Baker calls for new approach to opioid crisis

The epidemic that claimed more than 1,000 lives in Mass. last year ?will require all of us to rethink the way we treat addiction,? Baker said.

Since May 26, Boston police say they have seized 39 dirt bikes, motorcycles, and scooters from homes.

Boston Police Department

Boston police crack down on off-road vehicles

The vehicles that are a nuisance to some residents have also been tied to a wide variety of crimes.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/02/19/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/maeda_location,location_biz1.jpg Boston Public Library?s art in state of neglect, report finds

The library?s 320,000 pieces are in dire need of space, a massive reorganization, and a complete inventory, the report found.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/22/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/2015-06-22T135003Z_963040841_LR2EB6M12F4DV_RTRMADP_3_MUSIC-GERMANY.jpg Berlin Philharmonic selects Kirill Petrenko as next artistic director

There was speculation that the renowned German orchestra would poach BSO music director Andris Nelsons for the job.

Ford?s Jim Tobin demonstrates the  Third Age Suit, which simulates aging by reducing mobility.

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When should you take the car keys from an aging parent?

It?s the conversation no adult child wants to have, the family dynamic few want to discuss publicly.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/11/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/IMG_8975_Dakinatpodium.jpg With new formula, fewer students found in poverty

Mass. has scrapped a decades-old method for defining low-income students in public schools.

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In an interview with comedian Marc Maron, President Obama weighed in on the debate over race and guns.

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Opinion | DANTE RAMOS

Entitled dogs and gentrification in the South End

Long ago in the South End, civic activism meant fending off bulldozers. In the post-gentrification years, it?s been more about making space for dogs.

Tamed/untamed

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/19/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/shutterstock_259185659.jpg Apart from the dinner hour, can animals tell time?

It?s undeniable that animals possess their own versions of internal clocks.

Since 1900 alone, 69 mammal species are believed to have gone extinct, along with about 400 other types of vertebrates.

Earth on brink of sixth mass extinction, scientists say, and it?s our fault

This time, the culprit isn?t a massive asteroid impact or volcanic explosions or the inexorable drifting of continents.

Adrian Walker

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walker_20131007.jpg In Charleston, hatred and paranoia turned into tragedy

Dylann Roof?s alleged attack has raised deep issues of race relations and history, as well as our country?s obsession with guns.

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady throws a pass during an NFL football organized team activity, Thursday, June 11, 2015, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

AP

Lawyers, physicists come to Tom Brady?s defense

Supportive fans are filing armchair amicus briefs with theories and spreadsheets refuting the NFL and the Wells Report.

Dan Shaughnessy

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/21/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Dan_Shaughnessy_150px-7922.jpg Think the Red Sox will turn things around now? Me, neither

The Red Sox took two of three from the Royals, but still have a long way to go to climb out of the basement.

BG.COM SLIDER RAISMAN Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman (cq) returns to Brestyan's American Gymnastics with her medals to sigh autographs for her fans. (Globe staff photo / Bill Greene) section:metro, topic:17raisman

Gymnast Aly Raisman to be in ESPN Magazine?s ?Body Issue?

The Olympic gymnast from Needham is one of several athletes with Boston connections to be featured this year.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/21/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/c25974bde966470c95352a812005a68a-c25974bde966470c95352a812005a68a-0.jpg Array of lapses set stage for killers? escape in upstate N.Y.

The oversights, years in the making, set the stage for the escape a little more than two weeks ago

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/22/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/200_taylor_swift.jpg After Taylor Swift complaint, Apple will now pay music royalties

Apple was not planning to pay royalties during a three-month trial period of its new streaming music service.

The Big Picture

A man kneels across the street from where police gather outside the Emanuel AME Church following a shooting on June 17 in Charleston, S.C.

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Shooting at Charleston church

Dylann Storm Roof, 21, allegedly killed nine people at a prayer meeting inside the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C.