After facing an outcry, the agency that controls health benefits for public employees voted to reverse its controversial decision to limit health plan options.
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In order to be first in line for a limited number of H-2B workers, some local employers will start workers on April 1, well before the tourist season kicks off.
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Nestor Ramos
If the Wynn name is emblazoned above the Mystic River, it will be to our enduring shame.
Medical dispensaries warn against diverse cannabis market Dispensaries say delivery services, cannabis ?bars,? and the like will invite a federal crackdown, but marijuana activists see the resistance as a move to limit competition.
What the police report shows on the tragic crash in Back Bay that left bicyclist dead Dr. Anita Kurmann was on her bicycle when she was killed by the rear tires of Matthew Levari?s tractor trailer on Aug. 7, 2015.
2 people are killed, 2 seriously injured in head-on crash in Norwood Two young Norwood residents died in a violent head-on crash early Wednesday morning.
Nielsen reported about 45.6 million tuned in to watch President Trump?s Tuesday night address ? about 2 million fewer than Obama?s first State of the Union.
Suspected affiliate of nationwide ?Felony Lane? smash-and-grab crew facing charges in N.H. The group allegedly prowls the country stealing checkbooks and identification cards from unattended vehicles.
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BOB HOHLER
Since 1979, Patriots coach Bill Belichick has acquired and developed more than $10 million in real estate to create a compound on Nantucket for his family and friends.
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A Q&A with the director of ?The Two Bills? Ken Rodgers? latest documentary, which focuses on Patriots coach Bill Belichick and his mentor, Bill Parcells, debuts Thursday.
Interactive Bracket
Vote: Which Patriots Super Bowl team would win an eight-team tournament? The only way to find out is to put them in a bracket and let fans vote. So we did.
JOAN VENNOCHI
For Tom Brady, outrage is another way to sell the product If Tom Brady didn?t want his daughter talked about, he shouldn?t have put her in a documentary.
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The collection was built over decades and shows the full scope of African-American history from enslavement through emancipation, from Jim Crow to Civil Rights.
Civil War letters found in Andover attic to be gifted to Boston College The 19 letters and two photographs tell the story of an Irish immigrant who fought with the Union army.
Editor says he pushed for equal pay for women and was fired The editor of a chain of Western Massachusetts newspapers told his staff Wednesday that he was fired for advocating for raises for female staffers.
What was in the Tiffany box Melania Trump gave Michelle Obama? The former first lady finally spills Michelle Obama opened up to Ellen DeGeneres about why she seemed so awkward when Melania Trump gave her a gift before President Trump?s inauguration.
Celtics halftime acrobat?s 7-foot unicycle stolen at SFO Someone walked off with the unicycle used by the Red Panda Acrobat in her plate-juggling routine and the legendary performer is offering a $2,000 reward to get it back.
Love Letters
Should she leave her boyfriend for a man she met on vacation? He made me feel empowered and free; it?s not that I don?t feel those things with my actual boyfriend ? I love him dearly ? but it?s just different.
Tell us your Blizzard of ?78 memories Almost everyone who lived through the massive storm has a story about it.
The Season Ticket podcast Former Patriot Rodney Harrison joins Chris Gasper to discuss what the Patriots need to do defensively in the Super Bowl.
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Arrival of Russian gas stirs Ukrainian community It?s been a bad week for efforts to deter Russia?s president, Vladimir Putin.
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A series of occasional articles on the Syrian refugee families resettling here, and the local people assisting them.
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Some clinics allow patients to pay in bitcoin ? but find little demand A smattering of clinics across the U.S. are allowing patients to pay their medical bills or their copays with bitcoin.
The commissioner said the league will address the catch/no catch rule, but overall, Wednesday?s session was a bore.
Donald E. Sneed Jr. was the first president of Unity Bank and Trust in Roxbury, founded with the goal of providing loans to black-owned businesses and hiring minority workers.
We found a Cape in Mattapoisett, a condo in Andover, and a raised ranch in Weymouth. Search listings by city/town and price at realestate.boston.com.
The State Department?s third-ranking official, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Tom Shannon, said he will retire as soon as a successor is chosen.
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The Toyota recall covers certain Toyota Prius and Lexus RX and NX SUVs.
A chartered train carrying dozens of GOP lawmakers to a Republican retreat in West Virginia struck a garbage truck west of Charlottesville, Va.
Partner Therapeutics Inc., based in Lexington, expects the Food and Drug Administration to approve a drug by March 29 to treat acute radiation syndrome.
Japanese video-game company Nintendo said the movie will be co-produced with Chris Meledandri, who heads the US animation studio behind ?Despicable Me.?
Research points to genetic factors in obesity, so what?s a parent who has struggled with overeating to do?
Play the crossword Puzzled? Keep trying your hand at our interactive crossword and see if you can triumph.
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The Big Picture
Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month.
