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GOP remains in crisis after Trump remarks

Donald Trump insisted there was ?zero chance? he would withdraw from the race just 30 days before the election.

Donald Trump said there was ?zero chance? he would withdraw.

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Donald Trump said there was ?zero chance? he would withdraw.

John McCain said he couldn?t ?continue to offer even conditional support.?

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John McCain said he couldn?t ?continue to offer even conditional support.?

Senator Mike Lee asked Trump ?with all due respect to step aside.?

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Senator Mike Lee asked Trump ?with all due respect to step aside.?

Representative Barbara Comstock: ?This is disgusting, vile, and disqualifying.?

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Representative Barbara Comstock: ?This is disgusting, vile, and disqualifying.?

?I do not condone his remarks and cannot defend them,? said Mike Pence.

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?I do not condone his remarks and cannot defend them,? said Mike Pence.

Yvonne Abraham

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Men like Donald Trump exist because men like Billy Bush exist.

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On Saturday, many Republicans around the country asked: Can we get a divorce? But it?s probably too late.

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Conservative Christian activist Ralph Reed is among those standing behind the candidate.

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Sometimes, the GOP nominee makes it too easy for late night comedy writers. This was one of the times.

Linda and Nathan Carman in June.

A son?s hard times and his mother?s concern

Five years after an outburst at school, Nathan Carman was found in a life raft and his mother is presumed dead.

Campaign 2016 Campaign 2016 Logo Second presidential debate | 9 p.m.

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As Clinton heads into the second presidential debate, it?s evident viewers can once again expect her to be keenly prepared.

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Donald Trump has rarely put much stock in preparation, instead relying on sheer force of personality and a confidence that he could wing it.

Patriots at Browns | 1 p.m. (CBS)

Tom Brady and Bill Belichick are doubtless both happy the quarterback?s suspension is over.

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CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Don?t believe what Bill Belichick says ? Tom Brady?s return is a big deal

Belichick was measured, as always, in his comments, but he was no doubt giddy on the inside.

BEN VOLIN I ON FOOTBALL

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Consider this: Brady is 39 and hasn?t played a meaningful NFL snap since January.

Justin Reynolds died of an apparent drug overdose in August.

Yvonne Abraham

A man who was more than the troubles he bore

Even amid despair, Justin Reynolds?s sweetness and charm shone.

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A Weston family has reached the cusp of a goal that often seemed unreachable.

ALDS: Indians at Red Sox | 4:08 p.m. (TBS)

David Ortiz waved to the Fenway Park fans before his final regular-season home game.

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KEVIN CULLEN

With David Ortiz around, there?s always hope for Red Sox

The improbable, worst-to-first Red Sox run in 2013 was inextricably linked to the Marathon bombings.

NICK CAFARDO | ON BASEBALL

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After struggling most of the season, it?s up to the veteran to save the Red Sox? postseason hopes.

EDITORIAL

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Only one candidate for president belongs anywhere near the White House: The Globe endorses Clinton.

Opinion & Ideas

SCOT LEHIGH

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With his scowling apology, Donald Trump makes it clear that he intends to drag the presidential campaign into the gutter.

Globe investigations

The desperate and the dead

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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

Trees sway from heavy rain and wind from Hurricane Matthew in front of Exploration Tower early Friday, Oct. 7, 2016 in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Matthew weakened slightly to a Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds near 120 mph, but the U.S. National Hurricane Center says it's expected to remain a powerful hurricane as it moves closer to the coast. (Craig Rubadoux/Florida Today via AP)

Craig Rubadoux/Florida Today via AP

Hurricane Matthew

The most powerful Atlantic storm in nearly a decade left a path of destruction over the Caribbean and the US.

Life sciences

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A festival of street bands in Somerville
Marines joined such Gold Star families as Charlene Cosgrove-Bowie and her husband, Art, at a ceremony honoring the First Battalion, 25th Regiment at the Fallen Heroes Memorial in South Boston. Lance Corporal Christopher Cosgrove III was killed in Fallujah.

Honoring a dauntless Marine unit
Yulan Liang, a research scientist for Liberty Mutual, demonstrated a self-driving automobile simulator in Hopkinton.

What will self-driving cars mean for insurers?
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David Ortiz and his greatest postseason hits

Widower thanks hospital staff for care after wife?s death
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NICK CAFARDO | ON BASEBALL

Red Sox young stars appear to have stage fright
Gustav Leonhardt as Johann Sebastian Bach in the film ?Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach.?

Score

A view of Bach, unfiltered by fantasy
Kevin Hart.

Kevin Hart live (but not quite in person)!
Fingerling Potatoes with chicken fat aioli, fried shallots and tuna conserva at Belly Wine Bar in Kendall Square.

Quick Bite

The happy return of Belly Wine Bar

sips

The sommelier herself blended the wine

Theological school agrees to sell Newton campus
Sally Monroe, who performs as Silly Sally the clown.

Local clowns frustrated by ?impostors?

Sports

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Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts loosened up during Saturday?s workout at Fenway Park.

Red Sox lay it on the line at team meeting: We can do this

The Red Sox are confident they can turn the series around, beginning with Sunday?s Game 3.

Metro

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Men salvaged metal sheets Saturday from a destroyed house after Hurricane Matthew passed in Jeremie, Haiti.

Mass. mobilizes to help Haitian relief

A pair of local nonprofits have mobilized to help international relief efforts in Haiti.

Region

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the blotter tales

Darling, where are the car keys?

A puppy-napping is headed off at the pass, a raccoon takes a dip in a swimming pool, and other odd tales from local police blotters.

Politics

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Hillary Clinton spoke to supporters last week at a rally in Toledo, Ohio. Clinton will campaign in the state again on Monday.

Clinton makes new push to win votes of working-class whites

Hillary Clinton will make her second visit to Ohio in two weeks on Monday, after shunning the state for most of September.

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DAN SHAUGHNESSY

It?s another postseason flop for David Price
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THOMAS FARRAGHER

The clothes don?t make this man
Cleveland Indians manger Terry Francona speaks to members of the media before an infield team workout, Tuesday Oct. 4, 2016, in Cleveland. The Indians start the American League Divisional Series against the Boston Red Sox on Thursday in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer)

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Series personal for Indians manager Terry Francona
August 27, 2016 2016 Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson (R) and VP candidate (and former Mass. Gov.) William

Yvonne Abraham

Did Gary Johnson just get dumped?
Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine shake hands after their debate Tuesday.

Michael A. Cohen

Mike Pence?s lies don?t make him a ?winner?
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JOAN VENNOCHI

Broad push for small property tax hike in Boston

Tech Lab

App asks crowds to map bus stops for the sightless
Steve and Judy Pagliuca funded a new Harvard University building for life sciences startups, with first-floor space for co-working business meetings.

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Pagliucas build a Harvard home to nurture life science startups

Donald Trump's yacht in 1991.

SCOT LEHIGH

The Hindenburg or the Titanic?
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DANTE RAMOS

The Boston app that grades your driving

US Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz announced that a civil rights investigation found a pattern of race-based harassment and discrimination at Boston Latin School.

Alex Beam

US attorney?s BLS remedy distracts from education

Much of the fight over the proposed expansion of Boston Children?s Hospital has been about saving Prouty Garden (above).

JOAN VENNOCHI

Children?s expansion goes beyond Prouty Garden

Nation & World

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Debris from washed-away Highway A1A littered the road in Flagler Beach, Fla., Friday in the wake of Hurricane Matthew.

Matthew batters Florida, threatens Ga., Carolinas

The hurricane hit the Sunshine State with punishing rain, beach-swallowing sea surges, and destructive wind gusts.

Business

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Yolanda Coentro is president and chief executive of the Institute for Nonprofit Practice, formerly the Institute for Nonprofit Management and Leadership.

Five things you should know about Yolanda Coentro

Coentro is president and chief executive of the Needham-based Institute for Nonprofit Practice.

Arts

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Film director Gavin O'Connor is the director of the film

Meet the guy who directed Ben Affleck in ?The Accountant?

Did Gavin O?Connor have a hard time directing Affleck, who?s becoming a pretty good director himself?

Travel

Joey Frangieh takes a selfie in Taormina, Italy.

The VIP Lounge: Joey Frangieh

We caught up with Boston Theater Company?s artistic director to talk about all things travel.

Ground Game

Ground Game

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The town hall style format of the next debate adds three different dimensions of spontaneity for the candidates.

Magazine

The cover for the October 9 2016 issue

Fashion spotting at galas for Lesley University and the Esplanade

The cover for the October 2 2016 issue

Advice: How do I talk to my son?s teenage friend about her gender transition?
The cover for the September 25 2016 issue

A teen from inner city Boston gets Elie Wiesel?s message
The cover for the September 18 2016 issue

People apparently really like outdoor showers

Design New England

Design New England

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Keith Leblanc and Kelly Monnahan create a haven for themselves, family, and friends in the piney hills of outer Cape Cod.