Hurricane Maria's aftermath

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Myriam Ruiz waited inside the ER with her father at a hospital in Caguas.

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A man and woman washed and hung their laundry in a river next to a highway.

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Eric La Luz, 15, took a break after hauling mud and debris out of his home.

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Sarai Class has been waiting for days at San Juan?s airport to catch a flight out.

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Hundreds of people waited in line to use an ATM in Caguas.

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Carmen Charriez, 71, has been sleeping in this chair in her garage.

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A boy played as he looked at belongings that were once in his home.

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A patient lay in the hallway inside the ER at the hospital in Caguas.

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Katrina Gonzales carried a bucket of mud out of her home in Toa Baja.

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The sun set Saturday over trees stripped of their foliage in Morovis.

?It?s chaos, and inhumane. I never thought my country would be like this.?

As the situation in Puerto Rico worsens, emotions run high. People are scared, angry, resigned, hopeless.

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The ?Hamilton? star was irate after the president criticized the island?s leadership.

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The president took direct aim at San Juan?s mayor, who tearfully pleaded for help on the island.

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The former football star is a free man after serving 9 years for a botched hotel-room heist.

US Representative Seth Moulton flipped steaks Saturday during the Polk County Democrats Steak Fry.

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Seth Moulton ? who? ? plants his flag in Iowa

At the annual Democratic steak fry in Des Moines, a venue for would-be presidential candidates, the Mass. congressman spoke of reviving his party.

Bella English

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Sanctuary in the Streets says it will live-stream raids and bear witness, hold vigils, and go to court hearings with those rounded up.

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Citizens in the region are weighing whether they should break away from Spain.

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East Boston and North Shore communities were hammered by rain early Saturday, and the ramifications will be felt for a long time.

Yvonne Abraham

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Says the congresswoman about the turmoil in D.C.: ?There?s a system in place to help us right this ship.?

Spotlight follow-up

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A growing number of people who say their fathers are priests are speaking out, drawing attention to an invisible legion of suffering.

French police officers block access on the stairs leading to Marseille 's main train station, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017 in Marseille, southern France. French police warn people to avoid Marseille's main train station amid reports of knife attack, assailant shot dead. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

Knife attack leaves two dead in French train station

A man stabbed and killed two women in Marseille?s main train station on Sunday before soldiers fatally shot the assailant.

A Hanson man was seriously injured when his 1929 Ford Roadster crashed early Saturday morning.

Hanson man seriously injured after antique car crash

The driver was thrown from the car when his 1929 Ford Roadster crashed into a telephone pole Saturday morning.

Summer of '67

Red Sox pitcher Jim Lonborg was swept away by excited fans after Boston defeated the Minnesota Twins to clinch at least a tie for the American League pennant.

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50 years on, historic Sox win still seems impossible

It was do or die for Fenway?s ?Cardiac Kids.? And they did. What came next hardly mattered.

Panthers at Patriots | 1 p.m.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

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It?s fine to disagree on the scope of the problem, but to fail to acknowledge it is enabling injustice.

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This is Tom Brady?s offense always, but the Patriots need to establish a ground game early.

RED SOX 6, ASTROS 3

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Saturday?s result also locked in the Red Sox and Astros as playoff series partners.

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Ideas | David A. Moss and Marc Campasano

A republic at risk

In 1787, the challenge was how to keep a fledgling democracy together.

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Advocates say dental therapists play a critical role by treating low-income patients who otherwise would not have been able to get dental care.

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The president?s handling of the crisis in Puerto Rico took center stage during the opening skit of the season premiere.

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Trucker, released Saturday in Wilmington, is ready to hunt crawfish and moles again.

Globe Magazine

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There are ways to bridge the chasm of the information handfoff, and ways schools can help.

Newsletters

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Witness the birth of the marijuana industry in Massachusetts and catch up on national pot headlines every Saturday.

Special reports

Secrets in the Sky | Part 2 of 2

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There is a troubling pattern of lax oversight by the FAA that has made the agency vulnerable to fraud, and the public vulnerable to those who mean to do harm.

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

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The effects of the arts in the Commonwealth are far-reaching; they demand greater public investment.

Confidential tips

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Fall Arts Preview 2017

Fall Arts preview

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A complete guide to movies, music, books, arts, theater, and family events in the Greater Boston area this season.

STAT

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Severe cases of West Nile have spiked in LA County. So officials are going all out to try to curb spread of the virus.

Crossword

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Puzzled? Keep trying and see if you can triumph.

Globe must-reads

BLOTTER TALES

If you grow it, they will steal
Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin.

VA chief?s expensive overseas trip

Ideas | Kelly Kasulis

Why coffee makes you overeat sweets
Gloria Steinem was in Boston to receive a leadership award from the Victim Rights Law Center.

Gloria Steinem offers unlikely praise for Charlie Baker

Michael Andor Brodeur | @LARGE

Alas, the fat tweet is here
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (left) walked by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi before a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Saturday.

Tillerson: ?Lines of communication? open with N. Korea
A Boston Bruins official game puck sits on the ice during the third period of the Bruins 4-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks in an NHL preseason hockey game in Boston, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)

FLUTO SHINZAWA | SUNDAY HOCKEY NOTES

Bruins? shift to 1-1-3 means controlled aggression
Over the BU move-in weekend in September, lecturers, including Jessica Kent, held banners and distributed fliers outside dormitories.

Lecturers reach contract agreement with BU

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With the Nobel Prizes around the corner, it?s crystal ball time
Massachusetts policymakers and insiders agree they don?t need gimmicks to lure Amazon?s new headquarters when Massachusetts can emphasize the state?s strong education, technology, and innovation infrastructure.

What price should Mass. pay to lure Amazon?
Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price attends an opioid roundtable discussion in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. First lady Melania Trump invited experts and people affected by addiction to opioids to the White House for a listening session and discussion about the epidemic. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Tom Price resigns after controversy over travel

?Blade Runner? ? it?s back

Sports

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KANSAS CITY, MO -JUNE 19: Hector Velazquez #76 of the Boston Red Sox throws in the first inning against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on June 19, 2017 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images)

Game 162: Astros at Red Sox lineups and pregame notes

With playoff position all set, the regular-season finale at Fenway Park is little more than an exhibition game.

Metro

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The Pioneer Institute?s study advocated for more ferry service in Boston Harbor.

Starts & Stops

Steady stream of studies fuel transportation debates

Summer must really be over, because the transportation world seems to be back to work.

Region

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Affordable housing plans shaking up the suburbs

Builders are proposing a flurry of multifamily developments to meet the rising market for lower cost homes.

Real Estate

Ask the Carpenter: Tips for dealing with a wet basement

Rob Robillard offers advice on drainage, downspouts, and dry wells.

Politics

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President Donald Trump

D.C. lobbyists want in on $1 billion payday

With the Trump administration saying tax reform is on the horizon, the jockeying is fierce in the capital.

Cars

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6 things to know about the comeback of the VW Bus

Underneath that retro skin is technology firmly planted in the future.

Columnists

JEFF JACOBY

Prosecution not remedy for campaign lies
FILE - In this March 18, 2015, file photo, the NCAA logo is at center court as work continues at The Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, for the NCAA college basketball second and third round games. The NCAA is moving toward reforming transfer rules. There is much work to be done and any drastic changes are likely a few years away. New transfer rules will be rooted in academics, and could give higher achieving students more freedom while limiting who might be less likely to graduate if they switch schools.(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Bob Ryan

College sports are a national embarrassment
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SCOTT KIRSNER | INNOVATION ECONOMY

How you can attain workplace nirvana, or something like it
Applecrest Farm Orchards in Hampton Falls.

THOMAS FARRAGHER

A family tradition, cast in orange, red and yellow hues
It?s unlikely that as many players across the NFL will kneel or demonstrate during the national anthem this week.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Players? message continues to be ignored
FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017 file photo, former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore rides in on a horse to vote at the Gallant Volunteer Fire Department during the Alabama Senate race in Gallant, Ala. Moore wouldn?t stand a chance in many Senate races after defying federal court orders, describing Islam as a false religion, calling homosexuality evil and pulling out a revolver on stage before hundreds of supporters. But in Alabama, Moore is now the odds-on favorite to join the nation?s most exclusive political body. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Michael A. Cohen

Politicians should reflect and atone
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SCOT LEHIGH

There?s only one choice for Amazon
Soldiers on a search and destroy operation near Qui Nhon. January 17, 1967.

KEVIN CULLEN

35 years later, Vietnam through a different prism
Jeff Bezos, the chief executive officer of Amazon.

Scott Kirsner

Jeff Bezos already knows a lot about Boston
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as he addressed a crowd with a bull horn in the Roxbury section of Boston April 22, 1965. King in Boston to lead a civil rights march, made a tour of the Roxbury section to view some of the schools in a predominantly African American district. He urged spectators to take part in the march. He will address a joint session of the Massachusetts Legislature. (AP Photo)

Michael A. Cohen

You don?t have to carry a gun to be a patriot
Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington on Tuesday.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Jeff Sessions? anti-immigrant obsession

Yvonne Abraham

Boston?s voting turnout is a turnoff

Nation & World

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Iraqi military moves to take control of Kurdish borders

The move comes after the region voted last week to pursue independence form Baghdad.

Business

Dr. Michael Charness was a piano player before becoming the director of the Performing Arts Clinic at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He keeps a piano in his office space.

ON THE JOB

Musicians suffering for their art turn to him

Michael Charness has treated thousands of injured musicians at Brigham and Women?s Performing Arts Clinic.

Arts

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bibliophiles

Picking books with an eye toward the future

Dan Brown says his new book has inspired a new reading interest.

Travel

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How the travel industry exploits the class divide

In an era of income inequality, travel may be where the class divide is most on display.

The Big Picture

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Beyond the lines of Fenway Park

The Globe?s Stan Grossfeld turned his camera away from the game to record scenes of the carnival-like atmosphere of Fenway Park.

Magazine

The cover for the October 1 2017 issue

5 ways K-12 schools are changing longstanding teaching methods

The cover for the September 24 2017 issue

When English is a foreign language

The cover for the September 17 2017 issue

Simple recipes pairing the season?s fresh tomatoes with pasta

The cover for the September 10 2017 issue

Advice: How do I politely cut ties with my hairdresser?