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?It?s insane. It?s absolutely insane,? said Marc Hanover, secretary of the authority?s governing board. ?This is the worst anybody has ever seen it.?
Get Smart
How to prevent ticks in your yard There are organic options, but they may not be as effective as insecticides.
These helicopter parents are 90. Their kids? 65 A growing number of middle-aged folks have at least one living parent.
Shirley Leung
What I want for Mother?s Day? Not having to do it all I love being a mother. I love working. But being a working mother, well, there are many days I would not wish that on my worst enemy.
Why the freakout for a show that was averaging fewer than 2 million viewers this season? For those unaware of the show and its impact, allow us to explain.
These commands are undetectable to the human ear, but your smartphone can hear them just fine In the wrong hands, the technology could be used to unlock doors, wire money or buy stuff online.
Renée Graham
Axl Rose ? a small, hopeful example for our fractured nation? A reissue from Guns N? Roses leaves out ?One In A Million,? which denounced African-Americans, immigrants, and gay men, and singer Axl Rose has joined the anti-Trump resistance.
A Braintree animal control officer got a surprise recently when he found a deer inside a red Subaru.
Alex Speier
A ?Fortnite? obsession isn?t to blame for David Price?s carpal tunnel syndrome The Red Sox pitcher, his teammates, and doctors don?t think video gaming has an adverse effect on on-field performance.
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Teaching young kids how to junk bad eating habits Schools are showing students how wholesome foods can be a natural alternative to the usual choices.
More workouts are mixing self-love with the sweat Fitness instructors push body acceptance, inclusivity, and stress relief along with fitness
Earth?s atmosphere just crossed another troubling climate change threshold Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide have exceeded 410 parts per million averaged across an entire month.
Dinner With Cupid
Blind date: ?She seemed cool as a cucumber. She was gorgeous. Beautiful smile? Will this comedian?s clever patter win over his date?
The offending imagery was found on a bulletin board at a Harvard building Thursday, but university officials have not caught the culprit.
State?s top information technology official, Mark Nunnelly, is stepping down Curt Wood, a top state public safety official, will succeed him.
Joanne Chang to open new Flour Bakery in the Seaport this summer The bakery chain, best known for its gooey sticky buns and other blissful baked goods, will move its production kitchen to the new location, as well.
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The owners had said the tenants complained they were attracting the wrong type of people.
Many public college students in Mass. go hungry Nearly half of Massachusetts? community college students and a third in the state colleges and universities cannot afford consistent access to food and housing.
Authorities were responding to reports of a ?possible shooting? at a high school north of Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff?s office.
Arrest made in stabbing of 82-year-old man in Provincetown A motive for the attack was not disclosed and police do not believe there is an ongoing threat to the Cape Cod city.
John Kelly says Trump is ?somewhat embarrassed? by Russia probe The White House chief of staff said in an interview the probe ??may not be a cloud?? over the administration, but it gets discussed.
White House official derides John McCain over Haspel opposition: ?He?s dying anyway? Kelly Sadler, a special assistant in the communications office, made the comment about McCain during a discussion among the White House communications staffers.
In the shadow of large-scale developments, East Cambridge small businesses brace for impact It is easy to wonder how, in the era of Amazon and Whole Foods, some of these small businesses are able to survive at all ? and for how much longer.
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Raise the tobacco sales age to 21 ? statewide Most Massachusetts communities have already acted because there is overwhelming evidence that smoking is bad for adults.
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Connor Biscan?s family gave a Globe reporter and photographer access into his world and their struggles, believing it might help other families.
Novartis CEO writes to staff amid fury over Michael Cohen payments ?Yesterday was not a good day for Novartis,? CEO Vasant Narasimhan wrote in an email to employees.
Martinez belted a game-winning home run in the eighth inning as the Red Sox took the series finale in New York.
For more than three months, Lucimar de Souza sat in jail, separated from her husband and 10-year-old son.
When Amy and Brian Paul wanted to start a family, they moved from South Boston to the suburbs.
President Donald Trump announced on Twitter Thursday morning that his historic meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un will take place on June 12th in Singapore.
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President Donald Trump on Friday is expected to meet with the chief executives of the world?s major automakers to deliver a pointed message: Get on board with the administration?s plan to dramatically roll back fuel economy requirements, according to interviews with four people close to the administration?s thinking.
Police and news media said it could be the country?s worst mass shooting in 22 years.
Later this year, Alphabet will roll out Google Duplex, a new technology that raises the concept of robocalling to an impressive ? and slightly creepy ? new plateau.
Michael Pollan?s fascinating if flawed blend of memoir and history looks at the rise and fall and return of scientific interest in psychedelics to treat depression, anxiety, and addiction
Melissa McCarthy and her director husband, Ben Falcone, deliver a thoroughly vanilla comedy, a movie jammed with well-meaning girl power messages but surprisingly little edge.
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Heather Abel?s debut novel, ?The Optimistic Decade,?? takes place at a utopian summer camp and turns on how good intentions can go awry.
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Spring House Hunt: Should parents buy property in a college town? As the spring house hunt gets underway and National College Decision Day nears, thoughts are turning to campus housing.
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