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Patriots players celebrated after winning the game.

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Jimmy Garoppolo set up a play in the second quarter.

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Jonathan Jones broke up a pass intended for John Brown.

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LeGarrette Blount dove over the pile on a first-quarter run.

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Wide receiver Chris Hogan celebrated after his touchdown.

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Julian Edelman was brought down in the first quarter.

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Jimmy Garoppolo dropped back to pass in the first quarter.

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Jimmy Garoppolo practiced in a pre-game warmup.

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Jimmy Garoppolo and Jacoby Brissett took to the field.

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Patriots owner Robert Kraft greeted fans.

Patriots 23, Cardinals 21

Cardinals miss their chance to take down Patriots

After a white-knuckle fourth quarter, the Jimmy Garoppolo-led Patriots won when Arizona missed a field goal attempt.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

No Brady? No Gronk? No problem.

No need to hurry back, Tom. Your team and your dynasty are in good hands.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

Jimmy Garoppolo plays his role to perfection

In a solid team win, the Patriots? young QB managed to take the biggest steps of all.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Tom Brady?s suspension was supposed to take away Bill Belichick?s secret weapon. It didn?t work

Belichick won the opener without Tom Brady by devising a terrific game plan.

Emerson College is studying proposals to reopen the Colonial Theatre, where members of the Boston Lyric Opera held rehearsals in March. — Lane Turner/Globe Staff/File

Emerson considers reopening Colonial Theatre

Nearly a year after the storied playhouse closed, the college is considering plans from a handful of outside groups to reopen the theater.

The talk of Toronto includes Boston

Sorry, Ben Affleck. The best Boston shootout scene might just belong to Ben Wheatley.

Adrian Walker

Murder case should be closed

Sean Ellis, freed after 22 years in prison for the killing of a Boston police detective, has been tried enough.

Frustrated by finances, BU students team up online

A group of Boston University students is finding common ground on a little-discussed issue: how hard it is to be poor at an expensive private college.

US Open

Stan Wawrinka wins US Open men?s title

Wawrinka, the third seed from Switzerland, upset top-seeded Novak Djokovic with a four-set victory, 6-7, 6-4, 7-5, 6-3.

Arkansas contestant takes Miss America crown

During the onstage interview portion of the competition, Savvy Shields was asked what she thought of Hillary Clinton.

In breaking silence, St. Paul?s survivor reclaims her name

Chessy Prout, who went public two weeks ago, said her family, her faith, and friendships forged with other abuse survivors guided her decision.

Clinton cancels travel plans after health episode

Hillary Clinton abruptly left a 9/11 ceremony after feeling ??overheated,?? and video later showed her stumbling and appearing to fall off a curb.

Children?s $1b project draws scrutiny

Is the eight-floor, 71-bed building planned for the site of the Prouty Garden needed?

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N.H. Republican ties his fortunes to Trump

New England GOP candidates in high-stakes political races have been distancing themselves from Donald Trump. Except one.

Democratic Party chairman won?t seek reelection

State Democratic Party chairman Thomas McGee told state committee members Sunday he would not seek a second term.

Fatal Taunton boat crash was race?s second in five years

Bill Giles Memorial Regatta features hundreds of boaters racing slick, high-speed watercraft up to 85 mph.

Two Chelsea teens accused of stabbing driver

Two Chelsea teens are accused of stabbing a man who they had apparently hired to give them a ride.

Three dead in Nev. small plane crash

Officials say three people are dead in a small plane crash in a parking lot at Reno-Tahoe International Airport.

Object thrown through window at Nashua mosque

The Islamic Society of Greater Nashua had worshipers inside at the time.

Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | Jeffrey D. Sachs

Economic choices facing the United States: Why we need a new direction

The pervasive pessimism that American children today will grow up to worse living standards than their parents is a real possibility, but not an inevitability.

Globe investigations

The desperate and the dead

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'

Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight?

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

The Big Picture

Palestinian schoolgirls sit in front of a mural on the first day of a new school year. — Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters

Back to school

A look at children around the world starting school after their summer break.

Life sciences

STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.

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A pedestrian walked in front of a used car lot that is flying both the Mexican and American flags along Buford Highway in Norcross, Ga., late last month.

AMERICA ON EDGE

Being white, and a minority, in Georgia

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Boston remembers the victims of the 9/11 attacks

Peter Guza of North Andover lost his father in the World Trade Center on 9/11.

Fifteen years after the Sept. 11 attacks, struggling to recapture a spirit of unity and generosity

An American flag posted at the 9/11 Memorial in New York City on Sept. 11, 2015.

Beverly Beckham

15 years after 9/11, the heartbreak remains

A neglected peril: substance abuse in nursing homes

Maine Governor Paul LePage has tightened welfare rolls, combatted fraud, and redirected flexible federal block grants to elderly Mainers instead of ??able-bodied young adults.??

LePage wants to turn it over to a New York City-based nonprofit

Signs warn of alligators and snakes near Seven Seas Lagoon.

Looking back on what lurked beneath

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