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Synagogue gunman allegedly said ?I just want to kill Jews?

As authorities worked to piece together the background and movements of alleged shooter Robert Gregory Bowers, harrowing accounts from the survivors began to emerge and vigils sprouted up in Pittsburgh and other areas of the country.

The crowd joined hands during a vigil for Bostonians to stand with the Pittsburgh Jewish community after the mass shooting at a synagogue there. — Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Emotional vigil in Boston brings people together to mourn Pittsburgh synagogue victims

About 1,000 people gathered on Boston Common. Other vigils were held across the state.

JEFF JACOBY

The Pittsburgh massacre reflects a changing America

In the America I grew up in, Jews had nothing to fear from their neighbors. Things have changed.

Pittsburgh shooting victims remembered: ?The loss is incalculable?

A day after the shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue that left 11 dead, officials released the names of the victims. The oldest of them was 97. The youngest was 54. They included a pair of brothers and a husband and wife.

Julian Edelman says his ?heart is broken? after senseless tragedy in Pittsburgh

?As a Jew, an American and a human, I?m devastated.?

A gate at Harvard Yard in Cambridge. — Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

Harvard weighs more than 200 variables from applicants. Here?s how you can get in

Take Greek instead of coding. Skip the figure-skating lessons, play hockey. Move to Wyoming, get a part-time job, develop spark, cultivate grit, learn with joy! And if you can afford to buy Harvard University a new building, do.

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Amazon?s Jeff Bezos spotted having dinner in Kendall Square

The decision regarding what city will be home to Amazon?s second headquarters is still up in the air, and there was no explanation for why Bezos was visiting the area.

Indonesian airliner crashes into sea just after takeoff

There were 188 passengers and crew aboard the Lion Air 737, which went down Monday shortly after leaving Jakarta.

Boston, MA - 10/27/2018- ] Firefighters battle a fire in an apartment building at 104 Hemenway St in Boston on Saturday. (Michael Swensen for The Boston Globe) Topic: () — Michael Swensen for The Boston Globe

Cause of Fenway apartment blaze was electrical

The fire is believed to have started on the second floor of a five-story building at 104 Hemenway St.

Modular building growing in popularity in housing-starved Boston area

RCM Group in Quebec makes about 600 apartments and hotel rooms a year, many of which have been sent recently to Allston, Somerville, and Charlestown.

BOSTON, 10/2O/2018 - Gov. Charlie Baker speaks about Housing policy at the Massachusetts Comunity Development Corporation Convention shortly after gubernatorial candidate Jay Gonzalez also spoke to the convention at the Hynes Convention Center. Josh Reynolds for The Boston Globe (Metro, Desk ) — Josh Reynolds for The Boston Globe

EDITORIAL BOARD ENDORSEMENT

Charlie Baker has been a good governor. Now he needs to be a great one.

The Globe editorial board endorses Baker for reelection on Nov. 6 and urges him to take some of the criticism he?s heard during this campaign season to heart and aim higher over the next four years.

President Trump dubs Tom Steyer, bomb plot target, a ?lunatic?

The president called billionaire businessman Steyer a ??crazed & stumbling lunatic?? days after Steyer was targeted in a mail bomb plot along with other prominent Democrats.

Far-right populist will be Brazil?s next president

Jair Bolsonaro is the latest in a global wave of nationalists to triumph at the ballot box.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Legendary Brockton High football coach Armond Colombo dies at 87

Colombo won nine Super Bowls, and his teams at Archbishop Williams and Brockton won 316 games.

Come see Globe Live

After two sold-out seasons, Globe Live ? a live storytelling show featuring the Globe?s top journalists ? returns to the Emerson Paramount Center Nov. 3 & 4.

Opinion & Ideas

Editorial

The high cost of a free press

This year, reporters have been killed in war zones, in the presumed safety of their own homes, and everywhere in between.

Globe must-reads

In a booking photo provided by the Broward County Sheriff's Office, Cesar Sayoc, in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., on Jan. 27, 2015. Sayoc was arrested on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, in connection with the nationwide bombing campaign against outspoken critics of President Donald Trump, a law enforcement official said. Sayoc styled himself as a bodybuilder and an entrepreneur in South Florida. But court records and people who knew him recalled him differently. (Broward County Sheriff's Office via The New York Times) -- EDITORIAL USE ONLY --

Pipe bomb suspect spun records as FBI closed in

Michael Burns (left) and Bob Houser lived in Hyde Park in 2010 when their home was destroyed in an explosion caused by a punctured gas line.

Gas pipes damaged in Mass. with alarming frequency

Boston10/27/18 Pedestrians struggled against heavy wind and rain on St. James Ave. in Copley Square early Saturday morning. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(metro)

Warm Halloween in store for trick-or-treaters

Wakefield, MA - 10/28/18 - The remains of the church Members of First Baptist Church of Wakefield (cq) hold service in the chapel of First Parish Congregational Church. The Baptist church was destroyed Tuesday October 23, after a lightening strike caused a fire. Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: 29churchMetro Reporter: Jeremy Fox

Wakefield congregation resolute even as future is in doubt

Queen Mary 2 arrives in New York, the final leg of her 175th Anniversary tour, Tuesday, July 14, 2015. This month marks the 175th Anniversary of Cunard, and the companyÕs flagship, Queen Mary 2, has recreated the historic Transatlantic Crossing from Liverpool to Halifax and Boston made by the RMS Britannia in July 1840. Although not a port of call in the original crossing made by Britannia, New York has been Cunard's North American home port for over a century. (Photo by Diane Bondareff/AP Images for Cunard)

Christopher Muther

Step back in time aboard the Queen

Rami Malek (center) portrays Freddie Mercury, Gwilym Lee (left) is Brian May, and Joseph Mazzello is John Deacon in ?Bohemian Rhapsody.?

?Bohemian Rhapsody? brings Queen, Mercury to big screen

From left: Lila Downs, Jackson Browne, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, and Jerry Douglas onstage at the Orpheum Theater on Saturday night.

Music review

On Lantern Tour, songs of exile, longing, and family

In this Sept. 18, 2018 photo new American citizens stand during a naturalization ceremony in Los Angeles. More than 700,000 immigrants are waiting on their applications to become U.S. citizens, a process that in many parts of the country now takes a year or more. The number of aspiring Americans surged during 2016, jumping 27 percent from a year ago as Donald Trump made cracking down on immigration a central point of his presidential campaign. (AP Photo/Amy Taxin)

Wait times for citizenship applications up to 2 years

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018 file photo, lottery forms for Louisiana Mega Millions, Powerball and other lottery games fill the drawer at The World Bar and Grill, in Delta, La., a few miles from the Mississippi-Louisiana state line. Lottery officials say two tickets have won the estimated $750 million Powerball jackpot. Powerball officials say tickets purchased in Iowa and New York match all six numbers in the drawing on Saturday night, Oct. 27. The jackpot is the fourth-largest in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Winning $688m Powerball tickets sold in Iowa, N.Y.

Boston firefighters responded to Hemenway Street Saturday afternoon.

About 100 people displaced by 7-alarm Fenway blaze

Ideas | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

Why a little evil is good ? and a lot of empathy is bad

FILE - This combination of 2018 file photos show Massachusetts Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jay Gonzalez, left, and Republican Gov. Charlie Baker, right, in Boston. Gonzalez will challenge the Baker in the November general election. (AP Photos/File)

Baker and Gonzalez condemn Pittsburgh attack

Sports

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Cleveland Browns outside linebacker Jamie Collins (51) celebrates an interception during overtime of an NFL football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken)

Ben Volin | On Football

Trade deadline candidates the Patriots might be eyeing

The deadline is Tuesday at 4 p.m., and Bill Belichick has made a deal at the deadline six years in a row.

Metro

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A group of residents listened to officials at the open house.

Columbia Gas to affected residents: ?We have let you down?

The utility said Friday that repairs following September?s gas explosions would push into early winter, and residents took the opportunity Saturday to express their frustration.

Politics

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President Trump addressed a crowd Saturday in Indianapolis.

Trump pitches policy in final midterm message

In the lead-up to the Nov. 6 elections, the president has gone full policy wonk.

Nation & World

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Mailboxes in front of the compound of George Soros, who was the first to receive a bomb through the mail.

The wealthy are cranking up their security

The unpredictability of terrorizing events has kept Americans on alert, wary of threats to their safety and well-being.

Columnists

Los Angeles, CA - 10/27/2018 - After the Dodger's four run sixth inning was over Chris Sale screams

TARA SULLIVAN

Chris Sale and the outburst that lit a fire under Sox

Los Angeles, CA - 10/27/2018 - Red Sox Brock Holt slides into second after hitting a double in the ninth inning. Los Angeles Dodgers hosted the Boston Red Sox in Game 3 of the World Series at Dodger Stadium. (Stan Grossfeld/Globe Staff)

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

You can?t doubt these Red Sox anymore

Dorchester, MA--10/24/2018-- The McCormack School in Dorchester. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: Graham Reporter:

Renée Graham

Losing a school ? and a community

Sheprd driver Abner Logan talked with a member of the company?s operation team while waiting to pickup Sydney Schatz, 7, from her school in Needham. Logan is a retired Boston Public Schools high school English teacher.

Scott Kirsner | Innovation Economy

These startups are like Uber, Lyft for kids

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2018, file photo, former Adidas executive James Gatto arrives at federal court in New York. Gatto and two co-defendants were convicted, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018, of committing fraud by paying families of NCAA college basketball prospects with cash so the prospects would attend colleges sponsored by Adidas. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Bob Ryan

This case was out of place

Los Angeles, CA - 10/27/2018 - (18th inning) Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Max Muncy (13) celebrates his game winning home run that broke a 2-2 tie in the eighteenth inning. The Los Angeles Dodgers host the Boston Red Sox in Game 3 of the World Series at Dodger Stadium. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Peter Abraham, Topic: 27Dodgers-Red Sox, LOID: 8.4.3624881052.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Shades of 1986 in this painful loss

Los Angeles Photo by Elizabeth Lippman © 10-24-18 LOID 8.4.3623332865 SPORTS Actor Titus Welliver , who plays the title character on BOSCH, is a Red Sox fan forced to play a DODGERS fan on his tv show. (Elizabeth Lippman for the Boston Globe)

TARA SULLIVAN

Titus Welliver a Boston guy? That?s no act

chesto means business

Olympic foes look to Boston as a role model

LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 17: The Los Angeles Dodgers observe the playing of the national anthem prior to the game against the Milwaukee Brewers in Game Five of the National League Championship Series at Dodger Stadium on October 17, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

A great place for the Red Sox to beat LA is in LA

David Price was fired up after not getting a called third strike during the third inning.

Christopher L. Gasper

David Price has transformed into a playoff ace

johnburke John Burke Photo by Janet Knott July 12, 1984

JOAN VENNOCHI

Weekends with John Burke were Journalism 101

Polar CEO Ralph Crowley Jr. (left) and Larry Lucchino announced the new stadium?s name, Polar Park, in August.

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Businesses step up to back WooSox

Business

Melissa Roy remembers playing under the desk of her grandfather, John Ahigian, who founded You-Do-It Electronics.

ON THE JOB

You-Do-It might have been original makerspace

Nearly 70 years after its start as a repair shop, the Needham electronics store is still a tech haven.

Arts

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Betsy Boxberger Khalil and Vincent Brewer in ?Souvenir.?

Dance Review

City Ballet of Boston makes its debut with a lively ?Souvenir?

The mixed repertory program is one of three productions (including ?Urban Nutcracker?) that Anthony Williams?s company is planning for its inaugural season.

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The Big Picture

Photos: Red Sox vs. Dodgers Game 5

Globe photographers are capturing the sights of Sunday?s game at Dodger Stadium.

STAT

Font of despair

In the fierce competition for science funding, even a typeface glitch can be fatal.

Love Letters: The Podcast

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.

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David Price pitches Red Sox to World Series title

With much at stake in Game 5, Red Sox delivered

Emotional vigil in Boston brings people together to mourn Pittsburgh synagogue victims

Harvard weighs more than 200 variables from applicants. Here?s how you can get in

Cause of Fenway apartment blaze was electrical

Charlie Baker has been a good governor. Now he needs to be a great one.

Globe must-reads

Pipe bomb suspect spun records as FBI closed in

Gas pipes damaged in Mass. with alarming frequency

Warm Halloween in store for trick-or-treaters

Wakefield congregation resolute even as future is in doubt

Christopher Muther

Step back in time aboard the Queen

?Bohemian Rhapsody? brings Queen, Mercury to big screen

Music review

On Lantern Tour, songs of exile, longing, and family

Wait times for citizenship applications up to 2 years

Winning $688m Powerball tickets sold in Iowa, N.Y.

About 100 people displaced by 7-alarm Fenway blaze

Ideas | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

Why a little evil is good ? and a lot of empathy is bad

Baker and Gonzalez condemn Pittsburgh attack

Ben Volin | On Football

Trade deadline candidates the Patriots might be eyeing

Columbia Gas to affected residents: ?We have let you down?

Amid the ruins of a Florida town stands a home ?built for the big one?

Trump pitches policy in final midterm message

Nation & World

The wealthy are cranking up their security

GM proposes nationwide zero-emissions vehicle sales mandate

Columnists

TARA SULLIVAN

Chris Sale and the outburst that lit a fire under Sox

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

You can?t doubt these Red Sox anymore

Renée Graham

Losing a school ? and a community

Scott Kirsner | Innovation Economy

These startups are like Uber, Lyft for kids

Bob Ryan

This case was out of place

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Shades of 1986 in this painful loss

TARA SULLIVAN

Titus Welliver a Boston guy? That?s no act

chesto means business

Olympic foes look to Boston as a role model

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

A great place for the Red Sox to beat LA is in LA

Christopher L. Gasper

David Price has transformed into a playoff ace

JOAN VENNOCHI

Weekends with John Burke were Journalism 101

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Businesses step up to back WooSox

ON THE JOB

You-Do-It might have been original makerspace

Dance Review

City Ballet of Boston makes its debut with a lively ?Souvenir?

Photos: Red Sox vs. Dodgers Game 5

Real Estate

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5 ways to erase the gender gap at work

Advice: Grandma thought Grandpa had an affair. Now we know.

Christopher Kimball: Three easy weeknight recipes with an international twist

Recipes: Soup, salad, and pasta ? a Northern Italian menu for fall