An October surprise turns into a November thunderbolt

Hillary Clinton appeared at a rally Sunday in Manchester, N.H.

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

FBI Director James Comey essentially cleared Hillary Clinton just two days before voters go to the polls.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Bellwether02a.jpg Rochester a trusty bellwether on political loyalties of N.H.

The small city north of Portsmouth has a sterling record in predicting vote totals in the state.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Hillary107.jpg Donald Trump is a ?loose cannon,? Clinton says

The Democrat, making her final Granite State visit, painted her opponent as unfit to be commander in chief.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/church01.jpg At church, confronting an ugly election

?The country of which I am a part,? the Rev. Ray Hammond said, ?smells awful.?

Adrian Walker

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walker-11504.jpg The politics of hatred and resentment seem headed for defeat

Mercifully, the ugliest presidential campaign of modern times is drawing to a close.

SCOT LEHIGH

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/07/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Scot_Lehigh_150px-1766.jpg Republicans? storyline against Hillary Clinton has collapsed

The FBI?s announcement removes a large cloud that made this contest a white-knuckle affair.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/07/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/SEPT%2011%20COMMISSION-1144797.jpg Former Attorney General Janet Reno dies at 78

Reno, the nation?s first female AG, was the epicenter of several political storms during the Clinton administration.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/07/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/7d21263758fa45f4b4b58fd0f9e55dbb-7d21263758fa45f4b4b58fd0f9e55dbb-0.jpg Earthquake breaks facades, windows in Oklahoma oil hub town

A magnitude 5.0 temblor triggered fears that key infrastructure and century-old buildings may be unsafe.

Johanna Herrero (left), a lawyer, walked along State Street in Boston with her mother, Stella Figueredo.

Keith Bedford/Globe Staff

She owes immigrant victims $1m, but she?s working here for free

Stella Figueredo charged thousands of immigrants exorbitant fees for services she did not provide, investigators said.

There were no smiles on the Celtics bench after Sunday?s beating by the Nuggets.

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

Arrogant Celtics aren?t holding up bargain on other end of the court

Some words to describe the team?s early season defensive effort: putrid, awful, miserable.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_07harvard-1_metro.jpg Harvard students condemn male athletes? sexist comments

?I wasn?t really that surprised, because it?s just things that people do,? said one female freshman.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/200_kirk_figueroa.jpg After officer shootings, constables to be fingerprinted

The move comes after police said a city constable shot two officers last month in East Boston.

Dan Shaughnessy

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy_20131006.jpg What bye week? It was like any other Sunday

As usual, the Patriots didn?t face much of a challenge.

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Is there a team capable of breaking the Patriots? savvy veterans and improving youngsters on defense?

Chief Justice Ralph Gants of the Supreme Judicial Court says a review of so-called fine-time practices is underway.

Barry Chin/Globe Staff

Scores of indebted become ?fine-time? inmates

They call it ?fine-time?: A defendant claims to be poor and cannot afford court-imposed fees, and is sent to jail to ?pay off? his debt.

Debris sits piled up at the site of a fire of a home occupied by squatters that killed one person in Boston.

Investigation into Roxbury fatal fire yields little evidence

Investigators are searching for witnesses to help them determine what caused a fire that swept a condemned Roxbury house.

Plainville Ma 06092016 Plainridge Park Casino's gaming floor. Globe/Staff Photographer Jonathan Wiggs

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R.I. casino vote could set stage for competition with Mass.

The proposed casino, which would be a short walk from the border with Mass., shows how gambling interests are adjusting to new competition.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/IMG_5420.JPG Police looking for car in connection to Roxbury homicide

Jesse Dieusinor, 20, of Florida, was found shot to death Oct. 6.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/26/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/rathe_blackmoor_food07.jpg Distributor?s tactics cost us $1.7 million, beer importer says

The distributor caught paying Boston bars to carry its beers has been sued by one of its suppliers.

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The future of Cambridge is in solar energy?and a 3,000-year-old concept

Paul Lyons moved from Mexico to Cambridge 20 years ago, bringing his expertise in solar energy and the ancient belief that to preserve a place is to preserve its people.

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