The life and rise of Ayanna Pressley

Katherine Taylor for The Boston Globe

Long before her shocking win, Pressley?s was an against-the-odds story. Time and again, she has toppled expectations.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/BillBrett_22reynolds_01_biz.jpg In the biotech hurly-burly, a cautionary tale

For the CEO of a biotech startup, there may be no bigger asset than a compelling sales pitch. Frank Reynolds had a great one.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ptownii.jpg Divers find body of man who fell off ship in Boston Harbor

The body was recovered around 1 a.m. Sunday, according to a State Police spokesman.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_Tfacilities9_met.jpg Man fatally hit by Red Line train at Porter Square

The unidentified man, who was 66, was inside a tunnel when he was struck about 7 a.m.

Three storms ? Florence, Isaac, and Helene ? were moving across the Atlantic early Sunday.

Dave Epstein

Florence could lash coast with rain, wind

Even if there is not a direct impact in the region, the storm could still create a big mess.

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President Trump?s defenders, led by Vice President Mike Pence, spoke Sunday following a week capped by an anonymous New York Times opinion piece savaging Trump.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Boghosian_09GOPunity5_MET.jpg Elizabeth Warren?s challenger tries to appease both sides

State Representative Geoff Diehl is walking a tight line ? he pledges to forge a strong working relationship with a president that the majority of Mass. voters oppose.

A young girl played behind the newly unveiled statue of John Hancock in Quincy on Saturday.

Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff

New Quincy Center park celebrates city?s history

The Hancock-Adams Common, named after Quincy?s two favorite sons, features statues of both men, a fountain with 5-foot geysers, and plenty of benches and green grass.

Saugus High School football coach placed on leave

Police have launched an investigation over a team-related incident that occurred in late August, officials said Saturday.

Raymond So, a sophomore, and professor Charles Czeisler talked to freshmen about sleep.

Michael Swensen for The Boston Globe

Sleep? Yes, college students need it. Harvard makes that clear

Freshmen are required to take an online course about sleep before they arrive on campus, part of an initiative to help students have healthier sleep habits.

Butch Comegys/The Times-Tribune/AP

Retired priest says O?Malley?s secretary dismissed reports of abuse in N.J.

Monsignor Kenneth Lasch says he reached out to Cardinal Sean O?Malley because O?Malley serves as an adviser to Pope Francis on sexual abuse.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/09/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/1029475266.jpg Listen to what Serena Williams had to say about her loss at the US Open

Williams was outspoken about her run-in with umpire Carlos Ramos after losing in the final.

Serena Williams (left) and Naomi Osaka embraced Saturday after the US Open final.

Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AFP/Getty Images

Commentary

Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka, and the trials of excellence for black women

On a night that should have been a celebration, tennis stars Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams shed tears and a hug as a consolation for the sweet-and-sour sting that comes with being black and woman and great.

Texans at Patriots | 1 p.m. (CBS)

CHAD FINN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/10/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chin080918Pats-SkinsExhibition_Spt19.jpg The age-old question: How good can Tom Brady be this year?

?He?s not beating Father Time, but he is capable of keeping the lead longer than any of the rest of us ever could,? analyst Tony Romo said.

Devra First | Critic?s Notebook

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/45991d88350c42d9bcf5f62c63bdc5af-45991d88350c42d9bcf5f62c63bdc5af-20403.jpg The Patriots are a world-class team. So why isn?t the food at Gillette better?

In Foxborough, stadium concessions are definitely not the G.O.A.T.

New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels watches from the sideline during the first half of a preseason NFL football game against the Washington Redskins, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Five-year contract reportedly among reasons Josh McDaniels stayed with Patriots

According to an NFL.com report, the new deal was struck after McDaniels had accepted the Colts? head coach job.

live updates

Patriots get set to start 2018 season with opener at Foxborough

The Patriots are hosting the Houston Texans as they begin the new season.

Boston College running back AJ Dillon left Holy Cross in the dust early and often, rushing for three touchdowns in the first eight minutes.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Boys against men: BC and Holy Cross shouldn?t play again

Boston College-Holy Cross was great in the day of ?Mad Men.?? Now it?s just madness.

Ideas | Kory Stamper

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/05/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/gender-pins-web.jpg The long, long history ? and bright future ? of the genderless ?they?

Complex views of gender go back further than many people think.

Obituary

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/11bodman%2051843297MW001_energysec-1338031.jpg Bush Cabinet official Samuel Bodman was a ?man of integrity?

Dr. Bodman, who began his career as an associate professor at MIT before moving on to Fidelity Investments, died Friday. He was 79.

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/07/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/hero_bakerelex.jpg Charlie Baker: Four years later

Four years after endorsing Baker, the editorial board reflects on how 2014 priorities can inform the 2018 election.

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

Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

The Big Picture

Globe staff photos of the month, August 2018

Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: staying cool in the summer heat, installing a new police commissioner, spotting sharks on the Cape, campaigning politicians on the trail, and flipping gymnasts at the US championships.

Crossword

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/crossword.jpg Play the crossword

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