Edwin Alemany’s long spiral down

From early childhood, Amy Lord’s accused killer gave many warning signs of uncontrolled mental illness.

Olivia Callanan,17, and her family plan to move out of  South Boston, despite the area’s improvements.

‘New Southie’ can’t mask drug problems

Amy Lord’s grisly murder and recent drug deaths have pierced South Boston’s image of rejuvenation.

Mass. is leaving more youths in troubled homes

The number of children removed from their homes for abuse or neglect has fallen sharply, even as reports of abuse or neglect have climbed, figures show.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies is building a $100 million headquarters in Washington with money raised by a high-powered collection of former senior government officials and titans of industry.

PETE MAROVICH FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

Broken City

Many D.C. think tanks now players in partisan wars

Hundreds of nonprofit institutions are pursuing fiercely partisan agendas and are funded by undisclosed corporations, wealthy individuals, or both.

Still hearing the echoes

Children who witnessed the Marathon explosions are experiencing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Children struggle in aftermath of Marathon attack

They weren’t among the wounded, or didn’t seem to be. But for many of the children who witnessed the bombs, the inner aftershocks just won’t go away.

Yvonne Abraham

Commanding failure in the BPD

The mess that is the Boston Police Department’s cockamamie promotions system goes way beyond race.

Wind farms creating an environmental divide

Advocates fear voices opposing wind projects from within the movement will derail efforts to slow climate change and establish renewable energy sources.

A worker raked wild blueberries from last week. More than 80 million pounds are expected to be harvested this year.

The race to save blueberries in Down East

Maine’s crop of wild blueberries — frozen and shipped the world over — is threatened by a red-eyed, weak-flying fruit fly.

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TOM KEANE

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/08/11/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/keane0811-1806--90x90.jpg What’s at play in a fluid mayoral race

Predicting the outcome is foolhardy, and trying to forecast voter turnout based on 20-year-old data is difficult.