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He was told his father walked out in 1961. Then he started digging up the basement.

Truck strikes East Street train bridge

‘There is an enormous sign that reads: LOW CLEARANCE’

Salem, MA - 12/11/2018 - Alternative Therapies Group, the state's third pot shop is opening in Salem on Saturday. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Metro, Reporter: Daniel Adams, Topic: 12potshop, LOID: 8.4.4106552210.

Eastern Massachusetts is getting its first recreational marijuana dispensary

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's distorted reality in expanding probes December 17, 2018 | 12:25 AM

Pelosi flashes survival skills - and she'll need them in '19 December 17, 2018 | 12:21 AM

White House closer to partial shutdown with wall demand December 17, 2018 | 12:10 AM

HQ Trivia and Vine co-founder Colin Kroll (right) has died at the age of 34 of a suspected drug overdose.

The 34-year-old co-founder of HQ Trivia was found dead in his apartment December 16, 2018 | 2:56 PM

Rain could be heavy at times in Boston, and some areas may see a little snow December 16, 2018 | 1:30 PM

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State closes medical marijuana dispensaries on Cape Cod December 16, 2018 | 12:54 PM

Actor-interpreters from the Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum, Tim Lawton and Jillian Couillard place commemorative markers at Central Burying Ground on Boston Common at the graves of participants of the Boston Tea Party.

Tea thrown into harbor for anniversary of Boston Tea Party December 16, 2018 | 12:02 PM

42 people were injured in a restaurant explosion in Japan December 16, 2018 | 10:53 AM

Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA)

Senators ask for fishermen's input for offshore wind farms December 16, 2018 | 10:47 AM

1 dead, 44 injured in Switzerland bus crash December 16, 2018 | 10:46 AM

White House digs in on border wall demand, risking shutdown December 16, 2018 | 10:30 AM

Landscape of Suzhou Sceneries
Shen Zhou (Chinese, 1427–1509)
1484-1504
Ink and color on paper
*Gift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection and family in memory of Weng Tonghe.

Boston's Museum of Fine Arts receives gift of Chinese art December 16, 2018 | 10:26 AM

This undated photo provided by Trista Reynolds shows Ayla Reynolds, the two-year-old girl who went missing on Dec. 16, 2011 from her father's home in Waterville, Maine.

Mother of missing Maine toddler to name father in suit December 16, 2018 | 10:06 AM

Trump lawyer Giuliani rules out Mueller interview with Trump December 16, 2018 | 10:00 AM

Waterville Valley

N.H. ski resort hosting 2019 US Freestyle Championships December 16, 2018 | 8:51 AM

The Hermitage Club

Financial company seeks $700,000 from Vermont ski club December 16, 2018 | 8:49 AM

Investors seeking tax breaks skip poverty-stricken areas December 16, 2018 | 8:47 AM

Guns from the citywide gun buyback program are seen at Boston Police Headquarters.

Gun buyback yields 43 weapons and 11 replicas, Boston police say December 15, 2018 | 9:02 PM

Fire crews responded to 168 Beacon St. Saturday night.

2-alarm fire displaces residents in Back Bay December 15, 2018 | 8:30 PM

In October, Politico reported that Robert Mueller appeared to be in a secret fight with a witness who was refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating Russia’s efforts to interfere in the 2016 election.

The special counsel is fighting a witness in court. Who is it? December 15, 2018 | 8:27 PM

Scope of investigations into Trump has shaped his presidency December 15, 2018 | 7:23 PM

Brighton

Roxbury man arrested in Georgia for June double-homicide December 15, 2018 | 5:52 PM

Loyalty among attributes Mulvaney brings to White House job December 15, 2018 | 5:45 PM

1500 Washington St., Braintree

Man charged with OUI in Braintree pedestrian crash December 15, 2018 | 4:17 PM

This photo, provided by New York State Police on Saturday, shows a rescued dog after it was thrown out of a vehicle in Cortland County, N.Y. A trucker driving nearby said the dogs were thrown from the rear passenger window of a dirty, rusty Dodge Durango. The trucker stopped and rescued the dogs.

Trucker saves dogs thrown from vehicle on New York highway December 15, 2018 | 3:47 PM

Trump visits Arlington cemetery for holiday commemoration December 15, 2018 | 3:31 PM

Police say woman harassed paralyzed woman through Facebook December 15, 2018 | 1:54 PM

All smiles is Francis Byrne, 94, of Manchester, N.H., with his great grand children standing behind him after he received a long-awaited Purple Heart medal for getting wounded during World War II. Byrne arrived by Manchester Police Department motorcade to the Elliot Hospital Conference Center, where he was presented with the Purple Heart. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff )

94-year-old New Hampshire World War II veteran gets overdue Purple Heart December 15, 2018 | 12:47 PM

People line up to turn in their completed ballots, in the Squantum Elementary School gym, in the evening.

State auditor asking towns to add up costs of early voting December 15, 2018 | 12:39 PM

A funeral procession of thousands of firefighters snakes through Washington Square as they walk to the funeral for Worcester firefighter Christopher Roy who died battling a fire last weekend. The funeral was held at St. John's Catholic Church.

Thousands pay respects to fallen Worcester firefighter December 15, 2018 | 12:27 PM