In Colo., a county revolts against legalized marijuana

An employee laid out a display of manicured marijuana buds at the Pueblo West Starbuds dispensary.

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Pueblo County voters are considering terminating retail marijuana sales and operations.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/kreiter_citycouncilors7_met.jpg 7 Democrats seek obscure office?s $124,000 payday

Few people even know what Suffolk?s register of deeds does, but that isn?t stopping these candidates.

ELECTION GUIDE

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/AP607482241698.jpg Everything you need to know about Thursday?s primary elections

Yes, you read that right, it?s Thursday ? voters statewide will go to the polls to cast ballots in a number of races. Here?s your guide.

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Rodrigo Duterte used a vulgarity to refer to the US president before attending a summit in Laos.

Senator Bernie Sanders, speaking in Lebanon, N.H., said Hillary Clinton would ?make sure the wealthiest corporations and people will start paying their fair share of taxes.?

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A subdued Bernie Sanders stumps for Clinton in N.H.

For the first time, the US senator from Vermont led a solo rally supporting his rival in the Democratic primary.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/06/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/AFP_FW1DF.jpg Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton begin final sprint

The candidates spent Monday campaigning in Ohio. At one point, their planes were both on the tarmac at Cleveland?s airport.

Opinion | Arlie Russell Hochschild

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/02/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/0906NATE.jpg Donald Trump, ?The Apprentice,? and secular rapture

Trump has tapped into the fear and hope underlying the Rapture by standing as a powerful judge who decides who is saved and damned.

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The district didn?t get state approval to issue an ?initial license? to teachers, but school officials say the impact was minimal.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/nahant_surfers_horiz.jpg Havoc from Hermine will linger on Cape, islands

Periods of heavy wind and rain are expected to last until Wednesday, and dangerous rip currents remain an issue.

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Truvada, also known as PrEP, has been shown to be 92 to 99 percent effective in preventing the spread of HIV.

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This pill prevents HIV. Why don?t more people take it?

Massachusetts health officials are working on ways to improve access to HIV prevention.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/05/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Gasper-9672.jpg Neither wind nor drought could fluster Rory McIlroy at Deutsche Bank Championship

The golf star ended a 16-month winless stretch on the PGA Tour when he rallied to win the tournament at TPC Boston.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/31/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ryan_bu3_biz.jpg It?s not a dorm, but school rules apply

Colleges in Boston that are short on space are making deals with developers to put students in regular apartments, temporarily, at least.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/05/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_FV6LS.jpg What is Russia trying to accomplish with its US ops?

Top officials in D.C. see a broad covert Russian operation to sow public distrust in the upcoming presidential election.

kevin cullen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/cullen-11856.jpg It?s no time to give humor a rest

The summer?s over, and we?re back to the grind. What better time for a few laughs?

Nicholson Baker (pictured at his farmhouse in South Berwick, Maine) has made his first foray into first-person, participatory journalism after writing 15?works of fiction and nonfiction.

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What Nicholson Baker learned as a substitute teacher

The author recalls his time as a Maine classroom fill-in in the book ?Substitute.?

Law enforcement statistics back up assertions by Governor Paul LePage of Maine (above) that blacks and Hispanics account for an overwhelming majority of heroin-trafficking arrests in the state.

The numbers aren?t on Paul LePage?s side

FBI data don?t come close to confirming LePage?s claim of minority involvement in ?90-plus percent? of Maine?s heroin arrests.

Mark Wahlberg, pictured in 2015.

NAMES

New gym besties: Mark Wahlberg and LeBron James

James posted a photo of the larger-than-life figures together in the gym.

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A judge could set a trial date for the case, which is being heard in a suburban Philadelphia court.

Findings

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/01/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/shutterstock_309240392.jpg The ?achievement gap? appears to be narrowing

Low-income children are entering kindergarten with stronger reading and math skills than before.

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The survey suggests a majority of white, black, Asian, and Hispanic young adults back the movement.

Globe investigations

The desperate and the dead

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/spotlight9090-11856.jpg The broken covenant

Behind the fragmented state of mental health care lies a political system failure that spans decades ? and continues.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/spotlight-9497.jpg Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight?

?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

The Big Picture

Globe photos of the month, August 2016

A look at some of the best images by Boston Globe photographers last month.