Trump?s election-rigging claims put officials on defense

Mass. officials are defending the integrity of the system against Donald Trump?s accusations of a rigged election.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/02/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Copy%20of%2023mcdonough_photo1.jpg Federal judge in DiMasi case pivots to his codefendant

The judge who raised questions about the release bid for former Speaker Salvatore DiMasi is now making queries about Richard McDonough.

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The Massachusetts High Technology Council wants to stop a ballot initiative that would levy an extra tax on the wealthy.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/07/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/5MiddlesexRenderingDrafts[1]A.jpg Is another big development headed to Assembly Square?

A New York-based developer said work could start next year on the first phase of a nine-acre complex.

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The scandal-plagued bank is not allowed to handle debt for at least a year.

His online romances were allegedly part of $350,000 scheme

A N.H. man is accused of bilking women he met online as well as other victims of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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After a summer of attacks, the problem has gone away ? along with two winged aggressors that apparently were responsible.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/20160926_081652.jpg Moving to improve response times, Boston hires more EMTs

For the first time in seven years, the city is increasing its staff of emergency medical technicians.

(Left to right): White House Executive Pastry Chef Susan Morrison, chef Mario Batali, and White House Executive Chef Cris Comerford posed before the dinner.

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Mario Batali is chef and star of Obama?s final state dinner

Batali served some political symbolism along with his beef braciole at Barack Obama?s last state dinner as president.

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Obama dazzled at her final state dinner as first lady, wearing a figure-hugging, floor-length rose gold chainmail gown.

Obituary

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/handout_19levis01_met.jpg ?I love you?: The aching tragedy of her final days

After Laura Levis died, millions caught a glimpse of her last days with her husband, Pete, and her final hours alive.

Crispr?s IPO raises $56m, falling substantially short of target

Proceeds from the sale were less than the amounts raised by its two Cambridge-based competitors earlier this year.

Cleavon Little (left) and Gene Wilder in Mel Brooks?s 1974 spoof ?Blazing Saddles.?

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Movies

How well do you know ?Blazing Saddles??

John Wayne had a shot at playing the Waco Kid, and nine other fun facts.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/25/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/DLR27734.jpg A massive convention center hotel is likely after all

The Massachusetts Port Authority will get its giant hotel after all ? and it doesn?t plan to offer a subsidy.

Opinion | Martin J. Walsh

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/18/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/©MichaelSloan_CharterSchools.jpg I?m voting ?no? on the charter school ballot question ? and you should, too

Approval of Question 2 would greatly increase the likelihood of school failures that hurt kids and discredit the education reform movement.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/19/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/2016-09-20T160025Z_1639445725_D1BEUCKKEZAB_RTRMADP_3_WELLS-FARGO-ACCOUNTS-SENATE.jpg ?Put on your big-boy pants,? Elizabeth Warren tells Donald Trump

The senator from Mass. didn?t hold back in her criticisms of Trump and his election-rigging claims.

U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton take the stage without shaking hands at their presidential town hall debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. October 9, 2016. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

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ground game

Voters might turn off tonight?s debate. That?s good for Clinton.

Hillary Clinton?s lead might be large enough that she decides to talk past Donald Trump altogether and directly address the American people.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/19/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/2016-10-10T013831Z_1861470571_S1BEUGBTXNAA_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION.jpg A debate tradition broken: Bill Clinton, Melania Trump won?t shake hands

This intensely antagonistic election has shattered a quaint campaign ritual: the handshakes between opposing candidates? family members before a debate.

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The Patriots coach said his familiarity with the franchise would make him a good fit in Pittsburgh.

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However, the linebacker was not suspended for the incident in Sunday?s game.The linebacker, however, was not suspended for the incident in Sunday?s game.

Love Letters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/18/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/Meredith_Goldstein5.jpg After divorce, why can?t I find ?the one??

A fiftysomething dad who?s gone from one relationship to the next wonders if he?s being too fussy.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/18/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/14672890_3423696753393_77356212_o(1).jpg In Trump-inspired opera parody, it ain?t over until the third wife sings

In ?The Drumf and the Rhinegold,? a parody of Wagner?s ?Ring? cycle, Rhinemaidens named Ivana, Marla, and Melania try to take down an evil overlord.

Cooking | Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/18/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/cooking1023crop.jpg Recipes: Have a healthier Halloween with these lower sugar treats

There?s no need to have sweet desserts on top of trick-or-treating candy. Try these instead.

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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 Big Picture

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Big Picture

The battle to recapture Mosul

Iraqi and Kurdish forces have begun a military offensive to take back the ISIS-controlled city of Mosul.