Columbia Gas donates $10m to Merrimack Valley relief fund

Columbia Gas will donate to the fund set up to help residents rebuild their lives after a series of explosions and fires hit the company?s supply network.

Columbia Gas line pressure was 12 times higher than normal

Merrimack Valley shop and restaurant owners are taking stock of the damage from last week?s chaos, and all they know is that they?ll be hit in the wallet.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumacki_hurricaneflorenceremnants094inarea_metro.jpg Flash flood warnings issued for Boston

A flash flood warning has been issued for areas including Boston, Worcester, and Lowell. A tornado warning had been issued for parts of the North Shore, but it has since expired.

A book by Brett Kavanaugh?s high school buddy hinted at a culture of depravity and alcoholism at their Washington, D.C.-area high school. One passage refers to a drunken ?Bart O?Kavanaugh.?

Book says Kavanaugh?s high school fostered culture of debauchery

Mark Judge, accused of observing a sexual assault by Brett Kavanaugh when they were teenagers, authored the 1997 book.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/21/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/1fb08dc1e35a4f17884d227e207d91dd-1fb08dc1e35a4f17884d227e207d91dd-0.jpg Anita Hill offers a guide for the Kavanaugh hearings

Nearly 27 years after her allegations against a Supreme Court nominee were met with disbelief, Anita Hill is hoping that in this #MeToo moment, the response can be different.

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/17/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi-5190.jpg Brett Kavanaugh?s little lies are catching up with him

Now he looks even more like a mini-Trump.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/DnYrQOGVAAAZ85P.jpg All Mass. Pike westbound lanes closed after tractor trailer jackknifes, hits bridge

The truck folded and is now blocking the lanes under the bridge.

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The victims include a 1-year-old boy who was swept away after his mother drove into floodwaters and lost her grip on him while trying to get back to dry land.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-20914.jpg For Oumou Kanoute, life at Smith has completely changed

Nearly two months after Kanoute wrote about her encounter with campus police, her life at school is markedly different.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_umassamherst1_met.jpg ?Where were you last night? What did you do?? Police called on black UMass employee

An anonymous caller said that there was an agitated black man on school property, prompting campus police to question the employee.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/davis_trahan9_met.jpg With Third District primary result settled, Democrats seek unity

A recount gave Lori Trahan a 145-vote victory over Dan Koh, who called on his supporters to back Trahan in the general election.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/dtlumacki_wellfleetsharkattackdeathfollowup_metro438.jpg 911 calls following fatal shark attack were chilling

Witnesses to the attack that killed a Revere man quickly called emergency officials after the incident.

Wodiczko + Bonder/Maryann Thompson Architects

Hank Willis Thomas

Barbara Chase-Riboud

Yinka Shonibare

Adjaye Pendleton

Finalists in MLK memorial design competition unveiled

Each proposal would significantly shift the look and feel of part of Boston Common, America?s oldest public park.

Emmy Awards

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/18/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/a575c21a82be4dbebffe95ec7a663328-a575c21a82be4dbebffe95ec7a663328-0.jpg Jokes fall flat, but surprise winners give Emmys some lift

It was clear the night was doubling as an episode of ?Saturday Night Live? ? a not-great episode at that.

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In a mostly ho-hum night, Glenn Weiss delivered a moment that left many slack-jawed and applauding.

Emmy Awards

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/18/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/1035084140.jpg At the Emmys, more ?misses? than hits on the carpet

Say one thing for the 2018 Emmy Awards: Celebrities tried to break out of the boring fashion rut that has so dominated the red carpet for the past couple of seasons.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/18/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/18soxdelay.jpg Red Sox-Yankees game pushed back until 7:05 p.m.

The series opener was scheduled to start at 1:05 p.m.

BOSTON, MA - JUNE 28: Jackie Bradley Jr. #19 of the Boston Red Sox makes a catch in center field in the first inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Fenway Park on June 28, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)

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ALEX SPEIER

It?s no accident that Jackie Bradley doesn?t get hurt running into walls

The Red Sox? nonpareil center fielder relies on an intuition of where danger lurks plus gymnastic athleticism to avoid injury.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/17/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chin091618PatriotsatJaguars_Spt18.jpg Josh Gordon is a Patriot, but Bill Belichick still doesn?t want to comment on the trade

?We?re in the process of working through it. We?ll see how it goes,? Belichick said on a conference call Tuesday.

Cleveland Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon warms up before an NFL football game between the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Richard)

Tara Sullivan

Josh Gordon is a desperate move, but a risk worth taking

The receiver has huge upside ? and downside ? for a team in dire need of a playmaker.

HELP DESK

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/01/23/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/bray_20140123.jpg What does $50 a month buy you on TV? It could buy plenty

A huge menu of channels and careful shopping can yield a rich entertainment package.

Opinion & Ideas

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/17/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi-5190.jpg Brett Kavanaugh?s little lies are catching up with him

Now he looks even more like a mini-Trump.

Special reports

Stranger in the house

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Globe_arrival_BAT.jpg The US has a huge need for home health care, and many from Ghana do the hard work

The need for home care is soaring, and much of it is done by immigrants willing to take on this hard and low-paying work.

Newsletters

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STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/18/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/BIRTHCONTROL-1024x576.jpg Does Obamacare mandate coverage of Natural Cycles? contraception app?

Experts say the ACA?s requirement to cover contraceptives ought to include the app, which is FDA-cleared to prevent pregnancy. But how?

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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/millennials$medium.jpg Despite debt, millennials are the biggest home-buying generation. How?

Slightly more than a third of all home purchases were made by millennials over the past year.

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

Hurricane Florence batters the Carolinas

Hurricane Florence brought heavy winds and rain to the Southeast coast of the United States, leaving devastation in its wake.

Crossword

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