Senate approves Kavanaugh nomination by 50-48 vote

The Senate confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to join the Supreme Court, delivering an election-season triumph to President Trump that could swing the court rightward for a generation.

Opinion | Ayanna Pressley

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This moment can go down as one of the darkest hours in our nation?s history, or it can be the galvanizing force for the strongest progressive movement in a generation.

Senator Susan Collins

Adrian Walker

Susan Collins, never a maverick, fell right into line. Why did anyone expect otherwise?

Senator Susan Collins spoke passionately about lessening divisions. But her vote is likely to have the opposite effect.

The entrance to the Georgetown Preparatory School, the Jesuit prep school in Bethesda, Md., that Judge Brett Kavanaugh attended.

Brett Kavanaugh allegations roil Catholic faithful still grappling with clergy abuse

Despite what Kavanaugh may deliver from the bench on issues like abortion, members of the church find themselves just as divided on his nomination as the rest of the country.

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?I feel gutted,? said Catherine Perreault, a Portland resident, who added that she doesn?t know how the Republican senator will ?show her face in Maine.?

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, meets with Supreme Court nominee Bret Kavanaugh in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 21, 2018. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Andrew Harrer

editorial

Susan Collins goes all in for Kavanaugh ? and for Trump

In voting yes, Collins and her fellow Senate Republicans are on the brink of dealing a far-reaching setback to the Supreme Court?s standing in American life.

Joe Murphy (left) collided with Nashville's Bob Boughner during a December 1999 game. The Bruins waived Murphy two months later, and he played just 48 more NHL games.

Globe file photo

KEVIN PAUL DUPONT | SUNDAY HOCKEY NOTES

Joe Murphy?s descent from Stanley Cup champion to homelessness a harrowing story

A former No. 1 overall pick, Murphy has been living on the streets in Kenora, Ontario.

Kevin Paul Dupont | On Second Thought

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/04/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/1045308640.jpg ?No more Fortnite? for Vancouver Canucks: team imposes video game ban on road trips

The Canucks will bury their gadgets on the road. It?s a self-imposed ban.

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has taken the NFL by storm.

BEN VOLIN I SUNDAY FOOTBALL NOTES

Top developments during first quarter of NFL season

By almost every metric imaginable, this has been a banner year for NFL offenses.

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Art prankster Banksy has struck again.

HUBWEEK

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/hubweek2.jpg Everything you need to know about HUBweek 2018

Now in its fourth year, the HUBweek festival brings together hundreds of events, installations, and conversations on art, science, health, and technology.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_19T6OV.jpg First lady talks Trump, Twitter as she tours the pyramids

Melania Trump said she has, at times, told the president to put his phone down. And she says she doesn?t always agree with what he tweets.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumacki_capesurf_metro131.jpg After fatal shark attack, surfers grapple with a return to the water

For many Cape surfers, whether to return to the water following last month?s attack is a question with no easy answers.

Wyatt Russell as Sean

Buzzsaw | Matthew Gilbert

Nine shows you may have missed, but shouldn?t

?Lodge 49,? ?Forever,? ?Mr Inbetween? and six other series that stand out in a very crowded field.

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/05/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/gisele%20bundchen%20jimmy%20fallon.JPG Gisele Bundchen discusses her first date with Tom Brady

?I literally fell in love right away,? she told Jimmy Fallon.

Dinner with Cupid

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Will his sunny nature win him an enthusiastic thumbs up?

Alex Speier

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/29/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_bostb21A_spts.jpg All plans subject to change: A crash course for Alex Cora and Dana LeVangie

Here?s the inside story of how the Red Sox manager and his pitching coach handled a game plan gone awry.

Boston, MA 10/05/18: Red Sox pitcher Rick Porcello heads to the dugout after being pulled from the game in the eighth inning. Boston Red Sox hosted the New York Yankees in the first game of the ALDS at Fenway Park Friday, Oct. 5, 2018. (Jim DavisGlobe Staff)

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Tara Sullivan

Red Sox Game 3 starter Rick Porcello put team over self in Game 1

Asked to pitch in because of a leaky bullpen, Porcello got two crucial outs in the eighth inning in relief in Game 1.

Boston MA: 10-05-18: Red Sox manager Alex Cora removes relief pitcher Ryan Brasier from the game in the top of the 6th inning. The Boston Red Sox hosted the New York Yankees in Game One of their MLB ALDS baseball playoffs. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

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DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Even in victory, it?s hard to get fired up by this combustible bullpen

The Red Sox hung on to win Game 1, but the bullpen again displayed all the makings of a disaster in waiting.

Chad Finn | 9 thoughts

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/Tlumacki3-002.jpg Oh, now we remember what a Red Sox-Yankees playoff game feels like

Friday night?s 5-4 victory against the Yankees was undoubtedly the Sox? most grueling win of 2018.

NICK CAFARDO I SUNDAY BASEBALL NOTES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/747a627bac5449d483bbae68a788033e-747a627bac5449d483bbae68a788033e-0.jpg In baseball, the message is clear: Win now or else

It just appears that five-year plans are a thing of the past.

Allston man arrested after allegedly choking, sexually assaulting woman in Brookline

When the woman didn?t want to talk to him, the man allegedly grabbed her keys and phone and pulled her into an alley.

Woman dead in New Bedford apartment fire

A passerby reported the blaze at 2:51 a.m. at 25 Sycamore St., according to the state fire marshal?s office.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/IMG_0108.JPG Flowers and prayers for woman killed in Cambridge crash

Congregants of a nearby Jewish temple said they were deeply shaken by the crash that killed a woman believed to be in her 20s. The crash is under investigation, officials said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/6ea917f78d594f7e85e62e1a201a52b0-6ea917f78d594f7e85e62e1a201a52b0-0.jpg Kim Kardashian West sues former guard over Paris robbery

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian West is suing a former security guard over an incident in Paris in which she was bound and robbed of jewelry that was worth millions of dollars.

This weekend, Revolution 250 actors will stage Boston Occupied, a reenactment of the 1768 arrival of British troops in the city. Revolution 250 is a consortium of institutions marking the sestercentennial of events that led to the Revolution.

For Revolution reenactors, an anniversary puts history into action

Revolution 250 commemorates the 250-year anniversary of events that led to the American Revolution, this weekend marking the arrival of British troops in Boston.

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Turkey has concluded that Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent journalist from Saudi Arabia, was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul earlier this week.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/05nowoods104.jpg Albert Creighton Jr., 100, land preservationist and plastic-steel manufacturer

Mr. Creighton was the founding president of Chemical Development Corp. of Danvers, which manufactured Devcon plastic steel.

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Maine says the number of young children accidentally ingesting marijuana has risen from 2 in 2016 to 16 in 2017.

Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | David Hogg and Chana Sacks

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This is a public safety and public health challenge, and the large majority of Americans stand together in the effort to help save lives.

Special reports

The Big Picture

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Scenes from the aftermath of Indonesia?s earthquake, tsunami

Days after the disaster, the confirmed death toll has exceeded 1,200 dead with hundreds severely injured and still more trapped in debris.

Newsletters

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Red Sox reporter Alex Speier writes about everything baseball with an eye for analytics and an insider?s knowledge of the game.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/04/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/stat_brainphone_ink_1st_cropped-1024x576.jpg Mindstrong?s mood-predicting app is shadowed by questions over evidence

The company says its app can predict your mood based on how you use your phone, like how quickly you type.

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

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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.