• At Harvard, Harvey Weinstein is now a cause for concern

    Harvard students are uncomfortable that a faculty dean of one of the school’s residential houses is a member of Harvey Weinstein’s legal team.

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  • The worst gridlock in the US is right here in Boston

    The new civic milestone of sorts comes courtesy of INRIX’s annual report tracking traffic across the world.

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  • Here’s how much snow fell in your community today

    Snowfall totals ranged from 1 to 5 inches across Massachusetts this evening.

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  • Malpractice case involving death of liver donor goes to trial

    Paul Hawks, who agreed to donate most of his liver to his sick brother-in-law, died on the operating room table. Did surgeons adequately inform him of the risks?

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  • ‘The whole street is pretty dangerous,’ resident says of Somerville road where educator was killed

    Allison Donovan, 40, was killed Friday in a hit-and-run crash on Powder House Boulevard in Somerville. Residents say traffic on that street has been a continuing problem.

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  • A change is happening in Maine with wide-ranging effects: State is seeing more deaths than births

    The gap is reshaping life here in myriad ways, from shrinking the workforce to intensifying the demand for elderly services, and it will only widen in the coming years.

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  • THOMAS FARRAGHER

    When a Newton family welcomed a baby who is deaf, 20 neighbors learned sign language

    This is the story of how American Sign Language became a second tongue on part of Islington Road.

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  • 142 years ago, Alexander Graham Bell made the ‘first telephone message’ in a phone call to The Boston Globe

    It was 142 years ago that the Globe published the very first news report conveyed by telephone, with the participation of Alexander Graham Bell.

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  • KEVIN CULLEN

    This time, Michelle Carter sheds no tears as she hears her fate

    Michelle Carter displayed what seemed like sad resignation in court Monday afternoon.

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  • Storm becomes mix of sleet and rain

    Today’s snowstorm has changed into a wintry mix, meaning conditions will continue to be slippery and difficult tonight.

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  • Adrian Walker

    Boston’s City Council wants fewer city elections. It should think bigger.

    City Council President Andrea Campbell has proposed a list of reforms that includes expanded early voting and longer terms for city councilor. Councilors should be pushing for deeper changes.

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  • ‘Please drive carefully’: Several car crashes reported as snow pelts Boston area

    From Brookline to Falmouth, a number of car crashes were reported in Massachusetts as the snowstorm continued.

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  • A list of the 100 highest paid MBTA workers in 2018

    The top-paid employee collected $315,000 last year.

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  • Two sisters, one house, and a mystery

    Sheryl Waldman lived a reclusive life with her sister, Lynda, in their family’s old home on Clinton Road in Brookline. Over the years she faded from view until she vanished, and no one seemed to notice — until one cold evening last December.

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  • The call from DCF: ‘We have your children’

    A mother struggles with the loss of her children in the wake of a state judge’s decision to terminate her rights to them for good.

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  • Whale-watching cruise encounters a massive shark ripping into a whale in Cape Cod Bay

    Passengers on a whale-watching boat were stunned when they saw a massive 18-foot great white shark and another smaller one chomping on a dead whale floating in Cape Cod Bay.

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  • Want to be a butler? How about a dock master? Encore casino has some interesting job postings

    The casino is looking to fill a number of positions before its planned grand opening in June.

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  • Housing Court case offers a glimpse into displacement transforming Chinatown

    The hearing provided a microscopic view of an argument that plays out again and again in court hearings and lease negotiations.

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  • Here’s how much snow fell in Greater Boston

    Locations across the region received several inches of the white stuff.

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