House GOP eyes mortgage interest deduction in tax plan

The proposal would also leave intact the existing rules on 401(k) retirement accounts and the ability of Americans to contribute up to $18,000 into the accounts tax-free.

A former Fidelity Investments employee is suing the firm, saying that the company has blocked her employment proscpects in the years since she left after reaching a settlement with the company over gender bias.

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Shirley Leung

She left Fidelity over gender bias. 6 years on, she?s still unemployed

If you want to know why so many women stay silent about gender discrimination in the workplace, Exhibit A may be Erika Wesson.

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A Former Trump campaign official linked to Robert Mueller?s Russia investigation has withdrawn his nomination for an agriculture post.

New York truck attack

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A group of Argentine high school graduates, including a Boston-area scientist, were in New York for a nostalgic visit. Then a man plowed a pickup truck onto a crowded bike path.

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After his trail of terror was halted by a police bullet, Sayfullo Saipov asked to display the Islamic State group?s flag in his hospital room.

West Roxbury woods searched for missing woman

Law enforcement is searching the woods off Enneking Parkway in West Roxbury for evidence related to a woman who has been missing for a decade.

Maricopa County Sheriff?s Office

N.H. authorities release 1973 booking photo of serial killer

Officials hope someone will recognize serial killer Terry Peder Rasmussen and provide a clue to the identity of a woman he was seen with decades ago.

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A teacher used the attacks as the basis of math problem involving speed and distance traveled.

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The Framingham-based retailer has 29 Marshalls, TJ Maxx, and HomeGoods stores on the battered island.

White squirrel spotted at Public Garden.

Elizabeth Ann Jordan for Friends of the Publlc Garden.

It?s time to give a name to the white squirrel that hangs out at the Public Garden

Per order of The Friends of the Public Garden, it?s time to give a specific moniker to the little white creature (or creatures) that occasionally delights passersby.

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A Connecticut student who allegedly bragged online that she meddled with her roommate?s property has been kicked out of the school.

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Nestor Ramos

Whole30 promises to reset your WholeLife. Does it?

No grains. No dairy. No sugar. No fake sugar. No alcohol. And no cheating.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

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The 113th Fall Classic may have brought happiness and hope to Houston, but the seeds of the series were planted here in New England.

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The former manager said last month he was looking to join an organization in an advisory capacity.

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?I know he would feel terrible,? former president George H.W. Bush?s daughter-in-law told CNN?s Brooke Baldwin. ?He would never in any way hurt anybody.?

Names

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/08/13/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/harding-_kerrigan3-001.jpg New ?I, Tonya? trailer released

There?s a lot of Margo Robbie as Tonya Harding, but not much Caitlin Carver as Nancy Kerrigan.

In the fall of 1917, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, under its German conductor, Dr. Karl Muck, was on top of the classical music world. Muck and his wife, Anita (bottom left), were the toast of Boston society. But everything changed on October 30, 1917, when he was assailed for allegedly refusing to play the national anthem.

Images from the BSO; Globe staff photo-illustration

Magazine | A nonfiction novella

He put BSO on the map ? then landed in a world of trouble

One hundred years ago, one of the world?s top conductors was ensnared in a scandal involving patriotism and sex. It almost toppled Boston?s famed orchestra.

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The recall involves about 40.5 million extinguishers made between 1973 and Aug. 2017. Check this list to see if any of yours are part of the recall.

Chad Finn | Sports Media

Boston 25 Sports makes time for nuanced storytelling

A monthly show, ?Boston 25 Sports In Depth,? will premiere Friday at 1o:30 p.m. and focus on longform reporting.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/02/01/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/davis_sb2D_spts.jpg WBZ, The Sports Hub get new owners as Entercom moves to complete radio merger

News station 1030 WBZ and classic rock mainstay 100.7 WZLX will be part of a swap with iHeartMedia. Sports station 98.5 will go to Beasley Broadcast Group.

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The ?House of Cards? actor has been accused of inappropriate behavior with a minor.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/02/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_TV4U4.jpg Scientists discover hidden chamber in Great Pyramid

Scientists have found a hidden chamber in Egypt?s Great Pyramid of Giza, a Boeing-sized ?void? that has not yet been examined.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Tlumacki_trainpassengerarrested_metro028.jpg A commuter rail rider was arrested after a ticket check ? but he had a valid pass

A T rider said he undertook an act of civil disobedience after ticket checkers said they couldn?t verify his monthly pass.

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Three psychology professors have been barred from campus and are now at the center of a criminal probe.

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The new Showtime comedy series is inspired by her own experiences as a single mom.

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The Needham-based company has deleted dozens of postings that report instances of sexual assault and rape at hotels, according to a Journal Sentinel report.

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The state Senate passed a sweeping criminal justice reform package last week that could be a national model. The state House would be wise to follow.

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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.

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If we didn?t do something, Twin A would die and take Twin B with her. Did our medical team have a duty to act?

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