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Boston - 10/29/19 - MBTA passengers shelter under glass in Kenmore Square Station, where they can access five different bus lines as Green Line trains. Transportation project. (Lane Turner/Globe Staff) Reporter: (Nicole Dunca) Topic: ()

More changes to MBTA bus routes are coming later this month

Elizabeth Warren on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon

Elizabeth Warren explained the story behind her recent tearful exchange with an Iowa student

Massachusetts U.S. Attorney's office

62 members of the Latin Kings charged in ‘largest takedown’ in FBI Boston division’s history

The Boston College campus in 2017.

Ardeshir Ansari

Muslim man sues union, Boston College over mandatory dues December 5, 2019 | 8:48 PM

Boston firefighters, emergency personnel, and construction workers try to rescue workers trapped in a trench on October 21, 2016.

Trench collapse

Drain company owner gets 2 years in deaths of employees December 5, 2019 | 7:28 PM

Medford - 08/14/19 - An MBTA employee checks on a new Orange Line train before the ribbon cutting. The long-awaited arrival of the new Orange Line trains was celebrated with a press conference inside the Wellington Car House in Medford. A new train was put into service and the entire fleet of Orange Line trains will be replaced by 2022 as four new cars a month are introduced. The new cars are expected to make the service more reliable, with more seats and shorter wait times. They are manufactured by the Chinese company CRRC in Springfield. (Lane Turner/Globe Staff) Reporter: (Kellen Browning) Topic: (15orangeline)

Here's the reason for the 'unusual noise' that took the new Orange Line trains out of service December 5, 2019 | 6:17 PM

Anneliese Heinig

Search continues for missing Maine mother of 2, last seen over a week ago December 5, 2019 | 5:56 PM

Menthol cigarettes

Ayanna Pressley wants answers about what happened to the FDA's plans to ban menthol cigarettes December 5, 2019 | 5:24 PM

This Worcester 6-year-old who's awaiting a heart transplant wants you to send him a Christmas card December 5, 2019 | 4:51 PM

A reason Democrats won't wait: Trump cases tied up in court December 5, 2019 | 2:42 PM

BOSTON, MA - 09/26/2019 John Kerry speaks with author Glen Johnson at the UMass Club. A former reporter at The Boston Globe, Johnson served on Secretary's Kerry's communications team while Kerry served as Secretary of state from 2013 - 2017. Since then, Johnson has written a book about his time spent with Secretary Kerry titled Window Seat on the World. Erin Clark for the Boston Globe

John Kerry says he likes Elizabeth Warren and Deval Patrick. He's endorsing Joe Biden. December 5, 2019 | 1:50 PM

A sign at an entrance to Tufts School of Medicine, in Boston, identifies the address as the Arthur M. Sackler Center for Medical Education.

OPIOID EPIDEMIC

Tufts University severs ties with family behind OxyContin December 5, 2019 | 1:06 PM

Accidental cuts and bruises to the face, head and neck from cellphones are sending increasing numbers of Americans to the emergency room.

Phone-in-cheek: Spike seen in cellphone-linked face injuries December 5, 2019 | 12:57 PM

Police: Rapper sucker-punched man during arcade altercation December 5, 2019 | 11:51 AM

BROOKLINE EXPLOSIONS

Officials investigating cause of Brookline manhole cover explosions December 5, 2019 | 11:38 AM

Night Time Police Violent Crime Intervention. Police Vehicles with Flashing Lights.

hate crime arrest

Boston man charged with hate crime after allegedly yelling slurs, attacking man with box cutter, snow shovel December 5, 2019 | 11:31 AM

Bloomberg TV

Elizabeth Warren goes after Michael Bloomberg on his own TV network December 5, 2019 | 11:23 AM

Smoke seen from highway was from van that caught fire in Saugus Walmart parking lot December 5, 2019 | 11:12 AM

epa05957056 The seal of the Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI), the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States, at the facade of the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building, in Washington, DC, USA, 11 May 2017. U.S. President Donald J. Trump on 09 May 2017 fired FBI director James Comey, regarded a controversial move given that Comey is investigating possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO

Feds: Over 60 Latin Kings members arrested along East Coast December 5, 2019 | 11:03 AM

Pedestrian struck by Boston police vehicle Wednesday night December 5, 2019 | 10:46 AM

STATE GOVERNMENT

Despite fabricating degree, top official in medical examiner’s office promoted back into management December 5, 2019 | 10:38 AM

Newton

Newton accountant sent to prison for stealing $1.3 million from clients December 5, 2019 | 10:22 AM

WOONSOCKET

17-year-old girl shot, killed in Rhode Island December 5, 2019 | 9:53 AM

Driver dead, passenger seriously injured in Harvard Square crash December 5, 2019 | 8:59 AM

This file photo shows a general view of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on June 29, 2012 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Navy base shooting

Sailor kills 2 civilians, self at Pearl Harbor shipyard December 4, 2019 | 9:08 PM

Multiple manhole explosions shutdown part of Route 9 in Brookline December 4, 2019 | 7:24 PM

Trader Joe's in Cambridge

Products sold at Trader Joe's, other stores with Mass. locations recalled due to listeria concern December 4, 2019 | 4:37 PM

Peloton ad

Here’s how Peloton responded to the backlash to its viral ‘Grace in Boston’ ad December 4, 2019 | 4:15 PM

George Zimmerman

George Zimmerman sues Trayvon Martin's family, attorneys December 4, 2019 | 3:56 PM

Dracut, MA

Brothers charged in assault, accused of yelling racist slurs December 4, 2019 | 3:17 PM

This undated photo provided by MIT/Langer Lab shows a star-shaped gastric resident dosage form of birth control that can be folded into a standard capsule and orally ingested. The dosage form resides in the stomach for up to a month where it releases the contraceptive drug. (Paramesh Karandikar/MIT/Langer Lab via AP)

Once-a-month birth control pill? Experiment works in animals. December 4, 2019 | 3:00 PM

Sergiu Parfeni

Malden business owner scheduled to be arraigned Friday in Logan incident December 4, 2019 | 2:48 PM

MARIJUANA IN MASS.

Massachusetts on target for sizeable share of pot money December 4, 2019 | 2:21 PM