A sculpture on the campus of the Fessenden School in Newton.

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Private schools, painful secrets

More than 200 victims. At least 90 legal claims. At least 67 private schools in New England. This is the story of hundreds of students sexually abused by staffers, and emerging from decades of silence today.

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/chin050616MaryCharetteMothersDayFeature_met5.jpg To children in need, she always says yes

Mary Charette, 73, has been fostering children for four decades. She?s cared for 237 kids (and adopted 9), and she has no plans to let up.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/25/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/lorenz_08nolynn_09.jpg Snapshots of life on the streets in Lynn

Those who have been homeless take photos to catalog their journeys.

This image released by the Canadian National Defence on Thursday shows an aerial view of highway 63 as smoke from fires billowed south of Fort McMurray, taken from a CH-146 Griffon helicopter.

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Massive Alberta wildfire expected to burn for months

The images are ones of devastation ? scorched homes, virtually whole neighborhoods burned to the ground.

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It was the largest Powerball jackpot since a record $1.6 billion payout in January.

Kevin Cullen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/07/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/cullen-2215.jpg No days off for this determined, devoted mother

Domingas Dos Santos, a single mother of three, is an inspiration to many.

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MIT marked the anniversary with a crossing of the Charles River, a parade, and a dance party on campus.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/08greenline04.jpg Warning signs ignored on Green Line extension

Flawed budgets, rapidly increasing labor costs, little experience with a new contracting method ? all combined to send the project?s cost spiraling.

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Voters evenly split on legal marijuana, poll shows

The survey clarifies public sentiment on some of the most divisive issues in Massachusetts as forces on both sides gear up for costly ballot fights this fall.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/dtlumacki_plymurder_met05.jpg Police hunt for suspect in killing of Quincy College professor

Tyler Hagmaier, 24, is accused of stabbing his 76-year-old neighbor 35 times, then fleeing to western Mass.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/07/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy-10053.jpg Yes, Red Sox fans, it?s OK to worry about David Price

The Boston ace got knocked around again on Saturday, pushing his ERA to 6.75.

Supporters are greeted by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the conclusion of a rally at the The Northwest Washington Fair and Event Center on Saturday in Lynden, Wash.

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Trump says GOP unity would be nice, but not needed

Donald Trump said the Republican Party doesn?t have to be unified because he will gain Democratic votes in the fall.

Summer Travel | Globe Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/03/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/festivals0508mag.jpg New England?s best summer festivals for food and drink

These six seasonal events are worth raising a glass to.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/08/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/528943794.jpg Kentucky Derby was the place to be seen

A range of A-listers were at Churchill Downs on Saturday, from Megyn Kelly to Ted Cruz.

Ground Game

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/42904ca4-ec3e-49fe-bb82-55e679a409dd.jpg Who will be Trump?s VP pick?

A Globe analysis of more than 70 former and current elected officials yielded seven people who could join his ticket.

The Big Picture

Big picture

Alberta wildfires

A disastrous wildfire has forced more than 80,000 residents to evacuate Fort McMurray, the biggest evacuation on record in Canada.