Watchdog says nurse ballot question could cost $900m a year

The report found that hospitals would need to hire 2,286 to 3,101 additional full-time nurses to comply with the rules set by Question 1, which voters will decide on in November.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/03/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Walker_100318_strike_30420x-001.jpg Workers at Marriott hotels in Boston go on strike

The job action involves more than 1,500 employees, from housekeepers to bartenders to bellmen, at seven Boston locations.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_bulgingaccounts-1_metro.jpg ?Trump bump?? Despite bulging retirement accounts, many don?t credit president

Many investors in or near retirement ? especially in this deep-blue state ? aren?t praising the president for their improving financial prospects.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/03/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_19Q15S.jpg 11 takeaways from The New York Times? investigation into Trump?s taxes

An investigation by The New York Times has revealed that Donald Trump received the equivalent today of at least $413 million from his father?s real estate empire.

Housing is a major component of the Assembly Row development in Somerville.

?Housing emergency? leads communities near Boston to act

Officials of 15 municipalities inside Route 128 say they want to add 185,000 housing units by 2030, including 69,000 in Boston.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/bu.jpg Uniquely designed BU building would be the tallest on campus

The 19-story tower on Commonwealth Avenue would be home to the university?s Data Sciences Center.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/whale.jpg Minke whale washed up in Marshfield is 20th for New England in 2018

The whale had been dead for days and the carcass had been scavenged by sharks.

Man who helped get rid of gun in ?07 killing of Revere officer faces sentencing in new case

The Randolph man is facing sentencing Thursday for being a felon in possession of a firearm, court records show.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/03/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/48b1639b940c4315972ab8e856b408f1-48b1639b940c4315972ab8e856b408f1-8678-U841811678719EyB--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg More than 250 people worldwide have died taking selfies, study finds

Of the 259 deaths, researchers found the leading cause to be drowning, followed by incidents involving transportation - for example, taking a selfie in front of an oncoming train.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/23/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/0324MCAS.jpg Here are districts that scored the best ? and worst ? on the MCAS

Check out the latest results and see how those scores compare with the previous year.

Nathan Benjamin, Sr. 80, worked on his tractor at Charlton Orchards, which a marijuana company is eyeing as the future site of a 1-million-square foot cultivation facility.

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He decided to sell his farm to a marijuana company. His neighbors are determined to stop him

If it wins local approval, Valley Green Grow has promised Charlton a windfall of up to $7 million annually, plus $500,000 up front. The farm?s neighbors, however, aren?t buying that sales pitch.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/43806f56e8c948bfa16a41b1fc7bbf29-43806f56e8c948bfa16a41b1fc7bbf29-0.jpg ?We want our anger to be validated and not dismissed?

Women politicians are showing their anger in ways that depart from the rules that say they need to remain measured, but that may be changing.

Opinion | Nancy Gertner

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/02/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/03baby3web.jpg Brett Kavanaugh turns in a disqualifying performance

A judge is supposed to offer an appearance of impartiality, avoiding remarks or situations that might lead reasonable people to believe he is partisan.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/03/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/f2609fc9babf4e4788a3620fb1a30814-f2609fc9babf4e4788a3620fb1a30814-0.jpg Susan Collins, Jeff Flake blast Trump for mocking Christine Blasey Ford

The two Republican senators are considered key votes in the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

Trump taunts Christine Blasey Ford as crowd laughs at rally

Speaking to supporters in Mississippi, Trump mocked Christine Blasey Ford?s testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee last week.

Larry Bacow

Report: Harvard president says Kavanaugh voluntarily opted out of teaching law course

Larry Bacow?s comments came during a meeting of Harvard?s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Harvard Crimson reported.

Commentary | Jeneé Osterheldt

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/03/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/50d34016-ba7f-46b5-a897-747c690aa404.jpg Flake, Trump, and the ?leeway? for men?s bad behavior

With rape culture, you either recognize it?s real and fight it, or you don?t.

? Lawyers for Christine Blasey Ford called the president's Tuesday night taunts a "vicious, vile and soulless attack."

?The FBI may finish its investigation Wednesday, but lawyers for Kavanaugh accusers are questioning whether it will be comprehensive.

Nathan Eovaldi held opponents to a .152/.204/.196 line over his final three starts (two of which came against the Yankees).

Alex Speier

Nathan Eovaldi could be X-factor for Red Sox in postseason

Evovaldi will be available out of the bullpen in Game 1, and could also start Game 4, depending on the opponent.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/iStock_000036269360Large-21296.jpg Presidential Alert text messages coming to your phone, explained.

The alerts are scheduled to be texted to phones nationwide at 2:18 p.m. and 2:20 p.m.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chin082118PatriotsPractice_Spt1.jpg Receiver Kenny Britt files injury grievance against the Patriots

Britt, the second receiver to file a grievance against the team this year, is seeking his full 2018 salary.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/03/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/1043811536.jpg How does Andrew Luck look so far this season? Still like a superstar

Luck doesn?t have the same weapons that he used to, but he?s still franchise QB that he was before the shoulder injury knocked him out in 2017.

Rendering of LStar Ventures' City of the Future at Union Point, on the site of the former naval base in South Weymouth. 03Southfield. BUSINESS 10-3-18

The former South Weymouth air base remains in flux, and frustration is growing

Feuding partners are adding another obstacle to Union Point project. Weymouth?s mayor has considered drastic measures in dealing with LStar.

Opinion & Ideas

Editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/02/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Walker_060117_Trillium_5399x.jpg We like beer too, and we like beer gardens

Restaurateurs don?t like them, but they?re nothing to fear ? though it?s appropriate to refine regulations governing them.

Special reports

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Scenes from the aftermath of Indonesia?s earthquake, tsunami

Days after the disaster, the confirmed death toll has exceeded 1,200 dead with hundreds severely injured and still more trapped in debris.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/03/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/IMG_5775-1024x576.jpg Opinion: Memorial Sloan Kettering, you?ve betrayed my trust

I?ve been a patient at the hospital and now volunteer there. I feel betrayed by ethical lapses by its staff members.

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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/millennials$medium.jpg Despite debt, millennials are the biggest home-buying generation. How?

Slightly more than a third of all home purchases were made by millennials over the past year.

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.

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.