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Man who killed Brown students, MIT professor targeted symbolic victims tied to grievances, FBI says
Federal investigators say they believe the man who carried out a mass shooting at Brown University and later killed a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor did not act randomly. -
Negotiated prices for electricity from Vineyard Wind take effect
The wind farm will sell to Eversource, National Grid, and Unitil at the contracted prices, rather than volatile market prices. -
Girls leadership event at UMass held day after murder of Emma MacDonald ‘all the more necessary’
As the public learned last week about the beating death of Emma MacDonald, allegedly at the hands of her husband, at a UMass Amherst hotel, organizers were setting up an annual girls empowerment conference in the same building. The juxtaposition of events was stark. -
GBH Daily: Memoirs behind bars
“My breakfast doesn’t consist of scrambled eggs and toast, pancakes or sausage. There is no orange juice and coffee.” -
Wu pushes back on GOP candidate who says Boston housing plan will create ‘the next slum’
Mike Minogue, the leading Republican candidate for governor, panned Boston's office-to-residential conversions.
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