PATRIOTS 36, TEXANS 33

Patriots defeat Texans with last-minute heroics

Foxborough, MA: September 24, 2017: Patriots wide reciever Brandin Cooks sails across the goal line as he stayed in bounds to make a great catch to haul in the game winning touchdown late in the fourth quarter on a pass from quarterback Tom Brady (not pictured). The New England Patriots hosted the Houston Texans in a regular season NFL football game at Gillette Stadium. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff).

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The Patriots rallied at Gillette Stadium in the final minute for the win.

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Player protests were widespread in the NFL?s early games.

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More than a dozen Patriots players either kneeled or locked arms during the national anthem.

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As controversies continued to swirl around the NFL on Sunday afternoon, football fans in Boston expressed strong opinions.

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Every pregame studio time dedicated a significant amount of time to discussing President Trump?s comments about protesting the national anthem.

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The Broncos in Orchard Park, N.Y.

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The Buffalo Bills before their game against the Broncos.

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Members of the Miami Dolphins before their game against the Jets in New Jersey.

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The Patriots at Gillette Stadium.

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Bill Belichick, left, and Tom Brady with players.

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The Patriots took a knee.

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Robert Kraft on the sidelines before the game.

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President Trump sent a tweet Sunday afternoon after NFL players locked arms or kneeled during the anthem in early games.

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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin thinks pro football players lose their right to free speech once they don pads and take the field.

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The online ad features an image of Trump with his hand over his heart and the hashtag #TakeAStandNotAKnee.

Red Sox 5, Reds 4

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Mookie Betts smacked a double in the eighth inning to tie the game, then scored the winning run on an infield hit.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

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Taxes in Massachusetts aren?t high. Compared with the rest of the country, they?re pretty average.

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?I have a number of serious reservations about it,? the Senator from Maine said on CNN?s ?State of the Union.?

Police taped lines the scene at the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ after a deadly shooting at the church on Sunday.

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1 dead, 7 victims hurt in church shooting

A masked gunman entered a church in Tennessee on Sunday and opened fire, killing at least one person and injuring seven others before apparently shooting himself.

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The anti-migrant, nationalist Alternative for Germany party managed a triumphant entry into parliament, projections showed.

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Globe Spotlight

Secrets in the sky

With lax FAA oversight, the United States remains an easy mark for terrorists and others who prize anonymity when registering aircraft or getting licensed to fly. So much for the lessons of 9/11.

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Lukas Cavar screamed for hours, hoping to get someone?s attention. Bats, salamanders, crayfish and beetles were his only company.

Yvonne Abraham

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It has been a horrendous week for football. So what are parents, cheering on their helmeted kids on brisk autumn afternoons, to do?

Quick Bite

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It?s from the team behind another inviting neighborhood retreat, Milton?s Steel & Rye.

Bryce Vongsa celebrated at the 25th anniversary reunion at Kimball Farms for graduates of the Klarman Family Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Once tiny babies, graduates of neonatal unit gather for reunion

The Klarman Family Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center celebrated its 25th anniversary Saturday.

NESTOR RAMOS

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Some say suitors for Amazon?s second headquarters may not quite realize all that they?re signing up for.

Newsletters

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Witness the birth of the marijuana industry in Massachusetts and catch up on national pot headlines every Saturday.

Fall Arts Preview 2017

Fall Arts preview

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A complete guide to movies, music, books, arts, theater, and family events in the Greater Boston area this season.

Opinion & Ideas

JOAN VENNOCHI

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If you?re looking to challenge Massachusetts? reputation as a bastion of liberalism, this jail is a good place to start.

Confidential tips

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Do you know about wrongdoing that needs to be exposed? Call the Globe Spotlight team: 617-929-7483 or [email protected].

Special reports

SPOTLIGHT FOLLOW-UP

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In 2016, VA employees filed nearly 2,000 complaints with the Office of Special Counsel ? more than the next four most-complained-about departments combined.

STAT

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The agency hopes to recruit more than a half-million people from communities that are wary of clinical research.

Crossword

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Puzzled? Keep trying and see if you can triumph.

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The 2018 Nissan Leaf made its Boston debut

The 2018 Nissan Leaf followed up its worldwide Tokyo debut with appearances in eight U.S. cities, including a stop in Cambridge, Mass., at the 22 Annual Danehy Park Family Day where consumers got a first look at this all-new, plug-in electric vehicle. Although electric cars are more common than they were just a few years ago, [?]