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2 people struck and killed by a Christmas-themed train in Wareham
In this Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 photo a cannabis plant is displayed on a screen at New England Treatment Access medical marijuana dispensary, in Northampton, Mass.
Massachusetts's first recreational marijuana sales will begin Tuesday
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Elevator in Chicago skyscraper fell 84 floors before rescue November 19, 2018 | 2:16 PM
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In threat to Pelosi, 16 Dems say they'll back new leadership November 19, 2018 | 2:12 PM
A photograph sits amid the tributes as they grow outside the home where a pregnant woman, Shanann Watts, and her two daughters, Bella and Celeste, lived Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Frederick, Colo. The woman's husband, Christopher Watts, has been arrested on suspicion of killing his family. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Colorado man sentenced for killing his pregnant wife and their 2 young daughters November 19, 2018 | 2:00 PM
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Trump, first lady accept official White House Christmas tree November 19, 2018 | 1:55 PM
Johnny Bobbitt Jr., left, Kate McClure, right, and McClure's boyfriend Mark D'Amico in November 2017.
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'She didn't understand or appreciate that this may very well be a crime' November 19, 2018 | 1:34 PM
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Couple killed in crash driving to their wedding November 19, 2018 | 1:18 PM
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18-year-old suffers 'life-threatening' injuries after being dragged by vehicle in Dorchester November 19, 2018 | 11:49 AM
Politics
Democratic senators sue over Whitaker's appointment as AG November 19, 2018 | 11:25 AM
Local
Cape Cod man who lost his leg in wood chipper: 'I accepted that I was going to die' November 19, 2018 | 11:24 AM
Wareham MA 11/17/18 The Christmas train preped for a special ride with hundreds of first responders and their families on Saurday night when the locomotive hit a killed a man and a woman on the tracks. Photo courtsey of Henry Noe
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Friends and family mourn the mother and father killed by holiday train in Wareham November 19, 2018 | 11:03 AM
U.S. Penitentiary Hazelton in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia.
Crime
An unusual murder mystery is playing out inside the Hazelton penitentiary in West Virginia November 19, 2018 | 10:18 AM
Politics
The Latest: Germany rescinds approval for Saudi arms sales November 19, 2018 | 6:02 AM
Politics
Trump says 'no reason' for him to hear Khashoggi death tape November 19, 2018 | 12:41 AM
Politics
Trump waffles on pledge to keep chief of staff John Kelly November 19, 2018 | 12:30 AM
Politics
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's misdirection on Calif fires, climate November 19, 2018 | 12:24 AM
This file photo shows an arrangement of peanuts in New York.
Health
New peanut allergy drug shows lifesaving potential November 18, 2018 | 7:17 PM
In this Thursday, April 19, 2018, file photo, former New York City Mayor and United Nations Special Envoy for Climate Action Michael Bloomberg speaks at World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings, in Washington. Bloomberg is donating $1.8 billion to his alma mater, Johns Hopkins University.
Education
Bloomberg donates 'unprecedented' $1.8B to Johns Hopkins November 18, 2018 | 5:38 PM
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Middleborough man charged after allegedly stabbing a man in Carver November 18, 2018 | 5:18 PM
Politics
The Latest: Trump pondering Kelly's status November 18, 2018 | 4:46 PM
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Trump uses derisive nickname for Rep. Adam Schiff in tweet November 18, 2018 | 3:09 PM
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Mystery man brings holiday cheer to Walmart shoppers in Vermont November 18, 2018 | 2:08 PM
The killing of beloved prep school teacher Melissa Jenkins shocked the small town of Barnet, Vt. Allen Prue (in left at picture) and his wife, Patricia, were charged with second-degree murder in Jenkins’s strangulation. The Prues previously had plowed Jenkins’s driveway.Read the story on the suspects’ arrest.
Local
Vermont man convicted in teacher killing seeks legal review November 18, 2018 | 12:30 PM
Outside the Widener Library on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Mass.
Local
7 New England college students named Rhodes Scholars November 18, 2018 | 12:20 PM
SEIU members joined The Fight for 15 Rally, which began at Northeastern University.
Local
Top spending Massachusetts PACs linked with labor unions November 18, 2018 | 11:50 AM
Politics
Trump pondering Kelly's status, 3-5 Cabinet changes November 18, 2018 | 11:45 AM
A bald eagle soars above the newly opened 450-plus acre Mass Audubon's Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary.
Local
Record growth for bald eagles in northern New England November 18, 2018 | 11:37 AM
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Conn. man accused of abducting young son in 1987 faces arraignment November 18, 2018 | 11:16 AM
Brian Lang, president of Local 26 in Boston, during a press-conference at the Hynes Convention Center.
Local
Union: Workers ratify contract, end Boston hotel strike November 18, 2018 | 10:30 AM
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Dig resurrects a feud over which town is Connecticut's oldest November 18, 2018 | 9:58 AM
Politics
The Latest: Senator: 'Smoking gun' against prince would help November 18, 2018 | 9:46 AM
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