Chris Villani
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CVS inks $69B deal to buy Aetna
Rhode Island-based pharmacy giant CVS will buy insurance behemoth Aetna in a $69 billion deal that could change the way people get health care — with boutique clinics in thousands of neighborhood stores across the nation, analysts say. → Read More
Dozens escape 4-alarm blaze in Cambridge
A four-alarm, middle-of-the-night fire ignited on the back porch of a four-story Cambridge apartment building and spread to a nearby condominium building, affecting an estimated 60 people, fire officials said. “I opened the door and I looked to my left and you could see the flames coming up through the 3rd floor...” → Read More
Suspect who crashed van into pool held on $100G bail
The manager of an Everett convenience store reacted with relief today after the arraignment of a would-be armed robber who was nabbed last night af → Read More
Charlie Baker announces aim for second term
Gov. Charlie Baker will seek a second four-year term in 2018, the moderate Republican announced yesterday without fanfare. → Read More
Furry pals greet guests to swanky hotel
Philipp Knuepfer is looking to make one of Boston’s swankiest hotels a little friendlier by having a pair of furry, four-legged family member → Read More
DA: Suspect knocked elderly Quincy woman down to get cash for heroin
A man allegedly in search of a heroin fix with his girlfriend knocked down a 92-year-old Quincy woman and grabbed her purse, leaving her with blood → Read More
A Christmas gift gladly returned
The country’s longest-running production of Langston Hughes’ classic “Black Nativity” will open its 2017 season this week, → Read More
Cambridge firefighters cited in honors ceremony
Nearly three dozen awards were presented to fire departments across the state during a ceremony yesterday in Worcester, including a citation for me → Read More
Man accused of assault, posing as cop
A Randolph man dressed in a security guard uniform forced a woman to strip and then tried to grab and kiss her before she was able to flee in the N → Read More
Tarr pledges to address teen cruelty to animals
The state’s highest court wants the Legislature to take a look at expanding youthful offender laws to include teenagers charged with cruelty → Read More
Police: North End security guard used badge to force woman to strip
A Randolph man dressed in a security guard uniform forced a woman to strip and then tried to grab and kiss her before she was able to flee, a Suffo → Read More
Quincy raid nets five on fentanyl charges
A police raid of a Quincy apartment where a 3-month-old baby was found turned up enough fentanyl to potentially kill hundreds of people, authoritie → Read More
Revere man held without bail on wife-slay charges
A Revere man charged in the brutal killing of his wife, a beloved Lynn elementary school teacher, was ordered held without bail after his arraignme → Read More
Moulton: Dems ‘need a breath of fresh air’ in leadership
The Democratic Party needs to look for fresh leadership following last year’s electoral beating at the federal, state and local level, Bay State U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton said after former Vice President Joe Biden said he is “not closing the door” on a 2020 White House bid. → Read More
Moulton: 'I love Joe Biden,' but ... time for 'new generation' of Dems
The Democratic Party needs to look for fresh leadership following last year's electoral beating at the federal, state, and local level, Bay State U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton said after former Vice President Joe Biden said he is “not closing the door” on a 2020 White House bid. → Read More
Drug suspect has 5 aliases
A Tewksbury man arrested last week with a six-figure drug stash in the same apartment as a 9-month-old baby is a twice-deported illegal immigrant who has used at least five different names, authorities said. → Read More
Former intel officer finds Power in rowing
Rowing changed Bryan Fuller’s life, and now the Army veteran has launched his own rowing-based fitness studio.“I am trying to change the way we think about fitness,” Fuller said of Power Rowing in Brookline village. → Read More
Navy vet thinking big with NeuraSense
Navy veteran Dan Morden’s goal is creating a wearable device to monitor the human brain.“We would like to be the Google of life sciences,’” Morden, 30, said of his new company, NeuraSense. “It’s a high bar, but somebody is going to do it and it might as well be us. → Read More
Marine veteran seeks to launch home organization system
Marine vet Alex Sargent, 35, started a moving company in 2010, and now wants to launch an in-home organizational system called Elephantotes. → Read More
Army pals developing app for ‘hotshot’ truckers
Rhode Island native Ty DaMarest and Boston resident Ahkym Corbin served together in the Army in Afghanistan and now are working together to develop → Read More