One patient suffered a fatal cardiac arrest after Mercy Medical Center failed to transfer her to a hospital specialized in treating complex maternity cases.
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As a court-ordered deadline loomed, the federal government said it had returned 1,820 children to parents, while more than 700 had not been reunited.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ top deputy was recently targeted by conservative Republicans in Congress who have moved to impeach him.
Prosecutors seek to question Trump Organization’s CFO
Federal investigators asked to interview Allen Weisselberg as part of their investigation into President Trump’s former lawyer.
Emails: Lawyer who met Trump Jr. tied to Russian officials
The documents depict Natalia Veselnitskaya as a well-connected attorney who served as a ghostwriter for top Russian government lawyers.
Man stabbed in Copley Square
The stabbing happened around 7:25 p.m. The victim was taken to a local hospital. There was no suspect in custody as of 8:10 p.m.
How years of privacy controversies finally caught up with Facebook
The cost of Facebook’s missteps finally caught up with the company this week, sending its market value down more than $100 billion.
Charlie Baker rejects toll discount idea, calls for bigger traffic study
Lawmakers had approved a pilot project to provide toll discounts to drivers who commute during off-peak hours.
Betsy DeVos’s family yacht untied, causing $10,000 in damage
Someone untied a yacht owned by the family of the secretary of education, causing the vessel to drift into a dock.
Mueller examining Trump’s tweets in obstruction inquiry
Special Counsel Robert Mueller is scrutinizing President Trump’s statements about Attorney General Jeff Sessions and former FBI director James Comey.
Healey leads suit against federal rule allowing employers to provide skimpy health plans
The lawsuit challenges a new federal regulation that allows healthcare plans to sidestep protections set by the Affordable Care Act.
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Chain-reaction crash that killed toddler leaves residents looking for solution
Distraught residents called for new safety measures at the busy intersection, often used as a shortcut to avoid highway traffic.
The former St. Paul’s School student was convicted in 2015 of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl.
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Whatever put distance between Tom Brady and Bill Belichick and Brady and the Patriots this offseason has to be put aside if it hasn’t already been patched up.
Twin boys, Thomas and Brady, meet the real Tom Brady
Introducing: Thomas Killian Caffyn and Brady Edelman Caffyn, twin 3-year-old boys from Hong Kong who finally met their namesake at training camp on Thursday.
Red-faced tech group does an about-face on awards, will seek women nominees
The Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council had nominated only men for its executives of the year awards.
Papa John’s founder sues for documents regarding ouster
John Schnatter says he has the right to determine whether his fellow directors “have been grossly negligent or are acting in bad faith, or both.”
World’s oldest person, a Japanese woman, dies at 117
Chiyo Miyako, born on May 2, 1901, became the world’s oldest person in April after Nabi Tajima died at the age of 117.
“He didn’t want me for the part, and I didn’t think he was right for the part.”
Growing like a weed: The pot industry is hiring like mad
From chemists to budtenders, the forthcoming recreational pot industry is hungry for workers.
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An explosive wildfire tore through Northern California, killing a bulldozer operator, burning firefighters, destroying homes, and forcing thousands to flee.
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Red Sox punchless in series-opening loss to Twins
Spot starter Brian Johnson did his part for the Red Sox, but the pitching of Kyle Gibson and two relievers keyed the Twins’ come-from-behind victory.
Buzzsaw | Matthew Gilbert
Sacha Baron Cohen puts the punch in punch line
With his Showtime series “Who Is America?,” he appears to have nothing less in mind than ridiculing the extremism, ignorance, polarization, and fame-a-holism now at this country’s heart.
Shirley Leung
No one likes being laid off, but a low jobless rate makes Necco workers hot commodities
Companies have been reaching out to the state and City of Revere to recruit hundreds of workers who abruptly lost their jobs Tuesday.
Inspiration or plagiarism? Writing hackles raised in Boston dispute
Accusations of plagiarism arose in June over a story chosen by the Boston Book Festival for its One City One Story program.
Opinion | Linda J. Bilmes
The cataclysmic cost of Trump’s ‘war on oceans’
Unlike immigration, health care, or the Supreme Court, the reckless abuse of the oceans is not reversible.
The target: you and your every move
How companies use geolocation data to target you — and everyone around — in ways you’re not even aware of.
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Tibetan Buddhist monks and nuns try scientific approach
They have grappled with life’s big questions for centuries, but now they are using science to find answers.
Seattle’s mayor talks growing pains that offer some lessons for Boston
Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan spoke at a Globe event on how innovation is shaping our world, and she’s in high demand among the hundreds of mayors gathered in Boston.
More about Last Seen: The Largest Unsolved Art Heist ever
A true-crime podcast about the most valuable — and confounding — art heist in history: the theft of 13 irreplaceable artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
The newly acquired righthander was at Fenway Park to meet his new teammates before Thursday night’s game against the Twins.
No injuries were reported in Upton, where power is out to about 19 percent of the community.
Called Lucknow, it offers 75-mile views across Lake Winnipesaukee and the mountains.
This year, so many women are running for certain seats that endorsing one of them means, of necessity, snubbing others.
North Korea returned the remains of what are believed to be US servicemen killed during the Korean War, the White House said.
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Uber officials say the company has taken the first step toward relaunching its self-driving cars on Pittsburgh area streets four months after a fatal accident involving one of the cars in Tempe, Arizona
Governor Charlie Baker said he backs new restrictions on noncompete agreements, but he doesn’t want to abolish them entirely.
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The French thriller looks at domestic violence.
Tourists updates the concept of the mid-century roadside motel, paying homage to the days when the Mohawk Trail was one of the most traveled scenic highways in the Northeast.
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Spring House Hunt: Should parents buy property in a college town?
As the spring house hunt gets underway and National College Decision Day nears, thoughts are turning to campus housing.
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Established in 1992 following the arrival the “Lost Boys of Sudan” and with a population of nearly 190,000, the UNHCR refugee camp in Kakuma, Kenya, now resembles a sprawling shanty town.
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