Old Mass. grudge may have been factor in Bulger?s slaying

At least two Massachusetts organized crime figures were housed in the West Virginia prison, and one of them blamed Bulger for framing a friend for murder.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/_KT26203[1]-22442.jpg James ?Whitey? Bulger?s slaying is talk of small W.Va. town

The officers at the penitentiary call the prison ?Misery Mountain,? said one resident. ?They?re very understaffed,? he said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/pfosi_170901_teamsters_04.jpg New England Teamsters facing $5.1 billion pension shortfall, putting retirees at risk, study says

?You?re banking on having a pension you?re going to retire on. If we don?t find a solution, that pension?s not going to be there,? an analyst said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/22/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/895b026600d84de6ac13654bd3ad35b7-895b026600d84de6ac13654bd3ad35b7-0.jpg MGH doctor says she was racially profiled on Delta flight to Boston

Flight attendants questioned the black female physician?s identity and qualifications several times, even after she showed them her medical license.

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Google employees walk out of Cambridge offices as part of company-wide protest

Google workers walked out of their jobs over the company?s handling of sexual-misconduct claims.

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The video is reminiscent of the infamous 1988 ??Willie Horton?? ad used against Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis and condemned as racist.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/RinaldiFire13-22455.jpg Columbia Gas parent company cooperating with criminal investigation

The Indiana-based utility made the disclosure in its quarterly financial disclosure report.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Swensen18103031Debate-0005.jpg Here?s the deal with the ethics complaint filed against Warren that she calls ?frivolous?

At Tuesday?s debate, Senator Elizabeth Warren was caught off guard by the accusation and said she didn?t know what her opponent Geoff Diehl was talking about.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/quincysuspects.jpg Two women charged with pepper spray incident that led to evacuation of Quincy College

The pair allegedly set off the hazmat episode that forced the evacuation of the facility Halloween night, officials said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/01/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/9b369643d40a4246b8cdd469d04227dc-9b369643d40a4246b8cdd469d04227dc-0.jpg Oprah visiting Georgia in final days of campaign

The media icon will attend two forums with Democratic nominee Stacey Abrams in metro Atlanta.

HELP DESK

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/31/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/181023_HowToSayNo_Color_RGB_WEB.jpg Got a friend trying to sell you things you don?t want? Here?s how to just say no

By all means, if you want to buy those leggings or stress-busting oils, buy them. But if you don?t and you?re struggling to say so, here?s some advice from experts.

Maya and Isak Kayserman.

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Sean P. Murphy | The Fine Print

Eighty-seven, and left by the side of the road by Uber

She and her husband are both 87. But that didn?t stop the driver ? in an action undisputed by either party? from asking them to leave his car in the middle of their journey home.

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The campaign trails taking Governor Charlie Baker and Democratic challenger Jay Gonzalez to Election Day couldn?t look more different ahead of Thursday?s final debate.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/16/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/Boghosian_29convention38_MET.jpg Baker says he?s been tough on Trump when it matters. Is that enough for voters?

As Charlie Baker seeks reelection, questions remain about how he has responded to Donald Trump.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/08222011_22stimulus_photo2-8020247-22484.jpg Gonzalez gets praise, flak for time as budget chief

Jay Gonzalez?s colleagues in the trenches came to admire his focus on helping the state emerge from the fiscal disaster in better shape than most.

Talking Points AM

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/01/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/kreiter_watsonhealth3_biz.jpg How IBM Watson Health got sick

Plus: Hiawatha Bray on Guardians of the Real News Galaxy and the MGH doctor that alleged bias on a Delta flight to Boston.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wilderness.jpg You?d better enjoy the wilderness now. It?s almost gone, study says

Scientists are warning that if human beings continue to mine the world?s wildernesses for resources, the planet?s few remaining wild places could disappear in decades.

Gensler

Here?s what a British dorm builder is planning for Boston

Scape envisions a 15-story building on Boylston Street that would house students from local colleges.

Boston, MA 10/05/18: Dave Dombrowski, Red Sox's president of baseball operations, and Red Sox manager Alex Cora on the field before the game. Boston Red Sox hosted the New York Yankees in the first game of the ALDS at Fenway Park Friday, Oct. 5, 2018. (Stan Grossfeld/Globe Staff)

Dave Dombrowski, Alex Cora meeting with Red Sox media

In addition to reflecting on the World Series, there are questions about the team?s future.

CHAD FINN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/31/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/ryanredsoxparade7spts-24161.jpg With championship parades, Boston has its ducks in a row

We do this so well, and do it so often, it?s almost as if we invented the concept.

Boston, MA: 10-31-18: SECOND OF TWO PICTURES......The Globe's Stan Grossfeld (far right) makes the save as a can of beer thrown from the crowd below was heading for the Red Sox Mookie Betts as the Red Sox World Series parade went through Copley Square. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

STAN GROSSFELD

?This definitely has got to stop?: Mookie Betts and the bombardment of beer during the Red Sox victory parade

Betts was amazing, protecting us all with his lightning-quick hands, almost like a goalie under attack.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_nybos19_spts.jpg Xander Bogaerts reunited with his father for the first time in 23 years at the World Series

The Red Sox shortstop had not seen his father, Maarten, since he was three years old.

Television Review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/26/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/HC_104_07556.1.FNL_rgb.jpg Amazon?s ?Homecoming? is a potent mix of sight, sound, and intrigue

Julia Roberts heads a strong cast in a series whose 10 half-hour episodes fly by.

? ? | Movie Review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/23/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/DF-10956_R_rgb.jpg In ?Bohemian Rhapsody,? they will, they will rock you ? or not

?Bohemian Rhapsody,? the rock ?n? roll biopic about Freddie Mercury and Queen, turns out to be much more fun to think about than actually experience.

//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 | Charlie Baker

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When leaders choose to burn bridges instead of build them, they sacrifice their ability to do their jobs.

Opinion | Jay Gonzalez

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/27/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/5a9c1ce945284df49dc4dfbc811def1c-5a9c1ce945284df49dc4dfbc811def1c-0.jpg An endowment tax would help fix the state?s ailments

Among the biggest challenges facing the state are an education system that?s failing too many young people and a broken transportation system.

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.

The Big Picture

The Big Picture

Photos: Red Sox 2018 World Series victory parade

For the fourth time this century, the Red Sox rolled through Boston in triumph after winning the World Series.

Newsletters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Investigations-newsletter-header-image_bw150-21795.jpg The Globe Investigates

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

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/01/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/4668325959_765fb398a7_o-1024x576.jpg 23andMe test cleared to help patients determine how well drugs may work for them

The genetic test is the first of its kind authorized by the FDA for direct-to-consumer marketing.

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/2011-2020/2018/10/09/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/10-beechwood-road-halifax-exterior-side-1024x576$medium-9070.jpg Are we ignoring ? or outright banning ? an easy affordable-housing fix?

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.