Ayanna Pressley leads insurgent wave in Mass., toppling Michael Capuano

Ayanna Pressley, the first African-American woman elected to the Boston City Council, made history again, defeating Representative Michael Capuano, a 10-term incumbent heavily backed by the political establishment.

Ayanna Pressley addressed the crowd Tuesday.

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Michael Capuano conceded defeat to Ayanna Pressley in Somerville.

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Supporters cheered during the Ayanna Pressley victory party.

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Ayanna Pressley hugged supporter.

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 Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jay Gonzalez primary night event at the Boston Teacher's Union.

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 Governor Charlie Baker and Lt Governor Karyn Polito visit volunteers at Baker-Polito HQ phone bank in Allston.

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Geoff Diehl (center) with a supporter, after voting at Whitman Town Hall. Diehl is running for the US Senate.

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Secretary of State William Galvin, facing his first primary challenge in more than a decade, put on an ?I Voted? sticker. He cast his ballot at the Thomas Edison School.

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Meghan Welborn (carrying 13-month-old Bingham) voted in Milton as Alta Welborn, 3, danced nearby while dressed as Elsa from ?Frozen.?

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_090418_05Seventh_4422x.jpg Pressley is also a party insider. Can she push Democrats to find new voters?

Ayanna Pressley?s ?change can?t wait? message might be even more more potent inside a Democratic Party that?s debating the best way to win back the White House.

As of Wednesday  morning, just 600 votes were separating Dan Koh (left) and Lori Trahan.

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Third District may be headed for recount

Dan Koh and Lori Trahan are knotted in a too-close-to-call race in the most crowded congressional field in a generation.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/polls1.jpg Heading into the midterms, expect the polls to get it wrong

Progressive outsiders are making the pollsters look foolish.

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/05/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi-5062.jpg The big loser in the primaries? Boston Mayor Marty Walsh

Walsh never understood the longing for representatives in Washington who strive for something more than seniority.

Adrian Walker

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walker_20131007[1].jpg Was Tuesday the last stand of a political old guard?

Up and down the ballot, veteran Democrats had the unfamiliar feeling of finding themselves in tough races.

Suspect arrested in West Brookfield murders

Sara Bermudez and her three children were killed in West Brookfield in March.

Rachael Rollins, a former federal prosecutor, ran for Suffolk DA as a self-described progressive.

Rachael Rollins bests crowded field to win Democratic primary for Suffolk DA

Running as a self-described progressive, the former federal prosecutor defeated four rivals, including longtime Suffolk prosecutor Greg Henning.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_30yawkey-6_metro.jpg Two longtime state representatives ousted in primary upsets

Jeff Sánchez, the House Ways and Means chairman, and Byron Rushing, the House assistant majority leader, lost to their challengers.

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh read his opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday.

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Kavanaugh in the hot seat for Day 2 of his confirmation hearing

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh can expect to spend most of the day sparring with Democratic senators over abortion, guns, executive power and other high-profile issues.

President Donald Trump talks on the phone with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 27, 2018, in Washington. Trump is announcing a trade

10 things to know from Bob Woodward?s new Trump book

Woodward?s ?Fear? depicts a chaotic White House under President Trump.

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A Boston police captain?s son faces 20 years in prison for plotting an attack on a college to support the Islamic State group.

Plane quarantined at JFK amid reports of sick passengers

The New York City mayor?s office says a plane has been quarantined amid reports numerous ill passengers aboard a flight from Dubai.

Police detain man who crashed truck into Dallas TV station

Police have detained a ?ranting? man accused of crashing a pickup truck into a Fox affiliate television station building in downtown Dallas during a live newscast.

RODRIGO CORDEIRO

How to get your kids to stop fighting

Did it seem like the kids were at each other?s throats by the end of the long, hot summer? Here are some ideas from experts about how to keep bickering to a minimum.

Peter Grinspoon examined some of the extensive damage to his home.

Sean P. Murphy | The Fine Print

Owners of a ruined house say repairs will cost $400k. The insurer is fighting, offering just $100k.

Their house badly damaged, a Newton family expected Providence Mutual to help them get back on their feet quickly. That didn?t happen.

Alex Speier

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/03/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/2ce2249906a0471b9755b119f845f6c2-2ce2249906a0471b9755b119f845f6c2-0.jpg The Red Sox and the celebratory second base shimmy

A new trend is sweeping across the Red Sox, and it has little to do with launch angle, spin rate, or first-pitch breaking balls

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/05/BostonGlobe.com/Travel/Images/d4d8be3a89ae4aa1b4806e69545cbce9-d4d8be3a89ae4aa1b4806e69545cbce9-0.jpg Now boarding: Higher fees for air travelers

As JetBlue and United hike fees for checked bags, consumers should prepare for other airlines to do the same.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/22/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/0f6ebfc4-6455-4762-ba00-9fa97178349e[1].jpg Virginia man convicted of punching Charlottesville rally organizer fined $1

A Virginia man convicted of an assault against the organizer of last summer?s violent white nationalist rally during a news conference has been handed a $1 fine.

Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | Dan Rather and Elliot Kirschner

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/04/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/09RatherWEB.jpg Attacks on free press show journalism is effective check on government

Democracy depends on a free press. We can no longer take its survival for granted.

Love Letters: The Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/29/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/200_love_letters_bonus.jpg Until next year, my sweetheart

In a special bonus episode, Meredith Goldstein explores what happens to summer romance when the summer ends, and ?Wet Hot American Summer? creator David Wain shares a girl-crazy memory from his own camp days.

Listen:   Apple Podcasts   |   Stitcher   |   RadioPublic

 

Real Estate

Address

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/06/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/stan-fellows-home-nest-illustration$medium.jpg Spring House Hunt: Should parents buy property in a college town?

As the spring house hunt gets underway and National College Decision Day nears, thoughts are turning to campus housing.

Globe event

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/08/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/SeattleTimes_10kirsner02_biz.jpg Seattle?s mayor talks growing pains that offer some lessons for Boston

Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan spoke at a Globe event on how innovation is shaping our world, and she?s in high demand among the hundreds of mayors gathered in Boston.

Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/18/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/FlfQGTy9_585.jpg More about Last Seen: The Largest Unsolved Art Heist ever

A true-crime podcast about the most valuable ? and confounding ? art heist in history: the theft of 13 irreplaceable artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Globe staff photos of the month, August 2018

Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: staying cool in the summer heat, installing a new police commissioner, spotting sharks on the Cape, campaigning politicians on the trail, and flipping gymnasts at the US championships.

Crossword

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/crossword.jpg Play the crossword

Puzzled? Keep trying your hand at our interactive crossword and see if you can triumph.