Shirley jogger incident was an innocent act

A man who approached a woman running Tuesday only wanted to help, police said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/unnamed-11879.jpg Longtime UNH librarian leaves $4 million to school

While Robert Morin was known to live simply, he quietly amassed the fortune that was left to UNH following his death.

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Almost a quarter of the state now suffers from an extreme drought.

JetBlue places unaccompanied children on the wrong flights

The two children were traveling to their respective homes in New York and Boston, when they were switched and put on the wrong planes.

Smoke rises from a SpaceX launch site Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, at Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA said SpaceX was conducting a test firing of its unmanned rocket when a blast occurred. (AP Photo/Marcia Dunn)

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Blast rocks SpaceX launch site during test firing

There were no injuries, but the rocket and the satellite onboard were destroyed.

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In a second prominent battle with the gun industry, Maura Healey has launched a sweeping investigation into possible safety problems.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/01/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/ba3d9663cb15451eb8fa5dc02b2a467b-ba3d9663cb15451eb8fa5dc02b2a467b-0.jpg Tropical Storm Hermine rumbles toward Florida?s Gulf coast

The storm could make landfall as a hurricane.

opinion | Marcela García

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Many in Mexico City were baffled and more than a little angry at Donald Trump?s visit.

Lawrence man charged with setting 5 brush fires

The 45-year-old allegedly set the fires between Aug. 8 and Aug. 31, most often along the railroad tracks.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/kreiter_plumislandsewage3_met.jpg $5.5m settlement reached over Plum Island sewer system failure

A Boston-based firm was accused of failing to adequately oversee construction of the island?s water and sewer systems.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/08/13/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/b7094f43475c40e68fce5ea10a502801-0af63f88d0e2463b9c8b203b043f0ad8-0.jpg Georgetown to give slave descendants priority for admission

The new policy is part of the school?s effort to atone for profiting from the sale of enslaved people.

The return of the college students

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The streets are alive with moving trucks

Today is Move-In Day, when thousands of students ? and others ? move into their new apartments in this college hub.

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It?s moving day in Boston, also known as Allston Christmas. It?s off to a busy start.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/unnamed%20(4).jpg The plan to prevent ?Storrowing?: More signs

As move-in day gets underway, officials plan to install more signs on Storrow and Memorial drives to remind movers of height restrictions.

MUSIC

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/01/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/e7b4c351-69b0-43fb-9dee-7706c7aa29b9.jpg Five to look forward to on Kanye West?s Saint Pablo tour

Ahead of Kanye?s Saturday stop at TD Garden, here are five songs from his discography that define him best now.

Ansel Adams?s ?Manzanar from Guard Tower.?

Ansel Adams

Photography Review

Let?s be honest, Ansel Adams?s images of a WWII internment camp are propaganda

The Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover is displaying 50 of the photographer?s images of the World War II ?relocation center? for people of Japanese descent.

yvonne abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Yvonne_Abraham_150px%20(1)-11968.jpg Claiming the right to her own name

By making her own name public and speaking out, Chessy Prout blew up St. Paul?s School?s most potent weapon against her.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/01/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/091854eac8364c0eb00aafca041bab15-091854eac8364c0eb00aafca041bab15-0.jpg It was a real shoot-show when Isaiah Thomas visited Seahawks

The Celtics guard was a special guest at the NFL team?s practice facility on Wednesday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/01/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/597179350.jpg Jordan Spieth a big fan of Tom Brady, Patriots

Count the third-ranked golfer in the world as a member of Patriot Nation.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/31/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/b831d24aa2784cde97f1e3c80123ef56-b831d24aa2784cde97f1e3c80123ef56-0-9799.jpg On 21,000-mile road to playoffs, Red Sox holding up well

The Red Sox are playing 41 of their final 63 games on the road. Here?s a closer look at the journey.

names

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Things got a little wild during a taping for ?Sports Final.?

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The cult favorite is opening a new studio at the Ink Block development, but it comes with a steep price tag.

Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | Jeremy D. Goodwin

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/31/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/c33f7355f2a64bf5b8dce0799dbfd5d5-c33f7355f2a64bf5b8dce0799dbfd5d5-0.jpg Free speech for Colin Kaepernick? Shut up!

The knee-jerk urge to label good-faith political comment as unpatriotic is damaging and part of a troubling trend.

Globe investigations

The desperate and the dead

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/spotlight9090-11856.jpg The broken covenant

Behind the fragmented state of mental health care lies a political system failure that spans decades ? and continues.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

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?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

The Big Picture

A woman looks on while riding the tramway as Turkey?s flag is reflected in the window in Taksim square in Istanbul on July 22, following the failed military coup attempt of July 15.

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The Big Picture

Reflection (Defined)

One in an occasional series exploring the definitions of words via photography.

Nation & World

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Slain IS figure was powerful leader with multiple roles

With the killing of Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, the Islamic State group lost one of its most powerful figures, a militant with multiple roles: A propaganda chief, overseer of spectacular attacks in Europe and a trusted lieutenant of the group?s top leader.