T?s assessment: Much of the system is falling apart

The ceilings at the commuter and Red Line stops in Porter Square leak during rainstorms, forming small puddles on the platforms below.

David L Ryan/Globe Staff

The transit agency says nearly 60 percent of its stations and garages are rated as being in need of major repairs.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/aaron150-20441.jpg An ?honest mistake? led to man?s fatal fall, says his friend

Aaron Dibella?s friend said the man was ?jok[ing] around? when he sat on the side of the vessel before falling into the harbor water.

Althea Lank is treated for age-related macular degeneration at Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary.

Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

New approaches could change lives of macular degeneration patients

Scientists are experimenting with dozens of treatments, including about 20 in clinical trials, to combat an eye disease that afflicts more than 9 million Americans.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/02harvardpics%2020-12923-13148%20-%20Copy.jpg New England schools again at top of college rankings

Harvard stayed in second place, and MIT and Yale tied for third.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Beverly%20Regional%20Airport.jpeg Despite an emergency, this young student pilot kept her cool

The 17-year-old landed safely and escaped injury Sunday after her plane lost a wheel while departing the Beverly airport.

Adrian Walker

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walker_20131007[1].jpg Marty Walsh?s very bad week

Does it have long-range implications for the mayor?s political future?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/TAYLOR10Baker_006.jpg For a day, Charlie Baker was Southie?s favorite barkeep

The governor, who famously poured beers at the L Street Tavern during his 2014 campaign, again stepped behind the bar at the neighborhood landmark.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/09/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/0919439d9a704b4295a7eb76533063e0-8994eff597cb40f190168d966544a999-0.jpg Dallas police officer arrested on manslaughter charge

Amber Guyger, who shot a black man last week at his home, was booked into a county jail on Sunday night, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/09/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_18Z0IP.jpg Strengthening Florence takes aim at Southeast

Forecasters said the hurricane could hit North and South Carolina by the end of the week.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/06/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/f69047ca1363426fa11ef3f3f7e15018-f69047ca1363426fa11ef3f3f7e15018-0.jpg Les Moonves, longtime CBS chief, steps down

Moonves resigned Sunday night after the publication of new sexual harassment allegations against him.

Boston, MA--9/9/2018-- Red Sox Mitch Moreland reacts to his game winning RBI against the Astros during the ninth inning at Fenway Park. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: RedSox-Astros Reporter:

Red Sox 6, Astros 5

With a walkoff win, Red Sox are on the verge of clinching a playoff spot

The magic number for Boston, which won its 98th game Sunday, to qualify for the postseason: 1.

Patriots 27, Texans 20

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/21/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Gasper.jpg After offseason drama, it?s still the same old Patriots

Relationships might have changed in Fort Foxborough but the standard of football remains unscathed.

BEN VOLIN I ON FOOTBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/09/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_nehous17_spts.jpg Even in victory, Patriots not overly impressed with their performance

They will never acknowledge they are happy with the progress of the team, especially after just one week.

Hiawatha Bray | Tech Lab

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/01/23/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/bray_20140123.jpg Antitrust law, Net giants, speech: US treads on new ground

Legal scholars dispute whether government has legal grounds against Facebook, Google, and Twitter over political speech and bias questions.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/10/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/AP18253179361033.jpg Miss New York is named 2019 Miss America

Miss Connecticut was runner-up, and Miss Massachusetts finished fifth.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/10/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/2a39a5a190b049eda742dcfa31d65499-2a39a5a190b049eda742dcfa31d65499-0.jpg John Legend, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Tim Rice join the elite EGOT club

Winning Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards is akin to the grand slam of performing arts awards.

Noah checked his messages at a coffee shop.

Erin Clark for The Boston Globe

With speed-swiping and dozens of dates a month, he searches for love

Taking a mathematical approach, a Boston man threw out romance and went for volume.

Commentary

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/AFP_18Y7F9.jpg Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka, and the trials of excellence for black women

On a night that should have been a celebration, the players shed tears and a hug as a consolation for the sweet-and-sour sting that comes with being black and a woman and great.

Names

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/09/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/1020377272.jpg A-Rod worked at Wahlburgers Sunday after losing a bet to Mark Wahlberg

The former Yankees star had some fun and paid off a bet with the Boston-bred actor.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/senter_0003.jpg Addiction, remixed: Sober coffee bar, club in N.H. town offers drug-free social options

Claremont has been ravaged by the opioid crisis. The REMIX coffee bar offers safe and musical alternatives for patrons.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_10demsrally-1_metro.jpg ?Listen up, Mr. President: Tick, tock,? Warren tells Trump

With less than 60 days to the midterms, US Senator Elizabeth Warren rallied hundreds of supporters Sunday with an excoriation of the president and GOP lawmakers.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/09/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/1028795526.jpg Mike Pence says he had no role in controversial opinion piece

The vice president also said he would take a lie-detector test ??in a heartbeat?? to prove that he was not the author.

Opinion & Ideas

Editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Tlumacki_cardinalomalley_metro263-18427.jpg Probe of St. John?s Seminary needs independence

The investigation of sexual harassment and other abuse needs the clarity of an outside investigation.

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.