Nestor Ramos

Thousand Oaks is another massacre we won?t recall

Police in California were picking through the bar-turned-battleground where a man dressed in black gunned down revelers during a weekly college night.

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It?s at once unconscionable and indisputable: America is so inured to gun violence that even massacres have become mundane.

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The victims? stories began to emerge Thursday as officials were still reaching out to their families.

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The shooter allegedly killed 12 people and sent hundreds fleeing in panic Wednesday night before apparently taking his own life.

Editorial

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Only Congress can prevent another blood-soaked day in America.

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A federal judge in Montana said the government?s analysis didn?t fully study the cumulative effects of the project.

Boston Celtics guard Kyrie Irving (11) throws a pass over Phoenix Suns guard Isaiah Canaan (0) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)

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CELTICS 116, SUNS 109

Kyrie Irving rallies Celtics from 22 down to overtime victory

The All-Star guard helped Boston shake off a dreadful start, finishing with 39 points to help snap a two-game losing streak.

Senator Elizabeth Warren won reelection this week.

Warren says it?s ?too early? to explore presidential run

Senator Elizabeth Warren said she did not have a timeline for that decision-making process.

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The midterms held a particular resonance for some residents of a city who had watched an all-too-real incarnation of hatred and fear spill into its streets.

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President Donald Trump?s administration, invoking national security powers meant to protect the United States against threats from abroad, announced the new rules Thursday.

Carolina Waterfowl Rescue

This donkey and emu have bonded, and now they can?t be separated

?They like to cuddle and even sleep together,? said a representative of a North Carolina animal shelter, where the two animals are up for adoption.

A new main entrance to the TD Garden on Causeway Street has opened for Garden events.

Delaware North

For the first time in 23 years, TD Garden is growing

A $100 million addition will add concessions, spruce up club areas, increase seating, and ? finally ? give the Garden a proper front door.

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Crystal City, a clutch of ?80s-vintage office buildings just outside of Washington, D.C., feels like the polar opposite of a hip tech hub like Boston or San Francisco.

Representative Seth Moulton of Salem is about to get some serious reinforcements to his troop of Democrats who want to end Nancy Pelosi?s 15-year reign as the leader of House Democrats.

Seth Moulton says new House lawmakers want Pelosi out

Nineteen of the incoming House Democratic freshmen were endorsed by the outspoken Nancy Pelosi critic.

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Michelle Obama called out President Donald Trump in her new book, writing that she tried to ?block it all out? when he was elected.

Somerville Aldermen hold moment of silence for woman who died outside hospital, discuss medical emergency response

The Somerville Board of Aldermen held a moment of silence for Laura Levis, 34, who died in 2016 of a severe asthma attack just steps away from Somerville Hospital after finding its doors locked.

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In a series of tweets, James argued that players are as important to the game as beer vendors.

Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan (cq) is one of the speakers. (Suffolk University student Scott Damon (cq), 21, holds the flag behind her.) People hold a protest to protect the Mueller investigation, on Boston Common, across from the State House.

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?America is better than this?: Hundreds protest to protect Mueller probe

?We are facing a continuing assault on our democracy,? said one activist on Boston Common Thursday evening.

CANUCKS 8, BRUINS 5

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Boston goalie Jaroslav Halak had a rough outing, getting driven from the game in the second period.

James ?Whitey? Bulger?s brother, William Bulger, left the church after the service.

At Whitey Bulger?s funeral, a coda: ?It is finished?

The funeral was private and confined to immediate family and a few close friends, about 30 people in all.

Voters cast their ballots at the Community House in Rockport.

4 maps that show surprising results from Mass. races Tuesday

There were still a few surprising results in Massachusetts, starting with Question 1.

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The sport is not for the faint of heart.

NAMES

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One stop on the championship tour? Santarpio?s Pizza.

Opinion & Ideas

RENÉE LOTH

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Decades of neglect and disinvestment in public transit and housing are costing Greater Boston more than just Amazon?s second headquarters.

Special reports

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In these private hearings, who you are ? and who you know ? may be just as important as right and wrong. Read the Spotlight report.

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