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Trump’s love note to eminent domain miscasts New London case

Donald Trump's embrace of government power to take private property, backed by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Connecticut's Kelo v. New London case, drew barbs Wednesday from at least one rival and mischaracterized the outcome for one of the families involved in Kelo. "

Russia

Accusations grow against Russia over Syria civilian killings

BEIRUT (AP) — The three missiles fired on a public market in the northern Syrian town of Ariha took the morning shoppers by surprise. In a few moments, the main street, packed with people buying and selling fruit and vegetables, turned into a scene of carnage with burning cars and the

Massachusetts

Fidelity put clients at risk with unregistered advisers, Galvin says

BOSTON – Fidelity Investments illegally let dozens of unregistered advisers trade in customer accounts through its brokerage unit for at least a decade, gaining client assets and fee income while putting customers at risk, Massachusetts regulators claim in a complaint brought against the mutual-fund giant on Monday. According to an administrative

Massachusetts

Trump fundraising trails GOP rivals in early primary states

BOSTON – Donald Trump still dominates the Republican presidential primary polls in New Hampshire, Iowa and South Carolina, but when it comes to the money race he trails badly in all three. Campaign donations won't buy votes, but they can provide a measure of real support that's

sanctuary city

Immigrants provide boon, challenges to Worcester, study shows

WORCESTER – This city of factories, triple-deckers and single-family homes tucked around seven hills, counts almost 38,000 foreign-born residents, more than any other Gateway City in the Bay State, according to a new study from University of Massachusetts researchers. The study shows that many of the city's immigrants

Donald Trump

Trump’s plan would blow huge hole in budget, analysis shows

Donald Trump's plan to cut taxes would zap almost $12 trillion from federal receipts over 10 years, swell budget deficits to an even greater degree, and deliver the biggest benefits to the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans, according to an analysis released Tuesday by the Tax Foundation in

boston

T privatization proposals stir labor protest against Pioneer

Gov. Charlie Baker could use his temporary power to privatize bus maintenance at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and take other steps to save as much as $122 million a year, according to the Pioneer Institute, whose advocacy for such measures has drawn the ire of public unions and did

Massachusetts

Boch’s Trump soiree collected thousands, but where did it go?

Broadcast live by CNN and attended by hundreds drawn by Donald Trump, Ernie Boch Jr.'s Summer Bash caught the eye of nearly everyone in and around Boston. At $100 a head, it surely raised tens of thousands of dollars. But for whom? At the Aug. 28 event, Trump