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Clinton presidency may be opportunity for Mass. Democrats

Hillary Clinton has deep connections here, and scores of friends and allies are imagining themselves ? or their peers ? in administration roles.

Yvonne Abraham

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How is it possible that a nation that venerates values Trump mocks every day could be so close to electing him president?

?SNL? again parodies Trump, Clinton, but also gets serious

?Saturday Night Live? had one last chance before the election to make fun of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, but the show also urged viewers to vote.

The Raleigh County Courthouse (left) and County Circuit Court on Main Street in Beckley, W.Va.

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In one W.Va. town, dread of life under a Clinton presidency

Residents view the vote as an all-out battle for the soul of America, and say Hillary Clinton?s election is the one sure way to lose it.

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Hillary Clinton?s chief strategist said the campaign will focus on Michigan and Nevada in the campaign?s final days, although she will appear in New Hampshire tonight.

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The Republican candidate was rushed off stage by guards, but returned within minutes.

Kelly Ayotte vs. Maggie Hassan

With days until the election, the Globe is focusing on the formative moments in the public lives of the two women vying for the US Senate in New Hampshire. The estimated $100 million contest will reverberate well beyond the Granite State with the winner possibly determining control of the US Senate.

New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan

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Hassan was known as partisan lawmaker

Hassan emphasizes the word ?bipartisan,? but she wasn?t always seen that way as a state legislator.

US Senator Kelly Ayotte was first elected in 2010.

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Ayotte got her start as an ambitious prosecutor

Ayotte described herself as ?aggressive? as a private attorney and in public office in New Hampshire.

Both sides make final push on Question 2

Marixa Martinez spent Saturday afternoon canvassing in support of Question 2.

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Supporters and opponents of a ballot question that would expand charter schools took to the streets Saturday to reach voters.

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Work on Needham bridge expected to be completed Sunday afternoon

Traffic is being detoured on southbound I-95/Route 128 at Needham but crews hope to open the highway this afternoon.

Harvard?s Cambridge campus.

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2nd Harvard team accused of ranking female athletes

The men?s cross country team created spreadsheets with crude references to female runners, The Harvard Crimson reported.

Kevin Cullen

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?Too many people don?t understand the military, don?t appreciate those who join,? Adam Freed said.

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Two men were shot to death and a third person was stabbed and wounded in Dorchester and Roxbury Saturday.

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Changing the clocks makes people depressed, study finds

It?s not your imagination ? early darkness is depressing, according to new research.

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Todd Kohlhepp?s admissions also helped solve a 2004 mass killing, officials say.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/trolley.jpg The tragedy that Boston forgot

One hundred years ago, a horrific trolley accident on Summer Street killed 46 people. Although it was dubbed the ?worst tragedy in the history of the city? at the time, it has now been all but erased from memory.

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