 2018 Volkswagen Atlas
Residents in a Tampa neighborhood have been on edge since police said three killings ? which all happened in a one-mile radius ? might be connected.
Sixty years in the trade, Erwin Liverman has embraced modern technology.
The rhapsodic film is based on the young adult novel by Brian Selznick, who wrote the screenplay.
Many of the sessions will offer perspectives on travel and the concept of home, finding oneself by engaging with literature, and where we as a nation find ourselves politically.
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The Big Picture
More than half a million Rohingya refugees have flooded into Bangladesh to flee an offensive by Myanmar?s military that the United Nations has called ?a textbook example of ethnic cleansing.?
