Nursing home chains were expanding quickly in Mass., and the state kept saying yes. So we started asking: Who is behind these companies?

RegalCare and other nursing home chains have rapidly expanded in Massachusetts. The Globe Spotlight Team found widespread problems and little state intervention.

A recent study found there is no statistical evidence that increased spending on replacing old gas pipes has improved safety.

Texas lawmakers repeatedly failed to take action that could have protected residents in flood-prone areas. That’s left Kerr County residents with difficult choices after two straight summers of floodi...

The National Archives at Chicago is a resource for residents and researchers including historians, genealogists and librarians.

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A Ukrainian flying ace is leveraging his aerobatics skills to protect his countrymen from nightly attacks.

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Under the Trump Administration, thousands of immigrant children have been detained, and many have suffered from medical neglect.

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Award-winning author Daisy Hernández joins co-hosts Jennifer Maritza McCauley and Whitney Terrell to talk about her new book, Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth. Hernández explains the history …

Daisy Hernández’s new book, Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth,” is partly a family memoir and partly a world history.

From sneaking into underground basements in Tehran [...] to learning to dance with almost no words in Northern California, I had done everything I could.

From sneaking into underground basements in Tehran [...] to learning to dance with almost no words in Northern California, I had done everything I could.

"From sneaking into underground basements in Tehran to learning to dance with almost no words in Northern California, I had done everything I could."

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