To discourage fare evasion, all Green Line trolleys will soon keep rear doors closed when making off-peak surface stops.
Part 1
Federal data obtained by the Globe show many nursing homes make heavy use of antipsychotic drugs to pacify residents.
Searchable database
The Globe has compiled a database of every US nursing home, showing their use of antipsychotic drugs, registered-nurse staffing, and percentages of residents with behavioral problems.
The activist escaped house arrest in China last week and might be hiding in the US embassy in Beijing, according to reports.
Man killed in Theater District was soldier back from AfghanistanStephen Perez Jr., who was fatally shot outside a club on Tremont Street early Saturday, had just returned from duty in Afghanistan and planned to become a Revere police officer.
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globe magazine
How a team of Harvard geeks is using a satellite — plus a little help from George Clooney — to rewrite the rules of humanitarianism.
Bob Ryan
It’s Year 5 of the three-year plan, and even its architect is not sure what to make of what’s going on with the Celtics.
Basketball Notes
NBA commissioner David Stern spent most of his media session last week discussing Metta World Peace and his approach with such a troublesome yet pathetic figure.
travel | cancun
An escape before parenthoodThe Globe’s David Abel and his pregnant wife took a rigorous “babymoon,” complete with steep waterfalls, difficult hikes, and children.
White sox 4, Red sox 1
The Red Sox had won six in a row, but White Sox starter Gavin Floyd took a no-hitter into the seventh inning Sunday to win the series finale.
From the Archives | Photos
The Swan Boats are treasured icons that have graced the Public Garden for more than 130 years.
Bradley has distinguished himself as a pest of a defender at every level, from elementary school to the University of Texas to the Celtics’ starting lineup.
It took decades, but New Bedford Harbor and the Acushnet River are clean, and now there is hope the river will become a recreation destination.
For two decades, Edward Burtynsky’s large-format color photographs have recorded globalization.
President Obama is promoting measures to safeguard veterans and members of the military against unscrupulous college recruiters.
In academic labs, at start-ups and non-profits, and within corporate walls, teams of exceptionally smart people hunt for ways to render the impossible possible.
Egypt’s ruling military council promised Sunday to reshuffle the Cabinet, hours after the parliament suspended sessions to protest the panel’s failure to heed repeated calls for the government’s dismissal.
David Abel’s journey into the jungle began on the coast of the volcano-ringed Lake Atitlan and took him from the old colonial capital of Antigua to the capital of Guatemala City.
Rebutting himself and decades of others, Wilson sloppily details a new hypothesis on biology and behavior.
