Some are taking opioids meant for pets

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Much of the medication prescribed to animals is the same medication prescribed to humans.

Special Report

As Obama departs, black youth question place in Trump?s America

Black youth in Ferguson, Baltimore, and Boston are confronting the paradox of President Obama?s historic ascension and the start of the Donald Trump era.

The transition: Obama to Trump

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Like him or dislike him, Donald Trump is a radical departure from anything the country has seen in modern politics.

Opinion | Jeffrey D. Sachs

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US foreign policy in the coming years should address not only threats, but also opportunities.

Metro

Man is stabbed at party at home of UMass Boston chancellor

A 20-year-old man was stabbed during a party at the home of UMass Boston Chancellor Keith Motley, who was not at home at the time.

Driver is killed in Mansfield crash, car engulfed in flames

The driver of a vehicle died early Sunday morning in Mansfield after failing to negotiate a turn, leaving the vehicle ?fully engulfed in flames,? police said.

People participated in rally to denounce plans to revoke the Affordable Care Act.

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Thousands protest health care repeal at Faneuil Hall

A crowd estimated at more than 6,000 denounced plans to revoke President Obama?s signature health care law.

Opinion | Elizabeth Warren

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/01/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Bedford_20170115_DEMOCRAT_RALLY_006.jpg The GOP?s strategy for Obamacare? Repeal and run.

There?s no magic wand we can wave to simply snap back to our old system if Republicans decide to rip up the Affordable Care Act and run away.

Patriots 34, Texans 16

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

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If Saturday?s game made you feel good about these Patriots, you must be wearing Tom Brady?s Under Armour pajamas.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

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Players and coaches are aware they?ll need big-time improvements to win another playoff game.

ALEX SPEIER

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The receiver has seven straight playoff games in which he?s caught at least seven passes, the most in NFL playoff history.

Celtics

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Isaiah Thomas says he didn?t talk trash about Dennis Schroder?s mom

?That?s a 100 percent lie, and he knows that,? Thomas said Sunday. ?I always say, ?Keep it hoop.? ?

?There?s a plan for when you leave, something waiting for you,? said inmate Kevin Faherty, an Army veteran.

Kevin Cullen

At Middlesex jail, a sheriff?s program worth praising

?We wanted to create a unit that could specifically address the needs of those who have served in the military,? Peter Koutoujian said.

Remembering MLK

Martin Luther King Jr. addressed a crowd at a Roxbury school during a visit to the city in 1965.

Yvonne Abraham

It?s time to finally honor Martin Luther King?s ties to Boston

A statue for King in the city that helped form him is long overdue.

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Opinion & Ideas

Renée Graham

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The Democrats can?t melt while opposing Trump.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/01/04/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/Burkowitz-hero-1932[1].jpg She loved him, and he died in the Holocaust. Now her son is bringing his music back to life.

A tale of young love drove a son on an eye-opening journey. And in the process, a musical legacy that was all but lost has been found, and a life revealed.

Life sciences

STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.

Investigations

The Desperate and the Dead | Part 7

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/20160923_SAMentalHealth_312.jpg The San Antonio solution

One Texas city took on mental health as a community and became a national model. Why can?t Mass. do the same?

The story behind ?Spotlight?

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?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.