Mother hopes son?s overdose will prevent others
Jeanne Flynn held a picture of her only child, Brian. She spoke openly about the impact of his heroin abuse.

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?These kids are dying like flies every day and it?s like a blink of an eye,? said Jeanne Flynn, less than a week after she found her son dead.

UMass law school struggles to find footing

The school cut the size of its incoming class by a third as its deficit hit $3.8 million last year.

The Deflategate report

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Gasper1-7409.jpg Roger Goodell needs to get it right on Tom Brady?s suspension

Trying to send messages or settle scores with Draconian punishment was for the French Revolution, not professional football.

Official game balls await lacing and inflation at Wilson Sporting Goods Co. in Ada, Ohio.

After Deflategate, here?s how NFL must change its rules

After the Patriots? punishment is decided, the league needs to shore up several handling loopholes.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/04/23/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/211d2fc0c5ce4d8184093355ebefdcb0-211d2fc0c5ce4d8184093355ebefdcb0-0-14740.jpg A look at how NFL has punished past transgressions

With the NFL weighing what punishment to hand down to the Patriots, here?s a look penalties levied previously.

One firefighter injured battling blaze at Medford High School

The cause of the blaze, which started shortly before 12:30 a.m. near the school?s autobody shop, is unknown, according to a fire official.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/04740134.jpg At least 3 killed in Spanish military plane crash

Up t0 10 crew members were on the transport plane when it crashed near in Seville. Two crew members were rescued, said officials.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/09/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/04739376.jpg WHO declares Liberia free of Ebola

The nation has gone 42 days, twice the maximum incubation period, without any new cases.

Blake Swihart headed back to the dugout after striking out looking with the bases loaded in the fourth inning.

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NICK CAFARDO | ON BASEBALL

Scuffling Red Sox are running low on answers

There?s no excuse for what?s happening with this team right now.

Art Review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/07/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/472344208.jpg Violence, politics expressed at Venice Biennale

The precarious state of modern civilized life is among the prominent themes addressed by the world?s artists in works on view at the 56th Venice Biennale.

Like the door to Wonderland the rabbit entered, memories are a kind of portal to ages past.

Beverly Beckham

If only memories could take us to another place and time

Peek inside, and everything we are and were exists, every age we ever were, every personality we tried on even for a day, everything we?ve ever been.

The iconic image, captured on Mother?s Day 1970.

KEVIN PAUL DUPONT I ON SECOND THOUGHT

45 years ago, Bobby Orr provided an unforgettable moment

The anniversary of the iconic ?Flying Bobby?? goal to win the Stanley Cup is Sunday ? Mother?s Day, just as it was in 1970.

Students make it to ?Super Bowl of adolescent math?

Three Mass. students beat out almost 100,000 students nationwide to compete in Raytheon Mathcounts? finals competition. And they almost won.

quick bite

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/02/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/QuickBiteStrip_01.jpg Steak and legs at STRIP by Strega

STRIP by Strega is the latest project from restaurateur Nick Varano, located in the Park Plaza.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/09/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/200_bill_simmons.jpg ESPN cutting ties with Mass. native Bill Simmons

The media personality and former ?Boston Sports Guy? found out about the decision on Twitter, according to a report.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/04/28/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/tlumacki_quincyhome_business191.jpg Buyers wade through tighter mortgage rules

When it comes to anxiety levels, the mortgage process appears to be giving this red-hot spring market a run for its money.

2015 Game Changers

These 51 innovative people and organizations did extraordinary things last year, reshaping the way we live and work.

Marathon trial podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/02/28/BostonGlobe.com/Special/Advance/Images/podcast.jpg Episode 29: ?Dead Man Walking? nun could close defense case

This interactive timeline highlights trial coverage and a podcast featuring Globe columnist Kevin Cullen and WBUR reporter David Boeri.

Opinion

Michael A. Cohen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/08/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/cohen-1286.jpg The new Mike Huckabee is mad as hell

When the Republican candidate announced his second run at the White House, the optimism of his initial foray was gone.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Venice Biennale art exhibition kicks off

The prestigious event in Italy starts this weekend, exhibiting contemporary artists from 89 countries.

The Globe Collection Promo