FILE -In this Sept. 18, 2017 photograph, Pete Frates, who is stricken with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, listens to a guest at Fenway Park in Boston. On Thursday, June 27, 2019, Boston College unveiled plans for the Pete Frates Center, a new indoor baseball and softball training facility that will be named after the alumnus who helped popularize the ice bucket challenge. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Read the statement from the Frates family announcing the death of Pete Frates
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Charlie Gryska and his family
Waltham police officer and father of 3 dies after ‘courageous battle with cancer’
Peloton ad
Peloton
Peloton's cringe-y 'Grace in Boston' ad got everyone talking. Its CEO is silent. December 9, 2019 | 8:00 PM
A view of the Boston skyline in the early morning from the Longfellow Bridge.
Innovation
A few cities have cornered innovation jobs. Can that be changed? December 9, 2019 | 7:40 PM
Julia Mejia captured the fourth at-large seat on the Boston City Council — by just one vote.
One vote!
Boston activist wins City Council race by a single vote after recount December 9, 2019 | 7:21 PM
Harvard graduate students out on strike held a rally outside University Hall and then marched around Harvard Yard on Dec. 3.
Local
Harvard grad students are entering their second week on strike. Here's what to know. December 9, 2019 | 6:23 PM
Boston, MA, 12/9/2019 -- Former United States Secretary of Transportation, (L) speaks during a press conference with members of the MBTA's Safety Review Panel held to discuss the executive summary of the Safety Review Panel's report. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: 10MBTASafety Reporter:
MBTA
The MBTA hired a trio of experts to look at its safety issues. The report that came back was harsh. December 9, 2019 | 5:51 PM
Martha's Vineyard
Martha's Vineyard
Authorities locate boat that sunk with 4 fishermen aboard December 9, 2019 | 5:15 PM
Oxford
Numerous dogs removed from foster home where alleged abuse occurred December 9, 2019 | 4:30 PM
mistletoe berries
Record breaker
N.H. couples help break world record by kissing under mistletoe at Anheuser-Busch brewery December 9, 2019 | 3:53 PM
In this photo provided by the Carrie Stevenson, her daughter Estelle holds a bag of peanut snacks in her pediatrician’s office at age nine-months, in Columbus, Ohio. Most babies should start eating peanut-containing foods well before their first birthday, say guidelines released Thursday that aim to protect high-risk tots and other youngsters, too, from developing the dangerous food allergy. The new guidelines from the National Institutes of Health mark a shift in dietary advice, based on landmark research that found early exposure dramatically lowers a baby's chances of becoming allergic. (Carrie Stevenson via AP)
CHILD CARE
New program to allow state employees to take infants to work December 9, 2019 | 3:15 PM
Santas on the slopes.
SKIING SANTAS
Photos: More than 200 Santas hit the slopes in Maine December 9, 2019 | 2:44 PM
Randolph
Dunkin’ employee seriously injured in Randolph shooting December 9, 2019 | 1:06 PM
The offending Santa sweater
Ho Ho Ho?
Walmart pulls Christmas sweaters that mixed Santa with sex and cocaine December 9, 2019 | 12:58 PM
Night Time Police Violent Crime Intervention. Police Vehicles with Flashing Lights.
Springfield
Man allegedly shoots his stepfather, immediately drives to state police barracks to confess December 9, 2019 | 12:42 PM
Matthew Anderson
Maine
A Maine man is accused of setting up a meth lab in a Methodist church December 9, 2019 | 12:37 PM
Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden listens while John Kerry, the former secretary of state and 2004 Democratic presidential nominee speaks at a campaign event in Nashua, N.H. Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/ Cheryl Senter)
ELECTION 2020
John Kerry says that Joe Biden is like Tom Brady and the Patriots December 9, 2019 | 12:28 PM
Students and activists take part in a sit-in at Gov. Charlie Baker's office Friday morning in an act to demand action to reduce carbon emissions.
CLIMATE CHANGE
27 arrested after activists demand Gov. Baker take 'bold, transformational steps' on climate crisis December 9, 2019 | 12:08 PM
Politics
Trump, Dems in tentative deal on North American trade pact December 9, 2019 | 11:57 AM
Tammie Galloway, left, is seen entering the court room for her arraignment in the murder of Laura Shifrina, an 81- year old who was found dead in her elderly housing apartment on Linden Street in Needham, on May 31, 2017.
Mistrial
Mistrial declared in Needham murder trial after defense attorney hit by car December 9, 2019 | 11:52 AM
Plainville
Passenger injured after ‘exiting’ through window of car on Route 495; car’s driver charged with OUI December 9, 2019 | 10:56 AM
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., holds up 2 fingers as she talks about her two cent tax as she campaigns Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, in Rochester, N.H. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
2020
Elizabeth Warren says voters are ready for a female ticket December 9, 2019 | 10:20 AM
Gardner
GARDNER
Man arrested after crashing into snowbank, fighting police December 9, 2019 | 10:07 AM
Vermont
19-year-old woman dies in Vermont crash December 9, 2019 | 9:40 AM
Media
Reporter blasts man who assaulted her: 'To the man who smacked my butt on live TV...' December 9, 2019 | 9:30 AM
Field's Corner
DORCHESTER
Boston neighborhood considers 'Little Saigon' designation December 9, 2019 | 9:18 AM
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Court weighs whether Boston Marathon bomber got a fair trial December 9, 2019 | 9:00 AM
New Zealand
5 dead, many more missing in eruption of New Zealand volcano December 9, 2019 | 8:48 AM
Nobel Laureates in Economic Sciences Michael Kremer (left), Esther Duflo (center), and Abhijit Banerjee (right) at a press conference at The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, on Saturday.
Local
3 Nobel winners will donate prize money to support research December 8, 2019 | 12:57 PM
The entrance to the Naval Air Base Station in Pensacola, Fla. 
Crime
Naval base shooter watched shooting videos before attack December 8, 2019 | 12:36 PM
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Health
She was pregnant and terribly itchy. Something was going very wrong. December 8, 2019 | 12:15 PM
Old Bass River Road Bridge in Dennis.
Local
2 people hurt after truck strikes a Cape Cod bridge December 8, 2019 | 11:45 AM
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