Most home health aides offer vital care to the frail and aged. But some have other designs, leaving too many clients vulnerable to theft and worse. It is a crisis largely unseen, one which state authorities have done little about.
How will the Jaguars defend Rob Gronkowski? Even if Jacksonville limits Gronk?s production, his presence can still help the Patriots offense.
Chad Finn | Unconventional preview
The Jaguars are trying to win a game they already lost Jacksonville is an incredibly talented team, but it doesn?t have the appropriate perspective for this game.
Red Sox 5, Mets 3
Red Sox cut magic number for clinching AL East to 4 Jackie Bradley Jr. and Brock Holt each had two-run doubles in the fifth inning as the Red Sox evened their series with the Mets.
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Give David Price credit for how he?s pitched against good teams The lefthander is 5-0 with a 1.56 ERA since the All-Star break.
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Stephen Kinzer
Four young women of color are poised to challenge deep orthodoxies that shape Washington?s bipartisan militarist consensus.
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Don?t be an ingrate. Send grandma that thank-you note Times change, but good manners are forever.
Paul Manafort?s plea deal begs a key question: What does he know? The former Trump campaign chairman for months stood resolute in his innocence and was determined to fight charge upon charge.
Music Review
No band, no problem for Ed Sheeran at Gillette Armed with nothing but his guitar and real-time sampling pedals, the shaggy troubadour might have delivered one of the gutsiest shows ever performed in a football stadium.
A century ago they were scarred and shorn of much of their beauty. Now they beckon the intrepid in spirit and on foot.
Bob Ryan
Celtics fans should ignore what Kyrie Irving says about his future The Celtics guard enjoys keeping people off guard.
Experts on police training and psychologists are split as to the credibility of Amber Guyger?s story about how she came to kill 26-year-old Botham Jean.
Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
Within a matter of minutes Thursday afternoon, it was clear: Something dangerous was happening. But no one knew what it was, or when, or how, it would end.
A library serves as the spot where residents get their info Lawrence residents streamed there Saturday to speak to Columbia Gas representatives. The library also was serving as a donation center.
Arthur Medici, 26, of Revere, died Saturday. He was the first person killed by a shark in Mass. waters in more than 80 years.
Man piloting plane that went down in Woburn was experienced Michael Graver and his wife, Jodi Cohen, were the sole occupants of the single-engine plane. They were killed in Saturday?s crash a short distance from their destination, Hanscom Field.
Florence?s second wave promises to be destructive, too The tropical storm was moving inland at an ominously sluggish pace. ?This storm is not yet done,? warned one county official.
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Thirteen Mass. colleges have signed up to be a part of a degree program for incarcerated people.
Four injured in deck collapse in South Boston Between 10 and 15 people were on the deck of the P Street home when it collapsed, a fire department spokesman said.
Obituary
Paul Lewis worked with kids who grew up just like him Mr. Lewis was president of Positive Approaches, which provided workshops for neighborhood and school-based groups. The former BU football star, 55, died Sept. 4.
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Man shot and killed in Mattapan The man was shot near 500 Blue Hill Ave. and pronounced dead at a local hospital, police said.
Ideas | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie
Pass the scalpel. Hold the guilt trip An abundance of food unprecedented in human history justifies aggressive measures.
The life and rise of Ayanna Pressley Long before her shocking win, Pressley?s was an against-the-odds story. Time and again, she has toppled expectations.
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Cole Tracy nailed a 42-yard field goal ? in front of 87,000 ? on the final play to give LSU a 22-21 victory over Auburn.
The one-alarm fire was contained to one room in the basement, fire officials said.
Do you like piglets, music, whoopie pies? They?re all at the Topsfield Fair from Sept. 28 through Oct. 8.
The first thing you should do is leave --- immediately. Stay up-to-date on the gas explosions in Lawrence, Andover, and North Andover on Boston.com.
The deadline is Monday to finish the hand tally of 89,000 ballots across 37 communities in the Merrimack Valley-based Third District.
The storm uprooted trees, ripped off roofs, set off landslides, and flooded farms and roads.
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Although zero percent offers are on the decline, Edmunds says buyers can still score a deal by combining a competitive interest rate with an incentive that the carmaker is offering.
The film industry veteran says he?s checked out at least 10,000 spots over the last 15 years.
Preshows and livestreams are part of the mix for Monday night?s awards ceremony.
Sticking to tourism could be limiting your experience.
BU researcher calls on NIH to retract statement on alcohol and cancer risk Dr. Michael Siegel says the statement is in ?direct contradiction with the scientific evidence.?
Until next year, my sweetheart In a special bonus episode, Meredith Goldstein explores what happens to summer romance when the summer ends, and ?Wet Hot American Summer? creator David Wain shares a girl-crazy memory from his own camp days.
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Fall House Hunt: Tips for making that winning offer Buyers who know what sellers want can craft a winning offer in a crowded field without putting themselves at risk.
Seattle?s mayor talks growing pains that offer some lessons for Boston Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan spoke at a Globe event on how innovation is shaping our world, and she?s in high demand among the hundreds of mayors gathered in Boston.
More about Last Seen: The Largest Unsolved Art Heist ever A true-crime podcast about the most valuable ? and confounding ? art heist in history: the theft of 13 irreplaceable artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
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The Big Picture
Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: staying cool in the summer heat, installing a new police commissioner, spotting sharks on the Cape, campaigning politicians on the trail, and flipping gymnasts at the US championships.
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