As reports of elder abuse rise, opioids are seen as cause

Oxycodone pain pills prescribed for a patient with chronic pain. On March 15, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced guidelines for doctors to reduce the amount of opioid painkillers prescribed.

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Reports of suspected elder abuse in Massachusetts have surged over the past five years, according to state figures.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/16northbridge01.jpg Tearful mourners remember two women lost in Northbridge fire

Jordann Fontaine and Nicole Lavellee died in a house fire early Saturday, in a unit with no working smoke detectors.

Fishermen stranded on a breakwater in Hyannis are rescued

The men were fishing on a breakwater Sunday morning when the tide came in and waves rose.

Photo illustration by Globe staff

Donald Trump has a softer side, some people say

Interviews with those who have known him say there is a juxtaposition between the Trump they know and the Trump on TV.

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President Obama urged graduates to shun those who want to build a wall around the US or embrace ignorance.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/15/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/524946640.jpg Curt Schilling endorses Donald Trump

Schilling, the outspoken former Red Sox pitcher and announcer, wrote a blog post detailing why he supports Trump.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/15/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_AP8O2.jpg Fake bomb had been left at field from earlier exercise, police say

Police dismantled the fake bomb just days after Britain raised its terror alert against Irish extremism.

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SUBURBAN HANDBOOK: SILVER LININGS

Boomers are redefining suburbia (again)

By 2020, Massachusetts will be home to more people over 60 than under 20.

RED SOX 10, ASTROS 9

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The Sox picked up their seventh victory in their last eight games.

Bella English

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Jared Quirk was 18 when he collapsed and died on his senior class trip to Greece and Italy in April 2015.

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Game Changers

Three Cambridge startups are on a mission to fix broken genes

Editas, Intellia, and CRISPR aim to use a cutting-edge tool to cure inherited diseases from cancer to blood disorders.

Boston and cities such as Somerville and Chelsea have encouraged dense development, especially near T stations. This housing project is being built near JFK/UMass station.

Barry Chin/Globe Staff

Housing boom in Boston isn?t in all suburbs

The surge is intensely concentrated in Boston and a handful of neighboring communities. And much of the new construction is apartments.

Eugene O?Neill (left) and John Reed.

Summer Arts Preview

Looking at the beginnings of bohemian P-town

A show at the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum looks at the town 100 years ago.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Jail_678082.jpg A drive to rethink what incarceration is for

The South Bay House of Correction reflects moving attitudes toward drug abuse and drug-related crimes.

Ideas | Ted Widmer

The justice of Louis Brandeis

A century after a hard-fought confirmation battle, the story of the first Jewish Supreme Court justice holds a lesson for Merrick Garland.

Taxi driver John Consterdine.

travel

Something Uber doesn?t offer

The reservoir of information cabbies amass in their jobs is one of the ways they?re battling, worldwide, against the likes of Lyft and Uber.

Ground Game

Capital

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/hassan.jpg The N.H. race that no one is talking about

There are a few reasons why this highly competitive race has flown under the radar.

The Big Picture

Avian adventures

Photographers around the world have been documenting birds during this busy time of year migrating, building, defending and hatching.

Globe investigations

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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.