Red Sox 16, Yankees 1

Red Sox pound away in thorough thrashing of Yankees

Brock Holt made history by hitting for the cycle and the Sox handed the Yankees their worst loss in postseason play.

New York 10/08/18: Red Sox Xander Bogaerts and Steve Pearce give high fives to teammates after scoring in the fourth inning. New York Yankees hosted the Boston Red Sox in game three of the ALDS at Yankee Stadium Monday, Oct. 8, 2018. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

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DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Red Sox got up off the mat to make a brand new start of it in New York

Little town blues melted away for Alex Cora and Co. with a big win in Game 3 at Yankee Stadium.

NICK CAFARDO | ON BASEBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/09/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_soxyanks7_spts..jpg Alex Cora went against analytics in Game 3 ? and the result was spectacular

Man, was he right when he reshuffled the lineup for Monday?s outing.

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Holt (4-for-6, 5 RBIs, 3 runs scored) became the first player in MLB history to hit for the cycle in postseason play.

Jaleesa Jackson and Chiedozie Uwandu were looking forward to their out-of-town sojourn, but it turned into a nightmare.

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Sean P. Murphy | The Fine Print

An Airbnb guesthouse of horrors

One Los Angeles rental had excellent reviews and a host who had so impressed Airbnb that he was ranked as a ?super host.? Then the nightmare began.

Opinion | Alan M. Dershowitz

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This is not so much about Kavanaugh as it is about a new form of McCarthyism that is quickly descending on university campuses.

NAMES

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Her father, George W. Bush, escorted his daughter down the aisle during Sunday?s ceremony.

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The Saints quarterback did it in style ? on a 62-yard touchdown pass to Tre?Quan Smith.

Harvard isn?t alone in struggling with admissions and race

A civil trial over Harvard?s practices is scheduled to start Monday. Many colleges have downplayed race in the admissions process ? some have stopped considering it.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/09/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/wiggs_gillette_file.jpg Part of Gillette campus in South Boston to go on the market

Procter & Gamble is looking to cash in on the hot real estate market in neighboring Fort Point.

From left, Kathleen Monahan, Dee Rogers, and Leo Austin-Spooner set out on an evening of canvassing in Roxbury.

Erin Clark for The Boston Globe

Transgender ballot activists? pitch: ?I?m a human being?

The results of Question 3 will determine whether a state law continues to protect them from discrimination in public places like restaurants and restrooms.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Rinaldi25ColumbiaGas11.jpg After gas incident in Woburn, National Grid faces state scrutiny

The utility said a worker ?inadvertently introduced excess gas? into the system during routine maintenance work. State regulators ordered National Grid to cease almost all work.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/20/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ryan_cyberreason2_biz.jpg Hackers want to strike on Election Day. Can they be stopped?

The US elections system is rife with technological weak spots, but election security experts say they have identified plenty of ways to fend off threats.

Speaking at a HUBweek panel, Puffin Innovations CEO Adriana Mallozzi said disability has forced her to be innovative in her daily routines and tasks.

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HUBWEEK 2018

Innovation breaks down barriers for the disabled

Adriana Mallozzi realized as a child that assistive technology could help her live a more independent life. She spoke Monday at a HUBweek panel in the Seaport.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/05/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ryan_citgo_met.jpg It?s time to have your say on the Citgo sign?s future

The public can weigh in on what ? if anything ? should be done with the Kenmore Square icon.

Scallop fisherman Tyler Miranda, on board the Brittany Eryn ship in New Bedford, is in recovery from addiction to opioid painkillers.

Debee Tlumacki for the Boston Globe

Finding help for addicted fishermen

A painful job leads some to opioid misuse, but a fisherman?s schedule makes treatment difficult.

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US Senator Elizabeth Warren seems willing to go great lengths to avoid uttering Governor Charlie Baker?s name ? in praise or criticism.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Greenfield1.jpg Rotary or roundabout . . . which is it?

The UMass Amherst Transportation Center?s new video series, ?Transportation Take-Away,? delves into hot issues related to transportation, from marijuana to robots.

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Kavanaugh was subject to ?a campaign of political and personal destruction based on lies and deception,? the president said. The new Supreme Court justice said he would be a fair and nonpartisan judge.

Opinion & Ideas

Editorial

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There?s a payoff, both financially and environmentally, to residential composting of trash.

Special reports

The Big Picture

Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff

The Big Picture

Globe staff photos of the month, September 2018

Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: gas explosions in Lawrence, 9/11 remembrance ceremonies, and primary elections.

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

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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.