Samantha Herring stood in front of a sober home in Delray Beach, Fla., where her cousin Peter SanAngelo was living before his death from an opioid overdose in October 2016.

ANGEL VALENTIN FOR STAT

Lost in a circle of lies

It was a dirty game to start, luring addicts with promises of free treatment. And at the core of the scheme is insurance fraud, blatant and national. By Evan Allen and David Armstrong

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/14/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/turner061317BIZ15cambridgeside60.jpg CambridgeSide has found a formula for success

Demographics, location, and an interesting mix of stores are helping the East Cambridge mall buck trends and thrive.

yvonne abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/abrahamy-12010.jpg Offering some solitary thoughts

Solitary confinement. It?s not good for the inmates, and it?s not good for the rest of us, either.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/turner070617METRO06cpcs24.jpg State budget gap leaves private lawyers for the poor in financial straits

The Legislature has once again failed to set aside enough money for court-appointed lawyers charged with representing the poorest clients.

Driving through these towns in Mass.? Watch your speed

Where do police in Massachusetts issue the most traffic violations? Some of the answers might surprise you.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/pfosi_170708_save-r-streets_02.jpg ?This is a basketball tournament, but it?s teaching you more than sports?

Score4More?s event Saturday at Jeep Jones Park in Roxbury raised awarness of violence within the community.

The Trump presidency

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/08/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/67d1881a-6d01-41e6-8c7f-17d7e12d6b16-5062.jpg Trump team met with lawyer linked to Kremlin during campaign

The president?s eldest son arranged a meeting with a Russian lawyer who has connections to the Kremlin, according to The New York Times.

President Trump arrived at the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, last week.

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Untested Trump faces several military crises

Despite President Trump?s deep affinity for the armed forces, he is a historically inexperienced commander in chief.

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World leaders forged a compromise that showed that Donald Trump?s America is going its own way.

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Mass. towns balking at pot shops

Nearly one-third of Mass. communities have adopted some form of permanent or temporary marijuana business restrictions.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/08/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/lee_boys6_liv.jpg Good news: Sunny skies are back

Scattered showers and thunderstorms hit the region Saturday, with some areas experiencing high wind gusts.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/06/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/b73c33e496eb46c39691a44ab651d664-b73c33e496eb46c39691a44ab651d664-0.jpg Tom Brady got a lot of dough for his upcoming book

According to a report, the Patriots? quarterback received ?$5 million or more? for ?The TB12 Method,? which comes out in two months.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/pfosi_170708_pizzafestival_17.jpg This is what the Boston Pizza Festival looked like

If you like pizza, City Hall Plaza was the place to be Saturday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/28/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/snowcat2.JPG They?re off: Setting sail from Marblehead to Halifax

About 80 boats will make the 363-mile journey in the ?granddaddy? of ocean races.

A New Kids on the Block banner featured on Fenway Park?s Green Monster before Saturday night?s concert.

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Photos: New Kids on the Block play Fenway

The iconic Boston group headlined a show that also featured Paula Abdul and Boyz II Men.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/08/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Gasper-14499.jpg Time to make the All-Star Game fun again

Without stakes, the Midsummer Classic is an exhibition again, and MLB should seize the opportunity to rebrand the sport.

Ideas | Chloe K. Fox

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/06/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/UltrasoundWeb.jpg How children change their mothers ? and their mothers? DNA

During pregnancy, the placenta allows a small transfer of cells between mother and fetus. It?s called microchimerism.

Starts & Stops

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Szydlowski_09starts01_met.jpg You can ride commuter rail in R.I. for free until Dec. 31

Ocean State officials really want more commuters to hop on the train, so they?re offering up free rides until the end of 2017.

Art Review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/06/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/01.%20Ohio%20to%20San%20Fransico%20Haight%20Street%201967%20(Plate%2014)_Herb%20Greeneincolor.jpg The MFA celebrates San Francisco?s Summer of Love

Through posters, album covers, and photographs, a fascinating show revisits Haight-Ashbury in 1967.

THOMAS FARRAGHER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/farragher-12020.jpg A year-long voyage of discovery ended today for this family

The Crosby family set out last summer to explore the Atlantic, there and back again. Today, they returned.

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An afternoon recap of the day?s most important business news, delivered Monday through Friday.

Investigations

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/03/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_MB3WQ.jpg Documenting Hate: Submit an incident you know about

If you have been a victim or witnessed a hate incident, share your information here so we can investigate.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/07/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Writing%20group.jpg This writing group gives Boston?s homeless an outlet for their pain

At a health center for the homeless, the group gives patients a chance to tell their stories with dignity and humanity.