Somerville is changing. Just ask Michael Capuano

Michael Capuano, former mayor of Somerville, won in the city by just over 100 votes.

Globe file photo/Aram Boghosian

Given Michael Capuano?s history with the area, it?s surprising that he won his home city over Ayanna Pressley by just 122 votes.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_gallardo3_met.jpg Driver drove over 80-year-old woman like ?she was going over a speed bump,? prosecutor says

The woman who allegedly drove over 80-year-old Romelia Gallardo stood over her body and called 911 before fleeing the scene in her vehicle, prosecutors said.

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A former Massachusetts State Police trooper was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday for allegedly collecting thousands of dollars in overtime pay for shifts he didn?t work.

A group of pedestrians helped free a grounded minke whale in Gloucester Wednesday.

Gloucester Harbormaster

Residents move rock to rescue grounded minke whale in Gloucester

The juvenile whale, which was about 10 feet long, was just a few feet from land.

This guy plays guitar during his morning walk to work

You won?t catch Peter Wolfe listening to a podcast on his way to work in the morning. Instead, he shreds the guitar.

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The news that two senior executives will leave Elon Musk?s electric-car maker broke a matter of hours after he smoked marijuana during an hours-long interview with Joe Rogan.

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A pilot spotted the animals from the air and said one was swimming close to shore.

Talking Points

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A provision in the deal between the team and the city guarantees at least $3.1 million a year in sponsorships during the team?s first five years in its new home.

Dallas officer mistakes apartment for own, kills man who lives there

Dallas police say an officer returning home from work shot and killed a neighbor after she said she mistook his apartment for her own.

Coast Guard saves man clinging to boat for nearly two hours after falling into Boston Harbor

The boater wasn?t wearing a life jacket when he fell into the harbor.

President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at Rimrock Auto Arena in Billings, Mont., Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Susan Walsh/Associated Press

President Trump?s Washington: The cliff-hanger that never ends

Every week is remarkable. Practically every day is bizarre. So how to describe days that are even more remarkably and bizarrely unprecedented than the last?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/07/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/AFP_18X0WP.jpg Impeachment would be ?your fault because you didn?t go out to vote,? Trump tells Montana rally

President Donald Trump warned that a Democratic-controlled Congress would pursue impeachment despite the strong economy and set a precedent that would hurt future presidents.

BEVERLY BECKHAM

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/07/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/beckham-9084.png When the trickle-down effect of disrespect becomes a flood

Disrespect is in the spotlight, center stage, made legitimate by President Donald Trump, because disrespect and ridicule are his first lines of defense.

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Here?s a brief look at some of the highest-level officials in the administration who might have a motive or an inclination to write the letter.

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President Donald Trump?s inner circle quickly lined up to deny writing an incendiary anonymous New York Times opinion piece.

9/5/18 -- for bostonglobe.com--- As of Wednesday morning, few votes were separating Dan Koh (left) and Lori Trahan. Josh Reynolds for The Boston Globe ( left ) -- Keith Bedford/Globe Staff)

Dan Koh and Lori Trahan prepare potential recount requests

Both campaigns face a 5 p.m. Friday deadline to submit 500 signatures to petition for a district-wide recount in the race.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/HarlemRowDesigners.jpg LeBron James celebrates women of color with his new sneaker: HFR x LeBron 16

For years, James has delivered signature Nike LeBron shoes. Friday, he?s releasing his first shoe for women designed by black women and inspired by black women.

Kirk Minihane (second from right) spoke with Red Sox CEO Sam Kennedy (left) during spring training.

Kirk Minihane announces ?indefinite leave? from WEEI

The morning show co-host said he is ?still battling mental health issues.??

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Garnett filed a federal malpractice suit claiming an accountant and his firm helped a wealth manager steal his money for many years.

07/25/2018 - Medford/Somerville, Mass. - Josh Brown and Pam Norgustin of Warren J. Nordin & Son painting company strip thick layers of paint from the cannon on the hill on July 25, 2018. The cannon is being stripped down to the base for the first time in decades. (Alonso Nichols/Tufts University)

Alonso Nichols/Tufts University

Decades worth of paint peeled, chiseled, and sawed off Tufts University?s iconic cannon

It?s long been tradition for students to slather the cannon with paint ? so much so that when crews went to clean it up, they had to use a saw to strip the layers away.

INNOVATION ECONOMY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/06/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/wiggs_Spyce_01.jpg They?re betting you?ll enjoy robot-prepared meals

Automated restaurant Spyce says it has raised $21 million in new funding.

How to buy a home when you don?t have enough saved

Saving enough for a down payment, particularly in a housing market as red-hot as Greater Boston?s, is among the top concerns for many would-be first-time home buyers.

Opinion & Ideas

SCOT LEHIGH

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/06/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/lehigh-5101.jpg Dire warnings about Donald Trump

The warning signs about Donald Trump?s presidency are increasingly impossible to ignore.

Arts

Burt Reynolds in the car from ?Smokey and the Bandit,? circa 1970.

Burt Reynolds, star of film, TV, and tabloids, dead at 82

Reynolds made scores of movies, ranging from lightweight fare such as the hits ??The Cannonball Run?? and ??Smokey and the Bandit?? to more serious films like ??The Longest Yard?? and ??The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing.??

Love Letters: The Podcast

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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

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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

Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

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

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