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By STEVE LeBLANC

Rescuers who helped free more than a hundred dolphins from the Cape Cod shoreline say they’ve confirmed that the mass stranding that began June 28 was the largest involving dolphins in U.S. history.There were two previous events on record in Hawaii...

By RANDALL CHASE and CLAUDIA LAUER

WILMINGTON, Del. — Hunter Biden was convicted Tuesday of all three felony charges related to the purchase of a revolver in 2018 when, prosecutors argued, the president’s son lied on a mandatory gun-purchase form by saying he was not illegally using or...

By JIM VERTUNO, ACACIA CORONADO and NICK PERRY

AUSTIN, Texas — With graduations looming, student protesters doubled down early Thursday on their discontent of the Israel-Hamas war on campuses across the country, with multiple arrests made at campuses in Massachusetts and California as universities...

By MICHAEL CASEY

BOSTON — More than a decade ago, Kristin Fritz was struggling with pain in her spine and saw a rheumatologist recommended by her doctor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.The visit with Dr. Derrick Todd started normally for the 37-year-old New...

By NICK PERRY

MEREDITH, N.H. — As more than 2 million graduating high school students from across the United States finalize their decisions on what college to attend this fall, many are facing jaw-dropping costs — in some cases, as much as $95,000.A number of...

By SETH BORENSTEIN

Earth’s changing spin is threatening to toy with our sense of time, clocks and computerized society in an unprecedented way — but only for a second.For the first time in history, world timekeepers may have to consider subtracting a second from our...

By MICHAEL R. SISAK

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s lawyers told a New York appellate court Monday that it’s impossible for him to post a bond covering the full amount of a $454 million civil fraud judgment while he appeals, suggesting the former president’s legal losses have...

By ZEKE MILLER and SEUNG MIN KIM

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden delivered a defiant argument for a second term in his State of the Union speech Thursday night, lacing into GOP front-runner Donald Trump for espousing “resentment, revenge and retribution” and for jeopardizing...

By NICK PERRY

MEREDITH, N.H. — As temperatures plunged on Mount Washington and ferocious winds made it near impossible to see, hiker Cole Matthes began to drift away from the trail. Then he hit a patch of snow-covered ice and slid hundreds of feet down a ravine.His...

By MICHAEL CASEY

BOSTON — Dozens of gang members operating mostly out of a public housing developing in a Boston neighborhood have been accused of dealing drugs, targeting their rivals in shootings and recruiting young people with the enticement of appearing in their...

By MARK SHERMAN

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seems poised to reject attempts to kick former President Donald Trump off the 2024 ballot.A definitive ruling for Trump, the leading Republican candidate for president, would largely end efforts in Colorado, Maine and...

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and HALELUYA HADERO

Sexual predators. Addictive features. Suicide and eating disorders. Unrealistic beauty standards. Bullying. These are just some of the issues young people are dealing with on social media — and children’s advocates and lawmakers say companies are not...

By HOLLY RAMER and WILL WEISSERT

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Donald Trump is aiming for a commanding victory Tuesday in New Hampshire, securing a sweep of the first two Republican primary races that would make a November rematch with President Joe Biden look more likely than ever.The biggest...

By KEN SWEET and CORA LEWIS

NEW YORK — The cost to overdraw a bank account could drop to as little as $3 under a proposal announced by the White House, the latest effort by the Biden administration to combat fees it says pose an unnecessary burden on American consumers,...

By SEUNG MIN KIM and ZEKE MILLER

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s administration pledged from day one to restore truth and transparency to the federal government — but now it’s facing a maelstrom of criticism and credibility questions after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s...

By HOWARD ULMAN

Editor’s note: On April 22, 2007, the Boston Red Sox tied a major league record by hitting four straight home runs in a win over the New York Yankees.BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox hit four straight homers to match a major league record and finished a...

By RICHARD LARDNER

WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans and Democrats announced Saturday they had reached an agreement on a sweeping Russia sanctions package to punish Moscow for meddling in the presidential election and its military aggression in Ukraine and...

By MARK SHERMAN

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to forge ahead with a limited version of his ban on travel from six mostly Muslim countries to the U.S. Trump hailed the decision as a “victory for national security,” but it’s likely...

By JILL COLVIN and CALVIN WOODWARD

WASHINGTON — Punching back a day after his fired FBI director’s damaging testimony, President Donald Trump on Friday accused James Comey of lying to Congress and said he was “100 percent” willing to testify under oath about their conversations.Trump...

By JAY COHEN

CHICAGO — David Price felt healthy and strong. Dustin Pedroia had a swollen left wrist after an awkward tumble.Reasons for hope and concern for the Red Sox.Price lasted five innings in his season debut in Boston’s 5-4 loss to the Chicago White Sox on...