New surveys show doctors consider it important to screen for dementia but often don?t, because they feel powerless to help.
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As the chairman of the influential House Ways and Means Committee, the painstakingly understated, controversy-avoiding Neal is suddenly in the spotlight.
Speaking in New Hampshire for the first time since announcing his presidential bid, Bernie Sanders said the political discussion among Democrats has shifted to the left.
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In such communities as Stoneham, Hadley, Arlington, and Needham, women are being held as sex slaves. Prosecutors say the investigations are time-consuming and difficult.
157 people, including 8 Americans, killed in Ethiopian Airlines crash Authorities said more than 30 nationalities, including the United States, were on the jetliner.
China grounds Boeing 737 Max jets after fatal crash The country?s aviation regulator issued the order following a crash in Ethiopia that left 157 people dead.
Maine fire chief dies after suffering medical emergency at memorial for fallen firefighter Gary Sacco of the Oxford Fire Department died after he suffered a medical emergency at the memorial service for Joel Barnes.
The move comes as the school investigates his actions regarding the firing of a teacher charged last month with indecent assault on a student.
Road to Recovery
Drugs took their children, but not their hope that others might be saved The experiences of three young adults who fatally overdosed, as told by their parents, contain lessons for addressing the opioid crisis.
Trump will seek more money for border wall President Trump will make a significant request for border wall funds from Congress, in his proposed federal budget, as well as defense increases and cuts to other programs.
A March 24 a service is planned to address the United Methodist Church?s vote last month to uphold its opposition to same-sex marriage and LGBTQ clergy.
Rockland man allegedly drove his Maserati into a Southborough home A Rockland man is facing several charges, including an OUI, after he allegedly drove his Maserati into a Southborough house early Sunday, police said.
Kelly Catlin, US Olympic cyclist, dies at 23 The Olympic track cyclist Kelly Catlin, who helped the U.S. women?s pursuit team win the silver medal at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016, died Friday at her home in California. She was 23.
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The building boom that has transformed Boston over the last few years has reached nearly every corner of the city. But not Readville.
Penguins 4, Bruins 2
First period 2-0 deficit proved too much to overcome for Bruins.
BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL
The period begins Monday but signings and trades can?t happen until 4 p.m. Wednesday.
CRHISTOPHER L. GASPER
Maybe we need to just let Kyrie be Kyrie and enjoy the ride With Celtics star Kyrie Irving, the talent is undeniable, the temperament unpredictable. But that?s often just the way it is with creative geniuses.
Julia Ruth Stevens, Babe Ruth?s last surviving child, dies at 102 The Stevens family announced the death of the baseball icon?s daughter on Facebook Saturday night.
Adrian Walker
Who wants to lead the Boston Public Schools? The search for a replacement for former superintendent Tommy Chang has turned into a mystery.
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THOMAS FARRAGHER
Johan Rijk is a survivor of a stroke that nearly killed him in 2010. His right-side paralysis is being doggedly met with therapy, rehabilitation, uncommon determination ? and unbreakable family ties.
Photos from the 7th annual Harpoon Shamrock Splash South Boston saw more than its fair share of shamrocks and shivers Sunday, as participants in Harpoon?s 7th annual Shamrock Splash plunged into the waters at M Street Beach.
Ideas | Brantley Hargrove
A letter from Tornado Country In the Southeast, people die when poverty meets the planet?s most ferocious winds.
Editorial
Boston high schools should adopt state course recommendations It?s past time for Boston Public Schools to align its high school curriculum with the MassCore recommendations.
?SNL? tackles R. Kelly sex assault accusations with parody of CBS interview, Pete Davidson monologue Leslie Jones played Gayle King and Kenan Thompson played R. Kelly in a recreation of this week?s tense TV interview.
MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS
This week in watching: The fall of ?Arrested Development,? the return of ?Billions,? and the power of punk Globe TV critic Matthew Gilbert?s guide to the week ahead in television.
As the Marathon nears, Newton?s hills come alive How four awful hills, two bathrooms, and a quiet carriage road turned Newton into a marathon-training mecca.
Truth and Consequences Opinion columnist Michael Cohen takes a candid and no-holds-barred look at the current political moment. Sign up now.
Munch Madness 2019: The top restaurants in Boston If it?s March, it must be time for the tournament everyone awaits all year: Munch Madness.
Dating in 2019 is?complicated. Frustrating. Sometimes completely exhilarating. In Season 2 of the podcast, Meredith Goldstein goes deep on one of her most-asked questions.
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Read a multi-part investigation into how and why the lives of promising Boston valedictorians didn?t quite turn out the way they expected.
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The Big Picture
Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: winter weather, presidential candidates on the campaign trail, a Chinese New Year celebration.
The defensive end is reportedly headed to Foxborough.
Mark Kempic met with Merrimack Valley residents and business owners to discuss the ongoing recovery efforts from the gas explosions.
A pet snake escapes and slithers around an apartment building, a very expensive fanny pack goes missing, and other odd items from local police blotters.
Builders ramped up the construction of single-family houses to the fastest pace in eight months. The rebound fueled optimism that new-home sales will improve in 2019. | realestate.boston.
In a separate appearance at the Texas festival, presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg said he learned about white privilege after getting caught smoking marijuana as a student at Harvard.
Shamima Begum was pregnant with her third child when she surrendered to a US-backed group, which brought her to a detention camp.
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The compromise could also lead to a more fragile agreement, which could fall apart quickly should trade frictions rise again.
On Saturday, the sweetly vivacious Brit showed that ?Boo?d Up,? which won this year?s best R&B song Grammy and was nominated for song of the year, was no fluke.
Does this sound like a dandy girlfriend?s getaway? For sure.
Are we ignoring ? or outright banning ? an easy affordable-housing fix? Mobile homes may be the least expensive and most effective means of addressing the region?s housing shortage.
Review: In ?The Inventor,? Elizabeth Holmes dazzles, but keeps her secrets The Alex Gibney film, airing on HBO, reveals the greed and grift that turned Holmes? company, Theranos, into a cautionary tale of Silicon Valley hubris.
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