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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

Boston councilors consider whether marijuana, liquor stores should be banned near addiction treatment centers

'Sex, lies, and deceit': Denise Williams's trial gets underway in Florida

Massachusetts man dies while cutting down tree December 12, 2018 | 10:24 AM

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2018, file photo, acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Ronald Vitiello appears for his confirmation hearing in Washington. Nearly 70 former judges, including federal judges and state supreme court justices, sent a letter to Vitiello calling for U.S. immigration officials to stop making arrests at courthouses of people suspected of being in the country illegally, saying immigrants should be free to visit halls of justice without fearing they will be detained. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Ex-judges to ICE: End immigration arrests at courthouses December 12, 2018 | 10:20 AM

Man convicted of Boston road rage shooting December 12, 2018 | 10:08 AM

AP: Ivanka, Kushner could profit from tax break they pushed December 12, 2018 | 8:44 AM

Trump cites France attack as reason for US-Mexico wall December 12, 2018 | 8:03 AM

Google grilled in Congress: What's ahead for tech companies December 12, 2018 | 2:01 AM

Analysis: A rancorous first glimpse of new Trump-Dem dynamic December 12, 2018 | 12:27 AM

(Boston, MA 11/29/18) Mayor Martin Walsh and Ivy Lawson cut the ribbon for Ivyee's Everything Honey in Boston's North End. (Mayor's Office Photo by John Wilcox)

Ivy Lawson didn’t set out to become a pioneering businesswoman. But she’s making history in the North End. December 11, 2018 | 9:02 PM

Correction: Kushners-Opportunity Zones story December 11, 2018 | 7:31 PM

Bear seen in Burlington

There's a bear in Burlington — and it was spotted again Monday evening December 11, 2018 | 7:23 PM

Reading between the lines of Trump's Oval Office tussle December 11, 2018 | 7:02 PM

Trump signs bill to help religious minorities in Iraq, Syria December 11, 2018 | 5:35 PM

Chao announces $1.5 billion in infrastructure grants December 11, 2018 | 5:26 PM

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow asylum ban December 11, 2018 | 5:20 PM

McCrae Williams past away Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. (Facebook)

Parents of Weston lacrosse player who died at Lafayette College sue students December 11, 2018 | 5:02 PM

Senate votes overwhelmingly to renew farm programs December 11, 2018 | 4:52 PM

Massachusetts doctor charged with involuntary manslaughter in opioid death December 11, 2018 | 4:48 PM

New head of watchdog agency vows consumers will be top focus December 11, 2018 | 4:45 PM

Pelosi gives Trump an earful, questions 'manhood' in private December 11, 2018 | 4:07 PM

Mandy McGowan.

How do you recover after millions have watched you overdose? December 11, 2018 | 4:04 PM

The Latest: Flynn requests probation, community service December 11, 2018 | 4:04 PM

Female Harvard undergraduate student indecently assaulted near dorm December 11, 2018 | 3:43 PM

A man died of an overdose in a Bertucci's bathroom. Now his mom is suing. December 11, 2018 | 3:30 PM

Melania Trump gives gifts at Marine Corps Reserve toy drive December 11, 2018 | 3:12 PM

AP FACT CHECK: Trump sees a border wall where none exists December 11, 2018 | 2:22 PM

Elizabeth Rowe, the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s principal flute player, at her home in Boston in November. Rowe is suing the BSO over equal pay.

A Boston Symphony Orchestra flutist was paid $70,000 less than a male counterpart. She sued. December 11, 2018 | 2:19 PM

Pelosi, Dem critics discuss plan to limit top leaders' terms December 11, 2018 | 2:11 PM

Boston, MA- August 15, 2017: The new MBTA General Manger/CEO Luis Ramirez, left, and Secretary of Transportation and MassDOT CEO Stephanie Pollack take questions from the media during a press conference at the State Transportation Building in Boston, MA on August 15, 2017. Secretary of Transportation and MassDOT CEO Stephanie Pollack announced that Luis Ramirez would become the next general manager starting on Sept. 12. (CRAIG F. WALKER/GLOBE STAFF) section: metro reporter:

'Mutually agreed': Read MassDOT's announcement of the MBTA's leadership change December 11, 2018 | 1:32 PM

Booker, Harris score wins on Capitol Hill as they weigh 2020 December 11, 2018 | 1:17 PM

Luis Ramirez on the Red Line.

MBTA head is out after 15 months on the job December 11, 2018 | 12:16 PM