Stop & Shop workers walked off the job Thursday afternoon, after more than 31,000 employees last month authorized their labor leaders to call for a work stoppage amid increasingly strained contract negotiations.
Here?s how customers will be affected by the Stop & Shop walkout If you?re one of the many people around the region who rely on Stop & Shop for groceries, here?s what Thursday?s walkout likely means for you.
How a corner grocer ended up in the hands of a global supermarket giant Stop & Shop has been hit by a strike less than three years after its parent company combined with the owner of Hannaford to create Ahold Delhaize Group.
Proposed tax on high earners gets warm reception on Beacon Hill The goal: Generate much-needed cash to plow into education and transportation with a surcharge of 4 percentage points on the state?s income tax for earnings above $1 million.
Thirteen current and former Springfield officers arraigned in bar attack The arraignment marked a major milestone in a case that has hung over the police force, resulting in criminal investigations by several agencies and two federal civil rights lawsuits that the city settled.
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A report this week revealed how deeply involved human beings are in supporting Amazon?s audio devices.
Rollins meets with Baker?s top public safety official The hourlong meeting between Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins and Thomas A. Turco III ? Governor Charlie Baker?s public safety secretary ? was part of an effort to quell the heated dispute between the state and county officials.
?I know nothing?: Trump changes his tune on WikiLeaks President Trump declaration after founder Julian Assange was arrested in London is a stark contrast to how candidate Trump showered praise on Assange?s hacking organization.
JENEÉ OSTERHELDT | COMMENTARY
How Nipsey Hussle motivated people from Crenshaw to Roxbury Black and brown communities across the country are celebrating slain rapper and activist Nipsey Hussle.
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Chesto Means Business
Eversource is waging war against its opponents in a bid to overturn the 2018 permit denial that doomed a pivotal deal to deliver electricity to Massachusetts.
City of Chicago sues Jussie Smollett for investigative costs City officials now say they want to at least triple the amount they initially asked the ?Empire? actor to pay.
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PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL
He has tied the game or given the Sox the lead in all four of the victories and leads the team with five homers and 12 RBIs.
A drone was flown over Fenway Park in the late innings of Thursday night?s ballgame, prompting the Boston Red Sox to notify police.
Kevin Paul Dupont | on hockey
Maple Leafs take advantage of breakaway opportunities
Chad Finn
Tuukka Rask knows he needs to turn a new leaf After Game 1 setback against Toronto, Bruins? goaltender prepared to go ?on to the next one.?
NCAA Frozen Four
UMass prevails in OT to reach final vs. Minnesota Duluth Marc Del Gaizo scored the game-winner for the Minutemen with 4:42 left in overtime.
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2019 BOSTON MARATHON
It?s a nerve-racking experience for those ?squeakers? on the razor?s edge of making it into the race.
How not to cheer for a marathoner The crowds at the Boston Marathon are one of the many things that make it the most famous footrace in the world. Globe reporter and marathoner Billy Baker has some tips on how you can have the most impact on the course.
?I was in such a panic?: Pregnant Cambridge woman attacked by group of wild turkeys ?They made it hard for me to get away, or escape,? Kenda Carlson said.
Kevin Cullen
Not so happy days in the Happy Valley In an ultra liberal enclave of Western Massachusetts, Mount Holyoke College?s spring has been as bad as the Red Sox starting rotation.
Opinion | Elizabeth Woyke
What cities should ask of self-driving cars The best autonomous vehicles may be small shuttle buses that fill first and last-mile gaps in public transit.
Opinion | Elissa Ely
Measuring medical care in 20-minute doses In the context of medical exams, 20 minutes is good for productivity requirements, bad for relationships.
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EDITORIAL
There appears to be no easy way forward in East Boston that won?t muddle the city?s rules on marijuana even more.
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Matthew Gilbert
A genre show, of all things, with fire-breathing dragons and sub-zero zombies, has won our game of Peak TV.
As the show enters its endgame Sunday, even die-hard fans could use a refresher on the past seven seasons.
Which of our beloved and not-so-beloved ?Game of Thrones? characters are going to wind up sitting pretty?
In Newton, sparks fly over proposed Needham Street development A proposed mixed-use development that could bring hundreds of new housing units divided residents during an hours-long public hearing.
John Fish on transforming a construction giant Globe reporter Janelle Nanos sits down with leaders in the city?s business community to talk about their career paths, work and accomplishments, as well as their vision for Boston?s future.
The Needham house was assessed at $549,300, but sold for nearly a million dollars. The buyer, who never lived a day there, would sell it 17 months later at a substantial loss in what may become the next chapter in the national debate over fairness in college admissions.
Munch Madness | Final
And the Munch Madness winner is . . . Beloved Boston bakery Flour takes the cake over Sarma to clinch Munch Madness 2019.
Dating in 2019 is?complicated. Frustrating. Sometimes completely exhilarating. In Season 2 of the podcast, Meredith Goldstein goes deep on one of her most-asked questions.
Ground Game It?s back! Get the latest intelligence on presidential politics from Globe reporter James Pindell. Sign up here.
Mitch Marner led Toronto with two goals.
The replacement of appliances remains one of Columbia?s last hurdles in the restoration process before it can claim mission accomplished.
Senator Elizabeth Warren is proposing another new tax that targets the richest entities in the US economy, this time Amazon and the nation?s other most-profitable companies.
And there are hidden costs that home sellers should take into account before they list.
An Israeli spacecraft lost contact with Earth and crashed just moments before it was to land on the moon late Thursday.
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Hyundai made automotive history for 2017, introducing three new electrified vehicles based on the same design and chassis _ the Ioniq Hybrid, Ioniq Plug-in Hybrid and Ioniq Electric ? and offers new and broader applications of active safety features, and enhanced voice recognition for the 2019 model year. Driver Attention Alert and High Beam Assist [?]
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British firm Scape is moving ahead with plans for what would be Boston?s first independent student dormitory.
A spaceship full of death row inmates heads to a black hole to save Earth.
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The Big Picture
Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: a fire in the Fens, the beginning of spring, Ice Castles in New Hampshire, and the annual citywide youth Spelling Bee.
The things home sellers do that can turn off buyers or kill a sale A hot housing market forgives a lot of mistakes, but that doesn?t stop sellers from undermining their own home sale.
Despite pharma?s best efforts, Maryland advances major drug pricing bill Lawmakers in Annapolis have enacted a first-of-its kind ?affordability board? that could cap payments for pricey meds.
