2015 NFL preview

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Reggie Wayne asks Patriots to release him amid final roster cuts, report says

New England has cut Wayne, RB Jonas Gray, CBs Robert McClain and Justin Coleman, LBs Darius Fleming and Xzavier Dickson, TE Asante Cleveland, and DL Zach Moore.

Globe staff NFL predictions: Can these guys get it right?

Globe football writers and columnists share their picks for the Patriots season and Super Bowl 50.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/05/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/cullen-1641.jpg A Vietnam veteran?s love of dogs shapes his mornings

Austin Maclin said an incalculable number of American servicemen are alive today because of dogs. Few people know that history. But veterans do.

A refugee child recently arrived by train to the central station in Munich, Germany.

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More than 7,000 migrants reach Austria, Germany

Thousands of exhausted, surprised, and relieved migrants clambered off a fleet of Hungarian buses at the Austrian border to find a warm welcome.

Water main break continues to disrupt Harvard Square

?We almost have the water main back together,? Mark Gallagher, the Cambridge city engineer said Saturday afternoon.

Supporters lined up in Portsmouth to hear Hillary Clinton

Clinton returned this weekend to the Granite State, where she was endorsed by U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/nicholson-8777.jpg Medford native Julianne Nicholson on role in ?Black Mass?

There aren?t many empathetic characters in ?Black Mass;? the exception is Marianne Connolly, played by Nicholson.

Jan Bonanno, Lourdene Huhra, Kathleen Heiser, and Carol Tye celebrated their horse, Mish Mosh, winning the sixth race at Suffolk Downs on Saturday.

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Suffolk Downs relives glory days with weekend of racing

The state?s last thoroughbred racetrack held the first of three days of racing, featuring food trucks, music, and gambling.

A ?bike box? was recently painted at the intersection of Beacon, Webster and Centre streets in Brookline, giving cyclists a head start atthe traffic lights.

Thinking outside the bike lane

From bike boxes to cycle tracks, communities west of Boston are trying new ways to make roadways safer for the region?s growing number of cyclists.

The last page of Judge Richard M. Berman's decision to overturn the four-game suspension of Tom Brady.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Despite ruling, we?re no closer to the truth with Deflategate

Fans are divided into two categories: those who think the Patriots were doing it and those who think it never happened.

ALEX SPEIER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/05/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Espinoza-warmup2.JPG Anderson Espinoza evokes memories of a young Pedro Martinez

The 17-year-old pitcher shows flashes reminiscent of the Hall of Famer and the Red Sox have taken notice.

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Bob Ryan

Red Sox fans, adopt the mantra ?In Dombrowski We Trust?

It?s hard to imagine a better nucleus of young talent in the AL than the one wearing Red Sox uniforms.

quick bite

Gilding the lily at Menton?s Gold Bar

The luxurious nook in Fort Point offers a new way to experience Barbara Lynch?s most upscale restaurant.

Jose Triana, of Walpole, closed his umbrella after spending the day at Mayflower Beach.

location, location, location

What is it like to live in Dennis?

?All the villages have something to offer and are unique in their own way.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/millis2-horiz-8835.jpg Alleged Millis hoax perplexes people who know officer

Bryan Johnson allegedly confessed to shooting his police cruiser before ?blacking out? while driving the vehicle, police said.

10/19/2014 CAMBRIDGE, MA Michigan competed in the Women's Championship Eights during the 2014 Head of the Charles Regatta (cq). (Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe)

Things to do in Greater Boston in September and October

Your calendar of events, concerts, and more into fall.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/a2c9eb442ce24196a1440e9071c5ddef-a2c9eb442ce24196a1440e9071c5ddef-0.jpg Carter Lay, grandson of potato chip maker, dies at 44

The philanthropist was a cancer survivor who helped build schools and support music education.

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/200_ted_cruz.jpg Ted Cruz sells himself as antiestablishment candidate

The US senator from Texas stopped in N.H. on Monday to open his campaign office in Manchester.

Opinion & Ideas

Robert Reynolds and Clayton Deutsch

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/04/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/reynolds-deutsch.jpg The coming boom in Boston FinTech sector

To stay ahead, and increase its lead, the financial services sector needs to rethink a few fundamental assumptions.

The Big Picture

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Migrant crisis in Europe

A record number of migrants, most of them refugees fleeing war and crisis in the Mideast and Africa, are seeking asylum in Europe.

BetaBoston

BetaBoston

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/04/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/HubSpot-IPO-920x526.png HubSpot memoir incident prompts federal probe

An assistant US attorney in Boston and an FBI cybercrimes agent are working on the case, sources said.

Crux

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/02/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/Pope-Francis-Primer.jpg Where Pope Francis stands on gays, divorce, abortion

Pope Francis is expected to raise a range of issues when he visits Cuba and the United States Sept. 19-27.