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 The two winning Mega Millions tickets were sold in California and Georgia, lottery officials said Wednesday.

Massachusetts residents see doctors more often than most other Americans and the cost is higher than in any other state, according to a new report that pegs per capita spending on health care in Massachusetts at 36 percent higher than the national average. The report by the state Health Policy Commission found that in addition to higher use of medical services, Massachusetts also has higher prices than the national average.

Pope Francis has named Boston Auxiliary Bishop Robert Deeley, 67, as bishop of Portland, Maine. A native of Cambridge, he is the former pastor of St. Ann Church in Quincy.

An Irish nanny from Quincy accused of killing a baby in her care asked a judge on Tuesday to grant her bail so she can be released from jail while awaiting trial.

Babel’s Paint, along with Benjamin Moore and the Painting and Decoratng Contractor’s of America are donating a complete makeover to the Boys and Girls Club of Brockton.

Culinary students at Blue Hills Regional Technical School voted to donate 175 pies to the Father Bill’s Place homeless shelter in Quincy.

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About 5,000 health-care workers including employees at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton, have agreed to a new contract with Steward Health Care.

Frolio Middle School will accept applications until Jan. 6 for Project Contemporary Competitiveness Inc.

Steward Health Care has reached a new three-year labor agreement with the healthcare workers union that spans eight Massachusetts hospitals, including Quincy Medical Center and Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton.