Ayanna Pressley?s victory gives a win to Maura Healey

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey (center) and Ayanna Pressley (left) arrived at a post-primary unity event.

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The attorney general?s backing of Ayanna Pressley was all the more striking given the political heavyweights ? such as Mayor Walsh and Deval Patrick ? who lined up behind Michael Capuano.

Dorchester, MA--9/5/2018-- Democratic Congressional Nominee Ayanna Pressley takes to the podium at a post-primary unity event hosted by The Massachusetts Democratic Party.(Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: Reporter:

Day after her win, Pressley is hailed as a sign of the times

Ayanna Pressley is the latest political wunderkind to topple an entrenched politician. On Wednesday, she called it ?surreal.?

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

Third District may be headed for recount

While Lori Trahan claimed victory ? she said she was ?confident that I am your Democratic nominee? ? Dan Koh was already preparing to petition local election officials.

Shirley Leung

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/05/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Leung-5101.jpg We?ve seen the future of Massachusetts politics, and it?s female

Ayanna Pressley, Maura Healey, and Michelle Wu have shown us the future, and Massachusetts politics will never be the same.

Boston Red Sox Brandon Phillips celebrates in the dugout after hitting a two-run home run in the ninth inning of baseball game against the Atlanta Braves Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in Atlanta. Boston won 9-8. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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RED SOX 9, BRAVES 8

Brandon Phillips delivers win for Red Sox with ninth-inning homer

The Sox roared back to wipe out a six-run deficit in the eighth but needed Phillips?s heroics in the ninth.

Boston Red Sox Brandon Phillips gets dunked after hitting a two run home run after a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Wednesday, Sept 5, 2018, in Atlanta. Brandon Phillips hit a two-run homer in the ninth, capping his dramatic and long-awaited 2018 debut for Boston to lift the resilient Red Sox over the Braves 9-8 on Wednesday for a series sweep. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

NICK CAFARDO I ON BASEBALL

Alex Cora?s tactics adding up to wins for Red Sox

The first-year manager rested many of his starters Wednesday afternoon in Atlanta, but once again the role players came through in a huge comeback win.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/05/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/d7464a65b88544ac8ab3eca199931d7f-d7464a65b88544ac8ab3eca199931d7f-0.jpg In Times op-ed, Trump staffer claims administration officials are trying to thwart parts of president?s agenda

President Trump railed against the op-ed on national TV, calling it a ?gutless editorial? before turning his ire on the publication itself late Wednesday afternoon.

Bob Woodward?s book ?Fear?? details Donald Trump?s paranoia, abusive rants, and failure to grasp the basics of law, trade, and national security.

Indira A.R. Lakshmanan

Crazytown, USA: Have we finally reached peak Trump?

Bob Woodward?s book ?Fear?? details Donald Trump?s paranoia, abusive rants, and failure to grasp the basics of law, trade, and national security.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/Boghosian_traffic4_MET.jpg Mass. average commute time increases to fifth longest in US

Has your commute to work been feeling longer than usual? If so, you?re not alone.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/05/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy-21691.jpg Nostalgia aside, BC-Holy Cross football may not be the best idea

The two schools have gone in opposite directions athletically since their last meeting 32 years ago.

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.

talking points

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State Representative Jeff Sanchez, who as Ways and Means chairman has one of the most powerful positions in state government, lost to challenger Nika Elugardo.

Love Letters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/04/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/Meredith_New_Logo-4335.jpg I vented about my life, and she broke up with me

After almost a year in a serious relationship, she abruptly ended things when he showed his vulnerable side.

Victims Talia Newfield (left) and Adrienne Garrido.

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One suspect in Needham teens? deaths said she wasn?t wearing her glasses

One man initially struck both teens, who were crossing a street near their school, with his car before another woman swerved around him and drove over one of the girls, prosecutors said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/JWB090518GLOBE-QuietSkies-337-final.jpg TSA official tells Congress that Quiet Skies surveillance has yet to foil any threats

?It appears a huge waste of taxpayer dollars and a huge infringement on Americans,? said Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey, who pressed TSA officials in an oversight hearing Wednesday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/kreiter_brookfieldarraign1_met.jpg Suspect arraigned in murders of West Brookfield mother, children

DNA traces that matched Mathew Locke ? a cousin of the man whose wife and children were murdered ? were found on one of the young victims? bodies, according to prosecutors.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ISm2gcxgaaycx30000000000.jpg North Attleboro mansion once owned by Aaron Hernandez is on the market

Arif Khan, who bought the home last November for $1 million, has listed the property at $1.6 million and said he has already received interest from potential buyers.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/05/BostonGlobe.com/Obits/Images/30aa23a4a76645c69548f53a63f23c68-30aa23a4a76645c69548f53a63f23c68-0.jpg Author, actor, and Kennedy scion Christopher Lawford dies at 63

Christopher Kennedy Lawford, who was born into political and Hollywood royalty, died of a heart attack Tuesday in Vancouver, Canada.

Jim Graham embraced Ann Marie Mires, who had shared the results of a DNA test with him.

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe staff

DNA test tells man the bittersweet truth: His father was a Catholic priest

James Graham spent decades chasing a rumor: that he was borne of an ill-fated love affair between his mother and a runaway priest. On Tuesday, a DNA test finally gave Graham his answer.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/4418b1aa584348999578528f9bdde07e-4418b1aa584348999578528f9bdde07e-0.jpg Boston police captain?s son is sentenced to 20 years for terror plot

When he was arrested in July 2015, Alexander Ciccolo was planning to attack a university, and tried to recruit others to help him in his plan, authorities say.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/05/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/63b8be9bec25475090ac89d55fbff322-63b8be9bec25475090ac89d55fbff322-0[1]-3539.jpg ?Who is this guy?? Marco Rubio, Alex Jones get into heated argument in Capitol Hill hallway

The conspiracy theorist continuously interrupted Rubio, patting the senator in condescension before Rubio snapped at Jones not to touch him.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/05/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/85411b82a47646aba85323ee74568797-85411b82a47646aba85323ee74568797-0.jpg Plane from Dubai is quarantined at JFK amid reports of up to 100 sick passengers

On social media, passengers ? including rapper Vanilla Ice ? posted photos and videos of a large-scale emergency response when the aircraft touched down in New York.

Opinion & Ideas

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.

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

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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.