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Federal judge rules health care overhaul unconstitutional

State income tax to drop, edging closer to 5 percent

Man charged with killing Connecticut woman he met on app

Cranky Congress still has work to do before wrapup December 15, 2018 | 12:26 AM

Sign-up deadline is Saturday for ACA health law coverage December 15, 2018 | 12:13 AM

Former State Police lieutenants face more charges in OT scandal December 14, 2018 | 7:40 PM

He was told his father walked out in 1961. Then he started digging up the basement. December 14, 2018 | 7:00 PM

Budget head Mulvaney picked as Trump's next chief of staff December 14, 2018 | 6:54 PM

SHREVEPORT, LA - MAY 21: Miss Nebraska Sarah Rose Summers celebrates after winning the 2018 Miss USA Competition at George's Pond at Hirsch Coliseum on May 21, 2018 in Shreveport, Louisiana. (Photo by Matt Sullivan/Getty Images)

Miss USA apologizes for comments about other contestants' English December 14, 2018 | 6:48 PM

This August 2018 photo shows Sarah Papenheim with her friend Adam Pryor at a restaurant in Minneapolis. Sarah Papenheim, a native of Minnesota, was fatally stabbed Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2018, at her home in an apartment building near Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Netherlands, where she had been studying since 2016. (Courtesy of Adam Pryor via AP)

An American musician was killed while studying psychology in the Netherlands December 14, 2018 | 6:16 PM

Trump weighs next move on border wall as shutdown looms December 14, 2018 | 6:16 PM

Massachusetts State Police headquarters.

State trooper suspended over assault allegation December 14, 2018 | 5:23 PM

Their numbers growing, Latinos gain clout in new Congress December 14, 2018 | 5:11 PM

Utah senator says he regrets 'irresponsible' Trump remarks December 14, 2018 | 4:53 PM

Katherine Clark's blazer and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's shoes are getting featured in an art exhibit December 14, 2018 | 4:34 PM

Police identify victim of fatal Mattapan shooting as 25-year-old Dorchester man December 14, 2018 | 4:06 PM

A view at Newbury College, many of New England's smallest colleges have seen a precipitous drop in enrollment over the past 20 years, putting their futures in jeopardy.

Read the letter announcing Newbury College's planned closure December 14, 2018 | 3:51 PM

Detentions raise fears, cast doubt on China's policies December 14, 2018 | 3:48 PM

Mueller says FBI not to blame for Flynn's false statements December 14, 2018 | 3:33 PM

Hannah Natanson

‘No one should ever be reduced to their body’ December 14, 2018 | 2:57 PM

The Latest: Trump names Mulvaney acting chief of staff December 14, 2018 | 1:44 PM

Truck strikes East Street train bridge

‘There is an enormous sign that reads: LOW CLEARANCE’ December 14, 2018 | 1:20 PM

Trump lawyer seeks to send emoluments case to appeals court December 14, 2018 | 1:17 PM

The Latest: Pompeo condemns China's detention of 2 Canadians December 14, 2018 | 12:36 PM

12-15-11: Andover, MA: A handout photo of Geraldine Magee and her husband John Magee taken in Hawaii in 1990. (Handout Photo) section:metro topic:16andover

‘We have not given up nor will we’ December 14, 2018 | 12:26 PM

Sandy Hook Elementary School principal Dawn Hochsprung.

‘I knew, but did not want to admit, that my world was about to come crashing down’ December 14, 2018 | 11:44 AM

The Latest: Cohen says Trump knew payments were wrong December 14, 2018 | 11:43 AM

US, Canada look to ease strains amid 3-way spat with China December 14, 2018 | 11:04 AM

The new Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

Sandy Hook school receives bomb threat on shooting anniversary December 14, 2018 | 10:50 AM

A U.S. Border Patrol agent patrols Sunland Park along the U.S.-Mexico border.

The Latest: Migrant girl's death raises questions December 14, 2018 | 10:48 AM

Are we done here? Nope. Cranky Congress still has work to do December 14, 2018 | 10:43 AM

Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Bernie Sanders of Vermont during a committee hearing in 2017.

Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders meet and agree: They both are probably running December 14, 2018 | 10:40 AM

Indian man living in U.S. on work visa sentenced for sex assault on Spirit flight December 14, 2018 | 10:28 AM