Inmate with Mafia ties eyed in Bulger?s death

Fotios ?Freddy? Geas, a West Springfield Mafia hit man, is serving a life sentence for a 2003 murder. Bulger was killed Tuesday hours after arriving at a federal prison in West Virginia.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/freddy_geas.jpg Springfield gangster ?hated rats?

?Freddy? Geas was almost certainly aware ? it?s universal knowledge among criminals by now ? of the fact that Bulger long led a charmed life as an FBI informant.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/15greigro3.jpg ?This is a Halloween present. It?s a treat?

For families of Bulger?s victims, there was a mix of grim satisfaction, disgust, and long-suffering resignation.

A Halloween treat: Parade will celebrate Red Sox title

The parade will depart Fenway Park at 11 a.m. and weave its way through the Back Bay and downtown.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/103018Walker_31duckboats_3185x.jpg ?Get the duck boats ready?: How a Red Sox World Series parade comes together

For Cindy Brown and the Boston Duck Tours team, this has become almost routine.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/2793550770001-22317.jpg The best way to watch the parade: Tips from Globe reporters and photographers

Where?s the best view on the parade route? Why don?t I have WiFi? Your parade questions, answered.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/fenway-parade-graphic-web[1]-22287.jpg Here?s the route for the rolling rally

The duck boats will head down Boylston and Tremont streets toward Government Center.

STAN GROSSFELD

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/30/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/jet28.jpg We were on the Red Sox charter flight home. Here is how it went

Veteran Globe photographer Stan Grossfeld got a ride home from Los Angeles aboard the team flight.

Are you ready to vote next week? Here?s our 2018 election guide

The November elections are right around the corner: Are you ready to vote?

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/28/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/AP_17221700938226-8695.jpg Louis C.K.?s official return to stand-up comedy draws protesters

The Newton native appeared on Monday in his first advertised shows since admitting to sexual misconduct almost a year ago.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/26/BostonGlobe.com/Travel/Images/thedominick.jpg This hotel took ?Trump? out of its name. Now the guests are coming back

A year after the Trump Organization pulled out of the Trump SoHo hotel, guests began to return.

Vulnerable Democrats have a new target: Elizabeth Warren

Comments by two red-state US senators illustrate how Warren has become something of a political pinata for moderates in the party.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Swensen18103031Debate-0002.jpg Warren, Diehl clash over guns, immigration in final debate

The two used Tuesday?s showdown to underline familiar attacks and open new, sharper-edged criticisms.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryanleafmet.jpg Harvard addresses some of suit?s concerns with admissions tweaks

The university?s updated guidelines explicitly tell admissions officials evaluating the crop of students for the class of 2023 when to consider an applicant?s race.

All eyes were on GE CEO Larry Culp for his first earnings release and analysts call, just under a month after he suddenly took control at the troubled Boston-based conglomerate.

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

GE?s new CEO has the same old message

If investors were looking to Larry Culp for inspiration, they didn?t find it.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/21gonzalez210.jpg Environmentalists sharply critical of Charlie Baker?s policies

Advocates say the governor hasn?t taken sufficient action to address global warming.

First lady Melania Trump, accompanied by President Trump, put a white flower at a memorial for those killed at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Tuesday.

Andrew Harnik/Associated Press

?Words matter?: Not everyone welcomed Trumps during visit to Pittsburgh synagogue

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump lit candles Tuesday for the 11 people slain in the worst instance of anti-Semitic violence in American history.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

Can Trump change citizenship rights?

It?s possible the president?s statement is little more than a political stunt to rile up his anti-immigration base before the midterms.

Editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/30/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/AFP_1AF8XR.jpg Trump is wrong on birthright citizenship

The executive order on birthright citizenship would fail to address President Trump?s stated concerns, while undermining fundamental American ideals.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Boghosian_globelive3_LIFE.jpg 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

Opinion | Charlie Baker

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/04/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/2016-07-04T142737Z_734613652_S1AETNQQSVAA_RTRMADP_3_USA-INDEPENDENCEDAY.jpg Dark days for public discourse

When leaders choose to burn bridges instead of build them, they sacrifice their ability to do their jobs.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/hero_2_1200.jpg Inside our Secret Courts

Criminal charges often disappear. There are few rules and fewer records. In these private hearings, who you are ? and who you know ? may be just as important as right and wrong. Read the Spotlight report.

The Big Picture

Jim Davis/Globe Staff

Photos: Red Sox vs. Dodgers Game 5

Globe photographers captured the sights at the ballpark as the Red Sox took home another World Series title.

Newsletters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Investigations-newsletter-header-image_bw150-21795.jpg The Globe Investigates

We go beyond just sharing stories: We?ll give you a window into how we report and hold officials accountable. Join us.

STAT

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It was hard to admit that a mental health crisis had crept up on me, just weeks after one of the happiest days of my life.

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/2011-2020/2018/10/09/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/10-beechwood-road-halifax-exterior-side-1024x576$medium-9070.jpg Are we ignoring ? or outright banning ? an easy affordable-housing fix?

Mobile homes may be the least expensive and most effective means of addressing the region?s housing shortage.

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.