Doctors face rising violence in emergency rooms, report says

Nearly half of ER doctors say they have been physically assaulted on the job by patients and family members.

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Black and Latino students could have a much better chance of winning a spot at such schools as Boston Latin if admission hinged on MCAS scores instead of the current test.

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Spotlight Follow-up

Closed-door criminal hearings panned on Beacon Hill

Governor Charles Baker and legislative leaders called for greater transparency within the state?s clerk magistrate system after Sunday?s Spotlight Team report.

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Brett Kavanaugh first cursed at the man. After the man responded in kind, Kavanaugh threw a beer in his face, said Charles Ludington, a former Yale basketball player.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/a9c80f2eb02f4172ab61d7e4cb5e5796-a9c80f2eb02f4172ab61d7e4cb5e5796-0.jpg Boston-bound flight diverted to Kansas City due to unruly passenger

Witnesses said a man on the flight was doing pull-ups on the overhead luggage compartments and was rude to the flight attendants.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/iStock_000036269360Large-21296.jpg Here?s why you might get a test emergency alert on your cellphone tomorrow

If you get an emergency alert on your phone Wednesday afternoon, don?t be alarmed.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/lee_062918_skate5_met.jpg Skateboarder arrests spark outrage in skating community

Two skateboarders were arrested for trespassing as they remained in the skatepark after dusk, despite newly installed lights remaining on.

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Latest contract is a signal T is investing in better service

The transit agency on Monday awarded a $218 million contract to improve aging signals on the Red and Orange lines, a move that could dramatically reduce delays on the lines.

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The school named a white man as its first dean, drawing criticism that the search was not diverse.

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Education Issue | Magazine

Home-schoolers turn to the Boston area?s new ?unschooling? centers

The resource centers are popping up around Boston, around the idea that children should get to choose what they learn.

What She?s Having

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Embrace impermanence with the glorious pies at Rabottini?s, open through December. (And hope it finds its forever home soon.)

SEAN P. MURPHY | THE FINE PRINT

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What Gwen Larison-Santos wants is an engine in the same condition as the one she brought into the shop for an oil change, not one that may have irreversible damage.

Clockwise from top: Larry Culp, Jeffrey Immelt, and John Flannery.

Shirley Leung

Three CEOs later, is Boston a curse for GE?

After leadership turnover at General Electric, is the company still committed to Boston?

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Lindsay Lohan appeared to accuse a homeless couple of trafficking their children in a bizarre video that surfaced on the actress?s Instagram account Friday night.

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/02/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/tlumacki_patriotstrainiingcamp_sports744.jpg 5 (very) personal things Gisele Bundchen reveals in her new book

The supermodel writes about her panic attacks, breast enhancements, odd home remedies, and other issues in ?Lessons: My Path to a Meaningful Life.?

COMMENTARY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/28/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/THUG-012_rgb.jpg As ?The Hate U Give? heads to the big screen, the bestseller is one of the most challenged books

?The Hate U Give? has been a New York Times bestseller for 82 weeks. It was also the eighth most questioned book of 2017. Here?s why.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/02/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/e2e8cb4b18df475eaa9a88f887664046-e2e8cb4b18df475eaa9a88f887664046-0.jpg Trebek-hosted gubernatorial forum in Pennsylvania leads to some unexpected moments

Moderator Alex Trebek of ?Jeopardy!? fame needled the candidates on their mudslinging and pressed them on their perceived exaggerations.

Matt Damon played Brett Kavanaugh on the season premiere of ?Saturday Night Live.?

Ty Burr

?Saturday Night? lame?

At its rare political best, ?SNL? can feel thrilling. But so much of it disappoints ? and yet year after year, week after week, we tune in by reflex.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/02/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/1042111062.jpg Brandin Cooks continues his hot start, and other Week 4 thoughts

Why couldn?t the Patriots figure out a better way to use Cooks, like the Rams are now?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/02/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/1029965272.jpg Bill Belichick isn?t about to change Dont?a Hightower?s position

?Yeah, I think we?ll keep him at linebacker,? Belichick said.

Opinion & Ideas

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/01/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi-5320.jpg The public has a right to know what Charlie Baker?s son did

Any parent can understand why the governor wants to avoid revisiting allegations that his son groped a woman on a plane. But Baker is no ordinary parent.

Special reports

The Big Picture

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Big picture

A drama unfolds in Peabody

Deb was still new to this high school in Peabody, and had found her way to the vaunted theater program, establishing a foothold in a realm that felt magical.

Newsletters

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STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/02/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Boghosian_humira5_STAT-1024x683.jpg ?Nurse educators? paid by drug companies facing scrutiny as lawsuits mount

Are nurses hired by drug companies serving the best interest of patients or a massive violation of public trust?

Love Letters: The Podcast

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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

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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.

Crossword

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