Sides trade blame amid partial shutdown

From national parks to the National Institutes of Health, portions of the federal government were closed, and the two parties said the other was at fault.

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The USS Constitution was closed to onboard visitors because of the government shutdown.

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Veterans on an Honor Flight tour visited the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., despite it being closed.

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President Barack Obama delivered remarks about the first federal government shutdown in 17 years.

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A barrier was erected around the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday morning.

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A furloughed federal employee held a sign on the steps of the US Capitol after the government shutdown took effect early Tuesday.

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Front pages of newspapers from around the US were on display outside the Newseum in Washington, D.C.

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John Carano, 65, walked on a trail at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Valley View, Ohio.

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Tourists who had hoped to visit the Statue of Liberty were met with news of the shutdown in New York City.

Key part of Obama’s health care law takes effect

The online health insurance marketplaces struggled to handle the wave of new consumers on the first day of a six-month open-enrollment period.

Federal judge rules in favor of BU’s biolab

A federal court has ruled that Boston University can proceed with its decade-long push to study some of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases in a South End laboratory.

Connolly to vote against patrolmen contract

Police and fire unions will never settle contracts through negotiation, mayoral candidate John Connolly said, if they continue to win large awards in arbitration.

Netanyahu urges UN to keep sanctions on Iran

The Israeli prime minister said his nation’s future is threatened by a ‘‘nuclear-armed’’ Iran seeking its destruction.

Julie Mack’s “Self-Portrait With Family in Minivan, Michigan.”

Photography Review

Family matters, photographic and otherwise

A title like “the kids are all right: an exhibition about family and photography” is a bit of a cheat.

Opinion

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Democracy and deliberation

Americans like leaders with quick trigger fingers, but the debate about a possible military strike in Syria showed that when we deliberate as a people, we can come up with a better outcome.