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3 charged in alleged incidents of physical and sexual abuse involving foster children

Boston, MA, 12/5/2019 -- Passengers make their way onto the Orange Line at Downtown Crossing. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

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A Salem city councilor is calling out Charlie Baker over the state of the MBTA

A lone star tick seen under a magnifying glass in a resource center at Southampton Hospital in Southhampton, N.Y., July 6, 2017.

A tick whose bite can trigger a meat allergy is populating New England, report says

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh.

Boston awarded $1.8M in federal funding for housing vouchers December 8, 2019 | 8:32 AM

Jordan Pond in Shrewsbury.

21-year-old dies after rescued from car in a Shrewsbury pond December 8, 2019 | 8:12 AM

Recount workers were busy Saturday at Boston City Hall.

City Council election recount is underway in Boston in contest separated by eight votes December 8, 2019 | 7:43 AM

The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Bridge connects Campobello Island, New Brunswick, left, with Lubec, Maine, right.

To reach this Canadian island, mail crosses through Maine. Now U.S. agents are opening it. December 7, 2019 | 12:40 PM

Hundreds of educators, policymakers, parents and students are meeting to discuss ways to improve public education in Rhode Island.

Meeting held to discuss education reform in Rhode Island December 7, 2019 | 12:19 PM

Tesla driver who hit 2 cars says he used autopilot December 7, 2019 | 11:51 AM

Mount Lafayette in Franconia, N.H.

Mother, daughter rescued from White Mountains during whiteout conditions December 7, 2019 | 10:39 AM

Nearly one in three high school students has reported using a tobacco product recently, according to a new federal survey released on Thursday.

Nearly one-third of teens use one or more tobacco products December 7, 2019 | 10:26 AM

Edward McMullen greets Xiyue Wang in Zurich, Switzerland on Saturday.

Iran frees Chinese-American scholar for US-held scientist December 7, 2019 | 10:22 AM

Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth

Grid operator predicts there will be adequate electricity this winter December 7, 2019 | 9:56 AM

The Peloton ad angered America. That’s why Ryan Reynolds’ Aviation American Gin ad is so brilliant December 7, 2019 | 9:28 AM

Ansonia police report missing 1-year-old.

Search continues for missing 1-year-old in Connecticut December 7, 2019 | 9:13 AM

Man who offered $500 for killing an ICE agent is acquitted.

Man who offered $500 for killing an ICE agent is acquitted December 7, 2019 | 8:33 AM

Buttigieg calls on McKinsey to release list of his clients December 6, 2019 | 8:24 PM

Dank packaging, part of the 75,000 THC vaping cartridges seized in a record drug bust in Anoka County, Minn.

Officials list pot vape brands reported in U.S. outbreak December 6, 2019 | 7:43 PM

Students from Yale and Harvard University along with members of the Greater New Haven community charged with disorderly conduct after a protest interrupted the annual Yale Harvard football game, wait in Superior Court in New Haven, Connecticut, for their arraignments on Friday, Dec. 6, 2019.

Harvard-Yale protest

Ivy Leaguers get community service for disrupting game December 6, 2019 | 7:24 PM

Strip club could be closed over prostitution, drug charges December 6, 2019 | 6:42 PM

Man charged with killing mom indicted on murder charge December 6, 2019 | 6:27 PM

4 charged in shooting death of 17-year-old Rhode Island girl December 6, 2019 | 6:22 PM

A student walks into the dining hall on the campus of Marlboro College in Marlboro, VT on Wednesday, November 6, 2019. The college will shut down of the end of the school year and essentially merge with Emerson College. Programs, tenured professors and students will move to Emerson. (Matthew Cavanaugh for The Boston Globe)

'This isn’t a merger; it’s a closure' December 6, 2019 | 5:55 PM

Supreme Court temporarily shields Trump bank records December 6, 2019 | 3:01 PM

Prosecutors say Alaska dentist rode hoverboard at procedure December 6, 2019 | 2:50 PM

The Open Door food pantry manager Kevin Brisson at the distribution center in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Newly finalized rule from the Trump administration could kick 35,000 Mass. residents off of food stamps December 6, 2019 | 2:41 PM

A Mattapan woman working as a hired driver allegedly stabbed her passenger in Rockland, police say December 6, 2019 | 2:33 PM

Dean, left, and Deluca in their enclosure in Danvers.

Two goats have lived in Danvers for 8 years. Now a ba-a-attle is brewing to let them stay. December 6, 2019 | 12:36 PM

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - NOVEMBER 20: South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg (L) speaks as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) listen sduring the Democratic Presidential Debate at Tyler Perry Studios November 20, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. Ten Democratic presidential hopefuls were chosen from the larger field of candidates to participate in the debate hosted by MSNBC and The Washington Post. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Elizabeth Warren attacks Pete Buttigieg’s private fundraisers December 6, 2019 | 12:36 PM

Michael Cook

Woman beaten into coma dies; DA to seek murder charge December 6, 2019 | 11:58 AM

The U.S. winter flu season is off to its earliest start in more than 15 years, health officials say.

US flu season arrives early, driven by an unexpected virus December 6, 2019 | 11:52 AM

Woman, pet ferret rescued after car drives off bridge, lands in Wareham ravine December 6, 2019 | 10:55 AM

In this Jan. 27, 2016 photo, 39.6-grams of black tar heroin, with a street value of about $12,000, is among many other heroin-related items in Post Falls Police Department's evidence room in Post Falls, Idaho. In California, San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency said, seven people have died in the last two months from the bacterial infection myonecrosis, which is associated with black tar heroin use. (Shawn Gust/Coeur D'Alene Press via AP, File)

Black tar heroin

Flesh-eating bacteria linked to heroin kills 7 in California December 6, 2019 | 10:50 AM