Shooting ?fills America?s heart with grief,? Trump says in Vegas

President Donald Trump spoke as First Lady Melania Trump (left) looked on as he visited the Metropolitan Police Department command centre in Las Vegas, Nev. on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump spoke to first responders on Wednesday after meeting privately with victims of the Las Vegas shooting at a hospital.

Students from University of Nevada Las Vegas held a vigil Monday in Las Vegas.

Yvonne Abraham

The best democracy blood money can buy

The NRA has shown how strong its political pull is. Don?t expect the aftermath of the shooting in Las Vegas to change that.

A close-up photo of the marquee at Wynn Las Vegas shows part of a message in response to Sunday night's mass shooting at a music festival.

FBI questions shooter?s girlfriend as investigators search for motive

??This individual and this attack didn?t leave the sort of immediately accessible thumbprints that you find on some mass casualty attacks,?? an FBI official said.

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We are living in a time that?s awash in disaster ? natural, environmental, societal. It?s time to wake up.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/04/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/LAS_VEGAS_ATTACK_19.jpg ?I found my hero!? Mass. woman tracks down man who shielded her in Vegas

Barbara Langone said she spoke with the California man who put himself between her and the gunman who attacked a Las Vegas music festival Sunday night.

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/04/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi-3223.jpg The gun lobby is alive and well in blue Massachusetts

The attorney general is the gun lobby?s main target.

In 2001, Lydia Shire was the chef and owner of Locke-Ober.

Getting Salty

Scampo?s Lydia Shire doesn?t mince words about dining scene

The Coolidge Corner native doesn?t hold back behind the stove ? or in conversation.

CRANBERRY SLIDER Carver-10/04/17- Cranberry harvest season is in full gear as Weston Cranberry Corp wet harvested their 3.17 acre bog on Wednesday morning. Workers use a suction hose placed beneath the water , and slowly encircle the berries as they rake them to the hose to suck them up, on to a conveyor that seperates the the leaves and debris, and shoots the berrries into waiting trailer trucks. John Tlumacki/Globe staff (metro)

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CRANBERRY SLIDER Carver-10/04/17- A worker pulls on a rope to tighten the cirlce around floating cranberries on a bog on Main Street in Carver, as cranberry harvest season is in full gear as Weston Cranberry Corp wet harvested their 3.17 acre bog on Wednesday morning. Workers use a suction hose placed beneath the water , and slowly encircle the berries as they rake them to the hose to suck them up, on to a conveyor that seperates the the leaves and debris, and shoots the berrries into waiting trailer trucks. John Tlumacki/Globe staff (metro)

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CRANBERRY SLIDER Carver-10/04/17- A huge tractor trailer truck is filled with cranverries as cranberry harvest season is in full gear as Weston Cranberry Corp wet harvested their 3.17 acre bog on Wednesday morning. Workers use a suction hose placed beneath the water, and slowly encircle the berries as they rake them to the hose to suck them up, on to a conveyor that seperates the the leaves and debris, and shoots the berrries into waiting trailer trucks. John Tlumacki/Globe staff (metro)

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CRANBERRY SLIDER Carver-10/04/17- Cranberry harvest season is in full gear as Weston Cranberry Corp wet harvested their 3.17 acre bog on Wednesday morning. Cheryl Weston stands atop of a conveyor belt macine that shoots the cranberries into a truck. Workers use a suction hose placed beneath the water , and slowly encircle the berries as they rake them to the hose to suck them up, on to a conveyor that seperates the the leaves and debris, and shoots the berrries into waiting trailer trucks. John Tlumacki/Globe staff (metro)

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CRANBERRY SLIDER Carver-10/04/17-Cheryl Weston operates the controls on a conveyor that drops cranberries into the bed of a tractor triler truck. Cranberry harvest season is in full gear as Weston Cranberry Corp wet harvested their 3.17 acre bog on Wednesday morning. Workers use a suction hose placed beneath the water , and slowly encircle the berries as they rake them to the hose to suck them up, on to a conveyor that seperates the the leaves and debris, and shoots the berrries into waiting trailer trucks. John Tlumacki/Globe staff (metro)

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CRANBERRY SLIDER Carver-10/04/17- Crancerries roll off a conveyor belt into a waiting truck as cranberry harvest season is in full gear, as Weston Cranberry Corp wet harvested their 3.17 acre bog on Wednesday morning. Workers use a suction hose placed beneath the water , and slowly encircle the berries as they rake them to the hose to suck them up, on to a conveyor that seperates the the leaves and debris, and shoots the berrries into waiting trailer trucks. John Tlumacki/Globe staff (metro)

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CRANBERRY SLIDER Carver-10/04/17- Cranberries full from a conveyor belt into a truck helped by raking them in from above, as cranberry harvest season is in full gear as Weston Cranberry Corp wet harvested their 3.17 acre bog on Wednesday morning. Workers use a suction hose placed beneath the water , and slowly encircle the berries as they rake them to the hose to suck them up, on to a conveyor that seperates the the leaves and debris, and shoots the berrries into waiting trailer trucks. John Tlumacki/Globe staff (metro)

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CRANBERRY SLIDER Carver-10/04/17- Cranberry harvest season is in full gear as Weston Cranberry Corp wet harvested their 3.17 acre bog on Wednesday morning. Nate Fratus runs towards the suction hose that got clogged. Workers use a suction hose placed beneath the water, and slowly encircle the berries as they rake them to the hose to suck them up, on to a conveyor that seperates the the leaves and debris, and shoots the berrries into waiting trailer trucks. John Tlumacki/Globe staff (metro)

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CRANBERRY SLIDER Carver-10/04/17- A tractor trailer truck's rear-view mirror reflects a cranberry bog being harvested on Main Street in Carver. Cranberry harvest season is in full gear as Weston Cranberry Corp wet harvested their 3.17 acre bog on Wednesday morning. Workers use a suction hose placed beneath the water , and slowly encircle the berries as they rake them to the hose to suck them up, on to a conveyor that seperates the the leaves and debris, and shoots the berrries into waiting trailer trucks. John Tlumacki/Globe staff (metro)

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Cranberry harvest season in full swing in Carver

Autumn is cranberry harvesting season, and cranberry farm owner Gary Weston and his team have been hard at work for the past two weeks.

05vanu - Technology from Lexington-based Vanu, Inc is part of an effort to restore cell service in Puerto Rico. (Global DIRT)

?I?m alive?: Mass. company helping Puerto Ricans contact loved ones

Vanu hopes to use its technology at as many as 40 sites on the devastated island.

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The proposal would also include a ?Romeo and Juliet? law, so consenting teens close in age who have sex are not committing statutory rape.

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What is love? In a warning letter, the FDA wrote that it?s ?not a common or usual name of an ingredient, and is considered to be intervening material.?

Nestor Ramos

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/nestormugfull-9678.jpg Rex Tillerson, secretary of a (bleeping) state of chaos

So what do you do when your boss finds out you called him a [bleeping] moron behind his back? Ask A Manager knows.

GROUND GAME

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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson?s very odd news conference Wednesday appeared, if anything, to be a desperate attempt to keep his job.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/helicopter%20woodstock.jpg Meteorite may have sparked a N.H. blaze that?s been burning since Tuesday

A fire has been burning through Kinsman Ridge since Tuesday morning, and a witness says it might have been caused by a meteorite.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Enterprise_05crash07_met.jpg Woman allegedly on phone with drug dealer and ?dope sick? before fatal crash

Danielle Mastro allegedly admitted to causing the crash that killed Deborah Combra, saying she was ?dope sick? and in need of heroin at the time.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/04/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/wiggs_Plane_05.jpg The Patriots are using their new plane for the first time today

The New England Patriots on Wednesday celebrated the inaugural flight of their very own Boeing 767.

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At a meeting this week, the college?s president described the proposal as shocking.

Boston-04/03/2017- Opening Day at Fenway Park- Red Sox played the Pirates- Red Sox players line up during the national anthem. John Tlumacki/Globe staff(sports)

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PETER ABRAHAM

This year, the Red Sox relied on pitching while the offense scratched for runs

From the start, they were expected to be contenders, but the season didn?t unfold the way they planned.

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On the eve of a new hockey season in Boston, Kevin Paul Dupont joined Chris Gasper to talk about the outlook for the Bruins. Then, columnist Chad Finn chatted all things Celtics.

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Rates could rise 24 percent if the Trump administration makes good on a threat to end government subsidies that help lower the cost of insurance.

Sponsored by Pfizer

Dear Scientist, can I tell my mother there will be a cure for Parkinson's one day?

Nancy Horwood didn?t expect to hear back from the scientist she wrote to. Then he invited her to his office to meet.

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Red Sox reporter Alex Speier writes about everything baseball with an eye for analytics and an insider?s knowledge of the game.

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Spotlight follow-up

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A growing number of people who say their fathers are priests are speaking out, drawing attention to an invisible legion of suffering.

Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | Ernest J. Moniz

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A pull-out will trigger a crisis that will significantly increase nuclear dangers.

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].

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.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/04/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Gottlieb%20FDA.jpg Scott Gottlieb rocketed to the top of FDA. He may keep rising

The FDA commissioner has quickly won over some skeptics and is now seen as a front-runner to replace Tom Price at HHS.

Crossword

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Puzzled? Keep trying and see if you can triumph.