Obama makes historic visit to Hiroshima

US President Barack Obama (R) holds a minute silence after placing a wreath at the cenotaph in the Peace Momorial park in Hiroshima on May 27, 2016 with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Obama on May 27 paid a moving tribute to victims of the world's first nuclear attack. / AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURATOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images

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The visit presents a diplomatic tightrope for a U.S. president trying to make history without ripping open old wounds.

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Donald Trump?s largely unconventional approach to policy issues has left experts wondering how to get their arms around his platform.

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Renée Graham

Democrats need to fight the GOP, not each other

While many were predicting the death of the GOP, few seemed to notice that the Democrats? own house was even more divided.

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Some District of Columbia neighborhoods just seem presidential.

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?I never look at sunshine in the same way,? Nathaniel Kibby?s victim, who was held captive for nine months in N.H., said Thursday.

Doctors suspended for medical marijuana, opiates violations

The Board of Registration in Medicine unanimously voted to suspend the licenses of Dr. John C. Nadolny and Dr. Fred J. Thale.

Lawmakers move to tighten oversight of nursing homes

State senators voted to raise maximum fines on troubled facilities and to require regulators to scour the finances of homes.

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According to Egyptian security officials, a French ship is carrying equipment that can find flight data and cockpit voice recorders ? the so-called ??black boxes.??

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The appointment of Peter Healy is designed to give the health system?s chief executive, Kevin Tabb, more time to focus on strategy.

A view of York Harbor, Maine.

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In York Harbor, historic charms and Rod Stewart

Just what would Fanny Chapman have thought of Rod Stewart?s infamous disco era anthem ?Do Ya Think I?m Sexy??

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In Boston, things are going so smoothly that the TSA redeployed Logan?s security director to work with a new management team in Chicago.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_flags2_met.jpg Vast expanse of Boston Common filled with 37,000 flags

In a Memorial Day tribute, the flags represent each service member from Massachusetts killed since the Revolutionary War.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/09/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/17041_1089kurios_quebec-4859_MediumResolution.jpg 17 ways to make the most of Memorial Day weekend

Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer. Here?s how to make the most of it.

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How do you turn a hulking garage above one of Boston?s busiest streets into a glittering garden of towers without closing the facility?

Shirley Leung

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The lawsuit is more than the latest twist in a family soap opera and its outcome may shape the future of Viacom and CBS.

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DANTE RAMOS

Employers want noncompetes, but what?s it worth to them?

Time and freedom are worth something, and compensation is in order when they?re restricted.

There?s an app for that

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Google?s new Science Journal app uses the inner workings of your phone to teach the inner workings of the world.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/havard150-11098.jpg Watch: Harvard graduate?s convocation speech goes viral

About 3 million people had viewed Donovan Livingston?s spoken poetry on race and education in the one day after he delivered it.

Rockies 8, Red Sox 2

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Buchholz couldn?t keep the Sox in the game on a rare night at Fenway when the offense was held in check.

Love Letters

Should she tell his fiancee before moving on?

I found out a few weeks ago that he got engaged to someone that he has been involved with all along.

Opinion & Ideas

OPINION | ELISSA ELY

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In work, we are professional; in life, personal. It seems a reasonable division of human purpose. But sometimes divisions grow blessedly fuzzy.

Life sciences

STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.

Ground Game

ground game

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The report could affect Hillary Clinton?s ability to pivot her campaign heading into the general election.

The Big Picture

Mount Sinabung erupts

Mount Sinabung erupted violently in Indonesia this week, killing at least seven and forcing thousands to flee.