Under the measure, Boston councilors would serve four years. But the mayor and Legislature must give their approval.
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A Globe review of food safety inspection data in Boston found hundreds of violations in stores and neighborhoods of all kinds.
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Check your grocery store’s recordThe Globe reviewed three years of inspection records for 42 stores identified as “full-range grocers.”
Miranda Drew fled Massachusetts after she said her daughter had accused her ex-husband of sexual abuse.
Bill sponsor open to alternative options on drug costsThe move comes as opposition to the measure, which would impose price caps on some prescription drugs, mounts.
A head-on collision between a school bus and a car in Sudbury left nine high school students and the two drivers injured.
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The gesture is part of the university’s efforts to more forthrightly acknowledge its connections to slavery.
The state’s highest court ruled Edward Bettencourt’s job-related convictions should not cost him his pension.
Temperatures are expected to drop into the 20s this weekend. Yes, you read that correctly.
In 2013, Mike Denison set the task of doing a portrait of Bea Arthur once a day for a year. Three years later, he’s still going.
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If FBI Director James Comey feels no deadline pressure to wrap up the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email server, he should.
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Among the seven hopefuls for the First Suffolk and Middlesex state Senate seat are not one, but two, super impressive women of color.
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Bill Belichick has been busy in player acquisition this offseason, and we can understand why.
The judge said ‘‘every rape is not a gender-motivated hate crime.’’
Fashion magazines came under fire Tuesday for imposing restrictive labels and beauty standards on some of Hollywood’s celebrities.
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The Labor Department has finalized new rules to make companies and financial advisers more accountable.
Beer prices at Fenway are high, and likely to get higher Red Sox president Sam Kennedy said the high prices help support the team’s payroll and work at Fenway Park.
Kimball, who departed America’s Test Kitchen in a contract dispute, hasn’t provided many details about his new company.
Reddit steps up antiharassment measures with new blocking toolReddit — long the Internet’s playground for pseudonymous, no-rules forum discussion — is trying to grow up.
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Why is the FBI so slow on Clinton e-mail probe?If FBI Director James Comey feels no deadline pressure to wrap up the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email server, he should.
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After Wisconsin, three things to watch in AprilDespite defeats in the Badger State, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton could stand to recover in the next round of contests.
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Boston hosted the prestigious World Figure Skating Championships for the first time, bringing the top skaters from around the world to TD Garden.
The new rule already has cost the Blue Jays a victory.
The R/V Neil Armstrong, named for the first person on the moon, will lead the nation’s ocean research.
Investigators are looking into why a development company hired Joyce’s law firm when the company already had attorneys.
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A new study on distracted driving antics will have you shaking your head.
The embattled Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson will step down amid an uproar over his offshore financial holdings.
The Labor Department has finalized new rules to make companies and financial advisers more accountable.
Mr. Haggard celebrated outlaws, underdogs and an abiding sense of national pride in such hits as ‘‘Okie From Muskogee’’ and “Sing Me Back Home.”
There are topics that divide mere mortals so deeply that reason is abandoned. Politics. Sports. And, for many of us, pizza.
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Key reports from Globe’s Spotlight team on clergy sex abuseThe Boston Globe’s 2001-2002 investigation into sexual abuses by clergy in the Catholic Church resulted in more than 600 stories.
Boston Globe coverage and the movie ‘Spotlight’“Spotlight” is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
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Making movies the ‘Moneyball’ wayThe Boston office of Legendary Entertainment crunches “big data” to help the film studio make key decisions, from casting to marketing.
Circular SensationIn the latest issue of Design New England, a one-of-a-kind design combines aesthetics and functionality for harmonious living.
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