Red Sox lose to Athletics, drop into third AL wild card spot
Boston dropped into the third AL wild card, a half-game behind Houston and two games behind the New York Yankees.
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Boston dropped into the third AL wild card, a half-game behind Houston and two games behind the New York Yankees.
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Police say a car stolen from Boston crashed into a Cambridge biotechnology building on Monday afternoon, seriously injuring someone inside.
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Both the Trump and Healey administrations are using government websites to blame each other for the shutdown.
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Boston's Time Out Market, a Fenway food hall that opened less than seven years ago, is now set to close.
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TJ Maxx has closed its Newbury Street store in Boston less than a decade after it first opened.
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