Kerry sometimes uses private e-mail, official says

The disclosure about Secretary of State John Kerry raises questions about how he is securing potentially sensitive information.

Wynn fires back at Walsh in dispute over casino

Steve Wynn lashed out at Mayor Martin Walsh for filing suit after the sides met over the proposed Everett casino.

Hurricane Joaquin churned in the Caribbean on Wednesday.

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Joaquin strengthens into Category 3 hurricane

Joaquin has strengthened into a Category 3 hurricane in the Atlantic, where much of the Bahamas is under hurricane warnings.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/blanding093015storm2met.jpg Some areas in Mass. saw record rain

More than 5 inches of rain fell in some areas Wednesday, and records were set in Boston and Worcester.

Computer system, policies contribute to T?s problems

Antiquated technology and personnel policies have beset the MBTA, a member of the system?s control board said.

Mashpee school chief denies barging into student?s home

Police are investigating after a Mashpee parent accused Brian Hyde of entering the house uninvited and searching a girl?s bedroom to see if she lived there.

Teamsters used ?thug tactics? in scheme, Ortiz says

US Attorney Carmen Ortiz said the alleged extortion of ?Top Chef? staff reflected ?poorly on our city.??

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/30/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/sheilds1_biz.jpg Shields Health Care grows amid pressure to control costs

For decades, the Quincy company has focused on outpatient clinics that provide medical services at lower costs than hospitals.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/30/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/4a769c5aa74848e393ff31a7d2b74318-4a769c5aa74848e393ff31a7d2b74318-0.jpg US warns Russia over Syrian airstrikes

Defense Secretary Ash Carter says the Russian airstrikes in Syria appear to have targeted areas that do not include Islamic State fighters.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/27/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/bike2.jpg BU bike crash records show Commonwealth Ave. hazards

More than 75 percent of the bicycle crashes that BU police responded to from 2010 to 2015 occurred on the busy thoroughfare.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/BushVisitPA-2.jpg George H.W. Bush pays surprise visit to Phillips Andover

The standing-room-only gathering of students, faculty, and staff ?erupted in applause? as Bush made his entrance.

Shadows from surrounding high-rise buildings were cast on the John Joseph Moakley courthouse.

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Moakley courthouse no longer alone on the Fan Pier

For years, the judges, prosecutors, clerks and everyone else at the courthouse had a remote enclave. But thanks to development, not any longer.

Movie Review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/01/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/the-martian-damon-618x400-4446--90x90.jpg ?The Martian? is superb as Damon roams Red Planet

Matt Damon is an astronaut marooned on Mars with half the actors in Hollywood playing NASA geniuses trying to bring him home.

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 30: Travis Shaw #47 of the Boston Red Sox hits a three run home run in the first inning as Brian McCann #34 of the New York Yankees defends on September 30, 2015 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

Red Sox 9, Yankees 5

Red Sox roll past Yankees in 11 innings

Mookie Betts hit two home runs, including one in the 11th inning, as the Red Sox won their sixth straight, a season high.

Sister Eustace Caggiano in her office at the Cardinal Cushing Resource Center in 1995.

Sister Eustace Caggiano, ?Saint of the South End,? dies at 102

Sister Caggiano helped thousands of immigrants and poor people through her ministry at Cardinal Cushing Resource Center in Boston.

Malden fishermen Michael Bergin and Jason Foster appeared on ?Jimmy Kimmel Live!? Tuesday evening.

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Call the ad makers, it?s a business opportunity, bro!

It?s been a heck of a ride for Michael Bergin, the Malden man whose profanity-laced reaction to a sunfish in Boston Harbor went viral.

Michael Hoomanawanui was traded to New Orleans on Wednesday.

Patriots trade Michael Hoomanawanui to the Saints

The Patriots received defensive tackle Akiem Hicks for ?The Hooman.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/30/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/e93e6f481c5e4f368199e554e7bb2ad9-e93e6f481c5e4f368199e554e7bb2ad9-0.jpg Rex Ryan says Patriots were ?clearly trying to embarrass? Bills

The Buffalo coach had more to say about the Week 2 matchup in an appearance on ESPN radio.

Buffalo Bills head coach Rex Ryan and New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick leaves the field after their teams warmed up before an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, in Orchard Park, N.Y. (AP Photo/Bill Wippert)

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Thoughts on Rex Ryan, Judge Berman, the weak AFC, and more . . .

Can the Patriots possibly get any deeper inside Ryan?s head? We ask this, and other questions.

Dr. Ben Carson spoke at a retirement center in Exeter, N.H., on Wednesday.

Carson draws laughs, gasps in N.H.

At a retirement community in New Hampshire, Ben Carson criticized Planned Parenthood and took heat from some residents for it.

Pope Francis looked out the window of his plane before leaving Philadelphia at the end of his six-day visit to the US on Sunday.

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How to subvert Pope Francis? visit

The inept media as well as the pretentious American Catholic Church came close to ruining the papal visit to the US.

The Big Picture

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Pope Francis? mission to the US

The trip by the world leader of the Roman Catholic Church included a White House visit.

BetaBoston

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/30/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Harpoon-Desalitech-467x267.png After a high-tech cleanup, Charles River water debuts in new Harpoon beer

Newton-based company Desalitech used 300 gallons of purified river water for its limited-edition Charles River Pale Ale.

Crux

Analysis

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/30/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/pope150-1116.jpg What it means that Pope Francis met Kim Davis

The encounter was a broad gesture of support by the pope for conscientious objection from gay marriage law.