Elizabeth Warren says she?ll back Iran nuclear deal

The senator offered her most explicit comments yet on the controversial agreement.

Top from left: Mike Huckabee, Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Rick Santorum. Bottom from left: Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and Rick Perry.

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GOP hopefuls to take center stage this week

Republican candidates will confront two strong opportunities to break free of the field.

ADRIAN WALKER

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Adline Stallings does not care for surprises, even when the surprise is a tribute to her work at Mission Main.

?We are committed to trying to make sure [the rates] are as adequate as possible,? said Daniel Tsai, assistant secretary for the state?s Medicaid program.

Program to manage care of poor, disabled sustains losses

The financial losses deal a setback to the state?s efforts to control rising medical spending through more coordinated care.

Rich Turner, 53, said it took nearly nine months before the medical examiner?s office finalized a death certificate for his husband.

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Medical examiners to bolster staff

The medical examiner?s office hopes hiring more support staff will help reduce a backlog of unfinished autopsy reports.

Cyberbullying on rise, particularly for teen girls, study says

The percentage of local students who experienced cyberbullying jumped from 14.6 percent to 21.2 percent over six years.

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The old strategy of holding special sales months before the start of a season is catching up with stores.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/02/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/4cf061d4-193b-4303-a467-e7aba1d28639.jpg After car hack, Internet of Things looks riskier

The revelation that hackers could remotely seize control of 1 million Chrysler automobiles delivers a stark warning.

Off-duty trooper arrested on domestic violence charges

The 36-year-old man is accused of seriously injuring a woman early Sunday at his central Mass. home.

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Does birth order impact personality?

Some studies have shown sizable differences by birth order in personality traits such as extraversion, while others have found no such effects.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/5%20Middlesex%20Rendering%20Drafts.jpg Assembly Square complex eyed at theater site

Developers are proposing housing, a hotel, and up to 1 million square feet of office and lab space in the Somerville hotspot.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/tlumacki_draftkings_business619-4621.jpg An uncertain line between fantasy sports, gambling

Local start-up DraftKings denies an accusation often leveled at the company ? that it is essentially a gambling operation.

Dan Shaughnessy

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/02/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy-7082.jpg And then there were two

Larry Lucchino?s upcoming departure means John Henry and Tom Werner will have final say over everything Red Sox-related.

Patriots training camp

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/03/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/200_joe_cardona.jpg Long snapper Joe Cardona juggles Patriots job, Navy duties

Cardona, the first US Naval Academy player drafted in more than 20 years, is rolling with the punches.

Scott Strode, who founded peer-to-peer recovery organization Phoenix Multisport after getting clean, pictured in an area in Boston where he used to buy drugs.

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Scott Strode finds his way back

The founder of the peer-to-peer recovery organization Phoenix Multisport is encouraging addicts to seek a different kind of high.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/shutterstock_16039993.jpg Our kids? friendships, our friendships

In the early years, your kids somewhat call the shots about who you hang out with, simply because of the tidal pull of playdate reciprocity.

Joshua Fitzgerald pointed out some of the vibrant crop his family farm, Mann Orchards in Methuen, expects to harvest.

New England growers excited about apple harvest

Some say the crop may rival that of 2013, which was one of the best harvests in the region in decades.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/03/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Lee_dearborn2_met.jpg Historic commission OK?s demolition of Roxbury school

The city wants to tear down the century-old Dearborn building, site of Boston?s first public vocational school for girls.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/19/BostonGlobe.com/Travel/Images/hitchbot_11.jpg Vandals cut short robot?s hitchhiking adventure

HitchBOT had covered a lot of ground since its July 17 departure for San Francisco, including Boston, but was vandalized in Philadelphia.

The Big Picture

A cyclist crossed a bridge in Christian A. Herter Park on the Charles River.

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Globe photos of the month: July, 2015

Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month including the Fourth of July celebration.

BetaBoston

BetaBoston

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/24/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/cmet0303b-631600.jpg CVS drives another nail in film?s coffin

The ?1-Hour Photo? signs have come down outside CVS Pharmacy stores in Boston and throughout the US.

Crux

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/02/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/allen-886.jpg Sainthood cause for victims of anti-Christian pogroms in India stalls

Seeing the martyrs of Kandhamal declared saints is ?my wish and my people?s wish,? said Archbishop John Barwa.