Texans at Patriots

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Jacoby Brissett congratulated LeGarrette Blount after his touchdown.

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LeGarrette Blount during the third quarter.

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Jacoby Brissett celebrated his touchdown.

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Jacoby Brissett dove across the goal line for a touchdown.

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Patriots players tackled Ryan Griffin in the second quarter.

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Former Patriot Vince Wilfork gave an ump an earful.

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Jamie Collins ran back an interception in the second quarter.

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Jacoby Brissett threw the ball in the first quarter.

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Jabaal Sheard sacked Houston quarterback Brock Osweiler.

Patriots 27, Texans 0

Third-string quarterback delivers first-rate win for Patriots

In his NFL starting debut, the rookie quarterback scored on a touchdown run to lead the Patriots.

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The answer at quarterback: Jacoby Brissett

Speculation finally ended when the rookie quarterback took the field for the Patriots? first possession.

Red Sox 5, Orioles 3

Red Sox complete four-game sweep of Orioles

Hanley Ramirez homered and David Price pitched seven strong innings in Boston?s eighth straight win.

For $90 million, Tom and Gisele can be your neighbors

Reebok founder Paul Fireman is selling his 24-room mansion in Brookline for an eye-popping $90 million.

The FBI is evaluating abuse allegations against Brad Pitt

The FBI says it?s gathering information about an incident involving Brad Pitt and his family aboard a private flight last week.

State rejects Lewis Wharf plan

The state ruled that the project?s developers can not build on the wharves, piers and pilings that are below water at high tide.

Group finally rescues wayward Cape manatee

The animal will head to a Connecticut aquarium, and then likely be flown to Florida.

The campus of Phillips Exeter Academy. — Dina Rudick/Globe Staff

Alumni are boycotting a Phillips Exeter probe

Some Phillips Exeter Academy alumni say the prep school?s investigation into sexual misconduct is ignoring victims.

Grim maps show how discarded needles litter ?Methadone Mile?

City data shows needles show up in many public places, but a stretch of Mass. Ave. has been particularly troublesome.

Return call: Orioles give David Ortiz phone that he destroyed

As one parting gift for the retiring slugger, Baltimore let him keep a dugout phone that he battered in 2013.

Yahoo hack is one of the largest security breaches of the Internet age

Yahoo is blaming a ??state-sponsored actor?? for the hack of at least half a billion of its users.

First body cameras, next, name tags?

Boston?s police commissioner wants patrol officers to start wearing name tags to help make the department more transparent.

Protesters headed onto the highway during another night of protests over the police shooting of Keith Scott in Charlotte, North Carolina on Thursday. — REUTERS/Mike Blake

Charlotte protest spills onto interstate

Charlotte protesters who spilled onto an interstate are being pushed back by police officers in riot gear who are deploying tear gas, according to The Charlotte Observer.

N.C. congressman says Charlotte protesters ?hate white people?

US Rep. Robert Pittenger said the protesters ?hate white people because white people are successful and they?re not.??

It?s the gun industry vs. Mass. AG Healey

A lawsuit argues that the AG?s enforcement notice is ?unconstitutionally vague, invalid and unenforceable.?

The state indoor track championships were held at the Reggie Lewis Center in February. — Winslow Townson for The Boston Globe

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Change might be afoot at RCC?s Reggie Lewis Track

State lawmakers are close to a deal to remove Roxbury Community College as the overseer of the building.

Former Springfield College president Richard B. Flynn — Springfield College

Former Springfield College leader reaped $4.1m compensation package

The size of the payout for Richard Flynn seemed extravagant to students and higher education specialists.

Tulsa police officer charged in man?s death

Betty Shelby was charged with 1st-degree manslaughter after fatally shooting an unarmed black man on a city street last week.

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Springsteen?s ?Chapter & Verse? tells a life story in song

The new companion album to his autobiography tells a story in its own right of the musical development of the Boss.

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Clinton, Trump both come up cold on climate change

In the heat of the campaign, both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have come up cold on climate change.

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

South Africa motorbike racing

Not far from the refurbished F1 race track of Kyalami in Johannesburg is a small, virtually dirt race track that attracts only the brave.

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Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen, pictured Wednesday at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

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Tom and Gisele attend NYC premiere of ?Years of Living Dangerously?

Medal of Valor winners (left to right) Trooper Nathan R. Monteiro, Bourne Detective Sergeant John R. Stowe Jr., Sergeant Wallace J. Perry IV, and Officer Joshua A. Parsons were joined by Bourne officer Jared P. MacDonald and his service dog, Bullet. MacDonald was shot in the line of duty and is retiring.

Bravery awards honor police at State House

Hillary Clinton appeared with Zach Galifianakis during an appearance for the online comedy series,

Hillary Clinton stops by ?Between Two Ferns?

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Part of Route 128 will be shut for two days in November

LIFESTYLE-08geils_Boston, August 6, 2011 The Boston iconic rock J. Geils Band with lead guitarist J. Geils and vocalist Peter Wolf performs before a sold out Bank of America Pavilion in Boston, Saturday, August 6, 2011. (Robert E. Klein for the Boston Globe)

J. Geils Band founder charged with drunken driving in Concord

Tufts Medical Center in Boston is seeking to merge with Hallmark Health.

Tufts-Hallmark deal OK?d by state watchdog agency

Jibo is a $599 countertop robot designed to handle tasks like scheduling and videoconferencing.

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Household robots moving in

Daniel Radcliffe in ?Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.?

Ah, Pottermore, you sucked us in again

Actress Kate Mara, pictured earlier this month at a New York Fashion Week event.

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Actress Kate Mara touts ballot question on Twitter

Meghan Trainor?s new video for her catchy single ?Better? contains a serious message.

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Meghan Trainor brings it all back home

Donald Trump (left) and Hillary Clinton. (Jessica Rinaldi/globe staff; Tony Dejak/Associated Press)

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The first debate will make history. Here?s how.

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Massachusetts' Andy Isabella runs with a reception in front of Florida International's Niko Gonzalez on the way to a touchdown during the second quarter in an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016, in Amherst, Mass. (J. Anthony Roberts/The Republican via AP)

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UMass isn?t shying away from tough opponents

This week the Minutemen take on Mississippi State, and it will be business as usual in preparation.

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Police chief retires after evidence room drugs, cash, guns go missing

Russell Jenkins will step down next month as Braintree?s police department reels from revelations that guns, drugs, and cash vanished from the evidence room.