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It remained unclear whether the drivers, who work for a private company contracted by the city, would return to their jobs Wednesday.

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For many Boston parents, Tuesday was an exercise in challenges and frustration as they tried to get their children to and from school.

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Yellen, who has been the Fed’s vice chairwoman since 2010, would be the first woman to run the central bank.

The race for mayor

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State Representative Martin J. Walsh won key endorsements that could shore up his prospects among black and Latino voters.

US policy clouds approvals of medical marijuana

Doctors at Mass. community health centers have been advised not to issue patient marijuana certifications out of fear they would lose federal funding.

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Red Sox win division series in four games

The Sox will face either the Tigers or the Athletics in the first game of the American League Championship Series at Fenway on Saturday.

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The Red Sox celebrated their series win over the Rays.

The Red Sox celebrated their series-clinching victory.

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The Red Sox will face either the Tigers or the Athletics in the next round.

Shane Victorino was safe at first, allowing Jacoby Ellsbury to score and put the Red Sox ahead.

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Shane Victorino was safe at first, allowing Jacoby Ellsbury to score and put the Red Sox ahead in the seventh.

Xander Bogaerts tied the score in the seventh inning on a wild pitch.

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Xander Bogaerts tied the score in the seventh inning on a wild pitch.

David DeJesus, left, gave the Rays a 1-0 lead with a single in the sixth inning.

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David DeJesus, left, gave the Rays a 1-0 lead with a single in the sixth inning.

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Stephen Drew fired to first for a double play, after forcing Jose Lobaton at second base in the third inning.

Red Sox starter Jake Peavy threw a pitch in the first inning.

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Red Sox starter Jake Peavy threw a pitch in the first inning.

Rays third baseman Evan Longoria talked to pitcher Jeremy Hellickson after he walked Mike Napoli in the second inning.

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Rays third baseman Evan Longoria talked to pitcher Jeremy Hellickson after he walked Mike Napoli in the second inning.

Rays manager Joe Maddo removed starter Jeremy Hellickson in the second inning.

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Rays manager Joe Maddo removed starter Jeremy Hellickson in the second inning.

Dan Shaughnessy

Hope is that party’s just starting for Red Sox

Get ready, America. Prepare for a bombardment of Boston baseball discovery. The Red Sox are back.

Christopher L. Gasper

It’s a great start for Red Sox and Jake Peavy

Taking the mound a night after the Sox suffered a gut-wrenching 5-4 walkoff loss, Peavy kept his emotions and the Rays in check.

Opinion

Farah stockman

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The ultrasconservative Club for Growth has played a role in seeing that uncompromising Republicans are elected to Congress.

Globe exclusives

Obama and Boehner had a brief phone conversation Tuesday morning, then followed that up with dueling press conferences.

Obama, GOP escalate the rhetoric on shutdown
The festivities draw a million people to the heart of the city. The event has inspired dozens of similar festivals across the country and pumped millions into the local economy.

Boston’s First Night festival saved by donors

Shirley Leung

Online, T.J. Maxx is a bit sleepy
MEI-MEI: Margaret Li, co-owner with her brother and sister, inside their Chinese-American restaurant in Audubon Circle. Opening this month, the enterprise was aided by a Kickstarter campaign.

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Richard Phillips said the sea captain’s life is his “normal.’’

A captain’s piracy saga comes to the screen

Donnie Wahlberg standing in Copley Square in the new FiOS commercial.

Wahlberg FiOS ad missing one thing: FiOS in Boston
The Quencher is one of the last blue-collar watering holes in Southie.

Kevin Cullen

Last call for Quencher Tavern
Jonathan Ramos attended a candlelight vigil last month marking the death of his cousin Jorge Fuentes.

Slaying galvanizes Episcopal Church

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Your Town by the Numbers
Westfield State University president Evan Dobelle.

Patrick supports Westfield State funding freeze

“I think a few people might look at me and almost not believe what I say,” writes Elizabeth Smart about not having psychological wounds from her kidnapping and months of abuse.

Book Review

‘My Story’ by Elizabeth Smart and Chris Stewart
“We didn’t expect it to all take off like this,’’ says Susan McKendry of Brookline (with husband Joe), at Boston Children’s Hospital with a Mo Willems illustration for their online and outdoor benefit auction this month on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway.

Kids book illustrators donate their art to healing

Sports

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Ellsbury’s steal was his fourth of the series and the ninth of his postseason career, a Red Sox record, surpassing Johnny Damon.

Jacoby Ellsbury is a game changer

As time goes by we realize what Ellsbury, the free-agent-to-be, means to this Red Sox team.

Boston mayoral race

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Martin Walsh (left) and John Connolly shook hands last week in Boston.

Mayoral candidates condemn bus strike

John Connolly and Martin Walsh wasted no time condemning the strike that disrupted the day for the city’s 58,000 public school students.

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Cowan to join Boston law firm with Senate term over

William “Mo” Cowan, who served a brief term as an interim US senator, will become COO at ML Strategies and rejoin the Mintz Levin law firm.

Columnists

Shirley Leung

Online, T.J. Maxx is a bit sleepy

Walsh wins first round

Dan Shaughnessy

Hope is that party’s just starting for Red Sox

Christopher L. Gasper

It’s a great start for Red Sox and Jake Peavy
Koji Uehara is hunched over after the Rays’ Jose Lobaton hit a walkoff solo home run off him in the ninth inning.

Christopher L. Gasper

Doubts emerge around Koji Uehara now

Boston Capital

Hatsopoulos brothers powering tech company

JAMES CARROLL

In N.Y., Capitol: The ecstasy of destruction
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz issued a “respectful request” for customers to stop bringing guns into his company’s coffee shops.

JEFF JACOBY

A cup of civility

The Quencher is one of the last blue-collar watering holes in Southie.

Kevin Cullen

Last call for Quencher Tavern
Noted cookbook author Marcella Hazan took a break from cooking, as her husband Victor walked by and lovingly brushed against her.

JOANNA WEISS

A winning recipe
QB Tom Brady walks off the field looking at his throwing hand after tossing a late INT to the Bengals’ Adam Jones.

Christopher L. Gasper

Tom Brady rues defeat, not end of his streak
The Rays capitalized on mistakes by Clay Buchholz, left, and the Red Sox to claim a win in Game 3.

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Hopefully just a hiccup for Red Sox

Nation & World

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Al Shabaab has claimed responsibility for deadly strikes in Uganda and Kenya. The question now is whether the United States might have made itself more of a target.

US raid on target in Somalia hit snags

Navy SEALs discovered more civilians than expected, making for the kind of “imperfect intelligence” that ended up scuttling the mission.

Business

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The parent of T.J. Maxx, TJX Cos., wants to add to its Framingham site.

TJX Cos. to expand headquarters

TJX Cos. is seeking approval to build a 96,000-square-foot “Corporate Support Center” at its campus in Framingham.

Arts

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television review

From left: Robbie Amell, Aaron Yoo, Luke Mitchell, and Peyton List in the CW’s new teen paranormal superhero series.

A merry band of mutants in ‘Tomorrow People’

The atmosphere of the CW’s new drama is bland, the special effects and fight scenes are underwhelming, and the tone is mostly humorless.

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Becoming Bostonian
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Do we still trust Bill Belichick?
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“Texting and driving is unlike any public safety issue we’ve dealt with before....At the center of the problem, say experts, is a new kind of object — the modern smartphone — that’s changing our behavior on a massive scale.”

Leon Neyfakh on our cellphone habit