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A meeting with Jeffrey Epstein led to a gift ? and, now, regrets

MIT Media Lab researcher Neri Oxman?s 2015 meeting with Epstein offers a window into how the lab was at once concerned about the optics of taking Epstein?s money and also tempted by his potential to donate and encourage others to give to the research center.
MIT president says he signed 2012 letter thanking Epstein for donation

Drug companies seek removal of judge in landmark opioid case

Drug industry lawyers facing more than 2,000 lawsuits over their alleged roles in the opioid epidemic demanded Saturday that the federal judge overseeing the case step aside, questioning his impartiality because he has consistently urged both sides to settle the case. 47 minutes ago

Following 'a good night' at debate, Joe Biden remains wobbly front-runner

Biden proved at Thursday?s debate that he could go on the offensive, delivering sharp criticisms of Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders on health care, but he yet again displayed his propensity for gaffes and rambling answers.

Veiled shots about aging hit a nerve with older generation

During the third Democratic debate, Julián Castro caused anti-ageism activists to bristle when he appeared to mock the age and memory of front-runner Joe Biden when he asked the former vice president ?are you forgetting what you said 2 minutes ago??

Opinion

RACHEL SOMERSTEIN

Rates of maternal mistreatment are high ? especially for women of color
Aimee Ortiz

The long and twisted history of ?ghetto?
MICHELLE DUBÓN

Desperate Guatemalan women will not be deterred, even in the face of grave risk
Jeff Jacoby

The case against fracking is based on ideology, not science

The Rev. Michael Haynes ?a guiding light? to youths who faced poverty and bias
The Rev. Haynes, who was perhaps best known for his friendship with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the early 1950s, died Thursday at the age of 92. Over the years, he shaped and guided generations of young people struggling to overcome poverty and racial discrimination.

Dinner With Cupid
Blind date: ?She ordered a Lord Hobo Boomsauce IPA ? earning immediate respect?
Will this foodie and Australian transplant order a second round?

Miss Conduct
Advice: My sister-in-law is a psycho. Can I keep her away from my kid?
Plus, dealing with boors at a dinner party.

New Taco Bell opens in Downtown Crossing
A new addition to Boston dining has arrived: A Taco Bell in Downtown Crossing opened Friday at noon.

Kansas 48, Boston College 24
Boston College, defense trampled by huge underdog Kansas
The Jayhawks, 21-point underdogs, had 567 yards of total offense.

Recent Local News

Woman, child helped from third floor in Beacon Hill building fire

Former Littleton finance chief misspent nearly $100k on town?s credit card

8th human case of EEE confirmed in Mass.

Construction begins on new Chelsea commuter rail station

Patriots at Dolphins | Sunday, 1 p.m.

Chad Finn | Unconventional Preview

Dolphins an afterthought in Sunday's Patriots matchup

Miami who? It's all about Antonio Brown, whose only way is his way.
Brown reportedly eligible to play Sunday, but Belichick won?t say if he will Ben Volin: NFL is correct to take a wait-and-see approach with Antonio Brown
Patriots week two preview: Will the Patriots get past the Miami jinx this week?
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Shirley Leung

On Antonio Brown, the Patriot Way is about looking the other way

Let?s call the Patriots? handling of Antonio Brown for what it is: Putting lipstick on a pigskin.
Tara Sullivan

It?s difficult to have confidence in NFL regarding Antonio Brown case

Robert Kraft himself has asked to be judged by his actions, not his words, but where are those actions?

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  2. Have the Patriots not learned anything by now?
  3. The harvest moon was last night. Here?s what you should know
  4. Antonio Brown accused of rape in a lawsuit
  5. Just how bad was Brian Flores?s head coaching debut?
  6. Felicity Huffman sentenced to 14 days behind bars
  7. Patriots and Red Sox are testing their fans? loyalty
  8. Anti-ageism activists bristle at Julián Castro?s question to Joe Biden: ?Are you forgetting what you said 2 minutes ago??
  9. On Antonio Brown, the Patriot Way is about looking the other way
  10. Boston College, defense trampled by huge underdog Kansas

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Love Letters Season Three: How do you know?

How do you know when it?s true love? When to sleep together? When to leave someone? In Season 3 of Love Letters, Meredith Goldstein takes on a universal question: How do you know?
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A sordid relationship with Jeffrey Epstein threatens MIT Media Lab?s future

The lab?s director resigned last weekend. The scandal may cost others at MIT their jobs, perhaps even president L. Rafael Reif.

Here's what the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge thinks of Lana Del Rey?s new album title
?It caught our attention and we were definitely intrigued,? said Laurie Norton Moffatt, director and chief executive of the museum.

When a hack-a-thon denied this 15-year-old?s application, he found a security flaw on their website ? and was then invited to attend
Theo Bleier of Westborough identified a discrepancy on Hack the North?s website and accessed data that a team of developers had accidentally left open and available.

Rhode Island

It?s a big day for the Providence schools takeover

Is there a more exciting way to end the week than with a show-cause hearing on the state?s takeover of Providence schools?

Protesters derail Wyatt Detention Facility meeting
The activists prevented discussion of a proposed ?forbearance agreement? to continue holding detainees for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and set up a process for a potential sale of the 770-bed prison.

Providence schools spent $187,000 on inspirational books. Now it has no plans to use them
The interim superintendent says it was a mistake to buy an author?s self-published book that she later determined shouldn?t be required reading in class because of its religious overtones.

Sports

Yankees have piled up the injuries ? and victories

Just how bad was Brian Flores?s head coaching debut?

Game 148: Red Sox at Phillies lineups and notes

Politics / Business

Castro defends his jab at Biden?s memory during Thursday?s debate

?My AR is ready for you,? Texas lawmaker tells Beto O?Rourke over mandatory buybacks

Nation / World

Drug companies seek removal of judge in landmark opioid case

White House says bin Laden son killed in US operation

Woman arrested after throwing red liquid on California Senate

Lifestyle

Harvard graduate and Rise founder Amanda Nguyen named Heinz Award recipient

Gwyneth Paltrow?s book curator, Thatcher Wine, turns up the volumes

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Ideas | Stephen Kinzer

The CIA chemist who sought the secrets of mind control
SCOT LEHIGH

A strong night for Joe Biden and Cory Booker
JOAN VENNOCHI

A rambling Joe Biden maintains the status quo

Opinion | Diane Hessan and Josh Bernoff

Fake news, real consequences
Renée Graham

Democrats? top 2020 issue: Dump Trump
SCOT LEHIGH

Reality catches up with bumblers Trump, Johnson

VISUAL STORIES

Globe staff photos of the month, August 2019

Photos: The Boston Police Strike of 1919

Photos: Dorian?s devastation in the Bahamas

Photos of New England?s favorite country fairs

Metro

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorses Markey for reelection

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the young liberal icon from New York, has endorsed Senator Ed Markey?s reelection bid next year as Representative Joe Kennedy III considers challenging Markey.

Felicity Huffman sentenced to 14 days behind bars

The 56-year-old mother of two pleaded guilty in May to fraud charges for paying $15,000 to a college counselor who arranged to have someone proctor her daughter?s SAT exam in 2017 and correct her answers afterward.

Former Littleton finance chief misspent nearly $100k on town?s credit card

But the former employee, Bonnie Mae Fleck, has since died and the investigation is closed, according to a police report.

The harvest moon was last night. Here?s what you should know

The combo of a Friday the 13th, a full moon, and a micromoon are rare.

Construction begins on new Chelsea commuter rail station
Governor Charlie Baker joined state and local officials to celebrate construction of the new $37.7 million, fully-handicapped-accessible station.

A meeting with Jeffrey Epstein led to a gift ? and, now, regrets
MIT Media Lab researcher Neri Oxman?s 2015 meeting with Epstein offers a window into how the lab was at once concerned about the optics of taking Epstein?s money and also tempted by his potential to donate and encourage others to give to the research center.

STAT

Against doctors? advice, some pregnant women refuse ultrasounds

Watch: Direct-to-consumer drug advertising, explained

How a top scientist helped invigorate a lumbering drug giant

Opinion: Who is really behind a proposed new definition of pain?

sports

BEN VOLIN I SUNDAY FOOTBALL NOTES

Just how bad was Brian Flores?s head coaching debut?

The Dolphins? 49-point margin of defeat to the Ravens last Sunday was tied for the fifth-biggest blowout of this century. 2 hours ago

Just how bad was Brian Flores?s head coaching debut?

The Dolphins? 49-point margin of defeat to the Ravens last Sunday was tied for the fifth-biggest blowout of this century.

Game 148: Red Sox at Phillies lineups and notes

Eduardo Rodriguez takes the mound for the first of a two-game series in Philadelphia.

Boston College, defense trampled by huge underdog Kansas

The Jayhawks, 21-point underdogs, had 567 yards of total offense.

Antonio Brown eligible to play Sunday, but Bill Belichick won?t say if he will
The Patriots receiver won?t be put on the commissioner?s exempt list because he is not under criminal investigation.

Politics

Analysis
Joe Biden?s debate performance improved, but he still showed signs of shakiness
Biden proved at Thursday?s debate that he could go on the offensive, delivering sharp criticisms of Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders on health care, but he yet again displayed his propensity for gaffes and rambling answers.

Business

Filings: Purdue owners used Swiss banks to hide transfers
The family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma used Swiss bank accounts to conceal the transfer of millions of dollars from the company to themselves, New York state?s attorney general contends in court papers filed Friday.

Marijuana

Another ZBA member resigns after Walsh bans city officials from working with marijuana firms
Bruce Bickerstaff, who co-owned a marijuana firm seeking permission to open in Roslindale, has stepped down from Boston?s Zoning Board of Appeal.

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Fall Travel

Visiting Asheville? It?s like Brooklyn. But cooler.

Perspective

Are you sure you want to post that about your kid on Facebook?
Cooking

Recipes: Add an egg and transform these side dishes into a meal

Style Watch

A relaxing atmosphere for dinner was the goal for this dining room makeover

sports

Red Sox can cross off Mike Hazen as Dave Dombrowski?s replacement

Antonio Brown eligible to play Sunday, but Bill Belichick won?t say if he will

Alex Petrovic?s edge catches Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy by surprise as training camp opens

metro

Woman, child helped from third floor in Beacon Hill building fire

Felicity Huffman sentenced to 14 days behind bars

Protesters derail Wyatt Detention Facility meeting

Nation

Appeals court reinstates emoluments case against Trump

Missouri investigation: 12 ex-clergy could face prosecution

The Great Divide

World

Transit strike slows Paris to a crawl, in a warning to Macron

Russia raids offices and homes of Navalny allies

Israeli PM: Rocket attacks make new war in Gaza inevitable

politics

Castro defends his jab at Biden?s memory during Thursday?s debate

?My AR is ready for you,? Texas lawmaker tells Beto O?Rourke over mandatory buybacks

Fact checking the claims from the Democratic debate

business

Filings: Purdue owners used Swiss banks to hide transfers

PG&E reaches $11b deal with California wildfire insurers

London stock exchange rejects takeover bid From Hong Kong

lifestyle

Jesse David Scott

Harvard graduate and Rise founder Amanda Nguyen named Heinz Award recipient

Gwyneth Paltrow?s book curator, Thatcher Wine, turns up the volumes

marijuana

Another ZBA member resigns after Walsh bans city officials from working with marijuana firms

State cannabis agency proposes measure to require more transparency on vape ingredients sold in marijuana stores

Marijuana seized from building co-owned by ex-congressman

opinion

The judge, the DA, the lawyer, and the court of opinion

Trump?s refusal of TPS status for Bahamians: Cruelty is the point

50 Words: The Holocaust Memorial

food & dining

A conversation with Kevin Alexander, author of ?Burn the Ice: The American Culinary Revolution and its End?

Boston?s new restaurants: A look at the season?s most exciting openings

Recipe: Sheet-pan chicken, tomatoes, and zucchini bake into an easy weeknight meal

travel

5 interstellar takeaways from a visit to Star Wars: Galaxy?s Edge

Falling for a Maine island

A visit to Highclere Castle and the wonderful world of Downton

Books

For Gina Rippon, gender equality begins with the brain

Salman Rushdie?s ?Quichotte? reroutes a legendary journey through the 21st century

?On Fire? a chilling prescription for a burning planet

Movies

At Toronto International Film Festival, the guys are getting in gear

Scene Here: Focusing on film fests times three

?The Goldfinch? is well acted, absolutely watchable, and instantly forgettable

Television

Here?s what late-night hosts had to say about the third Democratic debate

?SNL? adds 3 to its cast, including an Asian-American comic

It?s time to catch up on ?Mr Inbetween?

music

An opening blast from the Hold Steady at the Sinclair

BSO concertmaster Malcolm Lowe retires after 35 years

Between ?Love + Fear,? Marina found herself

Theater/Dance

In ?Choir Boy,? black masculinity is a force to be reckoned with

With Billy Porter at the helm, ?The Purists? is an unalloyed delight

Switching lanes undermines ?Last Night at Bowl-Mor Lanes?

globe local

Obituaries

The Rev. Michael Haynes, who made an impact across the state, dies at 92

Eddie Money, ?Two Tickets to Paradise? singer, dies at 70

Daniel Johnston, gifted and enigmatic songwriter, dies at 58