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The 20-year-old driver of sport utility vehicle that crashed into a tree and burst into flames, killing four Maine Maritime Academy students, is facing 17 charges including four counts of manslaughter....

The US Navy has deployed a guided-missile submarine capable of carrying up to 154 Tomahawk missiles to the Middle East, a spokesman said Saturday, in what appeared to be a show of force toward Iran following recent tensions....

A truck crashed into pedestrians and motorcycle taxis near western Kenya's border with Tanzania, killing at least 10 people and injuring 10 others Saturday, authorities said....

Joe Blewitt is just about the busiest man in Ballina. His phone rings constantly with calls from locals and the world's media as he prepares to welcome a relative — US President Biden....

Israeli medics say an alleged Palestinian shooting attack in the northern occupied West Bank killed two women and seriously wounded another, the latest violence after Israeli warplanes struck southern Lebanon in a significant escalation....

French workers marched and went on strike around the country Thursday for the 11th time in three months, as the stalemate between President Emmanuel Macron and labor unions endured even after his pension overhaul to raise the legal age of retirement to 64...

President Biden's administration on Thursday laid the blame on his predecessor, Donald Trump, for the deadly and chaotic 2021 withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan that brought about some of the darkest moments of Biden's presidency....

The Town Meeting should adopt zoning changes that go beyond what the state is asking for....

The IRS is outlining how it plans to use an infusion of $80 billion for improved operations....

Iran's semiofficial ISNA news agency says Saudi Arabia and Iran have agreed to reopen diplomatic missions in their respective capitals and in additional cities....

China vowed reprisals against Taiwan Thursday after a meeting between the US House Speaker and the island's President, saying the US was on a "wrong and dangerous road."...

I wouldn't take medical advice from GPT-4 or any other machine without checking it with a real doctor. But I suspect that will change before long....

As crucial as investments like prevention and recovery are, the cost of overdose deaths should not be overlooked....

Readers sense positive energy in 18-year-old Angus Abercrombie's successful run for Belmont Town Meeting member....

Twenty years after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, much of the conflict and sectarian bloodletting it unleashed has subsided....

Two recent Globe commentaries on classical music struck a resounding chord with readers, who had their own views to share on the subject....

Some expressed concern for those with compromised immune systems and other health conditions....

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced Bok's appointment Wednesday. Bok will start at the authority in May....

What came after was disappointment and an apology, as well as important questions about cancel culture vs. accountability, generational differences, and the responsibility to speak up....

Jason Sorens lost his Planning Board race in Amherst, N.H., but his broader campaign against NIMBY-ism may notch some wins yet...

Stankey took over in 2020, in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic when most of AT&T's office employees were working remotely....

Former president Trump has been charged in connection with a 2016 hush-money payment. Read the full pdfs....

A Missouri State Highway Patrol official said it caused "multiple injuries and multiple deaths," but he didn't say how many or precisely where they occurred....

It's something done in Boston only by Phil Esposito — and a feat accomplished by a select group of only 22 NHLers in the century-plus of league history....

"I apologize that we were no longer able to stem the loss of trust that had accumulated over the years, and for disappointing you," Axel Lehmann, Credit Suisse's chair, told shareholders....

The 76ers needed all they could get from the incredible Joel Embiid, who single-handedly helped Philadelphia avoid getting swept by Boston this season....

The merger was "the best option" and one that "minimized risk of contagion and maximized trust," said Urban Angehrn, chief executive of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority...

Jamie Dimon said the US financial system needs to be adjusted so that one bank's failure does not "cause undue panic and financial harm."...

The Washington, D.C. organization said Elorza was hired based on his accomplishments, including "taking the unprecedented step to engage the state Department of Education to turn around the city's chronically underperforming school system."...

There were 9.9 million job openings, compared with 10.6 million on the last day of January, the Labor Department reported Tuesday in the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey....

Stories you may have missed from the world of business....

A day after being arraigned in a Manhattan courtroom on state charges, former president Donald Trump said Wednesday that the Republican-led Congress should...

The grants, announced by Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, will be paid for with money from the infrastructure law that Biden's administration is touting in a series of events across the country....

"I am coming around to the idea that we should get rid of the term 'Free Stater.'" wrote Jason Sorens, the father of the Free State Project. "It misleads far more than it clarifies."...

Starting in 2028, the company will require all banks issuing one of its payment cards to use sustainable materials as it seeks to remove firstuse, PVC plastics from its network....

Last week, Virgin Orbit said it was laying off 675 employees, or about 85 percent of its workforce, citing its "inability to secure meaningful funding."...

The Easthampton School Committee revoked its job offer to Vito Perrone after meeting in executive session last Thursday....

Smiley ran on a theme of improving quality of life for residents, and the ATVs are a bugaboo....

Machado was adjusting his batting gloves and appeared to be calling time as the clock wound down to 8 seconds, by which time a batter must be facing the pitcher under new rules adopted for this season to speed the pace of play....

Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Janet Protasiewicz, 60, defeated former Justice Dan Kelly, who previously worked for Republicans and had support from the state's leading anti-abortion groups....

Champagnie averaged 18.2 points and 8 rebounds this season in the G League. The Celtics have had an open roster spot since trading Noah Vonleh in early January....

A missed free throw from Marcus Smart set off a wild sequence....

The arraignment of former president Donald J. Trump marked a watershed moment in American political and legal history, experts said, but the outcome is far from certain....

Check out the latest high school boys' volleyball scores, news, and highlights from The Boston Globe....

Jayson Tatum's last-second shot skidded off the rim. With Jaylen Brown sidelined, Derrick White stepped up to score 26 points....

Unusual winds? A juiced ball? The answer might be more simple than you think....

The story of Masconomet girls' cross-country has been consistently and amazingly triumphant. Behind it all has been Casey, the man who started the program 48 years ago....

Vice President Kamala Harris is pushing for $7 billion in private-sector investments to help Africa prepare for the effects of climate change....

A chipper-sounding Pope Francis was discharged Saturday from the Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis, quipping to journalists before being driven away that he's...

Evacuation orders were lifted in small sections of Tomioka, a town just southwest of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant, on Saturday, in time for the area's popular cherry blossom season and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida joined a ceremony there ...