Kavanaugh hearings begin, and controversy is in the room

Politically charged arguments about White House documents and confirmation rules got as much attention as the actual confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/932e8fdfae4d4ac08393c8454b81bfea-932e8fdfae4d4ac08393c8454b81bfea-0.jpg New England senators join bid to block hearings on Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh

US senators from New England spoke out forcefully, saying Brett Kavanaugh?s background was a ?deep, dark secret.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/04/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/Rex_President_Trump_Participates_In_9119825J.jpg Bob Woodward describes ?nervous breakdown? of Trump?s executive branch in new book

A forthcoming book by Bob Woodward paints a harrowing portrait of the Donald Trump presidency.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/27/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/b5ceb3a0c61b482fb5c007fdd952059a-b5ceb3a0c61b482fb5c007fdd952059a-0.jpg 10 things to know from Bob Woodward?s new Trump book

Here are 10 startling tidbits from Bob Woodward?s ?Fear,? which depicts a chaotic White House under President Trump.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/04/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/06302010_30excerpts_photo2-7643421.jpg Former Arizona senator Jon Kyl to replace John McCain

Cindy McCain, John McCain?s widow, said Tuesday that the former senator will fill her late husband?s seat.

Opinion | Dan Rather and Elliot Kirschner

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/04/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/09RatherWEB.jpg Attacks on free press show journalism is effective check on government

Democracy depends on a free press. We can no longer take its survival for granted.

 FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2016, file photo, San Francisco 49ers? Colin Kaepernick kneels during the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks, in Seattle. Kaepernick has a new deal with Nike, even though the NFL does not want him.

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Renée Graham

Kaepernick backlash: Burning your Nikes instead of confronting racism

Democracy and white supremacy are fundamentally incompatible.

Malden man convicted of manslaughter in death of Dorchester barbershop owner

A Suffolk Superior Court jury found Dominic Shiner, 36, guilty of fatally stabbing Sean Dwyer, 29, outside Dwyer?s Adams Street shop on Dec. 12, 2014.

Emerson College professor found dead had been suspended for sexual harassment

Robert Todd, who was found dead in a Jamaica Plain park in mid-August, had been suspended for the fall semester for sexual harassment.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/acadia1.jpg Hiker from Boston is rescued at Acadia National Park after rock falls on her leg

The Maine Forest Rangers posted dramatic photos of rescuers attending to the injured woman.

? Polls are open until 8 p.m. | ? Find your polling place
Voters lined up at a polling place in Everett.

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Councilor Josh Zakim and his wife Grace voted at the Boston Public Library. He is running for secretary of state.

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Meghan Welborn (carrying 13-month-old Bingham) voted in Milton as Alta Welborn, 3, danced nearby while dressed as Elsa from ?Frozen.?

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Secretary of State William Galvin, facing his first primary challenge in more than a decade, put on an ?I Voted? sticker. He cast his ballot at the Thomas Edison School.

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Representative Mike Capuano leaned over to shake hands with Jeanne Cristiano of Everett as she drove past a polling place in Everett.

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Councilor Ayanna Pressley greeted voters and poll workers at the Lilla G. Frederick Pilot School in Dorchester.

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At the Grace Episcopal Church in Newton, 11-year-old Vincenzo Caruso passed the time reading a book near the polling booths.

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US Senate candidate John Kingston campaigned in front of the Holy Name Parish Hall in West Roxbury.

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Beth Lindstrom, GOP candidate for the US Senate, headed for her next stop after stumping outside Ward 5, Precinct 3 in Quincy.

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Geoff Diehl (center) with a supporter, after voting at Whitman Town Hall. Diehl is running for the US Senate.

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Newer polling booths have American flags on them at the Waban Library Center in Newton.

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Hard-fought primary races are on the ballot

Several closely watched races across the state are being determined today. The polls are open until 8 p.m.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/02/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/sq_vote.jpg A guide to the Editorial Board endorsements

Recapping the Editorial Board?s endorsements for the 2018 Massachusetts primary election.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/JimBraudewithJayGonzalezandBobMassie(SamBrewer-WGBHNews)2.jpg The big policy differences between Democrats running for governor

For Jay Gonzalez and Bob Massie, there are differences in how they promise to govern and their approaches to the big job.

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Five recipes to get you through the week and avoid the witching hour

If there are things you want to change about your household meals, Labor Day week is the time to hit the reset button.

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Now in remission, NBC10?s Natasha Verma is holding a charity fashion show for local cancer patients

Current and former Patriots players will take part in the event at South Boston restaurant Publico on Monday evening.

FILE -- Actress, comedian, and writer Mindy Kaling in Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. 31, 2016. In her books ?Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?? and ?Why Not Me??, Kaling offers guidance and anecdotes to young women. (Kendrick Brinson/The New York Times)

Names

Mindy Kaling on why ?Crazy Rich Asians? left her ?Crazy Ugly Crying?

"I was bawling," the Cambridge native and actress tweeted.

Dining Out

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/31/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/kreiter_celeste1_food.jpg The Union Square restaurant that?s more like a dinner party thrown by friends

You?ll find ceviche, pisco sours, and a community of artists at Peruvian spot Celeste.

1970 Andover football team photo

Coming Wednesday: The story of Bill Belichick, Ernie Adams, and the undefeated 1970 Phillips Academy football team

Here is a preview of our feature story coming Wednesday about Belichick, Adams, and their 1970 Andover football season.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/nasamoonlanding.jpg That feeling when you?re landing on the moon and your computer stops working

Apollo 11?s moon landing may seem to some to have been a daring feat pulled off without a hitch, with military precision, but behind the scenes, there were some scary moments.

Names

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/04/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/GettyImages-629395110.jpg Aly Raisman?s ex Colton Underwood announced as next leading man on ?The Bachelor?

The former NFL player dated the Olympic gymnast in parts of 2016 and 2017.

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Lewinsky said she walked out because the question was ?off limits.?

This image released by ABC shows co-host Robin Roberts, left, with

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?Cosby? actor thankful for support about grocery store job

Geoffrey Owens, who was a regular on ?The Cosby Show? and who was more recently working at a grocery store, said ??every job is worthwhile and valuable.??

Dick Wolf has spun off another ?Law & Order? series.

TV Critic?s Corner

Are you ready for ?Law & Order: Hate Crimes??

The next spinoff of Dick Wolf?s TV franchise will be based on New York?s Hate Crimes Task Force.

Opinion & Ideas

JEFF JACOBY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/04/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/jacoby-5061.jpg The Oslo handshake, 25 years on

The crowd swooned at the White House that day, but it was Yitzhak Rabin whose instincts were right. If only he had heeded his intuition.

Love Letters: The Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/29/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/200_love_letters_bonus.jpg Until next year, my sweetheart

In a special bonus episode, Meredith Goldstein explores what happens to summer romance when the summer ends, and ?Wet Hot American Summer? creator David Wain shares a girl-crazy memory from his own camp days.

Listen:   Apple Podcasts   |   Stitcher   |   RadioPublic

 

Real Estate

Address

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/06/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/stan-fellows-home-nest-illustration$medium.jpg Spring House Hunt: Should parents buy property in a college town?

As the spring house hunt gets underway and National College Decision Day nears, thoughts are turning to campus housing.

Globe event

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/08/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/SeattleTimes_10kirsner02_biz.jpg Seattle?s mayor talks growing pains that offer some lessons for Boston

Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan spoke at a Globe event on how innovation is shaping our world, and she?s in high demand among the hundreds of mayors gathered in Boston.

Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/18/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/FlfQGTy9_585.jpg More about Last Seen: The Largest Unsolved Art Heist ever

A true-crime podcast about the most valuable ? and confounding ? art heist in history: the theft of 13 irreplaceable artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

A home, but for how long?

The Trump administration canceled the program that had allowed Patricia Carbajal to create a life as a mother, a construction worker, and a budding activist.

Crossword

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Puzzled? Keep trying your hand at our interactive crossword and see if you can triumph.