UMass labor center loses director, some funding

The moves put the UMass Amherst center?s future in jeopardy while angering alumni and union activists around the country.

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Hillary Clinton stressed her experience, while Donald Trump emphasized gut instinct and a desire to bring an outside-the-box approach.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, right, accompanied by Democratic Party activist Jay Snyder, left, leaves after a fundraiser at his home in East Hampton, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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JOAN VENNOCHI

The real Hillary needs to fight the one Trump made up

By taking the month off, Clinton gave Trump a chance to redraw her as weak and corrupt.

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So John Kasich walks into a bookstore. And somehow a celebrity beef ensues.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/chin072916SuffolkUniversityBuildings_Biz3.jpg Turmoil at Suffolk is an example of what not to do

Moody?s used Suffolk University as an example in a recent report on how tumultuous relationships can hurt a school?s finances.

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The student was from China and his name is being withheld until his family is notified.

NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 17: A vendor sells September 11 merchandise near One World Trade Center or the

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Opinion | Richard Haass

The new face of terrorism ? from the grand to the mundane

Grand terrorism requires close cooperation with other governments who possess nuclear weapons and materials. Mundane terrorism by its nature is tougher to battle.

Man has life-threatening injuries in Dorchester shooting

A man was shot Wednesday night near 10 Ripley Road in Dorchester, police said.

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The 23-year-old English teacher from New York is partly paralyzed after falling off a cliff trying to escape her sexual assault assailant.

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Overall spending grew 3.9 percent last year, the second straight year above the goal set by the state.

What our critics say

Comedian Jeff Ross (holding the microphone) during his recent roast of the Boston police force.

Comedy Central

COMEDY

Heat ? and light ? in roastmaster?s take on Boston cops

Jeffrey Ross?s sometimes serious, sometimes funny encounters with the Boston police are featured in ?Jeff Ross Roasts Cops? on Comedy Central.

TV CRITIC?s CORNER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/07/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/CS_7.jpg ?Churchill? and political transparency, or the lack thereof

Here are a few reasons to watch the new ?Masterpiece? movie ?Churchill?s Secret.?

Movie Review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/01/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/USP-FP-0078r.jpg Tom Hanks flies high in ?Sully?

From director Clint Eastwood, the before, after, and during of ?The Miracle on the Hudson.?

RED SOX 7, PADRES 2

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Travis Shaw, Hanley Ramirez, and Brock Holt hit home runs in the win over the Padres.

Yvonne Abraham

These primaries do matter

Even though the contests on this anemic ballot don?t seem super sexy, some of them kind of are.

Boston Garden Development Corp. is preparing to install a

For City Hall Plaza, a less ambitious plan

The company selected to help enliven City Hall Plaza said it has ran into logistical and financial obstacles.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/10/BostonGlobe.com/BCOM/Images/Boghosian_24armenianreligious1_MET.jpg Longtime rector reveals he will resign at Trinity Church

The Rev. Samuel T. Lloyd III led the Copley Square Episcopal congregation during two periods.

ADDRESS

Selling? Tips to try from model-home designers

We asked the experts how they design model homes that attract buyers.

Auctioneer Michael Saperstein directed the bidding at an IndyCar auction in Holbrook, Mass., on Wednesday.

Mementos for sale from the IndyCar race that never will be

At a bankruptcy auction, the organizers of the now-canceled race sold the last physical remnants of the grandest-prix-that-never-was.

hiawatha bray | tech lab

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The new iPhone 7 is further proof Apple ? and everybody else in consumer electronics ? has hit an innovation plateau.

Elizabeth Gilbert

?Eat Pray Love? author Elizabeth Gilbert professes love for best friend

The ??Eat Pray Love?? writer, who split from her husband of nine years in July, says she?s in love with a woman named Rayya Elias.

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

Globe photos of the month, August 2016

A look at some of the best images by Boston Globe photographers last month.