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FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2014, file photo, Carlos Rafael talks on the phone at Homer's Wharf near his herring boat F/V Voyager in New Bedford, Mass. Rafael was sentenced to prison in 2017 after pleading guilty to evading fishing quotas and smuggling profits overseas. The federal government announced Monday, Aug. 19, 2019, it has settled its civil case against Rafael, a fishing magnate known as The Codfather, saying he will never be allowed to return to U.S. fisheries. (John Sladewski/Standard Times via AP, File)

'Codfather' settlement means magnate will never fish again August 19, 2019 | 5:18 PM

Twitter shuts Chinese accounts targeting Hong Kong protests August 19, 2019 | 4:25 PM

Q&A: Recession jitters are rising. Is there reason to worry? August 19, 2019 | 4:21 PM

No. 4 House Democrat issues call for impeachment inquiry August 19, 2019 | 4:03 PM

Pentagon conducts 1st test of previously banned missile August 19, 2019 | 3:24 PM

US prisons chief removed from position after Epstein's death August 19, 2019 | 1:17 PM

Trump calls on Federal Reserve to cut interest rates August 19, 2019 | 1:01 PM

1 hospitalized after fire at Dorchester triple-decker August 19, 2019 | 12:25 PM

Two men were reportedly shot in the busway at the Mattapan MBTA station.

2 men shot in Mattapan Station's busway area August 19, 2019 | 12:10 PM

US extends ban on passports for North Korea travel August 19, 2019 | 11:19 AM

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Watch: Drone captures sharks interacting off Cape Cod August 19, 2019 | 9:39 AM

Young man dies after being struck by commuter rail train in Belmont August 19, 2019 | 9:07 AM

74% of economists in survey see US recession by end of 2021 August 19, 2019 | 12:38 AM

Suspect in Ortiz case to get hearing Monday on his potential release August 18, 2019 | 9:22 PM

She wore a tuxedo for her senior portrait. The yearbook left her photo out. August 18, 2019 | 7:21 PM

Boston gun control rally set for Sunday afternoon August 18, 2019 | 1:00 PM

Coming this fall: Construction of a music hall next to Fenway Park August 18, 2019 | 12:55 PM

Trump likens buying Greenland to 'a large real estate deal' August 18, 2019 | 12:52 PM

Rep. McGovern planning to visit Meals on Wheels program August 18, 2019 | 12:43 PM

Mansfield teen is a finalist for a national award that recognizes outstanding individuals with hearing loss.

Mansfield teen is award finalist for hearing loss innovation August 18, 2019 | 10:10 AM

Epstein's purported madam now a focus in sex abuse cases August 18, 2019 | 10:00 AM

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Man accused of abducting son in 1987 to change plea August 18, 2019 | 9:49 AM

Bernie Sanders' criminal justice plan aims to cut prison population August 18, 2019 | 9:35 AM

Ebyn Moss poses for a photo outside the University of New England's dental school in Portland, Maine.

Massachusetts among states to consider 'dental therapists' August 18, 2019 | 8:55 AM

Trump wields sanctions hammer; experts wonder to what end August 18, 2019 | 8:31 AM

Erik Levinsohn breaks the tape and claims the overall win at Mt. Washington Bicycle Hillclimb.

Boston bicyclist wins Mount Washington Bicycle Hillclimb August 18, 2019 | 8:10 AM

Dr. Jasmine Saavedra, a pediatrician at Esperanza Health Centers whose parents emigrated from Mexico in the 1980s, examines a newborn baby in her clinic in Chicago.

Doctors say new rule will mean sicker immigrants August 18, 2019 | 7:50 AM

Captain of ferry that ran aground off job pending drug test August 18, 2019 | 7:47 AM

Woman dies in New Britain police custody August 18, 2019 | 7:25 AM

Sever Hall

2-alarm fire extinguished at Harvard’s historic Sever Hall August 17, 2019 | 5:36 PM