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The unthinkable has been an all-too-common companion in two small neighboring towns, where six young people took their lives in the short span of 30 months. The questions keep coming: What is happening? And why? And when will it stop?
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TSA says it no longer tracks regular travelers as if they may be terrorists TSA officials said that the Quiet Skies surveillance program, which documented minor movements and behavior of some passengers, was scaled back after a Globe investigation.
Matt Damon made a bunch of Boston references while hosting ?Saturday Night Live? In his second stint hosting the show, the Cambridge native bragged about how wonderful the holiday season can be in his hometown.
The US Supreme Court Justice fractured three ribs in a fall last month.
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At Revere road side, solace laced with fears An accident killed two children. For many, the tragedy is too close to home.
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Online ordering and Internet-enabled sales strategies are transforming the Christmas tree trade for both tree sellers and their customers.
Children gather at Roxbury community center for annual holiday party For the past 19 years, peace advocate Isaura Mendes has transformed a community space into a sea of purple and green and filled it with holiday spirit.
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Every year two runners take on Heartbreak Hill and the rest of the marathon to raise money for Globe Santa.
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Trump is bad at regifting. You don?t have to be. ?Well, I?m the namesake, so I got regifted all the things that were monogrammed for him at times,? Donald Trump Jr. said.
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?Reasonable doubt? on climate change is killing the planet Honest climate scientists acknowledge the limits of their work. But like defense lawyers in a TV drama, President Trump uses any flicker of doubt to let climate change go scot-free.
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She?s highlighting ties to black leaders and emphasizing her work on legislation that would probably appeal to black Democrats.
?Worcester martyr? is laid to rest, and a city mourns A funeral Mass was said Saturday for Christopher Roy, 36, who died Dec. 9 while battling a five-alarm blaze in Worcester.
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Simply put, Tom Brady and Bill Belichick have had the Steelers? number Despite its pedigree, Pittsburgh is just another team that loses it at the sight of Brady and Belichick.
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Patriots-Steelers feels like a rivalry, but the stats say otherwise New England has five straight and 12 of the last 15 meetings.
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With marijuana shops open, pot convention gets serious Less than a month after the debut of legal marijuana sales in the commonwealth, thousands descended on Worcester for the second annual Harvest Cup.
Tax hikes spur worries for older homeowners Costly new projects in Belmont, Needham, and other towns could price some elderly out of their homes. Are there ways to ease the burden?
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At a time when he will need all the strength, wisdom, firepower, and support around him, Donald Trump presides over a White House that is thinning out, not beefing up.
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The ruling is ridiculous, but the case will likely head to the US Supreme Court, which does not represent anything close to the mainstream legal view on matters such as this.
More ambitious action to fight global warming and on regulating the market for international carbon emissions trading was postponed, though.
Willie Naulls, NBA All-Star who made history with Celtics, dies at 84 Naulls, who won three titles with Red Auerbach?s team, was part of the first NBA starting lineup made up entirely of African-American players.
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Help was a few feet away. Why didn?t they save her? My wife, Laura Levis, did everything she could to save herself when the asthma attack began. She went to Somerville Hospital and called 911, too. How could she have been left to die just outside the emergency room?
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The Big Picture
Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: a colorful sunrise, Christmas tree lightings, and high school sports.
Gordon leads the Patriots with 701 receiving yards despite not joining the team until Week 4.
Firefighters were able to safely evacuate all the units at 168 Beacon St. Saturday night.
The iconic Swampscott train depot, built in 1868, has been vacant for years.
Decorations made from boxwood are not as simple or unburdened as they used to be. | realestate.boston.
Friday?s ruling has thrust the volatile debate over health care onto center stage in a newly divided capital.
The demonstrations against France?s high cost of living were significantly smaller Saturday than at previous rallies.
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Stephen Spinelli Jr. worked at Babson from 1993 to 2007. He will replace Kerry Healey, who is stepping down in June.
Cosby, 81, is serving a three- to 10-year state prison sentence for sexually assaulting a woman in his suburban Philadelphia mansion in 2004.
San Miguel de Allende has been named the best city in the world two years in a row. Does it live up to the title?
Appeals court rules that secret OxyContin documents must be released A Kentucky appeals court side with STAT, upholding a ruling ordering the release of Purdue Pharma records about the marketing of the opioid OxyContin.
Love Letters: 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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Are we ignoring ? or outright banning ? an easy affordable-housing fix? Mobile homes may be the least expensive and most effective means of addressing the region?s housing shortage.
