Divided Nation

Amid rise of super PACs, billionaire brothers wield clout

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The little-known Wilks brothers and their wives have donated more to super PACs than any other family in this election, with Senator Cruz the beneficiary.

Steelers at Patriots, 8:30 p.m. | NBC

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/03/BostonGlobe.com/BCOM/Images/davis_dg14_spts.jpg Tom Brady posts Facebook video to ring in new season

The video looks back at past Patriots triumphs, and points toward ?The Next One.?

09/03/15: Foxborough, MA: On Thursday night September 10th, the New England Patriots fourth Super Bowl banner will be unveiled prior to the season opening game vs. the Pittsburg Steelers and there is a spot waiting for it in the south end zone alongside the first three the franchise has won. (Globe Staff Photo/Jim Davis) section:sports topic:Deflategate pics

Patriots set to raise Super Bowl banner tonight

A pregame ceremony begins at 8 p.m. Here are all the details about it.

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Maria Stephanos leaving Fox 25

The popular news anchor, who?s been at Fox 25 for nearly 20 years, is off to ?pursue new professional endeavors.?

Fall Travel

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/11/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/p41_Gardner2.jpg 10 great craft breweries to try in Central Mass.

The Commonwealth?s midsection is becoming a hot spot for beer businesses.

Visitors took photos by the John Harvard statue on Thursday.

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Visiting Harvard Yard? Mind the new rules

With some students saying they feel like they?re living in a zoo, Harvard is cracking down on tourists taking photos in windows.

Two sloth bears at Capron Park Zoo in Attleboro died within a week of each other.

Beloved sloth bear mates die within week of each other at Attleboro zoo

Amy, 25, and Goof, 27, were star attractions at Attleboro?s Capron Park Zoo. They had three cubs together.

Movie Review

M. Night Shyamalan?s slide reverses course in ?The Visit?

After a decade-long creative downward spiral, the onetime suspense icon is bouncing back.

A marijuana plant at LifeLine Labs in Cottage Grove, Minn.

More adults are using marijuana, survey finds

While overall drug use by Americans has held steady, heroin use has also increased.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/09/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/PRIMARK.jpg Fast, fashionable, and affordable at Primark

Ireland-based retailer Primark, which opens today, is bringing back low prices and trendy clothes to the old Filene?s Basement site.

US to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees

The US has come under increasing pressure to demonstrate that it is joining European nations in the effort to resettle Syrian refugees.

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Secretary of State John Kerry, meets with veterans and Gold Star Mothers to discuss the Iran Nuclear deal, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo)

Senate Democrats block disapproval vote on Iran deal

The Iran nuclear deal has survived a key vote in the Senate, in a victory for President Barack Obama.

Wheelock leader borrowed lines from others in welcome note

Shirley Malone-Fenner acknowledged using ?words? from the other letters, stopping short of an apology.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke at a 'Women for Hillary' grassroots organizing meeting in Columbus, Ohio.

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Clinton slams Trump over Fiorina comments

Hillary Clinton?s comments came after Donald Trump reportedly said of Carly Fiorina, ?Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that??

New snow blowers hook onto front-end loaders and fill an entire dump truck with snow in just 15 seconds.

Boston DPW buys new equipment in anticipation of winter

Even though it?s still technically summer, the department is stocking up its eight road salt facilities and purchasing new equipment.

SJC considers couple?s foster parent bid

The couple passed state background checks, but were denied after disclosing their faith-inspired parenting approach, a lawyer said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/maeda_11wynnphoto_met1.jpg Site prep work begins for Everett casino

The preliminary site work will transform a site formerly occupied by a Monsanto Chemical plant into a ?five-star international destination resort.?

Storms are moving through the region.

National Weather Service

Showers will make for a soggy Patriots home opener

The National Weather Service forecast shows a threat of wet weather in Foxborough throughout the evening.

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/150831_KDB_TED_CRUZ_0011-001.jpg In N.H., Democratic campaign staffers greatly out-number Republicans

Democratic campaigns for president have vastly more staff on the ground in New Hampshire than their Republican counterparts.

Opinion & Ideas

Thomas Piketty

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/10/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/migrant5.jpg Europe must follow Germany?s lead

The continent can and must become a great land of immigration in the 21st century.

The Big Picture

 Serena Williams of the United States celebrates after defeating Venus Williams of the United States in their Women?s Singles Quarterfinals match on Day Nine of the 2015 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Sept. 8, in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Mike Stobe/Getty Images for the USTA)

Mike Stobe/Getty Images for the USTA

The Big Picture

US Open tennis 2015

The US Open started August 31 and concludes this weekend in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.

BetaBoston

Hiawatha Bray | Tech Lab

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/10/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/bray-4610.jpg Apple?s still got its golden touch

Remember the long lines outside the Apple Store last September? Here we go again, and nobody?s more surprised about it than me.

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ON SPIRITUALITY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/10/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/43e99f9883d14f7dbcccf8d9f72d8f13-d562f35ee7534050a57f8b8f5f448a48-0.jpg Colbert: A cultural ? and Catholic ? superstar

Let?s face it. There are not many cultural superstars who are superstar Catholics, too. But Stephen Colbert is one of them.