Dracut, Ma., 06/08/17, It's been over 100 days since Noelia has had skilled nursing help. She carries her 78-pound daughter up the stairs to begin the evening's bed-time rituals. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff

Caring for her daughter with disabilities is a difficult, solitary vigil

Noelia Ferreira wants her Abi, born with a rare genetic defect, to know comfort and joy and never an institution. But low state pay rates for nurses who could help have left her alone as caregiver ? exhausted, fearful, and desperate. By Jenna Russell | Photos by Suzanne Kreiter

The Trump presidency

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Vice President Mike Pence issued a statement Sunday in response to a New York Times story about GOP dissatisfaction with President Trump.

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John Kelly is attempting to bring military discipline to a White House that has been beset by turmoil.

Yvonne Abraham

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Many economists say drastically cutting immigration hurts the economy for everyone.

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Fractures in the GOP from 2016 ? largely papered over after Donald Trump?s surprising victory ? are reopening.

Kathy Reeves, an astrophysicist in Cambridge, has her eclipse glasses ready to go.

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For the total eclipse, they?re off to the land of the vanishing sun

Area residents are traveling all over the country to make sure that they?re within the ?path of totality? during the celestial event.

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Lyons?s case would likely go to trial in September if attempts to have the charges dismissed are not successful.

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The former White House press secretary took in Saturday night?s game against the visiting White Sox.

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John Ferreira, accused of trying to kill two women during a home invasion, might be traveling with a Rottweiler, according to Melrose police.

The $900 million Echelon Seaport project on Seaport Boulevard will feature luxury condos and apartments.

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Visa program offers promise to the poor ? then breaks it

It?s not clear what, if anything, the project will do for parts of Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan.

BEN VOLIN

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With Tom Brady looking spry and Jimmy Garoppolo as the capable backup, will the Patriots still keep a No. 3 QB?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Dick%20Albert-463479.jpg ?Rumor has it that Dick Albert was born with a barometer in his hand?

Friends and colleagues paid tribute to the longtime Channel 5 meteorologist, who died Friday.

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Examiner

Zap! The kitchen microwave turns 50

The now ubiquitous appliance got its start here in Massachusetts.

Bob Ryan

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/05/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/bob_ryan-12671.jpg They?re not brave ? they?re really stupid

The people who should have seen ?Concussion? ? NFL players who say they?re willing to die playing football ? stayed away.

This Week in Weed

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Is the salary for the state?s top marijuana regulator too low? That and more in the debut edition of This Week in Weed.

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A sick Navy veteran in desperate need of specialized care in Boston spent days in limbo in a hospital in Bangor, his family says.

Oysters on the half shell from Eventide Oyster Co.

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The many ways to satisfy your oyster cravings

Here are some of the best spots on the New England coast for shuckin? delicious oysters.

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In photos now on exhibit in Fall River, May Pang documented intimate moments with the Beatle during his 18-month separation from Yoko Ono.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/06/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/200_putin_vacation.jpg A shirtless Vladimir Putin shows off his fishing spoils

Russia?s president, who fancies himself as an outdoorsman, loves adventure.

12-year-old girl struck by alleged drunk driver in South Boston

Richard Higgins, 78, of Attleboro was arrested and charged with drunk driving, third offense, officials said.

Investigations

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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/2011-2020/2017/08/04/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Jen%20Gunter.jpg This gynecologist is taking on Trump, Goop ? and wacky health trends

Careening between empathy, outrage, and snark, Dr. Jen Gunter wants to protect women?s health and take down pseudoscience.