John Kerry, too, uses private e-mail

Secretary of State John Kerry spoke at a news conference in Berlin on Sept. 20.

Associated Press

The US secretary of state occasionally uses a private e-mail account to conduct State Department business.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/04/28/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/suffolkdowns1104.jpg Developer trying to buy property near Suffolk Downs for slots parlor

The Massachusetts political world was surprised last month when the attorney general gave preliminary approval to a slots ballot question.

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh (right) and casino mogul Steve Wynn.

Wynn says no one will gain from city?s new casino suit

Steve Wynn lashed out at Mayor Martin Walsh for filing suit after the sides met over the proposed Everett casino.

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/30/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Joan_Vennochi_150px-1424.jpg Common ground elusive between Steve Wynn, Mayor Walsh

When it comes to the Everett casino, Walsh?s actions are confusing.

Shadows from surrounding high-rise buildings were cast on the John Joseph Moakley courthouse.

Keith Bedford/Globe Staff

Construction boom complicates harborside life in Moakley Courthouse

For years, the judges, prosecutors, clerks and everyone else at the courthouse had a remote enclave. But thanks to development, not any longer.

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/abrahamy.jpg Circling back to the good in Fall River

For Christian Berrios, a new path led back to a place he knew too well ? a place where his life was lost.

Hurricane Joaquin churned in the Caribbean on Wednesday.

Joaquin strengthens into Category 3 hurricane

Joaquin has strengthened into a Category 3 hurricane in the Atlantic, where much of the Bahamas is under hurricane warnings.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/blanding093015storm2met.jpg Some areas in Mass. saw record rain

More than 5 inches of rain fell in some areas Wednesday, and records were set in Boston and Worcester.

Malden fishermen Michael Bergin and Jason Foster appeared on ?Jimmy Kimmel Live!? Tuesday evening.

ABC/Jimmy Kimmel Live/YouTube

Call the ad makers, it?s a business opportunity, bro!

It?s been a heck of a ride for Michael Bergin, the Malden man whose profanity-laced reaction to a sunfish in Boston Harbor went viral.

?Top Chef? host Padma Lakshmi (center) and Boston Mayor Martin Walsh during the show?s 2014 season in Boston.

Feds allege 4 Teamsters harassed ?Top Chef? crew

US Attorney Carmen Ortiz said union members used ?thug tactics to get no-work jobs from an out of town production company.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/01/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/489330408.jpg Patrick Chung?s versatility has made him a big hit

Whether it?s deep in the defensive backfield or closer to the line of scrimmage, Chung is ready to contribute.

Movie Review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/01/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/the-martian-damon-618x400-4446--90x90.jpg ?The Martian? is superb as Damon roams Red Planet

Matt Damon is an astronaut marooned on Mars with half the actors in Hollywood playing NASA geniuses trying to bring him home.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/30/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/sheilds1_biz.jpg Shields Health Care grows amid pressure to control costs

For decades, the Quincy company has focused on outpatient clinics that provide medical services at lower costs than hospitals.

Sister Eustace Caggiano in her office at the Cardinal Cushing Resource Center in 1995.

?Saint of the South End,? dies at 102

Sister Caggiano helped thousands of immigrants and poor people through her ministry at Cardinal Cushing Resource Center in Boston.

Yary Livan, a Cambodian refugee, won a National Heritage Fellowship for his ceramics work.

Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff

Cambodian refugee?s ceramic artwork garners honors

Yary Livan, a Cambodian refugee, had supported himself working a mix of odd jobs. He has won a National Heritage Fellowship, a $25,000 prize.

Samsung Pay, the company?s new mobile payment service, was shown at Samsung Unpacked 2015 in August in New York City.

Hiawatha Bray | Tech Lab

Hang onto your wallet ? Samsung Pay is here

Samsung Pay works, and it?s cool, but ultimately it?s a dead end. Your wallet will still be there for years to come.

Top: Visitors at play in one of the quest rooms of Boda Borg Oxelosund in Sweden. Above: Gaming rooms at Boda Borg Boston in various stages of completion.

Live-action puzzles teach teams to try and try again

A sneak peek tour of Boda Borg Boston, Malden?s new reality gaming ?questing? center.

Week 2?s loss to New England left a sour taste in the mouth of Bills coach Rex Ryan (left).

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Thoughts on Rex Ryan, Judge Berman, the weak AFC, and more . . .

Can the Patriots possibly get any deeper inside Ryan?s head? We ask this, and other questions.

The Big Picture

Craig Ruttle/AFP/Getty Images

Pope Francis? mission to the US

The trip by the world leader of the Roman Catholic Church included a White House visit.

BetaBoston

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/30/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Harpoon-Desalitech-467x267.png After a high-tech cleanup, Charles River water debuts in new Harpoon beer

Newton-based company Desalitech used 300 gallons of purified river water for its limited-edition Charles River Pale Ale.

Crux

Analysis

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/30/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/pope150-1116.jpg What it means that Pope Francis met Kim Davis

The encounter was a broad gesture of support by the pope for conscientious objection from gay marriage law.