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'If we invested in better alternatives, people would choose them'

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2 people struck and killed by a Christmas-themed train in Wareham

In this Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 photo a cannabis plant is displayed on a screen at New England Treatment Access medical marijuana dispensary, in Northampton, Mass.

Massachusetts's first recreational marijuana sales will begin Tuesday

Trump says 'no reason' for him to hear Khashoggi death tape November 19, 2018 | 12:41 AM

Will Kelly stay or won't he? Trump praises, criticizes aide November 19, 2018 | 12:30 AM

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's misdirection on Calif fires, climate November 19, 2018 | 12:24 AM

This file photo shows an arrangement of peanuts in New York.

New peanut allergy drug shows lifesaving potential November 18, 2018 | 7:17 PM

In this Thursday, April 19, 2018, file photo, former New York City Mayor and United Nations Special Envoy for Climate Action Michael Bloomberg speaks at World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings, in Washington. Bloomberg is donating $1.8 billion to his alma mater, Johns Hopkins University.

Bloomberg donates 'unprecedented' $1.8B to Johns Hopkins November 18, 2018 | 5:38 PM

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Middleborough man charged after allegedly stabbing a man in Carver November 18, 2018 | 5:18 PM

The Latest: Trump pondering Kelly's status November 18, 2018 | 4:46 PM

Trump uses derisive nickname for Rep. Adam Schiff in tweet November 18, 2018 | 3:09 PM

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Mystery man brings holiday cheer to Walmart shoppers in Vermont November 18, 2018 | 2:08 PM

The killing of beloved prep school teacher Melissa Jenkins shocked the small town of Barnet, Vt. Allen Prue (in left at picture) and his wife, Patricia, were charged with second-degree murder in Jenkins’s strangulation. The Prues previously had plowed Jenkins’s driveway.Read the story on the suspects’ arrest.

Vermont man convicted in teacher killing seeks legal review November 18, 2018 | 12:30 PM

Outside the Widener Library on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Mass.

7 New England college students named Rhodes Scholars November 18, 2018 | 12:20 PM

SEIU members joined The Fight for 15 Rally, which began at Northeastern University.

Top spending Massachusetts PACs linked with labor unions November 18, 2018 | 11:50 AM

Trump pondering Kelly's status, 3-5 Cabinet changes November 18, 2018 | 11:45 AM

A bald eagle soars above the newly opened 450-plus acre Mass Audubon's Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary.

Record growth for bald eagles in northern New England November 18, 2018 | 11:37 AM

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Conn. man accused of abducting young son in 1987 faces arraignment November 18, 2018 | 11:16 AM

Brian Lang, president of Local 26 in Boston, during a press-conference at the Hynes Convention Center.

Union: Workers ratify contract, end Boston hotel strike November 18, 2018 | 10:30 AM

Dig resurrects a feud over which town is Connecticut's oldest November 18, 2018 | 9:58 AM

The Latest: Senator: 'Smoking gun' against prince would help November 18, 2018 | 9:46 AM

The Homestead, built around 1813 for Emily Dickinson’s grandparents, was where Emily was born in 1830.

Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst moving forward with renovation plans November 18, 2018 | 9:17 AM

Trump on Khashoggi death tape: 'No reason for me to hear it' November 18, 2018 | 1:31 AM

Wareham

2 struck by ‘scenic train’ in Wareham, officials say November 17, 2018 | 9:26 PM

Melrose

Melrose manhole explosions not gas related, utility says November 17, 2018 | 8:50 PM

Lowell

Second case of measles confirmed at Lowell facility November 17, 2018 | 5:45 PM

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Mom: Worker killed on Mass Pike was 'beloved by all' November 17, 2018 | 4:30 PM

The Latest: Trump says full report on Khashoggi coming soon November 17, 2018 | 2:55 PM

The Latest: Trump tours wildfire-ravaged Malibu area November 17, 2018 | 2:40 PM

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Florida sues Walgreens, CVS over opioid sales November 17, 2018 | 1:16 PM

No. 3: University of Maine-Augusta in Augusta, Maine. Acceptance rate: 95.4%

Maine's newest potato available throughout New England November 17, 2018 | 12:35 PM

In this Sept. 21, 2018 file photo, fire investigators pause while searching the debris at a home which exploded following a gas line failure in Lawrence, Mass.

Thousands of homes still without gas service after blasts November 17, 2018 | 12:27 PM

Trump sees wildfire areas, consoles those harmed by shooting November 17, 2018 | 12:25 PM