Trump, backers on defensive after report on taxes

News that Donald Trump could have spent 18 years without paying taxes threatens to puncture one of his campaign?s core arguments.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/03/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/TV%20THE%20APPRENTICE-749480.jpg ?Apprentice? insiders say Trump demeaned, objectified women

His spokeswoman said the claims were ?outlandish, unsubstantiated, and totally false.?

Donald Trump.

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Except for Fox News, Trump now shunning TV spotlight

Once a constant presence on news shows, the Republican candidate has been largely silent for nearly a month.

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?It?s a public safety matter,? said the chairman of the Board of Selectmen.

Adrian Walker

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walker-11564.jpg How Harvard Law students won 3 inmates their freedom

Students worked with attorneys from Goodwin Procter to win clemency for the federal prisoners.

David Ortiz: Saying farewell

David Ortiz teared up as he remembered his late mother.

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Papi breaks down while talking about his mom

The Red Sox slugger was emotional Sunday, and it wasn?t just because it was his final regular season game.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

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Now that Papi-Palooza is over, it?s time for the playoffs ? when Ortiz does his best work.

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North Shore Community College expects to spend $40,000 this academic year to work with Uber and help students get to class.

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In the race to alternative energy, New England leads the way

40 percent of New England's power now comes from alternative sources. Read how each state is leading the climate change debate by example.

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?I think almost everybody, when they bury their parents, they think, this is for life,?? Christopher Woodcock said. 
Christopher Woodcock?s parents are buried in the Church of the Holy Spirit churchyard in Wayland. He is fighting the relocation of cremated remains.

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When a final resting place isn?t so final

A Wayland Episcopal church decided to close and sell its property. But what about the souls who were buried there?

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Police said Kanye West?s wife was held up Sunday at a private residence in Paris. The rapper interrupted a concert after learning of the incident.

Bills 16, Patriots 0

BEN VOLIN I ON FOOTBALL

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Ryan knew that a win over a Tom Brady-less Patriots team was slightly hollow, but he still was happy with the accomplishment.

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady during a training camp practice in August.

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CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

The Patriots lost. So what? Tom Brady?s coming back today.

Losing to Rex Ryan always grates, but the Patriots? 3-1 mark without No. 12 feels like a win.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Yeson4Nolan.jpg ?Yes on 4? to launch first TV ad on marijuana legalization

Supporters of legalizing recreational marijuana in Massachusetts are striking back at critics with a new spot.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/da0d587ce2dd4f32b71c914a23bfb320-da0d587ce2dd4f32b71c914a23bfb320-0.jpg Marijuana dispensaries remain a tough sell in many communities

Four years after Mass. approved marijuana for medical use, dispensaries have become the ultimate not-in-my-backyard symbol.

OPINION | SCOTT GILMORE

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/29/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/550e9f06052543949376cd2791a18ad7-550e9f06052543949376cd2791a18ad7-0.jpg Colombia voted against impunity for FARC, not against peace

But for six days, a Western Hemisphere without war was celebrated amid a safer planet.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/30/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Blanks_03unionsquare03_biz.jpg Union Square developers pitch urban marketplace

A little patch off Somerville Avenue could feature dozens of micro-sized retail spaces overlooking a courtyard with outdoor seating and trees.

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Pugsley the corpse flower has bloomed and is on display Sunday and Monday.

SPOTLIGHT | Private schools, painful secrets

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The Spotlight Team identified 31 private school educators who found work at other schools or other settings with children after accusations of sexual misconduct.

Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | Jeffrey D. Sachs

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/30/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/1003_sachsBG.jpg Facing up to income inequality

Income inequality in developed nations like the Unites States is not an inevitability of modern global economics, but a political choice.

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

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Big Picture

Big Papi

Red Sox slugger David Oritz closes out his regular season career this weekend at Fenway Park.