?This parrot means the world to my autistic son?

11parrot - Luna the parrot who went missing in Revere on Monday July 25/2016. ( Belsy Carreno)

Belsy Carreno

In Revere, the loss of a small bird has devastated the family of an autistic boy who relied on her.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/nursinghome_010A.jpg Blistering report details nursing home deaths

A report into two recent deaths at a Brockton nursing home details a health center in chaos.

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The Sacramento-bound flight 429 hit turbulence that left 22 customers and 2 crewmembers injured.

Indira A.R. Lakshmanan

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For voters, digesting facts isn?t easy, and figuring out which candidate has a better economic plan is even harder.

(L-R)Brandon Miles, Brandon Partin and Michael Miles cheer before Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump attends a campaign rally at the Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee, Florida August 11, 2016. REUTERS/Eric Thayer

REUTERS

At a Trump rally, a Confederate flag goes up, and quickly comes down

At a Florida rally, Brandon Partin, a Trump supporter, draped a Confederate flag over the front rail just to the right of the stage.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/04/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/getty_07fashion04_nat.jpg Hillary Clinton has left her fashion critics behind

The former first lady has also undergone a style metamorphosis since she last ran for president.

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Hillary Clinton accused Donald Trump of peddling pessimism and misleading voters with claims he?s ?on the side of the little guy.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/12/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/AFP_EI3M9.jpg Shifting tone, Trump entertains the notion he could lose

Donald Trump acknowledged Thursday that his presidential campaign could ultimately fall short.

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Ashlee ?Penny? Berryman, 21, was fatally shot outside a bar in downtown Everett after watching her boyfriend perform.

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The brutal killing of two female joggers this month has unsettled many women runners.

Opinion | SERA DAVIDOW

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/11/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Advance/Images/0812headforweb.jpg How we?re missing the real story on mental health in Massachusetts

What we?re doing for people with psychiatric diagnoses isn?t working.

Developer Joe Fallon says Fan Pier is about halfway done, and about 56 percent of the end result will be parks and open space.

Keith Bedford/Globe Staff

Shirley Leung

Developer defends his South Boston turf

There?s much angst over the future of the Boston waterfront.

Opinion | Laura M. Colarusso

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/11/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/0812PEDcancer.jpg When a child dies from cancer

The fact that pediatric cancers are rare is a good thing, but it also means that these diseases are harder to fight.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/12/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chin081116PatriotsSaintsExhibition_Spt10.jpg After slow start, Jimmy Garoppolo picks up pace

Playing the entire first half, the quarterback was 11 of 17 for 168 yards, no touchdowns or turnovers, a 91.9 rating, and 10 points in six drives.

2016 Olympics

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/11/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/484588063.jpg Friday at the Olympics: Track and field off and running

US women?s soccer faces Sweden in a quarterfinal, and the US basketball teams are back in action.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/11/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Gasper1-9923.jpg Aly Raisman was not denied this time around

Raisman missed an all-around medal in 2012 on a tiebreaker, but she won silver in Rio.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/12/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/2016-08-05T214324Z_956219109_RIOEC851OBPOD_RTRMADP_3_OLYMPICS-RIO-OPENING[1].jpg Daily Beast apologizes after story on gay athletes at Rio

The Daily Beast has withdrawn a story that prompted ire of many readers, complaining that it could have outed gay athletes at the Rio Games.

Byong-man Jo and Gye-Yeul Kang in ?My Love, Don?t Cross That River.?

Film Movement

At the MFA, documentary portrait of a marriage

The Korean documentary ?My Love, Don?t Cross That River? celebrates a very long-lasting marriage.

President Barack Obama reacts after putting on the first green as he plays golf at Farm Neck Golf Course in Oak Bluffs, Mass., on Martha's Vineyard, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016. The president and his family are vacationing on the Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Obama drops his summer playlist

President Barack Obama?s summer jams range from a little pop to a little hip hop, and much in between.

THINGS TO DO

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/RedSoxComic_10.jpg The Weekender: Cosplay, dirty dogs, and the return of Tracy Morgan

Everything fun to do in Boston and beyond this weekend.

What our critics say

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/05/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/bh-12158r.jpg Park that chariot: ?Ben-Hur? is back

First a silent movie, then an Oscar winner in 1959, the story of the title Jewish prince returns to the arena.

Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | Jon Garelick

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/08/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/screenshot-2016-08-08-101013jpg.jpg How ?fake news? got real

The Pulitzer Prize Board calls this kind of thing ?explanatory journalism,? and they give awards for it.

Globe investigations

Private schools, painful secrets

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/160607_BH__ErikaSchickel3.jpg The unexpected price of reporting abuse: retaliation

The Globe found 15 instances of retaliation at New England private schools against students or employees who raised concerns about sexual abuse by staffers.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

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?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

The Big Picture

Jessica Rinaldi/globe staff

Farmer Olympics in Vermont

With the world?s attention focused on the Olympic Games in Brazil, a decidedly different type of competition was held in a small corner of New England.