Edwin Alemany’s long spiral down

From early childhood, Amy Lord’s accused killer gave many warning signs of uncontrolled mental illness.

Olivia Callanan,17, and her family plan to move out of South Boston, despite the area’s improvements.

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‘New Southie’ can’t mask drug problems

Amy Lord’s grisly murder and recent drug deaths have pierced South Boston’s image of rejuvenation.

Mass. is leaving more youths in troubled homes

The number of children removed from their homes for abuse or neglect has fallen sharply, even as reports of abuse or neglect have climbed, figures show.

Latest news

 

Trooper fires into car near Chicopee, 1 dead

A man was killed and a woman was injured Sunday morning when a state trooper shot into their car during an altercation.

Kidnapped teen safe in Idaho; alleged abductor dead

A weeklong search for a Calif. teenager ended Saturday when Hannah Anderson, 16, was rescued and her apparent kidnapper killed.

The new Bowdoin-Geneva Community Hub has transformed a once-vacant streetcorner. Aurora Kieta, 2, intently watched the activity surrounding her.

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The new Bowdoin-Geneva Community Hub has transformed a once-vacant streetcorner. Aurora Kieta, 2, watched the activity surrounding her.

Ricardo Barbosa of the Greater Boston Food Bank distributed mangoes at the Community Hub’s kick-off event.

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Ricardo Barbosa of the Greater Boston Food Bank distributed mangoes at the Community Hub’s kick-off event.

Jhana Senxian (standing, left) and Johanna Brown chatted as William Alvarado (seated, left), 12, and Quran Smith, 9, set up a chess board.

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Jhana Senxian (standing, left) and Johanna Brown chatted as William Alvarado (seated, left), 12, and Quran Smith, 9, set up a chess board.

Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra members (from left) Kristen Adams, 15, Frannie Adams, 14, and Raven Whyles, 13, played “Ragtime Fiddle” at the kick-off.

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Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra members (from left) Kristen Adams, 15, Frannie Adams, 14, and Raven Whyles, 13, played “Ragtime Fiddle.”

Loresha Shaheed scooped out slush.

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Loresha Shaheed scooped out slush.

Nola Hood and her niece, 6-year-old Laila, left a book swap being held at the Community Hub.

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Nola Hood and her niece, 6-year-old Laila, left a book swap being held at the Community Hub.

Valerie Enriquez looked on as Noah Hicks repaired bicycles.

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Valerie Enriquez looked on as Noah Hicks repaired bicycles.

Streetcorner market revitalizes Bowdoin-Geneva area

Once a vacant lot, this plot at Topliff and Bowdoin streets in the Bowdoin-Geneva neighborhood is now a place to gather, listen to music, and learn about different kinds of food.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies is building a $100 million headquarters in Washington with money raised by a high-powered collection of former senior government officials and titans of industry.

Broken City

Many D.C. think tanks now players in partisan wars

Hundreds of nonprofit institutions are pursuing fiercely partisan agendas and are funded by undisclosed corporations, wealthy individuals, or both.

Curt Schilling gets his 16-and-under team prepared for its game at the USSSA Girls Fastpitch World Series at the Wide World of Sports at Disney.

Curt Schilling has a new lease on life

After a disastrous business venture and a heart attack, coaching softball has helped the former Red Sox pitcher turn the corner on difficult times.

Three-year-old Gianna Napoli, here with mother, Kim, was standing across the street from where the second bomb exploded.

Children struggle in aftermath of Marathon attack

They weren’t among the wounded, or didn’t seem to be. But for many of the children who witnessed the bombs, the inner aftershocks just won’t go away.

Opinion

TOM KEANE

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/08/11/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/keane0811-1806--90x90.jpg What’s at play in a fluid mayoral race

Predicting the outcome is foolhardy, and trying to forecast voter turnout based on 20-year-old data is difficult.

Globe exclusives

A worker raked wild blueberries from last week. More than 80 million pounds are expected to be harvested this year.

Racing to save blueberries
Justin Timberlake (left) and Jay Z shared the spotlight Saturday night.

Music review

Timberlake, Jay Z hit it out of park
Adrian Gonzalez has impressed the owner of the Dodgers.

Sunday Baseball Notes

Series matchup would be a really big deal
Most around the NFL give Tom Brady and Bill Belichick the benefit of the doubt that they will have the offense on top of the statistical rankings again this year.

Sunday Football Notes

Altered offense won’t leave Patriots lacking
Guests eat their meals in the kitchen of the main house.

A taste of homesteading at a Maine hostel

Critic’s notebook | Don Aucoin

For girls, ‘Wicked’ casts a spell
Stash Karandanis, cofounder of Tackle Grab, sorted through an array of tackle before casting his line.

ON THE JOB

Helping anglers ‘tackle’ fishing
Taylor Schilling stars in Netflix’s “Orange Is the New Black.”

buzzsaw | matthew gilbert

‘Orange’ addicts unite
Tim Tebow completed 4 of 12 passes for 55 yards and took three sacks in two-plus quarters.

On Football

Patriots keep it simple with Tim Tebow
Police released this photo of the festival the victims had attended in Franklin Park.

A year later, Roxbury triple murder still a mystery
Off the northeast coast of Sicily lies the island Vulcano.

sunday preview | travel

Food on Sicily: a cultural mash-up

Oyster thieves striking in Cape Cod

Sports

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Red Sox 5, Royals 3

Koji Uehara

Red Sox bullpen closes out Royals

Junichi Tazawa pitched two innings and Koji Uehara collected another save as the Red Sox beat the Royals, 5-3.

Metro

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David Downs cleared weeds outside the stable at the historic Fowler-Clark farm in Mattapan.

City seizes control of historic Mattapan farm

Contractors boarded up windows, repaired fencing, cut weeds, and hauled away trash from Fowler-Clark farm on Saturday.

Columnists

Johnny Manziel can’t profit from own name.

Christopher L. Gasper

NCAA needs reform

JOAN VENNOCHI

Mass. officials must investigate Todashev death
The FBI is accused of enabling Whitey Bulger, seen in this mug shot taken in 1955 in Miami Beach.

JEFF JACOBY

Federal overreach — then and now
TJ Hazen (foreground, left) with his Microsoft team.

Innovation Economy

New frontiers in voice recognition
The columnist’s grandchildren Charlotte and Adam, on the first day of school last fall.

Beverly Beckham

Friends can last; siblings are forever

Yvonne Abraham

Commanding failure
Alex Rodriguez looked up toward photographers after leaving a news conference in Tampa in 2009.

Derrick Z. Jackson

Baseball’s integrity still isn’t restored

Opinion | RENÉE LOTH

Trash cash
On Oct. 30, 1948, the main business district of Donora, Pa., was cloaked in smog, the sunlight virtually obliterated by thick low-hanging pollution.

joan wickersham

The haze of history

Kevin Cullen

Waiting for the unknown
A water taxi cruised in The Woodlands, Texas.

EDWARD L. GLAESER

A fracking pioneer’s environmental dream

JOAN VENNOCHI

John Walsh’s rhapsody in blue

Nation & World

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Loyalist protesters clashed with riot police in Belfast center on Friday. A number of people, including officers, have been injured during violence linked to an Ireland Republican Army anti-internment parade.

56 officers hurt protecting IRA parade in Belfast

Protestant militants attacked the officers as they protected a parade by Irish Republican Army supporters.

Politics

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrived at the Cape Cod Coast Guard Station in Bourne.

Obamas arrive on Martha’s Vineyard

Residents gathered to catch a glimpse of the first family on Saturday as they arrived to begin an eight-day vacation on the island.

Business

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Product Reviews

Appliances that cook up convenience

Consumer Reports found many ranges, cooktops, wall ovens, and microwaves that make cooking easier and more fun.

Arts

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Photography Review

Don McCullin’s “Shell-Shocked Marine, Hue, Vietnam.”

War as art through camera lens

The discrete images of the Vietnam War provided by gifted photojournalists are on display at Currier Museum of Art.

Travel

In Transit

If your companion is a canine, head for the beach, where busy workday Boston is hidden in the haze.

Nantasket works best as a weekday excursion

The long, gray sand beach “gets sardine-packed on the weekends,” but there is more room to spread out during the week.

Books

book review

‘Archangel’ by Andrea Barrett

Barrett’s elegant new story collection dissects the seen and unseen forces that made us — and continue to drive us.

Globe Insiders

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I was the sun, the kids were my planets, and other reflections from the Globe columnist.

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Magazine

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Daniel Nava, the long shot
The cover for the August 4 2013 issue

The lake house
The cover for the July 28 2013 issue

Walter Willett’s food fight
The cover for the July 21 2013 issue

What happened at Deerfield

Ideas

“The enduring appeal of the books tells us something about how deep the romance with self-reliance runs through American history, and the gaps between the Little House narrative and Wilder’s real life say a lot about the government help and interdependence that we sometimes find more convenient to leave out of that tale.”

Christine Woodside,  on the Little House books as Libertarian fables