While Justina Pelletier’s parents fight to regain custody of her, their teen daughter lives locked in a hospital ward.
The Justina Pelletier case sheds light on the fact that there are few good paths to resolution once doctors are convinced that parents are harming their child.
Dolphins 24, Patriots 20
Patriots run out of comeback magic against DolphinsPatriots QB Tom Brady was picked off in the end zone on fourth down with two seconds to play, sealing a 24-20 Dolphins’ victory.
Dan Shaughnessy
Does anyone seriously think a Patriots team without Rob Gronkowski and Vince Wilfork and Jerod Mayo is really a Super Bowl contender?
Public disclosure letters paint a complex web of possible ethical conflicts that Steven Grossman’s private business dealings could create for him as state treasurer.
Three of the highest-compensated private college and university presidents in 2011 were at the helm of Mass. schools, according to a survey.
Even though the senator says she will not run in 2016, that has not stopped Warren boosters from promoting her profile in presidential primary states.
The campaign to get the heightened fares on The Ride rolled back was repetitive, relentless, and tedious — and it worked.
Globe Santa
Globe Santa will brighten Christmas for the two children of a woman trying to balance college and part-time work.
JAMES CARROLL
What is personhood?When animals and humans developed a relationship of love, only one species knew to wonder about the meaning of the interaction.
The Patriots didn’t make the right halftime adjustments, were out-executed down the stretch, and wilted under the Miami heat.
Residents should expect bitter cold and some patches of ice for their Monday morning commutes, but major roads should be clear.
The rites for Mandela concluded in South Africa with a state funeral attended by 5,000 and watched on TV by millions.
The secretary of state returned to the Vietnam region where he once patrolled on a naval gunboat, this time to fight climate change.
Both upstarts, while aiming to reinvent cycling, have produced remarkably similar battery-backed, smartphone-enabled wheels.
Bernal’s riveting cult classic, first published in Mexico in 1969, has been translated into English.
Researchers have seen some promising results with the erectile dysfunction drug sildenafil citrate (Viagra).
The start of the school year was filled with winners and memories. It’s time to toast local athletes for their achievements.
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Broken CityDownload an updated version of the Globe series chronicling epic gridlock in the nation’s captial, and examining solutions to the country’s political quagmire.
Was Dickens’s Christmas Carol borrowed from Lowell’s mill girls? A new discovery by literary scholars highlights an unexpected inspiration.
