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Boston GlobeSunday, 31 May 2026
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A family lost and a community shattered
Greenfield victims of Va. bus crash remembered for generosity, close ties
The paper uses an investigative lens to reconstruct the months leading up to a violent incident, focusing on the intersection of mental health history and public safety.
The story examines the mental health decline of William Haney Jr. prior to a fatal attack on art collector John Axelrod in Boston's Back Bay, exploring systemic failures in mental health monitoring.
“descent into chaos”
“Investigative and community-oriented reporting”
A descent into chaos out of the blue
Medical records, family interviews, and police documents reveal months of escalating psychosis before a Back Bay attack that left an art collector dead
Merging colleges weigh past and future
Smaller schools seek to keep identity, solvency
An analysis of the financial pressures forcing smaller New England colleges to consider mergers to ensure survival.
Trump’s tastes take hold in a remade capital
Changes likely to outlast his time in Oval Office
A look at the physical and aesthetic changes to Washington D.C. infrastructure and landmarks during a second term.
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