US plans to send troops to Syria to combat ISIS

The US will deploy as many as 50 Special Operations soldiers inside the country for the first time to help coordinate the fight.

Owen Labrie (right) listened to prosecutors with his lawyer J.W. Carney before being sentenced on Thursday.

Girl in St. Paul?s case ?wanted to do what?s right,? mother says

The girl?s mother said that deciding to report the sexual assault was ?excruciating? for the victim.

A car parked at Copley Square in Boston earlier this month had a couple of tickets.

David L. Ryan/Globe Staff/File

Boston to take a hard look at repeat parking offenders

A Globe review found nearly 100 vehicles received more than 500 tickets in the past five years.

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Democrats teamed with GOP defense hawks to overcome opposition from conservatives.

Photo-illustration by Ryan Huddle/Globe staff

Is buying a home around Boston worth it anymore?

We compete so fiercely, and pay so much, for so little, some buyers are afraid they?re making a bad call.

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The worker copied old reports when preparing evaluations of the mother of the 2-year-old whose body was found on Deer Island.

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The Boston-born, Hawaii-raised surfing stalwart left his home Tuesday to catch 25- and 30-foot waves and never returned.

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An early peek at 2016 from the nation?s second-largest drugstore chain also disappointed.

Matthew Haig, 16,  just sold a pair of Adidas ?King Push? shoes for $600 to a buyer in London.

Dina Rudick/Globe Staff

Young sneaker tycoons make big money in resale market

Some youths are earning hundreds, or thousands, or tens of thousands of dollars reselling mainly unworn shoes.

Patriots 36, Dolphins 7

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Like many of those in attendance at Gillette Stadium, the Miami bandwagon hit the brakes hard on Route 1.

With Rob Ninkovich closing in, Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill is forced to take a safety after a shotgun snap took him by surprise.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Dolphins learn that simple just won?t beat the Patriots

The Dolphins found out the hard way you can?t defeat the Patriots relying on raw emotion and a rudimentary passing attack.

Mayor Menino greeted children at the Catholic Charities Teen Center at St. Peter?s.

opinion | Reed A. Passafaro

Mayor Menino and his love of people

His relentlessness, his unending drive to get things done for Bostonians is still here, one year after his death.

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Acton and Mattapan are only 30 miles apart, but one is chugging along while the other languishes in unemployment and poverty.

Movies

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/29/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/S_05491A.jpg How the ?Spotlight? movie got made

The movie?s producers wanted to make a film, not about the church scandal itself, but about the journalists who told the story.

Q&A

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/30/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/1101ideas_QA_crop.jpg The imperialism of time zones

Who said we had to stick to one definition of measuring time? The West did.

CHAD FINN I SPORTS MEDIA

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The eclectic studio team Fox has assembled offers enjoyable analysis before and after the game.

Opinion & Ideas

editorial | City Council endorsement

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/29/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Advance/Images/eendorse200-349.jpg Ayanna Pressley, Michelle Wu deserve big win on Tuesday

Michael Flaherty, Annissa Essaibi George, Timothy McCarthy, and Andrea Campbell also deserve votes for council seats.

Ground Game

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Here are a handful of things we learned about the GOP presidential field and its future Wednesday night.

The Big Picture

Hundreds killed in earthquake

Rescue efforts were hindered by mountains and security issues after a 7.5 earthquake hit Afghanistan and Pakistan.

BetaBoston

Innovation Economy

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Do we want to watch health care technology and robotics emerge where Boston gets to boast, again, ?We?re number 2??

Crux

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Did the synod marathon leave the church more energized or simply more fractured?