A pilot project aims to help primary care doctors adjust their approach to treating chronic pain.
May 2014
Seal with appeal reaches Hadlock Field
Slugger – or Justin LeBlanc – ends a trek from Fenway Park.
Top Egyptian presidential candidate warns media not to press for reforms
Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi says demands and protests jeopardize national security.
Young Maine athletes fall in love with sport called ‘ultimate’
A tournament this weekend highlights the growth of club teams here and the popularity of the game.
Report reveals additives from popular candies used in cigars
The information from researchers at Portland State University lends weight to the argument that makers target kids.
Putin’s presence to add tension to D-Day event
His decision to attend will bring him face-to-face with leaders unhappy with Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
Briefcase
Time Warner to spin off Time Inc. next month Time Warner says it will complete the spinoff of its Time Inc. publishing arm next month. The company said Thursday that on June 6 it will give its shareholders one share of Time Inc. for every eight shares of Time Warner Inc. that they hold as […]
Lack of parts slows repair of recalled General Motors cars
Eight simultaneous recalls of 7 million vehicles means GM needs 9 million parts.
Nation/World Dispatches
CARACAS, Venezuela Police, troops break up student protester camps Hundreds of Venezuelan police and troops broke up four makeshift camps maintained by student protesters, arresting 243 people Thursday in pre-dawn raids. The tent cities were installed more than a month ago in front of the offices of the United Nations and in better-off neighborhoods in […]
Snapchat settles with FTC over privacy, security practices
The FTC said Snapchat had not addressed easy workarounds to the company’s claim that photo messages will ‘disappear forever’ and had failed to alert customers to other issues.