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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., smiles with Lawrence Mayor Daniel Rivera during a small-business roundtable discussion, Friday, March 3, 2017, in Lawrence, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Lawrence mayor goes off on Seth Moulton and the crowded 2020 race

In this November 2018, photo provided by Joanne Maynard, Robert Pritchard poses in Brewster, Mass. Pritchard, a prominent economist and professor of economics at Northeastern University in Boston, died Thursday, May 16, 2019 at home in Foxborough after a battle with cancer. He was 58. (Joanne Maynard via AP)

Prominent economist, Northeastern professor Robert Pritchard dies at 58

Company offers to rehire N.H. school cafeteria worker who lost job after giving student free lunch

Trump tells anti-abortion activists to stay united for 2020 May 19, 2019 | 11:00 AM

Parking lot of William J. Devine Memorial Golf Course

Police investigate after man's body found at Franklin Park golf course May 19, 2019 | 9:51 AM

A man rides his camel in front of the pyramid of Khufu, or Cheops, in Giza, Egypt, 29 March 2017 .

Bomb hits tourist bus near Egypt's Giza Pyramids, wounds 16 May 19, 2019 | 9:25 AM

State House dome

Senators to consider amendments to state budget plan May 19, 2019 | 9:22 AM

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)

Pelosi being honored with JFK Profile in Courage Award May 19, 2019 | 9:06 AM

Mount Moriah

Injured Mass. hiker helped by passing rescue volunteer in New Hampshire May 19, 2019 | 8:45 AM

AP sources: Former CIA chief Brennan to brief Dems on Iran May 18, 2019 | 11:31 PM

Michigan GOP congressman says Trump conduct is 'impeachable' May 18, 2019 | 6:41 PM

Restaurant customers in Rockport warned of potential hepatitis exposure May 18, 2019 | 4:22 PM

An 11-foot, 800-pound sculpture of a burnt spoon, meant to symbolize opioid use, created by Domenic Esposito, of Westwood, Mass., is briefly displayed in front of the Massachusetts Statehouse on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, in Boston. The Spoon Movement, which Esposito co-founded after watching his brother struggle with addiction, said it was gifting the sculpture to state Attorney General Maura Healy to recognize her advocacy for fighting addiction.

Giant spoon sculpture highlights opioid crisis May 18, 2019 | 3:52 PM

state house

Galvin calls for early voting in presidential primary May 18, 2019 | 2:35 PM

Argentina's Fernández announces vice presidential bid May 18, 2019 | 12:36 PM

state house

State lawmakers weigh action as housing squeeze tightens May 18, 2019 | 11:35 AM

Boston, MA - 8/12/18 - A Boston Police car is stationed outside the Mattapan home, at 201 Manchester Street, where a man was fatally shot on Saturday, on his 55th birthday.
Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
Topic: 13mattapan
Reporter: J.D. Capelouto

Boston police identify woman killed in hit-and-run May 18, 2019 | 11:21 AM

After warm Saturday, temperatures will be even higher Sunday and Monday May 18, 2019 | 11:13 AM

Man wanted in Massachusetts shooting found in North Carolina May 18, 2019 | 9:50 AM

A road sign advertises legalized marijuana for sale at a roadside shack on U.S. Highway 201 near Solon, Maine, Friday, August 10, 2018.

Vermont, New Hampshire both could delay marijuana proposals May 18, 2019 | 9:29 AM

“Leaves of Grass’’ by Walt Whitman was legally banned in Boston in the 1880s for its sexual content.

'Leaves of Grass' marathon planned to celebrate poet Whitman May 18, 2019 | 9:00 AM

Brawl suits against Turkey raise questions of law, diplomacy May 18, 2019 | 8:54 AM

Report shocks, angers some of Ohio State doc's 177 victims May 18, 2019 | 8:37 AM

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's miscues on trade and drug prices May 18, 2019 | 8:25 AM

A July 21, 1780 letter from Alexander Hamilton to Marquis De Lafayette was stolen from the Massachusetts state archives sometime between 1937 and 1945 by an employee.

An Alexander Hamilton letter stolen decades ago in Mass. has been found May 18, 2019 | 8:19 AM

President Barack Obama looks at the Edward Hopper paintings now displayed in the Oval Office. “Cobb's Barns, South Truro,’’ top, and “Burly Cobb’s House, South Truro,’’ are on loan from the Whitney Museum of American Art. (Photo: Chuck Kennedy)

Edward Hopper's final painting on view at the Currier Museum in N.H. May 18, 2019 | 8:11 AM

This Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, photo shows the campus of Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vt. The liberal arts college, which saw enrollment drop 43 percent over the last decade, announced it will close in May, going the way of some other small schools that have struggled to stay afloat. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

3 Vermont colleges hold last ever commencements May 18, 2019 | 8:08 AM

In clash with Congress, weak legal case may still help Trump May 18, 2019 | 12:25 AM

Warren building unlikely connection with black female voters May 18, 2019 | 12:22 AM

Q&A: Is there a way out of the US-China trade fight? May 18, 2019 | 12:05 AM

Step by step: Democrats play the long game against Trump May 17, 2019 | 6:52 PM

Political pitfalls: Iran tests 'America First' pledge May 17, 2019 | 6:31 PM

Protesters arrested at Venezuelan Embassy face US charges May 17, 2019 | 5:09 PM