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Graffiti Busters erase scrawl to discourage wider disorder

BOSTON – If something strange pops up in your neighborhood, who you gonna call? In the Hub, thanks to an initiative from the late former Mayor Thomas M. Menino, you can call the "Graffiti Busters," a group of city workers and volunteers who scrub graffiti from brick, concrete or

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Broken Windows policing: The key to urban renewal

If Boston is serious about urban renewal, it may want to bring back one of the now defunct policies of the late Mayor Thomas M. Menino: Broken Windows policing. Broken Windows theory holds that enforcing public order laws — such as laws against graffiti, trespassing, and illegal street vending — reduces both

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Ferguson sued after vote to revise Justice Department deal

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — The federal government sued Ferguson on Wednesday, one day after the City Council voted to revise an agreement aimed at improving the way police and courts treat poor people and minorities in the St. Louis suburb. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Ferguson's decision to reject

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London mayor says Trump speaks ‘utter nonsense’

LONDON (AP) — Donald Trump's comments about London are "nonsense," the city's mayor said Tuesday, inviting the U.S. Republican presidential hopeful to come and see for himself. Trump, who on Monday called for a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United