09/12/16: Boston, MA: Red Sox DH David Ortiz blasted a bottom of the sixth inning solo home run, the 536th of his career, which tied him with Mickey Mantle for 17th on the all time list. After he did he came out of the dugout for a curtaon call as the fans saluted him. The Boston Red Sox hosted the Baltimore Orioles in a regular season MLB baseball gamut Fenway Park. (Globe Staff Photo/Jim Davis) section: metro topic: Red Sox-Orioles

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RED SOX 12, ORIOLES 2

Red Sox crush Orioles to open homestand

A 16-hit, three-homer barrage supported a dominant David Price, who won his seventh straight start.

NFL coverage

GLENDALE, AZ - SEPTEMBER 11: Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo #10 of the New England Patriots throws a pass during the fourth quarter of the NFL game against the Arizona Cardinals at the University of Phoenix Stadium on September 11, 2016 in Glendale, Arizona. The Patriots defeated the Cardinals 23-21. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

How Josh McDaniels used gimmicks and deception in Patriots? win

The Patriots offensive coordinator kept the Cardinals off balance and his quarterback in a position to succeed.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

There?s no reason the Patriots can?t go 4-0 without Brady

Jimmy Garoppolo was up to the task against the Cardinals, but it was the defense that really responded.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/12/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/603120434.jpg Here?s how Tom Brady spent his Sunday

The suspended Patriots quarterback was thrilled to see his team win, and praised Jimmy Garoppolo.

With no homework to do, Ava Dennesen played with brother Eli in Essex.

Teachers at Essex Elementary stop assigning homework

?It?s great to know that these kids can spend their afternoons and evenings running around and playing,? one parent said.

Archaeologist Elizabeth Neill (left) worked in the cistern while city archaeologist Joe Bagley worked in the privy.

Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff

Archaeological dig near Old North Church unveils details of 19th century life

?We have an unbelievable opportunity here to see snapshots of the immigrant story,? the city?s archeologist said of the site off Salem Street.

Boston, MA - 04/09/15 - A worker walks past a Red Line train awaiting repairs at the MBTA maintenance facility in South Boston. Lane Turner/Globe Staff Section: METRO Reporter: levinson Slug: 17mbtaolympics

What the T spends on its capital budget, and why you should care

The MBTA has said it needs to spend about $765 million a year for 25 years to get the system up to date, but it said it?s not meeting that standard.

Boston Police Chief Gross participates in body camera program

William Gross is one of eight command staff members taking part in the pilot program.

Eric Rosengren

Market?s reaction to Boston Fed chief?s Quincy speech surprised business group

It?s not every day that financial markets move on news out of Quincy.

Dutch Swain (center) with her daughters, Suzanne (left), and Jennifer (right), at the hospice in Charlton where she died last Friday.

KEVIN CULLEN

Instead of donations, woman asks for acts of kindness

Before she died, Dutch Swain asked that people perform a random act of kindness in her memory and to post it online.

obituary

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/img785.jpg James Marcellino, former bar association president, dies at 73

Mr. Marcellino was a star running back for Archbishop Williams High School and the College of the Holy Cross who went on to be president of the Boston Bar Association.

Ousted Suffolk head reportedly still pushing for change

Former Suffolk University president Margaret McKenna.

Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff/File

Margaret McKenna, who was fired as president after just a year, is reportedly not seeking money but governance reforms for the school.

Construction is going full speed ahead at the site of the Wynn Resorts Casino in Everett.

With the Mashpee casino in legal tangle, uncertainty reigns

In Everett and Springfield, casinos are beginning to take shape, but in Southeast Mass. progess has halted.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/27/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ryan_gargae4_biz.jpg Could Boston have gotten a higher price for one of the hottest sites in town?

Some city budget watchdogs and real estate experts are raising questions about the sale of the shuttered Winthrop Square Garage.

NCAA pulls postseason events out of N.C. over LGBT law

The NCAA said the decision came ??because of the cumulative actions taken by the state concerning civil rights protections.??

Hillary Clinton left her daughter?s apartment Sunday after recuperating. She had become ill at an event earlier in the day.

Clinton, Trump say they will release medical records

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump pledged to release additional health records in the wake Clinton?s near collapse on Sunday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/12/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/f1f0bf9834d0469e8a1effa010321823-f1f0bf9834d0469e8a1effa010321823-0.jpg Trump campaign offers no proof about ?tens of millions? to charity

Between 2008 and this May, a search turned up just one gift, from 2009. It was worth less than $10,000.

Dan Wasserman

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/12/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/0913RUDY.jpeg Editorial cartoon: Giuliani diagnoses Hillary

It looks like Hillary Clinton is sick. Paging Dr. Rudy!

Methuen, MA - 9/12/2016 - An officer takes photographs of a car parked outside of the apartment where Wanda Rosa, 29, died her 4-year-old son was unharmed in Methuen, MA, September 12, 2016. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: 13methuen

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Methuen woman found dead in home she shared with 4-year-old son

Police are treating the death of Wanda Rosa as a homicide, and have asked the public?s help to find her former boyfriend, a ?person of interest.?

Globe investigations

The desperate and the dead

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/spotlight9090-11856.jpg The broken covenant

Behind the fragmented state of mental health care lies a political system failure that spans decades ? and continues.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/spotlight-9497.jpg Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight?

?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

The Big Picture

First-grader Dominik Rosebush, 6, center, raises his hand, trying to get teacher Mindy Parrott to call on him for the answer to a question as students attend their first day of school on Aug. 22 at Central Elementary School in Davison.

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Back to school

A look at children around the world starting school after their summer break.