Few units exist in the Boston area?s wealthier towns ? undercutting the region?s best hope for racial and economic integration.
America on Edge
Many from Butler High School?s class of 1976 are now weary, worn, or furious. For some, those feelings are driving their votes.
What does ?forever? mean? Westford debates the questionIn the late 1990s, the town spent $525,000 to permanently protect a 9-acre farm. Now a developer wants to build a restaurant there.
Rip currents, high wind gusts headed for southern Mass. coastTropical Storm Hermine will make the ocean dangerous and could topple trees, the National Weather Service said.
Clinton?s campaign trail leads to moneyed enclavesIn the last two weeks of August, Hillary Clinton raised about $50 million at 22 events.
RED SOX 11, ATHLETICS 2
Red Sox rout A?s again, move into tie for first in AL EastThe Red Sox offense was potent once again, helping Rick Porcello breeze to his 19th win.
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Yvonne Abraham
A lot has changed since Echavarria was freed after serving 21 years for a murder he always said he did not commit.
Families of special-needs children struggle with summer breaksBreaks in care can lead to a digression in a child?s fragile mental state. They can also cost families hundreds or thousands of dollars.
Pope Francis declares Mother Teresa a saint Applause erupted in St. Peter?s Square even before Francis finished pronouncing the rite of canonization.
The 2½-year-old girl slipped and fell into the pit, suffering burns on her legs and her side, police said.
A 59-year-old?s vehicle careened off Main Street before the crash, police said.
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It?s likely that a four-game suspension is the stuff Tom Brady?s nightmares are made of.
travel
Six classic New England getaways ? for splurgers and saversWe?ve put together a hit list of primo fall foliage destinations, plus some delightful places to stay on both spectrums of the budget.
Bob Ryan
What MVP and Cy Young awards are really aboutThis is the time of year when my blood pressure is put to the test.
The VIP Lounge: Malcolm ButlerWe caught up with the Patriots? Super Bowl hero to talk about all things travel.
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
What is it like to live in Harwich??Sometimes I can?t believe I live in such a quaint, idyllic place,? rockabilly guitarist Sarah Swain says.
CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER
Smylie Kaufman has more than PGA playoffs on his mindThe Louisiana State alumnus has devoted time and energy to helping victims of that state?s flooding disaster.
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Music Review
West stormed through more than 30 songs during Saturday?s high-energy performance.
Flooding caused by global warming has already begunThe sea has crept up to the point that a high tide and a brisk wind are all it takes to send water pouring into coastal streets and homes.
Conversion of MIT reactor to safer fuel pushed to 2027The delay is because of technical setbacks and mismanagement in a federal effort to develop a low-enriched uranium fuel.
Firefighters knock down 3-alarm blaze in RoslindaleCrews faced heavy fire when they arrived late Saturday at a Walter Street home.
JEFF JACOBY
I support Israel, which is why I don?t support US aid to IsraelThe Jewish state, with its booming economy, doesn?t need American charity.
The desperate and the dead
The broken covenantBehind the fragmented state of mental health care lies a political system failure that spans decades ? and continues.
Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight??Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
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At Franciscan Children?s in Brighton, several weeks of summer camps are offered so that children with special needs and their families feel supported year round.
STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.
The knuckleballer has continued to feel discomfort in right shoulder after last month?s injury.
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State officials say they plan to install more signs on Storrow and Memorial drives to warn motorists of the roadways? height restrictions.
A 5-foot snake appears in someone?s backyard, two youngsters prank-call the police, and other odd stories from local police blotters.
Trump visited a predominantly black church and vowed to fix the ?many wrongs? facing African-Americans.
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The 5.6 magnitude earthquake will likely bring fresh attention to the practice of disposing oil and gas field wastewater deep underground.
McGillivray, the longtime Boston Marathon director, loves to run, and run, and run . . .
Commercial blockbusters still exist and they still make obscene amounts of money, but they matter less and less.
Founded in 2010, Trusted Housesitters provides carefully chosen sitters who come to your house to care for your animals ? for free.
ground game
Donald Trump deported his immigration pivotMuch of Trump?s speech was a reaffirmation of either current US law or what he has already stated.
Design New England
?This is home?Keith Leblanc and Kelly Monnahan create a haven for themselves, family, and friends in the piney hills of outer Cape Cod.
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Flooding of coast, caused by global warming, has already begun
Nick Cafardo: How does Boston compare with Toronto, Baltimore entering final stretch?
In Pa., boomers see the American Dream slipping away
Red Sox rout A?s again, move into tie for first in East
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