A Harvard Law professor, former governor William F. Weld, and Al Gore?s onetime attorney argue that the Electoral College system encourages presidential candidates to devote all their time to a handful of swing states and ignore the vast majority of the country.
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Blue Jays rough up Rick Porcello again, end Red Sox? streak at six Porcello got knocked out in the fifth; Mookie Betts hit for the cycle for the Red Sox.
Bill Murray involved in dispute with photographer at Martha?s Vineyard restaurant Actor and comedian Bill Murray was involved in a dispute with a photographer at a Martha?s Vineyard restaurant Wednesday night, according to a police report.
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The two Democratic candidates for governor, Jay Gonzalez and Bob Massie, are keying in on transportation in their bids to unseat Charlie Baker.
Roads are closed, power goes out at as powerful storms hammer Cape Cod Streets flooded and trees and wires were brought down as severe thunderstorms rolled through Cape Cod on Thursday.
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Kris Kobach?s lead in Kansas governor?s race falls to 91 votes The move comes after election officials discovered a mistake in the listing for one county?s results in the state?s tally of votes.
Another day of limited parking at Alewife T station after concrete fell on car About 500 spots will be off limits as the T continues to make ?spot repairs? to the garage.
Judge threatens to hold Jeff Sessions in contempt over deportation of mom and daughter The federal judge, who learned Thursday that the pair were on a plane headed to Central America, said any delay in bringing them back would be intolerable.
Swansea man charged with ordering ketamine from Africa to Carver group home Two packages sent from Cameroon and addressed to the man?s Swansea home and the place where he works in Carver contained liquid ketamine.
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Mookie Betts has done just about everything for the Red Sox this season.
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Mitt Romney spotted at Logan Airport ? with frozen yogurt It doesn?t appear that Romney was in a rush as he strolled past an airport Wahlburgers.
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What Spike Lee said to Barack Obama on a Martha?s Vineyard golf course ?I could see on his face ? that shock,? Lee said in the latest Time cover story. ?It was Aug. 12, year of our Lord, 2017.
State?s new marijuana ads strike friendly tone A new public awareness campaign takes a no-scolding approach as officials work to educate residents on the state?s cannabis laws and decrease youth use rates.
They arrived at TD Garden on Wednesday night facing an admittedly Herculean task: Trying to replace the Boston Bruins? decidedly irreplacable Rene Rancourt.
Striking sheet metal workers want bigger piece of the building boom After making concessions during the recession, Local 17 members look to share in the wealth
The US Supreme Court ruled in June that states could tax online sellers that do not have brick-and-mortar stores within their borders. But that?s not the end of the story.
First openly transgender candidate for Congress in Mass. seeks to boost fall ballot initiative The state?s first openly transgender candidate for Congress, Alexandra Chandler, says she intends to put another voice to November?s closely watched ballot measure on transgender rights.
Charlie Baker signs automatic voter registration bill The Republican governor also signed a veterans bill that repeals the state?s controversial Valor Act and replaces it with a far more narrow measure.
Prospects murky for bill to address campus sexual assault Advocates say they?ll continue their push for college surveys.
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Joe Biden?s humanity could be his edge in 2020 Both Democrats and Republicans could back Biden in 2020.
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In Boston this weekend, it will be super to be a fan Fan Expo Boston takes over the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center starting Friday for three days of nerding out.
Swampscott school demolition crews unearth 124-year-old time capsule The capsule is dated April 28, 1894, the day the former Swampscott middle school was dedicated.
Number of opioid-addicted women who delivered babies quadrupled in 16 years In Massachusetts, the rate went up more than sixfold from 1999 to 2013, the most recent year measured.
The only known photo of John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe is up for auction No photo was believed to have been taken of Monroe and Kennedy together the night she sang her unforgettable rendition of ?Happy Birthday? ? or ever.
How to be a better subway passenger On the MBTA, some bad etiquette will merely make a trip less pleasant, but other poor manners could even delay or interrupt your commute.
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Driving stoned: Massachusetts standard needed State public safety officials see the problem of stoned driving coming at them like a freight train.
TSA tracking travelers like terrorists in secret surveillance program Air marshals are conducting a new domestic surveillance program, tracking people as they fly and move through airports. It might be illegal.
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Inducing labor at 39 weeks is safe and linked to lower risk of C-section The large study?s findings could change the way some women in the U.S. choose to give birth.
Seattle?s mayor talks growing pains that offer some lessons for Boston Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan spoke at a Globe event on how innovation is shaping our world, and she?s in high demand among the hundreds of mayors gathered in Boston.
More about Last Seen: The Largest Unsolved Art Heist ever A true-crime podcast about the most valuable ? and confounding ? art heist in history: the theft of 13 irreplaceable artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
The adjustments would be performance-based incentives that would bring his contract closer to market value.
The entire second floor of the garage will be closed for parking on Thursday as crews complete the repairs.
You don?t need a green thumb to grow vegetables indoors. On the contrary, there are plenty of indoor greenhouses that take the work out of growing plants, from the amount of water they get to the right dosage of light.
Candidates in the Third Congressional District have put from $50,000 to $325,000 of their own money into their campaigns, a sign many said of their seriousness.
The government was widely criticized for undercounting the number of people who died on the island as the power outage stretched for months, causing deaths from diabetes and sepsis to soar.
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Tribune Media Company, facing pushback from US regulators, has backed out of a buyout by Sinclair Broadcast Group and is suing for breach of contract.
The New Hampshire thriller writer thinks the murder victim might have been a movie extra.
The study determined people?s ?desirability? by using the PageRank algorithm, which was created by the founders of Google to rank Web pages.
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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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