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Christine Loeber, one of the three hostages killed by a former US soldier, earned a master?s degree at the Boston College School of Social Work in 2008 before moving to California.
Rapid-fire bump stocks would be banned under federal proposal The Justice Department?s regulation would classify the hardware as a machine gun banned under federal law.
Trump says China, Japan approve of his North Korea strategy President Trump tweeted that he spoke with the Chinese president and the Japanese prime minister since agreeing to talks with North Korea.
Trump wants new authority over polling places. Top election officials say no President Trump would be able to dispatch Secret Service agents to polling places nationwide during a federal election, if a provision in a Homeland Security reauthorization bill remains.
Baker is again pushing for a permanent sales tax holiday in Massachusetts Lawmakers have occasionally approved a single weekend tax holiday but have shied away from making it permanent, pointing to the loss of revenue to the state.
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It?s 600 lb Gorillas, a cookie maker, against Mister Cookie Face, the company that supplied the ice cream for its ice cream sandwiches.
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Trump?s North Korea gamble: Crazy, or crazy like a fox? Trump?s strategy comes with serious risks.
Feds tell state officials to back off student loan debt collectors Betsy DeVos has a message for Attorney General Maura Healey and officials in other states hoping to rein in student loan debt collectors: Back off.
Representative Seth Moulton has urged two colleges in Mass. to cut ties with on-campus institutes that have ties to the Chinese government.
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Officials said a man who died from carbon monoxide poisoning was a former city firefighter in Methuen. Two generators had been running in his house?s basement.
It?s been seven days since the first of two nor?easters inundated a seaside neighborhood on the border of Marshfield and Duxbury.
obituary
Chuck Campion, who died March 7, was a veteran of several Democratic presidential campaigns. ?He was a great example of somebody who loved politics, and did it, and did it well,? Michael Dukakis said.
Patriots acquire DT Danny Shelton in trade with Browns New England also got a 2018 fifth-round pick in the deal. In return, Cleveland gets a 2019 third-round pick.
BEN VOLIN | SUNDAY FOOTBALL NOTES
The floodgates will open on Wednesday at 4 p.m., with a flurry of player movement.
BRUINS 7, BLACKHAWKS 4
Boston scored four goals in the third period, from David Pastrnak and Sean Kuraly and newcomers Brian Gionta and Rick Nash.
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City Hall Plaza in Boston was the scene of a mess Saturday as hundreds and hundreds of people turned out to try to set a new world record.
Pregnant porpoise dies on Dorchester Bay shore during the last nor?easter A team attempted to rescue a pregnant harbor porpoise near Dorchester Bay during the nor?easter Wednesday, but the animal died before the team arrived.
If you?re over 65, here?s one of the best-kept secrets in Mass. Massachusetts allows cash-strapped homeowners over age 65 to defer paying property taxes, a way to stay in their homes amid rising tax bills.
THOMAS FARRAGHER
?What you see here is nature taking its course? The real wonder of this place? That it exists at all in the state?s largest town, where development pressures are intense.
Dinner With Cupid
Blind date: ?She was somewhat stunned to find out that I was an ?old man? ? Will a decade-long age gap prove a dealbreaker for these daters?
A la March Madness, local restaurants are pitted against each other. Vote now to make sure your favorite place wins.
A breakup: Is it an end, or is it a beginning? In Season One, Meredith Goldstein explores this question through intimate stories of love and heartbreak and confessions from her own life.
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EDITORIAL
Trump to North Korea? Plenty of perils, and some potential When belligerents are talking, they?re not fighting.
The fashion industry is built on glamour and allure, but many models, especially the very young, know it for something else: sexual exploitation and abuse.
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?The Readout Loud?: Shkreli?s sentence, biotech froth, and a blood party Listen to the first episode of STAT?s new biotech podcast.
Crawford felt for his old friend in the tumultuous last year and even flew to Boston during the 2017 playoffs.
The Supreme Judicial Court issued its opinion in a case involving the Acton Congregational Church.
Estates in Concord, Wellesley, and Milton round out or list. Check them out.
President Trump last week suggested executing drug dealers as a way to make a dent in opioid addiction.
The lawsuit follows the case of a Congolese woman and her 7-year-old daughter, who the group said was taken from her mother ??screaming and crying?? and placed in a facility 2,000 miles away from her mother.
The notorious former pharmaceutical executive?s convictions stemmed from his involvement with a company he founded in 2011, and two hedge funds he ran.
Show creator David Chase will set the film in 1967 Newark. Here?s what else he?s divulged so far.
One expert says the intent often quite literal: ?They know it signifies ?masculinity? and they want to portray themselves as ?someone not to be messed with.???
Inside the ?cult? that catapulted conductor James Levine?s career At the beginning of the maestro?s 50-year career, Levine ran what some young musicians considered a cult, allegedly making members take loyalty tests and engage in group sex.
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The Big Picture
Two nor?easter storms in the past week have brought snow, power outages and flooding to towns across Massachusetts.
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