US gives safety steps on Ebola

New CDC guidelines call for monitoring of high-risk travelers but stop short of the quarantines that several states have imposed.

The tower would rise 22 stories above the waterfront.

Elkus Manfredi Architects

Hook & Co., the lobster seller, plans high-rise tower

The 22-story tower would fill one of the last development sites on the downtown waterfront.

In a first, Mass. town may prohibit tobacco sales

Westminster would be the first community in the state, and perhaps the nation, to ban all tobacco sales under a new proposal.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/09/06/BostonGlobe.com/BCOM/Images/mit-2537.jpg MIT survey sheds light on sexual assaults on campus

About one in six undergraduate women at MIT who responded to a survey said they had been sexually assaulted while enrolled.

A bed and belongings in the Hello House were visible signs of the sudden closings on Long Island.

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

On Long Island, haunting signs of a hasty departure

Until this month, about 700 homeless people sought shelter and other services on Long Island everyday. Now the island looks frozen in time.

Charlie Baker and Martha Coakley met in a debate in Worcester.

Baker, Coakley pounce on lingering controversies in next-to-last debate

Martha Coakley and Charlie Baker sharpened their attacks on each other eight days before the election.

Charlie Baker and Martha Coakley met in another debate in their campaign for governor.

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Baker, Coakley find endearing tone, but only at debate?s end

The candidates set aside their acrimony when they answered unusual questions as the debate wrapped up.

A Charlie Baker sign on Blue Hill Avenue amid Democratic stalwarts.

KEVIN CULLEN

Charlie Baker on unfamiliar pitch

Even in Democratic strongholds, some people see no conflict in voting for their Democratic local legislators and a Republican governor.