?Blatant disregard? for safety at Brockton VA nursing home, US finds

Investigators found a nurse and a nurse?s aide fast asleep during their shifts ? one dozed in a darkened room while the other was wrapped in a blanket in the locked cafeteria.

Governor Charlie Baker, Attorney General Maura Healey, and Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh would be formidable figures if they wanted to run in 2022, insiders say.

David L. Ryan/Globe Staff/file 2018

It?s way too soon to wonder who will run for Massachusetts governor in 2022. Or is it?

Maura Healey? Marty Walsh? Someone we?ve never even heard of? Let the kibitzing begin.

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The trooper moved his cruiser in front of the alleged drunk driver?s vehicle, but instead of stopping, the driver smashed into the cruiser and continued driving north in the southbound lanes of I-91.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/28/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/Bedford_170628_HALOCAUST_VANDAL_003.jpg Hate crimes were up 9 percent in Massachusetts in 2017

The FBI reported Thursday that hate crimes rose nationwide for the third straight year.

Hemenway Elementary School Principal Liz Simon spoke to the media while holding a message of support and love from one of her students.

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10-year-old Muslim girl ?scared? after getting note at school calling her a ?terrorist?

The girl received hateful letters at Framingham?s Hemenway Elementary School and her family hopes ?this doesn?t happen to any other child at this age,? her uncle said.

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President Trump?s disparaging remarks on Twitter about France on Tuesday were highly unusual, an international relations expert said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/13/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Partners_Nov%202018.jpg Bain is the latest Boston firm with a billion-dollar venture fund

The largest venture firms are raising increasingly large caches to compete for stakes in highly valued startups.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Bedford_170227_CITGO_004-7202.jpg Iconic Citgo sign closer to landmark status

In a unanimous vote, the Boston Landmark Commission approved landmark status for the iconic sign, which would give it extra protections should a developer want to move or change it.

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In a historic test case, US Representative Bruce Poliquin, a Maine Republican, filed a federal lawsuit hoping to stop the unconventional process called ranked-choice voting.

Talking Points AM | Larry Edelman

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While there are plenty of smart and reasonable people who will never see it otherwise, let's consider the reasons why New York and the D.C. suburbs beat out more than 200 other bids.

Peter DeMarco (left) and Dr. Assaad Sayah, chief medical officer for Cambridge Health Alliance, embraced Tuesday.

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Hospital leaders apologize, acknowledge mistakes cost Laura Levis her life

For the first time, Peter DeMarco and officials from Cambridge Health Alliance, the parent company of Somerville Hospital, sat face to face ? more than two years after Laura Levis?s death.

Boston, MA - November 14, 2018: A woman is bundled for the cold outside on Essex Street in Boston, MA on November 14, 2018. It was 35 degrees in Boston at 7 a.m. Wednesday, and that?s as warm as it?s going to get in Boston, as temperatures are expected to stay in the 30s throughout the day, according to the National Weather Service. Forecasters said Wednesday will be sunny, but with wind gusts as high as 40 miles per hour, it will feel even colder. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) section: metro reporter:

Time to bundle up: wicked cold weather (and icy conditions) have arrived

Temperatures will stay in the 30s throughout the day Wednesday, and a wintry mix could make for slippery roads Thursday evening.

Names

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/bradybunchen.jpg Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen spotted at ?Hamilton? in Boston

?I just turned around it was like, ?Oh my God.??

Love Letters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/13/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/Meredith_New_Logo-4863.jpg Keeping our relationship going after college has been tough

Now that we?ve graduated, he seems to be putting distance between us. Can love last at 22?

Virgina Newes loved using Zipcar, but then the car-sharing company abruptly dropped her after a minor accident.

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The Fine Print | Sean Murphy

It seems like age is driving this Zipcar decision

Virginia Newes, 89, was terminated from the service after a minor mishap in a parking garage.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/house1-22952.jpg Looking for a new home? This Maine one is up for grabs ? with a catch

The National Park Service is looking for a volunteer to move a 135-year-old historic home that?s at risk of demolition.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/IMG_0332-22951.jpg Football player donates bone marrow to 6-year-old boy

Patrick McGroarty, a junior at Salve Regina University, said he was more than ready to donate as soon as he learned he was a match for a boy with Hodgkin?s lymphoma.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/1048413172.jpg Monica Lewinsky thinks Bill Clinton ?should want to apologize?

On the eve of a new documentary series called ?The Clinton Affair,? Lewinsky reflects on telling her own story.

Perspective | Magazine

Everyone knows English majors can?t get jobs. Except the employers who hire them.

College kids ? and their parents ? think a humanities degree is useless. But businesses want students who can write and think critically.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-23011.jpg Moulton legislation would push VA on medical marijuana for veterans

The Department of Veterans Affairs has long shied away from cannabis, even as more and more veterans turn to the drug for treatment. Representative Seth Moulton wants to change that.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/swensen1811910potquestions0015-22851.jpg ?One marijuana, please.? Here?s how to avoid embarrassing yourself in the new pot shops

How do I pay? What do I need to bring? What happens when I walk in? With recreational pot sales just days away in Massachusetts, here?s what you need to know.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/13/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy1-24477.jpg After lukewarm start, Celtics don?t seem to be taking any heat

The Celtics were basically anointed Eastern Conference champs before the season but they haven?t played that way.

Opinion & Ideas

Editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/13/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/b14a399c58dd4e17853e7d62fb1816b1-b14a399c58dd4e17853e7d62fb1816b1-0.jpg Editorial: No Amazon headquarters, so what?

We can?t help but wonder if Jeff Bezos seriously considered Boston?s bid at all for a second corporate headquarters for Amazon.

Special reports

Globe Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/01/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/laura1104alt-4761.jpg Help was a few feet away. Why didn?t they save her?

My wife, Laura Levis, did everything she could to save herself when the asthma attack began. She went to Somerville Hospital and called 911, too. How could she have been left to die just outside the emergency room?

Newsletters

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Witness the birth of the marijuana industry in Massachusetts, and catch up on national pot headlines. Subscribe to ?This Week in Weed? for the latest marijuana news from reporter Dan Adams every Saturday.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Globe staff photos of the month, October 2018

Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: fall colors, Halloween, and a World Series victory.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/14/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Keto-diet-photo-1024x576.jpg A startup for diabetes patients will only get paid by insurers if its service works

Virta Health is one of a number of medical companies experimenting with payment structures tied to how well patients fare.