In opioid battle, Gloucester police call out CEOs

A Facebook post urged the department?s nearly 10,000 followers to ask pharmaceutical leaders what they are doing to help put a stop to the drug scourge.

Shad Haji sat in his tent at the Kara Tepe refugee camp outside Mytilene on the Greek island of Lesbos. Haji said he refused to serve in the army after college. He does not have his passport but hopes to leave the camp soon.

Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

Dispatches from Lesbos, Greece

?I?m alive? ? Migrants? tales of survival

Thousands of migrants have washed ashore on the Greek island of Lesbos. Here are a few of their stories.

Suspect in Barre road rage beating due in court

A 71-year-old motorist was pulled from his car and badly injured when he stopped to let a tailgating vehicle pass.

A stormier, but warmer, winter expected

For New Englanders, a strong El Niño typically means more storms but warmer temperatures.

Suspicious death of Marshfield man under investigation

Authorities said they believe the suspicious death of Robert E. McKenna, was not a random incident.

A view of Boston from Eliot Tower, which is located on the Blue Hills Reservation.

Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff

State considers deer hunting at Blue Hills Reservation

The population of white-tailed deer has exploded well beyond the number state wildlife officials consider to be healthy.

Mass. added 7,200 jobs in Aug., unemployment rate still 4.7%

The state added jobs in several sectors last month including leisure and hospitality, education, and health services.

Boston, Massachusetts - 9/16/2015 - Passersby walk along a block of Columbus Avenue between Dartmouth and Yarmouth Streets in Boston, Massachusetts, September 16, 2015. (Keith Bedford/Globe Staff)

BRA presses to extend its urban renewal powers

The Boston Redevelopment Authority wants to continue the ?blighted? designation for another decade in 14 areas.

The top 11 Republican presidential candidates posted for a group photo on the night of the second debate, which was hosted by CNN.

Scot Lehigh

A debate? It was more like a political circus

There were a few moments of a true debate, but ultimately the cable network failed to deliver on expectations.

Republican presidential hopefuls Donald Trump and Jeb Bush spoke during the presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California on Sept. 16.

Trump thrusts, rivals parry in GOP debate

In a marathon three-hour debate on CNN, presidential candidates ramped up their criticisms of Donald Trump.

Fall Fashion

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/15/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/athleisure2v-1467--90x90.jpg Has our addiction to casual dressing gone too far?

Bostonians were way ahead of the hugely popular athleisure trend. But there?s a right and a wrong way to wear it.

Hiawatha Bray | Tech Lab

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/17/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/bray-4711.jpg When a privacy tool protects felons, too

A small library in Lebanon, N.H., has become the vanguard of the Internet privacy movement.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/16/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy1-7976.jpg The evidence is clear, Belichick?s brilliance is unmatched

The critics can continue to pile on, but the Patriots coach is killing them with cold-blooded strategy and execution.

UPI

Dispute over HIV treatment featured in movie sparks lawsuit

The lawsuit revolves around researchers who developed a drug that was featured in the film ?Dallas Buyers Club.?

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Johnny Depp said he had a responsibility to portray Bulger in a human light, but one victim?s family called the gangster ?a sicko, a psycho.?

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The boy, 14, brought a clock to school in hopes of impressing his engineering teacher. Instead, he was arrested for a hoax bomb.

farah stockman

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/16/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/stockman-1315.jpg My friend is dead. Why isn?t gun control part of Black Lives Matter?

Even though he wasn?t shot by a police officer, Carey Gabay?s black life matters, too.

The Big Picture

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

Maine hiker peaks at ninety

Richard Dreselly first hiked to the top of Mt. Washington in New Hampshire in 1941. Now at 90, he climbed for what he says will be the last time.

BetaBoston

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/15/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/wiggs_Hearing_447842.jpg Uber vs. taxi clash takes center stage at State House hearing

Officials strongly signaled their intent to foster the growth of alternatives to taxis at the hearings.

Crux

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Pope Francis issued a blunt warning to any religious orders in Europe that spurn his recent call to open their doors to refugees.

Lifestyle

Plated

Jewish specialties for break-the-fast menu

For almost a quarter-century, Maxie?s Delicatessen in Stoughton has been a popular place to find a feast for the eve of Yom Kippur or to pick up a spread for break-the-fast.