Young victims of opioid crisis pay high price

Susan Anderson Lopes and her 2-year-old grandson, Mason Anderson, at their home in Bourne.

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Thousands of children of drug-dependent parents have been placed in state custody or are being raised by grandparents and other relatives.

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Transit police ignored repeated warnings that Officer Jennifer Garvey was prone to using excessive force and quickly excused her 2014 assault on a bystander, consultants found.

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The businessmen said they would publicly display the mural after the museum announced this week that it would take it down.

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2017, file photo, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., speaks to the Sevier County Chamber of Commerce in Sevierville, Tenn. Always one to speak his mind, Corker?s new free agent status should make President Donald Trump and the GOP very nervous. The two-term Tennessee Republican isn?t seeking re-election. And that gives him even more elbow room to say what he wants and vote how he pleases over the next 15 months as Trump and the party?s top leaders on Capitol Hill struggle to get their agenda on track (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, File)

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Bob Corker isn?t running again. Now he?s free to be a wildcard against Trump and GOP

President Trump took aim at Senator Bob Corker, Republican from Tennessee, on Sunday morning, saying he ?didn?t have the guts to run? again.

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??It was a planned flash mob,?? Richard Spencer said in an interview Saturday night.

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Nate came ashore in Mississippi as a Category 1 hurricane but weakened to a tropical storm.

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The storm has weakened slightly and is moving north a little slower at 20 miles per hour.

Rain is expected Sunday night, Monday in Boston area

Massachusetts will begin feeling the impact of fast-moving Hurricane Nate Monday, when rain could affect a tentative Monday afternoon game at Fenway Park.

Yvonne Abraham

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The accusations against Harvey Weinstein come one year after then-candidate Trump?s ?Access Hollywood? tape.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/08/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/0a407c60-2cdd-4be9-8688-99401c444e7c.jpg Lawyer advising Weinstein resigns after rebuke from board members

The lawyer Lisa Bloom resigned Saturday as an adviser to Harvey Weinstein amid harsh criticism of her handling of his defense.

FILE - This undated photo provided by Eric Paddock shows his brother, Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock. On Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, Stephen Paddock opened fire on the Route 91 Harvest Festival killing dozens and wounding hundreds. Police who have yet to find Paddock's motive for the massacre said Friday, that they will enlist the public's help with billboards that ask people with credible information to call the FBI. (Courtesy of Eric Paddock via AP, File)

Even after intense scrutiny, Stephen Paddock is a mystery

The Las Vegas shooter was a contradiction, a gambler who took no chances. A man with houses everywhere who did not really live in any of them.

Marshfield, MA - 6/26/2017 - Old Rexhame Beach A controversy ensues about which residents, in the Rexhame Terrace subdivision of Marshfield, have the right to use certain private streets and the private beach. Earlier in the morning, Barbara Bennett (cq) (not shown) appeared in Plymouth District Court for a pretrial status hearing. Her charges stem from her alleged act of releasing two pit bulls on her neighbor Kathy Lavrentios (cq). Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: rexhameterrace Reporter: Dugan Arnett

Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff

Beneath picturesque surface, a neighborhood at war

Paradise is subjective, of course, but a good case could be made for Old Rexhame Terrace in Marshfield.

Boston-10/07/17-Sox Hanley Ramirez rests on the batting cage as he waits his turn at bat. The Red Sox practiced at Fenway Park in preparation for Sunday Game 3 with the Astros. John Tlumacki/Globe staff (sports)

Alex Speier

What is the chance of a Red Sox comeback in the ALDS?

A team has fallen behind 0-2 in a best-of-5 series 75 times in baseball history. Not many won the next three.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy-12995.jpg Could Sunday be John Farrell?s final game as Red Sox manager?

The second-guessing that?s engulfed Farrell in this series has been harsh and largely deserved.

Jason Aldean performs Tom Petty's ?I Won?t Back Down' on SNL, speaking out about Las Vegas

?Like everyone, I?m struggling to understand what happened that night and how to pick up the pieces and start to heal,? Aldean told the audience.

Ben Volin | On football

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_brady5_spts.jpg The Patriots might have a little bit of a fourth-quarter problem

After reviewing the Patriots-Buccaneers game, we spotted more signs of a troubling trend.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a civil rights march down Charles Street in Boston on April 23, 1965.

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Commentary

How Boston could make an MLK memorial stand with the best

There are lots of monuments and memorials around Boston, and many are wonderful. But some are flops. What makes the difference?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/Fomuki2.jpg US citizen detained in Cameroon for more than 3 months

His family says Fabian Fomuki, a resident of Canton, was targeted because of his activism on behalf 0f the country?s English-speaking minority.

Boston, MA - 2/1/1971: Lobbyist Gerard F. Doherty poses for a photo in Boston, Feb. 1971. (Jack O'Connell/Globe Staff) --- BGPA Reference: 171006_ON_001

Longtime Kennedy political operative tells of work with Jack, Bob, and Ted

Gerry Doherty has penned a book about his experiences as a foot soldier and field general in the Kennedy political army.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/fb3e55c6769f4b7c98060eee5e4d582a-fb3e55c6769f4b7c98060eee5e4d582a-0.jpg Auction of Kennedy-era relics recalls days of Camelot

Saturday?s auction of mementos from the era of John F. Kennedy tapped into nostalgia for the nation?s 35th president.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/police%20crop.jpg Webster police officer killed in Auburn crash

A Webster man died early Saturday morning after his car hit a tractor-trailer stopped in the breakdown lane on Route 395 in Auburn, according to State Police.

Miss Conduct

Advice: My sibling keeps invading my house

The welcome mat is long gone, but that hasn?t changed anything.

Chabad?s mobile Sukkah will travel around Boston for several days this week.

Celebrating Sukkot? Let the Sukkah come to you

For those people celebrating the weeklong Jewish holiday of Sukkot ? and those just interested in learning more about it ? visiting the Sukkah just got a little bit easier.

Kevin Paul Dupont | On Second Thought

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/02/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/IMG_0swanson898.jpg A doctor from the Cape is also the commissioner of sports on Antarctica

Kelly Swanson does a five-month tour as recreation supervisor at McMurdo Station in Antarctica every year.

08doctalk I AM EVIDENCE Film Info Directors: Trish Adlesic, Geeta Gandbhir Producers: Trish Adlesic, Mariska Hargitay Length: 89 minutes Year: 2017 Images courtesy of the GLOBEDOCS FILM FESTIVAL.

Insoluble problems ? and unlikely solutions ? are on the lineup at GlobeDocs Film Festival

The issues probed in the documentaries include the squandering of food resources, urban youth violence, the failures of the criminal justice system, and more.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Image%20Tease%20Place%20Holder.png The Season Ticket podcast

Chad Finn and Jim McBride are Chris Gasper?s guests following a huge sports day in Boston that saw the Red Sox, Bruins, and Patriots all play significant games within hours of each other.

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Newsletters

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Red Sox reporter Alex Speier writes about everything baseball with an eye for analytics and an insider?s knowledge of the game.

Special reports

Spotlight follow-up

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/27/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/kreiter_COP_halfbrothers1-sptlt.jpg Children of priests step out of the shadows

A growing number of people who say their fathers are priests are speaking out, drawing attention to an invisible legion of suffering.

Opinion & Ideas

Ideas | David Scharfenberg

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/constitution.jpg Time to rewrite the Constitution?

The real risk is assuming that our government will fix itself if we just give it a little more time.

Confidential tips

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Do you know about wrongdoing that needs to be exposed? Call the Globe Spotlight team: 617-929-7483 or [email protected].

Fall Arts Preview 2017

Fall Arts preview

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/07/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/Fall%20arts%20home%20version%201-5253.jpg A guide to the best of what to see and do in Boston

A complete guide to movies, music, books, arts, theater, and family events in the Greater Boston area this season.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/STAThomeless_011-1600x900.jpg An outbreak waiting to happen

Hepatitis A marches through San Diego?s homeless community.

Crossword

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/crossword.jpg Play the crossword

Puzzled? Keep trying and see if you can triumph.