26 killed in church attack in Texas? worst mass shooting

Two law enforcement sources identified the gunman as 26-year-old Devin Kelley.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/06/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/870661810.jpg What we know about Devin Kelley, the Texas shooting suspect

Police say Kelley was behind the attack in Sutherland Springs, Texas. At least 26 people were killed.

Law enforcement officials stand next to a covered body at the scene of a fatal shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017. ()

Scenes from the church shooting in Texas

A woman who lives about 10 minutes away from Sutherland Springs in Floresville said that everyone knows everyone in the sparsely populated county.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/05/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/Rex_US_President_Donald_J_Trump_vis_9189562AA.jpg President Trump denounces Texas church shooting as ?act of evil?

Trump says he has spoken with Texas Governor Greg Abbott and the state has the administration?s ??full support.??

The debate over Larry David?s Holocaust joke on ?SNL?: Bad taste, or just bad comedy?

Nearly through with his routine, David clasped his hands together on the stage and segued from the topic of sexual assaulters to Holocaust victims.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/16/BostonGlobe.com/BCOM/Images/iStock_000006817765_Medium.jpg Building more homes means crowded schools, right? Not so, study says

It?s long been a truism: More homes in a town means more kids in the schools. But is it true? Not really.

Boston, MA - 11/5/2017 - A rally by Haitians and their supporters is held in front of St. Angela Catholic Church (cq), in Mattapan. Participants urge the preservation of TPS (temporary protective status) for Haitians and those from the Latin-American immigrant communities. Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: 06haitianrally Reporter: XXX

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Protesters rally against Trump move to eliminate legal status for immigrants

?We can call this a fear-based culture right now that is permeating through all Haitian families.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/RinaldiPR130.jpg Massachusetts National Guard unit departs for Puerto Rico

The units will provide security on federal installations while the island recovers from Hurricane Maria.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/03/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/IMG_1509641499774.jpg A landmark travels back in time, thanks to AR technology

Augmented reality is being used to depict the Old Corner Bookstore?s various incarnations throughout its history.

CELTICS 104, MAGIC 88

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/06/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/0d2139a3ac6e48d0abc1b23a31803df4-0d2139a3ac6e48d0abc1b23a31803df4-0.jpg Celtics capture eighth straight victory

Jaylen Brown scored 18 points to lead six scorers in double figures for the Celtics.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/05/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/870547424-13603.jpg Marblehead?s Flanagan is first US woman to win NYC marathon in 40 years

?This is the moment I?ve dreamed of since I was a little girl,? said Shalane Flanagan, who finished in 2:26:53.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/25/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/DSC_3644.jpg Boston?s mayoral candidates make their closing arguments

In the last stage of the campaigns, both Mayor Marty Walsh and City Councilor Tito Jackson exuded confidence in stops across the city, including in Mattapan.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/11-4-17_Mayoral_01.jpg Tuesday?s mayoral election in Boston could approach a record ? and not a good one

Everyone is looking for a culprit to fault for what official forecasters predict could be a near-record low turnout in Tuesday?s mayoral and City Council election.

US President Donald Trump addresses US and Japanese business leaders at the US Ambassador Bill Hagerty's (not pictured) official residence in Tokyo on November 6, 2017. President Donald Trump lashed out Monday at the US trade relationship with Japan, saying it was

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In Japan, Trump pushes new trade deal, mourns Texas shooting

President Donald Trump began his second day in Japan by pushing for stronger, more equitable economic ties between the allies.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/05/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/Rex_US_Commerce_Secretary_Wilbur_Ros_9190022B.jpg Commerce head has stake in firm tied to Putin orbit, report says

Newly leaked documents show that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has a stake in a company that does business with a gas producer partly owned by the son-in-law of Vladimir Putin.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/06/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/cea38f334325447994aecb3f74674935-cea38f334325447994aecb3f74674935-0.jpg Hours before death in Niger, US soldiers were targeting militants in Mali

The four men killed in the ambush were helping track and fight Islamist militants along the Mali-Niger border in the hours before their death.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/06/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/ba28af412f2944899c2e3e21c213bdb7-ba28af412f2944899c2e3e21c213bdb7-0.jpg Rand Paul?s injuries more severe than initially thought

The US senator from Kentucky has five broken ribs and bruises to his lungs. It?s unclear when he will return to Washington, aides said Sunday.

11/5/2017 - Cambridge, MA - Harvard Divinity School - Shannon Boley, cq, left; and Dorie Goehring, cq, right, are curators of the Portal installation at the Harvard Divinity School. A specially equipped shipping container at Harvard University called ÒThe PortalÓ by creator Amor Bakshi, cq, of Brooklyn, NY, contains technology that enables real-time conversations between small groups of people across the globe. The intention is to allow refugees in cities such as Berlin, Germany; Amman, Jordan; Gaza City, Palestine and Erbil, Iraq to speak directly with people in the US in such a way that the two parties feel that they inhabit the same space. The installation is currently behind the Harvard Divinity School, and travels soon to Boston College, and then continues on its tour. Topic: 06portal(2). Story by Jeremy Fox and Cristela Guerrera/Globe Staff. Photo by Dina Rudick/Globe Staff

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High-tech shipping container Portal links Harvard students, Gaza youth

When they sat down to talk, the ordinariness of it all was what made it remarkable.

SEAN P. MURPHY | THE FINE PRINT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/31/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/tlumacki_brooklinesmartparkingmeters_business575-5677.jpg What to do when pay-by-phone meter feeding goes awry

Since Brookline launched its pay-by-cell phone technology for parking meters, dozens have complained that they received tickets even though they paid up.

Starts & Stops

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/04/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/blanding11-4-201705startsmet-001.jpg The Blue Line-Red Line link is getting renewed interest

In the wake of the Amazon bid, more people are talking about filling in the main gap in Boston?s subway system.

Your Guide to Skiing 2017

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/05/BostonGlobe.com/Travel/Images/_05chilleat07_tvl-2392.jpg A food lover?s guide to New England ski towns

We?ve sleuthed out some of the best haute cuisine in high altitudes. Here?s where to ski and savor.

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Sexual harassment is a fact in Boston restaurants

Interviews with more than two dozen people in the industry reveal the extent of the problem.

DISRUPTED AMERICA

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/02/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Walker_102417_05yorktech_05205x.jpg A year after Trump?s election, York, Pa., is forever changed

The racially divisive reactions among teenagers at a Pennsylvania vocational school encapsulate the forces Donald Trump?s election has unleashed across America.

Magazine | A nonfiction novella

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/01/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/muck1105altimage-2945.jpg Sex, spies, and the national anthem: The BSO scandal you?ve never heard of

One hundred years ago, one of the world?s top conductors was ensnared in a scandal involving patriotism and sex. It almost toppled Boston?s famed orchestra.

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Guest host Joe Sullivan welcomes a new Globe columnist, Tara Sullivan, to the show.

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One hundred years ago, one of the world?s top conductors was ensnared in a scandal involving patriotism and sex. It almost toppled Boston?s famed orchestra.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/02/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/dante-3327.jpeg It?s Facebook?s world. Deal with it

When technology changes in radical ways, our laws, regulations, and social norms need an update, too.

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The Amazon bid

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/13/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/drone-5771.jpg Dear Jeff Bezos: Come and help us build a better Boston together

An open letter to the owner of Amazon, proposing a true partnership that rewrites the relationship between a city and the big companies that call it home.

STAT

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New interior design programs train students to use lighting, acoustics, and fabric to help people with medical conditions.

Crossword

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Puzzled? Keep trying and see if you can triumph.