Texans at Patriots

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Jacoby Brissett congratulated LeGarrette Blount after his touchdown.

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LeGarrette Blount during the third quarter.

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Jacoby Brissett celebrated his touchdown.

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Jacoby Brissett dove across the goal line for a touchdown.

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Patriots players tackled Ryan Griffin in the second quarter.

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Former Patriot Vince Wilfork gave an ump an earful.

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Jamie Collins ran back an interception in the second quarter.

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Jacoby Brissett threw the ball in the first quarter.

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Jabaal Sheard sacked Houston quarterback Brock Osweiler.

Patriots 27, Texans 0

Third-string quarterback delivers first-rate win for Patriots

In his NFL starting debut, the rookie quarterback scored on a touchdown run to lead the Patriots.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

You can?t ask for any more than you?re getting out of Bill Belichick

We keep thinking we have seem the ultimate demonstration of his greatness. Then he tops it.

Red Sox 5, Orioles 3

Red Sox complete four-game sweep of Orioles

Hanley Ramirez homered and David Price pitched seven strong innings in Boston?s eighth straight win.

Alumni are boycotting a Phillips Exeter probe

Some Phillips Exeter Academy alumni say the prep school?s investigation into sexual misconduct is ignoring victims.

Grim maps show how discarded needles litter ?Methadone Mile?

City data shows needles show up in many public places, but a stretch of Mass. Ave. has been particularly troublesome.

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Charlie Baker may be too popular for his own good

If Tom Menino was the urban mechanic, then Charlie Baker has become our suburban mechanic.

The state indoor track championships were held at the Reggie Lewis Center in February. — Winslow Townson for The Boston Globe

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Change might be afoot at RCC?s Reggie Lewis Track

State lawmakers are close to a deal to remove Roxbury Community College as the overseer of the building.

Deplorable? Trump more so than Clinton, poll finds

A new poll found that Hillary Clinton?s stumble didn?t have quite the impact that Donald Trump and his supporters wanted.

Yahoo hack is one of the largest security breaches of the Internet age

Yahoo is blaming a ??state-sponsored actor?? for the hack of at least half a billion of its users.

A $4.1 million exit at Springfield College

The size of the payout for Richard Flynn seemed extravagant to students and higher education specialists.

Riot police prepare to push protesters off the highway during another night of protests over the police shooting of Keith Scott in Charlotte, North Carolina on Thursday night. — REUTERS/Mike Blake

3rd night of Charlotte protests stays largely peaceful

A midnight curfew enacted by the mayor encouraged a stopping point for the demonstrations.

?Safety Check? during N.C. protest a first for Facebook

This week, for the first time, Facebook turned on its safety feature for a city involved in Black Lives Matter protests.

N.C. congressman says Charlotte protesters ?hate white people?

US Rep. Robert Pittenger said the protesters ?hate white people because white people are successful and they?re not.??

It?s the gun industry vs. Mass. AG Healey

A lawsuit argues that the AG?s enforcement notice is ?unconstitutionally vague, invalid and unenforceable.?

First body cameras, next, name tags?

Boston?s police commissioner wants patrol officers to start wearing name tags to help make the department more transparent.

Evan Crothers, wardrobe stylist at Ennis Inc, says bomber jackets will be big this fall, starting with lightweight silky bombers before the cold weather brings on the heavier materials. — Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff

What Boston?s most fashionable will be wearing this fall

Boston tastemakers weigh in on the season?s biggest fashion trends.

Police chief retires after evidence room drugs, cash, guns go missing

Russell Jenkins will step down next month as Braintree?s police department reels from revelations that guns, drugs, and cash vanished from the evidence room.

Group finally rescues wayward Cape manatee

The animal will head to a Connecticut aquarium, and then likely be flown to Florida.

Linda Cardellini lights up on ?Freaks and Geeks.? — NBC

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From the haze of TV history, weed?s best moments

Pot-smoking (and ingesting) has been depicted on mainstream TV for decades, often memorably.

Opinion & Ideas

Editorial

Clinton, Trump both come up cold on climate change

In the heat of the campaign, both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have come up cold on climate change.

Globe investigations

The desperate and the dead

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'

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

South Africa motorbike racing

Not far from the refurbished F1 race track of Kyalami in Johannesburg is a small, virtually dirt race track that attracts only the brave.

Life sciences

STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.

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The FBI is evaluating abuse allegations against Brad Pitt

Paul Fireman lists Brookline mansion for $90 million

Tiffany Crutcher, the twin sister of Terence Crutcher, with the Rev. Al Sharpton during a news conference Wednesday.

Tulsa officer charged in man?s death

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Springsteen?s ?Chapter & Verse? tells a life story in song

Return call: Orioles give David Ortiz phone that he destroyed

THINGS TO DO

The Weekender: Cowboys, acrobats, and the Boss

Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen, pictured Wednesday at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

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Tom and Gisele attend NYC premiere of ?Years of Living Dangerously?

Medal of Valor winners (left to right) Trooper Nathan R. Monteiro, Bourne Detective Sergeant John R. Stowe Jr., Sergeant Wallace J. Perry IV, and Officer Joshua A. Parsons were joined by Bourne officer Jared P. MacDonald and his service dog, Bullet. MacDonald was shot in the line of duty and is retiring.

Bravery awards honor police at State House

Hillary Clinton appeared with Zach Galifianakis during an appearance for the online comedy series,

Hillary Clinton stops by ?Between Two Ferns?

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Part of Route 128 will be shut for two days in November

LIFESTYLE-08geils_Boston, August 6, 2011 The Boston iconic rock J. Geils Band with lead guitarist J. Geils and vocalist Peter Wolf performs before a sold out Bank of America Pavilion in Boston, Saturday, August 6, 2011. (Robert E. Klein for the Boston Globe)

J. Geils Band founder charged with drunken driving in Concord

Tufts Medical Center in Boston is seeking to merge with Hallmark Health.

Tufts-Hallmark deal OK?d by state watchdog agency

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Massachusetts' Andy Isabella runs with a reception in front of Florida International's Niko Gonzalez on the way to a touchdown during the second quarter in an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016, in Amherst, Mass. (J. Anthony Roberts/The Republican via AP)

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UMass isn?t shying away from tough opponents

This week the Minutemen take on Mississippi State, and it will be business as usual in preparation.

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Ruth Ice, 87; was social worker, writer, and activist

Ms. Ice used an assumed name to write candidly about her family in the book ?Fight It Out, Work It Out, Love It Out: The Story of A Family in Therapy.?