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President Trump announced that Katie Zacharia, a communications adviser for his media company, will succeed Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary.

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President Trump announced that Katie Zacharia, a communications adviser for his media company, will succeed Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary.
The 22-year-old son of a Reading woman found fatally shot in her home was taken into custody in Vermont after an hourslong manhunt, authorities said.
Welcome to the final four of the best Boston movie bracket.
Pick our final head-to-head contestants for the most quintessential Boston movie here: trib.al/vsb2QXB
Beth Israel Lahey Health named Peter Shorett, its No. 2 executive, as the next CEO of the second-largest hospital system in Massachusetts.
A mother of three was found fatally shot in her Reading home, and authorities said they are searching for one of her sons, who may be “armed and dangerous,” in connection with her death.
President Trump announced at a rally in Texas he would award retired baseball star and former Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
What if cycling could be a calm, efficient mode of transport? In today’s Starting Point, we take a look at what Boston could learn from cyclists in Denmark.
Today's edition of The Scrum newsletter unpacks Question 2, which proposes giving employees at Massachusetts' public defenders agency the right to unionize.
Which movie is the most Boston of them all? Today's Starting Point explores that question.
If you’ve been waiting to capture New England's array of peak foliage colors, Mother Nature may be hinting that this weekend is “all systems go.” Check out our fall foliage tracker here.
We're back for round two of the Boston movie bracket.
Now that readers have narrowed down the field to eight films, vote again for the movies that you feel best capture the Boston ethos. trib.al/Q1B1Vo4
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In today's Starting Point, we take a look at a key debate in Maine that may make a difference in one of the nation’s biggest midterm races.
A mother and her 41-year-old son were identified as the passengers on a medical transport flight that vanished while flying from Bermuda to Boston over the weekend.
Saying the state is facing an “energy emergency,” Governor Maura Healey announced a slate of efforts she said could reduce residents’ heating costs by tens of millions of dollars this winter.
Today's edition of The Scrum newsletter explores how former governor Charlie Baker is stepping into a political debate that puts him back at odds with Massachusetts' Republican grassroots — and many Democrats, too.
Analysis: Two weeks ago the bottom began to fall out for the Republicans. With only four weeks to go until the midterms, the only question is how bad it will get, James Pindell writes.
Dennis Hastert, the former Republican House speaker whose political legacy was fouled by allegations that he molested high school athletes, has died.
The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded to three scientists, including a Boston native, working on the mechanisms the brain uses to switch on, or off, the activity of individual nerve cells.
In today’s Starting Point, Globe columnist Yvonne Abraham takes a look at the long road to justice for Sandra Birchmore — and a reporter who wouldn’t let the story fade.