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Rainfall across southern New England is expected to be between 2 to 4 inches, forecasters said.

Skydiver killed in Pepperell

A skydiver was killed in Pepperell Saturday, a police department spokesman confirmed.

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We have e-mails, messages, meeting notes, schedules, tasks, and attachments. And it?s increasingly harder to keep track of it all.

Six wounded in overnight shootings in Boston

Shootings in five locations left six people with non-life threatening injuries, police said.

Yvonne Abraham

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A dozen women who have worked in and around the State House over the past two decades described a climate of harassment and sexual misconduct.

Actress Rose McGowan raises her fist Friday at the Women?s Convention in Detroit.

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McGowan turned down Weinstein?s hush money, and found a fiery voice

The actress?s lawyer said she considered an offer that suggested just how desperate the Hollywood producer had become.

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Sciorra said Weinstein barged his way into her apartment in the 1990s and raped her.

10/28/2017 Lowell Ma - Pallbear's carry the casket to the funeral Mass for Javian Candolario (cq) that was held at St. Michael Church in Lowell. .Jonathan Wiggs\Globe Staff Reporter:Topic.

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Boy killed by pit bulls in Lowell is mourned at funeral

Mourners wore T-shirts that showed the smiling face of the little boy they had come to bury: 7-year-old Javian Candolario.

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Also, opponents of independence for Catalonia held rallies in Barcelona and Madrid on Saturday to support Spain?s leaders and the national police.

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Ann LePage says Stephen Bannon has lobbied her to run for a US Senate seat in Maine next year.

2 die in Rindge, N.H., crash Saturday

The crash was reported to police at 8 a.m. Saturday. Police say they believe speed was a factor in the crash.

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Starts & Stops

Are the days of free residential parking in Boston numbered?

A key city councilor wants to at least talk about it.

Big men with broken minds: The largely forgotten faces of the Patriots franchise

10/28/2017 - Canton, MA - Donna Lenkaitis, cq, is the widow of former Patriots player, Bill Lenkaitis, who died over a year ago, and was diagnosed posthumously with advanced CTE. She is close with Terri Johnson, whose husband (still living) is a former Patriots player suffering from CTE symptoms. They met at Johnson's home in Canton, MA on Saturday, October 28, 2017. Photo by Dina Rudick/Globe Staff

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For almost every ailing player, there has been a family suffering in the shadows, sharing the anguish of a once-vibrant athlete who has been sapped of his faculties. Only in recent years have survivors come to understand why.

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The president is confident that neither Paul Manafort nor Michael Flynn has damaging information about him.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/23/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/5d0b4510acae4c77ba7cc381859a3901-5d0b4510acae4c77ba7cc381859a3901-0.jpg Robert Mueller?s investigation has contended with possible hindrances

Complex investigations like special counsel Robert Mueller?s take time for a variety of reasons. Here are some of them.

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A conservative website with ties to the Republican establishment wanted to look into then-candidate Donald Trump?s background for negative information.

Mandatory Credit: Photo by LARRY W. SMITH/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock (9177702v) Yuli Gurriel Los Angeles Dodgers at Houston Astros, USA - 27 Oct 2017 Houston Astros batter Yuli Gurriel after hitting a solo home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the bottom of the second inning of Major League Baseball's (MLB) World Series game three at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, USA, 27 October 2017. The best-of-seven series is tied 1-1.

Astros? Yuli Gurriel may be punished for racist gesture toward LA?s Yu Darvish

Gurriel said he didn?t intend to offend Darvish when he pulled on the corners of his eyes after homering against him in Game 3.

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NICK CAFARDO | SUNDAY BASEBALL NOTES

?It?s getting more and more ruthless?: The reality of managing in a big market

Playoff berths weren?t enough to prevent John Farrell, Dusty Baker, and Joe Girardi from losing their jobs.

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - OCTOBER 15: Tight end Rob Gronkowski #87 of the New England Patriots scores a touchdown against the New York Jets during the third quarter of their game at MetLife Stadium on October 15, 2017 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

BEN VOLIN

Third-and-long situations? No sweat for these Patriots

They have converted third and 11 or longer seven times already this season, second-most in the NFL.

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Skip the overused costume ideas and show up trick-or-treating in some locally themed holiday jokes.

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There are a few good ways to limit kids? Halloween intake without turning it into a battle. We asked a few experts for their strategies.

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Costumed creatures take over Salem as police work to ensure safety

Thousands of costumed visitors descended upon this historic ?Witch City? for its Halloween celebration.

Ideas | Courtney Humphries

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/25/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/flat-earth-vs-round-earth.jpg What does it take to believe the world is flat?

Modern flat-earthism means believing in a vast conspiracy devoted to hiding the true nature of the earth.

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The man who was thought to have killed the president was dead, and J. Edgar Hoover was displeased.

Women & Power

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The Commonwealth Institute and the Globe Magazine partner to name the most noteworthy companies and nonprofits helmed by women.

Women & Power

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Leaders included in the Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts share advice they?ve gotten and given.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Image%20Tease%20Place%20Holder.png The Season Ticket podcast

Trenni Kusnierek joins host Chris Gasper to talk about the Celtics? winning streak and sexism in the sports media.

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The Bedford VA hospital admitted its care for Bill Nutter was not ?up to our standards,? but the reality was uglier. Now, the FBI is investigating.

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

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As a senator, Sessions voted against extending hate-crime legislation to include sexual orientation and gender identity.

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Do you know about wrongdoing that needs to be exposed? Call the Globe Spotlight team: 617-929-7483 or [email protected].

The Amazon bid

newsroom commentary

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/13/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/drone-5771.jpg Dear Jeff Bezos: Come and help us build a better Boston together

An open letter to the owner of Amazon, proposing a true partnership that rewrites the relationship between a city and the big companies that call it home.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/27/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/CAR-T%20kite.jpg The fantastic voyage of a bag of cells hot-wired to kill cancer

Wiring cells to kill cancer takes a month and requires a team of 150 doctors, nurses, scientists, and couriers.

Crossword

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Puzzled? Keep trying and see if you can triumph.

Real Estate

An eclectic Colonial Revival in Cambridge sold for $7.4 million this week

Built in 1888, the Joseph Thorp House in Cambridge has quite the history, including most recently being home to the former US ambassador to Austria. It sold for $7,400,000 on Friday, Oct. 20, making it the region's biggest sale this week.