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.
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Hillary Clinton probably didn?t intend to spark a social media frenzy when she mocked half of Donald Trump?s supporters.
Race for Democratic chief heating up Two more potential challengers to the state Democratic Party chairman emerged last week.
30 hurt in off-campus deck collapse in ConnecticutA pair of crowded decks collapsed during a party near Trinity College in Connecticut, injuring about 30 people.
One killed, two injured, in Taunton boat crashA 39-year-old New Hampshire man died Saturday in a boat crash while competing in a regatta at Watson Pond in Taunton.
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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.
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Hundreds of victims? family members, survivors and dignitaries gathered in New York and elsewhere on the 15th anniversary.
Hillary Clinton?s campaign said she departed the 9/11 ceremony in New York early and went to her daughter?s apartment where she was ?feeling much better.?
Families of those who died in the attacks gathered Sunday morning in the Boston Public Garden to remember their loved ones.
Fifteen years after attacks, unity that was felt then is goneVictim?s families fear the spirit that lifted them up has been crushed by the anger and division they see sweeping the country.
Thinking of mom every day, not just Sept. 11For the McGowan sisters, 9/11 has become a day to honor their mother, not one of mourning.
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.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
Jimmy Garoppolo?s a fill-in, but more than a footnoteThe QB will join a long history of Boston sports replacements, from Yaz to Finkel to Cassel.
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.
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.
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.
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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 rubber game of the series in Toronto begins at 1:07 p.m. on Sunday.
?This city needs you,? Senator Elizabeth Warren told the crowd of supporters gathered on Boston Common.
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
A better theory of intelligent design
In Pa., boomers see the American Dream slipping away
Nick Cafardo: Ben Cherington?s ?mistakes? not so bad anymore
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