Few nursing homes are prepared to identify and treat residents with a history of substance abuse, say specialists.
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AMERICA ON EDGE
This year, in Norcross, Ga. and places like it, resentment has found its voice.
JEFF JACOBY
On Election Day, not voting is also a legitimate choiceThe freedom to vote incorporates the freedom not to vote. And sometimes, that?s the right choice.
With ?basket of deplorables? quip, Clinton just made a memeThe Democrats? nominee for president probably didn?t intend to spark a social media frenzy when she mocked half of Donald Trump?s supporters.
David Abel/Globe staff
Victim?s families fear the spirit that lifted them up has been crushed by the anger, bullying, and division they see sweeping across the country.
Thinking of Mom every day, not just Sept. 11The McGowan sisters never stop thinking of their mother, Stacey Sennas McGowan, who died on 9/11.
One killed, two injured, in Taunton boat crashA 39-year-old New Hampshire man died Saturday afternoon in a boat crash while competing in a regatta at Watson Pond in Taunton.
The 45-year-old victim had stopped in the breakdown lane when a speeding car hit his vehicle, State Police said.
Race for Democratic chief heating up Two more potential challengers to the state Democratic Party chairman emerged last week.
For many older Massachusetts residents, home care visits are a lifeline, but state budget cuts may mean delays.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
The QB will join a long history of Boston sports replacements, from Yaz to Finkel to Cassel.
BEN VOLIN | SUNDAY FOOTBALL NOTES
Cardinals have earned their way into spotlightThe once-hapless franchise has built itself into a league darling and Super Bowl favorite.
Yvonne Abraham
Another ambitious idea from City Hall gets toned downThe downsized plan for City Hall Plaza leaves Mayor Marty Walsh with yet another much-heralded, ambitious idea that hasn?t gone as envisioned.
Warren rallies with janitors for better pay and working conditions?This city needs you,? Senator Elizabeth Warren told the crowd of supporters gathered on Boston Common.
KEVIN CULLEN
Writing your own ticket After 30 years of running a weekly newspaper in Vermont, editor is offering it to the winner of an essay contest.
Five things you should know about Garnet Hill?s Claire SpoffordThe Franconia, N.H., catalog and online retailer is expanding with brick-and-mortar stores.
TV Critic?s corner
Doing the PR danceOn Monday night, ABC introduces season 23 of ?Dancing With the Stars.?
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Cooking 600 meals a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. For Seth Green, head chef at St. Francis House, it?s a labor of love.
Almost up a creek while paddling the waters of DisneyA misadventure of mine gave me a glimmer into the dangers that lurked in Florida waters.
scott kirsner | innovation economy
Boston, the antihacker hubBoston has emerged as Silicon Valley?s biggest challenger in the cybersecurity industry.
Asian cultures celebrated on Boston CommonThe sixth annual Asian-American Day Saturday reflected a range of Asian cultures from different countries.
COMEDY
Jeff Ross roasts Boston cops ? because no other cops would let himRoss says he wanted to do this roast for the police, to humanize them and show how difficult their job is.
Ideas | Jacob Haqq-Misra
A better theory of intelligent designYou don't have to be religious, or even reject evolution, to consider the possibility of intelligent design.
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.
Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters
A look at children around the world starting school after their summer break.
STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.
The Eagles had lost nine straight games dating to last Sept. 26.
During more than 25 years on the bench, Superior Court Judge Patrick F. Brady ran a strict courtroom.
It?s straight out of the water and good for you. What?s not to like?
Hillary Clinton?s team has long believed in the importance of analytics and volunteers to get out the vote. Now, Trump is starting efforts of his own.
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The G-Class is certainly a head-turner with squared off windows and edges that look like nothing else on the road.
The project in the southern port city of Bushehr will eventually include two power plants expected to go online in 10 years.
As an auctioneer, Lucy Grogan is required to be a salesman, entertainer, negotiator ? and mathematician of sorts.
?The Book? is a delightful exploration of the global history, filled with facts and trivia to entertain and enchant.
May 13 is during tulip time, so order bulbs now, plant this fall, and cut next spring.
Enchantment awaits children of all ages at the Nature Museum at Grafton?s 8th annual Fairy House Festival in Vermont.
Ground Game
Trump?s upper hand in Maine?s Down EastNo one in history has ever chipped off a single electoral vote in Maine, but local experts say Donald Trump is favored to do so this year.
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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Being white, and a minority, in Georgia
Paralympics should be held before, not after the Olympics
In Pa., boomers see the American Dream slipping away
Nick Cafardo: Ben Cherington?s ?mistakes? not so bad anymore
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