Explosive devices sent to Clinton, Obama, and CNN

Secret Service officers spoke at a checkpoint near the home of former president Barack Obama Wendesday.

Alex Brandon/Associated Press

The devices, sent to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, were intercepted by the Secret Service. CNN also said a suspicious device was found at its New York offices, but it was not clear if the incidents were connected.

Two $1 million Mega Millions tickets sold in Mass.

The final total of the big Mega Millions jackpot was $1.537 billion ? just shy of the all-time record ? and the winning ticket was sold in South Carolina.

Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff

Governor?s race gone wild: it?s a ?full Rhode Island?

The state is rebounding economically, but the incumbent is unpopular. There?s a split among Republicans. One candidate was arrested this month on drug charges.

Dave Epstein

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/23/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/AFP_1A9034.jpg Get ready for our first nor?easter of the season

The remnants of what now is Willa will provide lots of wind and rain, and some minor coastal flooding might accompany it.

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?[The] bridal party had been provided with a locked room to store their belongings,? police said. ?Later that same evening, several bridesmaids reported the misuse of their credit cards.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/24/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/Swensen181023wakefieldfire-_0003.jpg Historic Wakefield church will be torn down after devastating fire

Firefighters were still pouring water onto the historic First Baptist Church Wednesday morning, hours after an apparent lightning strike ignited a seven-alarm fire.

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The median cost of a single-family home in Massachusetts is now nearly $380,000.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/kreiter_nobles3_met.jpg A ?tough judgment call? or ?censorship?? Debate lingers over art exhibit at Nobles

An exhibit at Dedham?s Noble and Greenough School featured 100 portraits by artist Nayda Cuevas, but a controversial one was removed.

Cambridge police find cache of weapons, illegal gunshop in man?s home; suspect arrested

Cambridge police said they recovered 25 illegal firearms from two locations.

Eduardo Nunez celebrated after belting a three-run home run in seventh inning.

Jim Davis/Globe staff

Christopher L. Gasper

Red Sox have flipped the formula this postseason with their offense

In Game 1 of the World Series, the ace arms race was upstaged by Boston?s industrious bats.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy_20131006.jpg An enchanting night ? complete with ?Beat LA!? chorus

Eduardo Nunez?s pinch homer capped a long and happy night marking Game 1.

Chad Finn | Nine Thoughts

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/24/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/102318Tlumacki14.jpg I second-guessed Alex Cora, but his wizardry worked again

The best we can do is quickly acknowledge how wrong we are.

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/24/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/AFP_19B7RN.jpg Jack White, Ronda Rousey among celebs at World Series Game 1

Among the 38,454 fans in the seats at Fenway Park Tuesday night for Game 1 of the World Series were a slew of familiar faces.

Two boxes of blueberries found in a fridge clean-out were past their prime for eating fresh, but they made excellent pie.

Elspeth Hay for the Boston Globe

HELP DESK

How to keep your grocery bill and food waste down

The idea that going out for groceries must be a weekly, regular event has been so ingrained in me for so long that even armed with all this knowledge, I hardly knew how to question it.

Editorial Board Endorsement

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_040918_ARL_0346x.jpg Elizabeth Warren deserves a second term in the US Senate

Warren has been true to herself and stood up for what Mass. voters value the most. The Globe editorial board endorses her for a second term.

Ideas | Michael Socolow

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/24/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/George_Foreman_(28328302161).jpg What Elizabeth Warren can learn from George Foreman

George Foreman provides a lesson about facing scorn and doubt while wading through the thicket of personal identity in public.

Sean P. Murphy | The Fine Print

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/10/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/cavanaugh_15consumergreyhound05_biz.jpg From his bike to his xylophone, Greyhound scattered a man?s possessions across the country

Joel Knopf packed nearly all of his worldly possessions into 13 cardboard boxes and gave them to Greyhound Package Express. ?Big mistake,? he says.

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Storm clouds dropped 18 inches of snow (and counting) on the summit of Mount Washington, creating drifts as high as six feet.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/24/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/SPORT%20CFL-352727.jpg Former Patriots coach Rod Rust dies at 90

Rust was New England?s defensive coordinator from 1983 to 1987 and head coach for one season in 1990.

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The seven-time Pro Bowl selection has indicated he wants to be traded from the Arizona Cardinals.

COMMENTARY | Jeneé Osterheldt

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/12/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/puddlestompingA.jpg Dear Abby: Your advice against giving kids ?foreign? names reeks of whitewashing

When a father wrote to the advice column conflicted about giving his children an Indian name, the author recommended against it.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Boghosian_globelive3_LIFE.jpg Come see Globe Live

After two sold-out seasons, Globe Live ? a live storytelling show featuring the Globe?s top journalists ? returns to the Emerson Paramount Center Nov. 3 & 4.

Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | Juliette Kayyem

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/23/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/24OPIOID2WEB.jpg Opioid addiction is our homeland security problem

The president is about to sign legislation that focuses on how the drugs are getting here.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/hero_2_1200.jpg Inside our Secret Courts

Criminal charges often disappear. There are few rules and fewer records. In these private hearings, who you are ? and who you know ? may be just as important as right and wrong. Read the Spotlight report.

Real Estate

Recent home sales north of Boston (Oct. 24)

PEABODY: 14 Clearwater Road; One-family Colonial, built in 1957, 3,221 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 15,002-square-foot lot.

Newsletters

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We go beyond just sharing stories: We?ll give you a window into how we report and hold officials accountable. Join us.

The Big Picture

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

World Series: Game 1

Globe photographers captured the sights of Tuesday?s game at Fenway Park.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/24/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/GettyImages-1052399184-1600x900.jpg McCaskill, on the campaign trail, brands herself as pharma?s sworn enemy

She?s betting her political future on a simple hope: that voters care about enough drug pricing to give her another term in Washington.

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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Mobile homes may be the least expensive and most effective means of addressing the region?s housing shortage.

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

//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.