The Justice Department is weighing in on a case that could eventually overturn the use of affirmative action in higher education.
The power outage happened about 7:30 p.m. and caused signal system interruptions on the Green, Orange, and Blue lines.
Calif. man charged with making threatening calls to Globe Robert Darrell Chain was arrested without incident by an FBI SWAT team for allegedly making threats to the newspaper after the Globe launched a national newspaper campaign in support of the free press.
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A husband and wife were on the verge of escaping the dog attacks, the swearing, and the threats that their next-door neighbor had directed at them since 2016. Now, Catrina Costello is accused of driving into the pair, killing one.
Texas congressmen said the government?s policy is part of a systemic anti-Hispanic bias that has guided the Trump administration?s immigration policy.
Trump cancels pay raise due federal workers in January President Donald Trump told Congress he is canceling the pay raise that most civilian federal employees were due to receive, citing budgetary constraints.
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President Trump?s baseless claim of ?fudged? NBC tape There is no evidence of the NBC interview having been ??fudged?? or doctored in any way, and the White House didn?t immediately respond to requests regarding what Trump was referring to.
Locked in a tough fight, Capuano and Pressley face final sprint on a long holiday weekend Michael Capuano and Ayanna Pressley face a monumental challenge to ensure voters show up for their unusually timed primary, the day after Labor Day.
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The National Parks of Boston will hold a ceremony Monday at 1 p.m. at the Charlestown Navy Yard to honor and remember the women who, during wartime, took over jobs traditionally done by men.
The 12 people likely acquired the illness at the end of July or beginning of August in a localized area of Hampton, public health officials said.
Mashpee police chief says chase that ended with fatal crash should have been ?terminated? The Cape Cod police chase in late July that ended in a car crash that killed two should have been called off, according to a statement from the Mashpee police chief.
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Etling had an 86-yard TD run and J.C. Jackson was the star on defense with two interceptions.
Five of the most powerful quotes from Joe Biden?s eulogy for John McCain The former vice president dabbed at tears as he remembered his colleague during a memorial service at a Phoenix church Thursday.
A former vice president, an NFL star, and other friends remembered the late senator as a ??true American hero?? during a crowded church service Thursday in Phoenix.
Walsh voices frustration, apologizes for missing, late school buses As school bus routes ran late or went uncovered for a third day, Mayor Martin J. Walsh voiced frustration Thursday afternoon, apologizing to families, schools, and students for the hardships they are experiencing.
Opinion | Walter V. Robinson
Every attorney general in the country must force the Catholic Church to tell the truth The truth we can handle. It?s the continuing cover-up we must no longer abide.
Smoking drinks and tower drops: Unexpected activities amp up the action at Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun Connecticut casinos, facing competition from Massachusetts projects, are doubling down on amenities.
Orleans official issues warning on sharks: ?It is time for beachgoers to change their behavior? Nathan Sears, harbormaster and natural resources director, wrote that if beachgoers don?t take heed, ?something terrible is going to happen.?
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Boston to put its dreaded tow lot up for sale City officials are planning to put the entire 18-acre property along Frontage Road out to bid in what could become a massive redevelopment opportunity.
CHAD FINN | SPORTS MEDIA
Here?s a guide to understanding the unique vocabulary used by Dennis Eckersley during Red Sox games.
Serena Williams played in a tutu at the US Open ? and won Just days after a French tennis official said her black catsuit with clot-preventing compression tights ??will no longer be accepted,?? Serena Williams wore tutus at the US Open.
TARA SULLIVAN
Jay Monahan returns to TPC Boston as Tour commissioner, with his vision a reality Sixteen years ago, Monahan was in charge of the PGA event in Norton, and he witnessed uncertainty turn into success.
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Starting with Louis C.K., the creeps are creeping back into the spotlight Yesterday?s #MeToo perpetrators are inching back toward the spotlight. Anyone short of Harvey Weinstein, it seems, can hope for redemption.
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What?s behind the streamer?s apparent desire to snuff out the word it practically invented? We have some theories.
Emmy Rossum exiting ?Shameless? after upcoming 9th season In an emotional Facebook post Thursday, Rossum said playing her complex character was a ??gift?? and called the past eight years the best of her life.
SCOT LEHIGH
The Great Trumpkin peers into the mirror of truth ?Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is biggest golfer ever to have occupied the White House??
TSA says air marshals don?t follow ?ordinary? travelers. Some ordinary travelers beg to differ She?s a social media manager for an arts-and-crafts company, and somehow became a target of a secret TSA surveillance program.
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Senate will soon vote on an opioids bill, but a new law is still far off Lawmakers have left untouched many of the bill?s most contentious issues.
For the third time this offseason, the team has sweetened a player?s contract terms.
The temperature at Logan International Airport rose to 98 degrees on Wednesday, topping a record set in 1953.
DEDHAM: 39 Court St.; One-family Antique, built in 1825, 4,075 square feet, 12 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 15,807-square-foot lot.
The campaign for Congressman Ron DeSantis said his comments were directed at Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum?s policies, not the candidate himself ? who is black.
President Trump defended the government?s response to Hurricane Maria on Puerto Rico, after the island?s governor said nearly 3,000 people died due to the storm.
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The former Celtics coach has returned each fall to help out ABCD, a group he grew close to while coaching in Boston.
John Krasinski leaves the office, and nothing special ensues.
Roughly half of the people who belong to a US airline loyalty program don?t understand how it works.
Until next year, my sweetheart In a special bonus episode, Meredith Goldstein explores what happens to summer romance when the summer ends, and ?Wet Hot American Summer? creator David Wain shares a girl-crazy memory from his own camp days.
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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.
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.
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The Trump administration canceled the program that had allowed Patricia Carbajal to create a life as a mother, a construction worker, and a budding activist.
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