Trump takes direct aim at Obamacare in Pa. speech

Donald Trump called for a ??special session?? of Congress to do away with the federal health-care law if he is elected president.

Democrats need 5 seats to control Senate, and they may get them

The latest news that the FBI is reviewing emails that may be related to Hillary Clinton?s private server is having a marginal effect down the ballot ? so far.

Renée Graham

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Among other sickening things, 2016 is the year when assassination became a fetid political punch line.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/14c1b1c2cb0b49e0b3b804ff064b75b1-14c1b1c2cb0b49e0b3b804ff064b75b1-0-11788.jpg Stumping for Clinton in N.H., Sanders steers clear of controversies

Senator Bernie Sanders started a cross-country campaign tour for Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire on Tuesday.

Dan Wasserman

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/01/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/1102toon_wasserman.jpeg Editorial cartoon: E-mail, rogue male, and jail

Tales from the campaign trail.

A firetruck accident at Commonwealth Avenue and Dartmouth Street had long-reaching consequences for approximately 10 parked cars.

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

SUV driver cited in Back Bay crash involving firetruck

Police say that an SUV driver failed to stop for the emergency vehicle as it rushed to the scene of an alarm.

Intruders tie up 70-year-old Sterling woman, steal cash, car

Three masked intruders bound the woman, threatened her with a knife as they robbed her, and then stole her car, police said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/01/BostonGlobe.com/Travel/Images/DSC_3560bnopathjs.jpg New hotel in Cambridge caters to start-up mind-set

Located in Discovery Park near Alewife, the AC Hotel is geared specifically toward entrepreneurs.

Sponsored by Rockland Trust

How far have the state's gateway cities come?

From housing and transportation to commercial and cultural development, here?s how the original 11 gateway cities are faring.

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More than half the toll booths from the Massachusetts Turnpike have already been demolished.

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

Turnpike construction continues on schedule

MassDOT officials said Tuesday that over half the toll booths from the highway have already been demolished.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/01/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/chin7-10552-kkNB--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg The main reason behind the trade of Collins (and Jones)

The Patriots? strategy in making the moves when they did revolves around Tom Brady.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/01/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/long2-10575-U732036907123c0H--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg Chris Long had a custom Julian Edelman mask made

The Patriots defensive end, who planned the joke for two weeks, answered questions as the wide receiver for reporters in front of Edelman?s locker.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/perfectstorm4.jpg It?s been 25 years since the ?Perfect Storm? hit New England

The 1991 nor?easter knocked over hundreds of homes and businesses across New England.

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President Obama likes to say the White House is the ?people?s house.? Now, the people are getting a look at the rooms where he lives.

Molly Birnbaum and Dan Souza of Cooks Science at the Somerville Theatre.

Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe

Building better burgers, with science

So what exactly makes the humble hamburger so good? Cook?s Science takes a crack at that question.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/01/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/toryrow1.jpg Tory Row closes in Harvard Square

Known for its Euro-American fare and beer selection, Monday was the gastropub?s last day.

Q&A

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/28/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/Handout_02qanda01_liv.jpg Which restaurants shaped American dining?

Yale history professor Paul Freedman explores food?s evolution in his new book, ?Ten Restaurants That Changed America.?

Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona talks during a news conference Monday, Oct. 31, 2016 for baseball's upcoming World Series Game 6 against the Chicago Cubs at Progressive Field Tuesday night in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

A collision of history and star power makes this a great World Series

Baseball connects people, moments, and generations, and the Cubs-Indians showdown is proof of that.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/01/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/200_kimball.jpg America?s Test Kitchen sues former star Christopher Kimball

Christopher Kimball?s divorce from America?s Test Kitchen Inc. isn?t going to be an amicable one after all.

Names

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/01/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/586327960.jpg Mindy Kaling is making a sitcom about lesbians living in Kansas

She?s developing the new comedy for ABC with Ed Weeks, her costar on ?The Mindy Project.?

Trick-or-treating at 30,000 feet

A father took his 3-year-old daughter trick-or-treating on their flight from Boston so she wouldn?t miss Halloween.

Globe investigations

SPOTLIGHT REPORT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/200_spotlight.jpg Law firm ?bonuses? tied to political donations

In the process, a small Boston law firm became a top funder of the national Democratic Party.

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Autumn colors from around the world

Fall in the northern hemisphere showed vibrant colors around the globe.