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There may be no worse place for mentally ill people to receive treatment than prison yet a growing number end up in the ?new asylums.?
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A mom with her own struggles needs a little help to bring joy to her sonThe mother, who suffers from congestive heart failure, is praying that her son will share in the magic of Christmas morning.
Photos: Shoppers hit up Black Friday salesAfter a day of thanks, shoppers around Mass. sought sales and markdowns for their holiday gift list.
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday steals and deals for travelersTime to gobble up some travel bookings for far-flung getaways and New England vacations, too. Many travel deals are significant, including 50 percent off room rates, free nights ? and free beer.
Fireflies and so much more in the SmokiesClose to 307 million visitors in 2015 enabled Great Smoky Mountains National Park to defend its title as the most popular in the country.
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The confident cook
A spicy casserole sounds good after all that butter and sugar.
Movie Review
Santa sequel is OK, until it loses its wayThe best bits of ?Bad Santa 2? are skillfully played, sharply scripted, and disappointingly not sustained.
Bob Pearson for The Boston Globe
Some legislators are also angling to push back the Dec. 15 starting date for when residents could legally grow marijuana at home.
Jill Stein eyes 3rd fund-raising goal for recountStein announced her plans for a recount on Wednesday. She?s raised over $4.5 million since then.
Trump?s stock in company building disputed pipeline raises concernOpponents to the Dakota Access Pipeline warn that Donald Trump?s investments could affect any decision he makes on the $3.8 billion project as president.
Live updates from the Standing Rock protestA Globe reporter and photographer are at the scene of protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
GOP divided over secretary of state choice The debate inside Trump?s wide circle of formal and informal advisers has led to the kind of dramatic airing of differences.
Hillary Clinton thanks supporters for Thanksgiving signsClinton tweeted a picture of about a dozen signs that were left near her Chappaqua, N.Y., home on the holiday.
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Peter Abraham
Here?s a stab at ranking the organization?s most critical personnel this offseason.
Harvard scientists reveal physics behind molasses disasterThe Great Molasses Flood of 1919 killed 21 people, injured 150 others and flattened buildings when a giant storage tank ruptured.
EDITORIAL
For Ethel Rosenberg, a presidential pardonRosenberg was wrongfully convicted and executed in the 1950s. President Obama should make a historical reparation and grant her a presidential pardon.
STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.
With no function in her legs, she?s still hiking the Appalachian TrailStacey Kozel has hiked more than two-thirds of the trail, trekking solo with a major disadvantage: She cannot walk on her own.
Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight??Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
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big picture
A look at how artists around the world are transforming shared spaces. Photographers captured recent exhibitions and permanent works on display in various locations for all to experience.
Here?s a look at the results from around Eastern Mass.
Mr. Ferriss, who was inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2002, was a pitching phenom until shoulder injuries cut short his career.
Wilbur Ross became known as the ?king of bankruptcy? for buying, restructuring, and selling off steelmakers and other fading industrial companies.
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According to a study from iSeeCars, there should be plenty of deals on these models.
The move has raised privacy concerns and claims that Twitter is not being consistent in enforcing its ban on data being used for surveillance purposes.
Many of the victims were pilgrims on their way home to Iran from a holy site in southern Iraq.
These 125 organizations get stellar reviews from their employees. Here are sortable lists, and how we compiled them.
The Christian tale of Josaphat is actually based on the story of the Buddha ? a translation that was later recapitulated by the composer in his operatic work.
Director Pablo Larrain talks about filming ?Jackie,? starring Natalie Portman, as an American horror story.
I am a realist who understands that most of us cannot comfortably afford automobiles marketed as luxury or high-performance machines.
ground game
Where do the Democrats go from here?Perhaps the bigger problem for Democrats moving forward is the fact they don?t even know how to think about the future of the party.
Design New England
A Gardener?s GardenThe lush landscape around Andrew Grossman?s home and studio is a showcase of possibilities.
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Spotlight: Mental health and prisons, the new asylums
His brother?s keeper, Robert F. Kennedy saw conspiracy in JFK?s assassination
GOP divided over secretary of state choice
Elizabeth Warren asks federal agency to review Donald Trump?s ?chaotic? transition
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