Doctors, judges, and drug counselors say they are seeing more and more cases of neglect and abuse of children due to opioid-addicted parents.
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Merrimack Pharmaceuticals is targeting its lead drug candidate at metastatic pancreatic cancer, a disease that has stubbornly resisted treatment.
The mother was told in Pennsylvania that her baby needed medical care. She traveled to Boston, where she was arrested at Boston Children?s Hospital.
The drug to treat dry-eye disease will take more time to get approval after regulators asked for additional testing.
A freeze warning was issued for much of Eastern Massachusetts overnight until 9 a.m. Sunday.
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Starts and Stops
When David Kelly retired, the school changed its speed limits to 17 miles per hour, in honor of his favorite number.
Former Uber driver sentenced to 10 to 12 years for rapeAlejandro Done of Boston pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a woman he had picked up when he was driving for Uber in 2014.
Israelis shot dead at least four Palestinians they said had attacked them with knives on Saturday in Jerusalem and Hebron.
Heavy rain left a section of at least one highway in California waist-deep in mud, stranding hundreds of vehicles.
Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff
Hillary Cohen is set to be the first person to receive a prosthetic leg donated by a foundation established by bombing survivor Heather Abbott.
Patriots at Colts | Sunday, 8:30 p.m. | NBC
Colts fans seem realistic about the matchup, even though their team is struggling to score and Andrew Luck has a shoulder injury.
How do we do justice to the power of the works they house? Sebastian Smee ponders a delicate relationship.
NICK CAFARDO I SUNDAY BASEBALL NOTES
The Red Sox were last among AL East teams in homers. Meanwhile, eight of the 10 playoff teams were in the top 12 in home runs.
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home of the week
The details that made this style popular have been preserved, including a layout where you step from the porch directly into the living room.
Head of the Charles
From athletic ability to race strategy, here?s what it takes to be a winning crew at the Head of the Charles Regatta.
COLLEGE BOUND
Do early birds catch the college acceptance?Some high school seniors are better off nailing the fall grading period before they apply.
Final US Airways flight completes journey, lands in PhillyThe final US Airways flight has landed in Philadelphia, completing the last leg of its roundtrip journey.
STEVEN A. ROSENBERG
Hank Finkel?s life has always been about working hard and taking advantage of opportunities.
opinion reel
?I Do Not Know Yet,? a film by Tory MuschettaGender identity is hard to explain ? even to yourself.
In N.H., Rubio and Bush are in a zero sum gameJeb Bush is in third place in a new poll in New Hampshire with Marco Rubio just one point behind.
Reuters
A year after Hong Kong riot police fired tear gas at pro-democracy protesters, a Reuters photographer revisited the scenes.
Innovation Economy
Startups serve up ways to get patients to take medsThey?re part of the entrepreneurial drive to solve a problem that costs the health care system hundreds of billions of dollars.
A conversation with Catholic Africa?s lion in winterCardinal Francis Arinze of Nigeria is unyielding in his defense of Catholic orthodoxy.
Jeff Smith and the Eagles? young offense will find the going tough against fifth-ranked Clemson in Death Valley.
T officials are considering ways to reach a goal of $40 million in additional annual revenue by fiscal year 2017.
An e-mail from a close confidant of the vice president set off another frenzied round of speculation about his 2016 intentions.
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The brand new Bentayga is the fastest SUV in the world.
President Barack Obama says he?ll travel the country in the coming weeks to encourage changes to the nation?s criminal justice system.
Johnson & Johnson defeated a lawsuit claiming it had improperly designed its Tylenol pain reliever.
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This is a burning fuse of an opera, lighted by the title character at her very first entrance.
Despite popular belief, the beret isn?t limited to Wes Anderson heroines, baguette-wielding Parisians, and the 2012 U.S. London Olympics team.
Design New England
Deck House ReduxA new floor plan and a fresh palette prove the stalwart post-and-beam, open concept design is still relevant.
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Why food allergy fakers need to stop
Bernie Sanders rejects CEO Martin Shkreli?s campaign donation
Can the Colts beat the Patriots? Fans? answers are depressing
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