The tax bill before the Senate today could reshape American life

What started as a tax plan has become a catchall legislative creation, and it?s being considered by the Senate Thursday.

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The Arizona Republican?s announcement gives a boost to GOP leaders hoping to push the measure through the chamber this week.

Brookline HighSchool students walked out of school protesting racial climate.

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Brookline students walk out to protest racial climate in wake of videos

Dozens of Brookline High School students walked out following the alleged creation of racially insensitive videos posted online.

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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson?s relationship with President Trump has been strained and officials say he could be replaced within weeks.

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Top House Democrat Nancy Pelosi said Conyers should resign.

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The victim told police that the driver touched her inappropriately and locked the door when she told him to let her out.

Cambridge firefighters battled a four-alarm blaze near Central Square.

Cambridge 4-alarm fire strikes two residences in Central Square

Two wood-frame buildings on Magazine Street were on fire just before 1:30 a.m.

7-year-old girl injured in Fitchburg pitbull attack

The girl was rushed to a trauma center after suffering serious injuries.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/01tewksbury1.jpg Tewksbury police searching for woman behind 4 doorstep package thefts

The thefts were committed by a woman who appeared to be pregnant, surveillance footage posted by police showed.

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Mayor Martin Walsh blamed Superintendent Tommy Chang on Wednesday for not informing him sooner about the mismanagement of student activity accounts found in an IRS audit.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/shirley-6098.jpg CEOs don?t buy the trickle-down promises of the tax bill

Republicans are pushing tax plans that only corporate America and the rich could love. But not all of them do.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/28/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/accuser-1stld-writethru-cb3b0ecc-d3bb-11e7-b62d-d9345ced896d.jpg Endeavor to in?ltrate The Washington Post dates back months

Starting in July, Jaime Phillips, an operative with the organization Project Veritas, joined two dozen networking groups related to either journalism or left-leaning politics.

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The collective response from missile experts was ? not to get too technical ? whoa.

A squirrel. A doctor. Who saved who?

After 25 years in medicine, Federico Erebia never imagined that a snap decision to treat a squirrel would change his life.

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The Def Jam Records founder is stepping away from his companies following a second allegation of sexual misconduct.

Matt Lauer arrived before dawn at the NBC Studios in New York in 2014.

Matt Lauer says he?s ?truly sorry? in first statement after firing

?There are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain I have caused others by words and actions,? Lauer said.

Matt Lauer, former cohost of ?Today.?

Matt Lauer could lock his office door from his desk, according to Variety investigation

The detail was reported in a Variety story about the longtime host of the ?Today? show, who is accused of sexual misconduct and was fired Wednesday.

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The actor alleged that talent agent Adam Venit groped him at a Hollywood party but feels like his claims aren?t being taken seriously.

Dave Epstein

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/turner110917METROfeature19.jpg The Arctic?s frigid air may be uncorked and coming our way soon

Since a brief record-breaking cold outbreak in early November, there hasn?t been any truly cold air that?s lasted. That may be about to change.

The 13-story Alloy is the first condo building in Assembly Row. Some units are priced over $1 million.

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In Somerville, a city is assembled within a city

When all the current buildings are occupied, there will be more than 1,600 residents in Assembly Row, about 2 percent of Somerville?s population.

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The New England Historic Genealogical Society says Markle is a direct descendant of England?s King Edward III, and she and Prince Harry are 17th cousins.

Movie Review | ? ? ?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/16/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/the-disaster-artist-TDA-06133_rgb.jpg ?Disaster? could generate Oscar buzz for James Franco

The film tells the story of how a bizarre no-talent named Tommy Wiseau made ?The Room,? a 2003 misfire now celebrated as ?the worst movie of all time.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wahlburgers-10568.jpg California newspaper editor apologizes for calling a South Boston resident ?a Southie?

?Gee, you?d think we?d accused the Patriots of deflating footballs or something,? Linda Zavoral wrote.

Perspective | Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/27/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/essasy%20lede%20artwork.jpg Why self-driving cars will kill the T

They might seem like science fiction, but they?ll be here before the Green Line Extension, and they?ll be way more efficient for commuters.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/DPv4YFJXkAMMhGA.jpg Someone wanted a bike lane on the Congress Street bridge ? so they drew one

The fake bike lane runs over the Fort Point Channel.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/MelanieNallicheri_biz-6081.jpg Cambridge firm has high hopes for diagnostic test for cancer

The testing would detect all four classes of genomic alterations in more than 300 cancer-related genes that cause solid tumors.

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The stakes are high. Adult obesity has been linked to increased risk of diseases like diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/letter.jpg This Roslindale resident received some unexpectedly ugly mail

?Stop Muslim lessons in Roslindale schools,? the letter said.

Globe Santa

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An elf named Buddy won?t be the only visitor from the North Pole in the Wang Theater this year.

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Globe sports editor Joe Sullivan and host Chris Gasper weigh in on why certain ?Belichickisms? are banned from the newspaper.

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?Tis the season for music, shows, and productions of all kinds, just in time for the holidays.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Loan.jpg This engineer uses clay, saws ? and doughnuts ? to create patient models

Gregory Loan, who used to do movie special effects, now works for Boston Children?s making mannequins for clinician practice.

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