america on edge
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Lurking beneath Boca Raton?s sun-kissed beauty is a layer of anger directed at Muslims, the sort of fear and resentment that Donald Trump exploits in his divisive bid for president.
Even at 3 a.m., Donald Trump can?t let a feud goPublicly airing grudges against a former beauty queen, in the middle of the night, is certainly unprecedented in presidential politics.
Photos: Celebrating a first at Wellesley CollegePaula Johnson became the first African-American president of Wellesley College when she was inaugurated Friday.
Reflections on family, faith as Jewish High Holidays arrive At sundown Sunday, Jews will fill synagogues to usher in the new year, reflect on their lives, take stock of their failings, and pray.
Bella English
To die with dignity, he left the USDanny exercised a right every American should have: to end one?s life in a peaceful and humane way. But to do so, he had to leave the country.
Photos by Jim Davis/Globe Staff (right) and Elsa/Getty Images (left).
NICK CAFARDO | SUNDAY BASEBALL NOTES
Mookie Betts, David Ortiz, Rick Porcello, and John Farrell could take home hardware this season.
RED SOX 5, BLUE JAYS 3
Honored before the game, Ortiz proceeded to break a 3-3 tie in the seventh inning with a two-run homer.
Peter Abraham
One final seasonFrom spring training to the playoffs, Globe Red Sox beat writer Peter Abraham documented key moments from David Ortiz?s last season on the field.
Next year is this year, long-suffering Cubs fans proclaim It has been 108 years since the Chicago North Siders won a world championship, the longest drought for any major sports club.
Apples await the pickers, despite the droughtFarmers from Stow and Pepperell to Peabody and Ipswich were stunned no one came to pick or buy. Stunned because they had plenty of apples.
Week 4 high school football resultsFriday?s top games included Everett-Billerica, Xaverian-Catholic Memorial, and Lexington-Reading.
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Plans for General Electric?s new headquarters complex in Fort Point have run into a speed bump.
The cold rain, wind, and chilly temperatures are expected to continue through the weekend and Monday.
The early-morning gunshots left two injured but don?t appear to be life-threatening, police said.
BLOTTER TALES
Shoplifters steal pricey golf clubs and considerably stranger things, and other odd tales from local police blotters.
Mega-Hurricane Matthew downgraded to Category 4The storm continues roaring across the Caribbean Sea on a course that puts Jamaica, as well as parts of Haiti and Cuba.
OSHA finds 20 ?serious? violations at plant where worker diedOSHA said it is issuing preliminary fines totaling more than $173,000 for the South Boston plant where Brian Caron died from an ammonia leak.
A strike that would have hit several thousand office buildings in the Boston area was averted late Friday.
Children?s gets green light for hospital expansion, with conditionsThe recommendation by state health regulators is scheduled for a vote on Oct. 20.
Did NASA just change your zodiac sign?NASA says astrology is not astronomy. But the space agency?s take on changes to the zodiac still set off a Twitter storm.
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An attorney rushed to a South Carolina hospital where Robert Gentile is near death Friday, but did not get any new information.
Michael A. Cohen
Trump took Clinton?s bait on Alicia MachadoIt?s not accidental that we?re talking about Machado. This was orchestrated by the Clinton campaign.
The desperate and the dead
The broken covenantBehind the fragmented state of mental health care lies a political system failure that spans decades ? and continues.
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.
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Big Picture
Red Sox slugger David Oritz closes out his regular season career this weekend at Fenway Park.
STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.
Doo saw generous and thoughtful sides of the retiring big man.
The pilot is only days old and already those cheers you hear are coming from advocates for those with disabilities.
Donald Trump seems to be making a straightforward political calculation in refusing to release his returns.
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This 5-passenger midsize wagon thrives in all seasons, showing the kind of pluck we?d like to think is our birthright.
Investigators hope the recorder will tell them how fast the New Jersey Transit commuter train was going when it slammed into the Hoboken Terminal.
The recommendation by state health regulators is scheduled for a vote on Oct. 20.
The complete list of acts for the local version will be announced soon.
A coffee IPA? Yup.
Ground Game
Are these the most irrelevant VP picks in modern history?The VP debate Tuesday could carry the same impact that Mike Pence and Tim Kaine have brought to their tickets: inconsequential.
Design New England
?This is home?Keith Leblanc and Kelly Monnahan create a haven for themselves, family, and friends in the piney hills of outer Cape Cod.
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A Florida city that?s voting with fear
Retirement inequality hitting many hard
Even at 3 a.m., Donald Trump can?t let a feud go
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