Ocean swath off Cape Cod to get federal protection

President Obama will designate a section of the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Cod on Thursday as a national monument.

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On Wednesday, Worcester activated a connection to draw water from the MWRA at a cost of $1.7 million per month.

Salem Ma 6/24/2015 Chuck Grant (cq) displays his medical marijuana that he picked up from Massachusetts first medical marijuana dispensary in Salem. It is about 7 grams of marijuana that was in his bottle. He suffers from sleeplessnes and arthritis. Staff/Photographer Jonathan Wiggs Topic: Reporter

State moves to ease access to medical marijuana

The proposal would allow nurse practitioners to certify patients for marijuana use and let dispensaries post prices online.

(EMBARGOED UNTIL SEPT 15, 2016) DO NOT PUBLLISH UNTIL AFTER EMBARGO! Boston, MA., 09/09/16, The new sponsor of the Citi Performing Arts Center is Ernie Boch Jr., left. Photographed in the theater with Josiah Spaulding, Jr. , president and chief operating officer at Citi Performing Arts Center in Boston. CitiGroup is ending its decade-long sponsorship of the Wang and Shubert Theatres on Oct. 31. Suzanne Kreiter\Globe staff

Suzanne Kreiter\Globe staff

shirley leung

Boch purchases naming rights to support Wang, Shubert theaters

Starting Nov. 1, the historic venues on Tremont Street will be known as the Wang Theatre at the Boch Center and the Shubert Theatre at the Boch Center.

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An audit found that heat-sealed drug bags were cut, bags of cash were sliced open, and at least 60 guns had disappeared.

Hillary Clinton spoke at the Historical Society Library in New York earlier this month.

AP/File

Boston charity may cut ties to Clinton Foundation after the election

The Boston arm of the Clinton charitable empire will shed most of its direct ties to the Clinton family if Hillary Clinton wins the presidential election.

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A doctor described Hillary Clinton?s pneumonia diagnosis as part of the details made public Wednesday.

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Oz, who focuses heavily on obesity, declared the 6-foot-2 Donald Trump to be ?slightly overweight.?

Too many Trump signs? Haverhill man won?t back down

Ricky Early says city officials are fining him because they don?t like his politics, but the mayor says everyone has to comply with the ordinance.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/15/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/photo1.jpg In 2015, Mass. wages rise slower than in rest of US

The rest of the country enjoyed blockbuster paycheck gains but household incomes in Massachusetts rose at a much slower, census data show.

What our critics say

Foxborough, MA - 09/14/2016 - Musician Bruce Springsteen performs in concert at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA, September 14, 2016. (Keith Bedford/Globe Staff)

Keith Bedford/Globe Staff

concert review

Bruce Springsteen, the people?s rock god

The magic of a four-plus-hour show is that Springsteen can please the diehard and casual fans alike.

concert review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/15/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/Adele_TDGarden1.jpg At TD Garden, Adele shows why she connects with her audience

Adele played the first of two shows at TD Garden on Wednesday night.

Television Review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/13/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/bd2e718dcd4c15340ae50f02b71f004a355ade97d5e463c7c05ea3f06cde852f.jpg In ?High Maintenance,? the art of the deal

The show is an evocative collection of vignettes about a New York City pot dealer?s various customers.

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Officials announced that they plan to launch a study of autonomous vehicles by the end of the year.

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/abrahamy-11971.jpg Kneeling for the anthem is fitting protest

Silently taking a knee during the national anthem is the picture of respectful dissent. It isn?t a rejection of America; it is a wish for a better America.

Transportation app Uber is seen on the iPhone of limousine driver Shuki Zanna, 49, in Beverly Hills, California, December 19, 2013. Uber Inc has raised $1.2 billion from mutual funds and other investors in a funding round valuing the fast-growing rides-on-demand service at $18.2 billion, one of the highest valuations ever for a Silicon Valley startup. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/Files (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS TRANSPORT)

JOAN VENNOCHI

It?s fair to question Uber safety after driver arrests

Uber won the battle of the background check in Massachusetts the same way it wins it everywhere else.

Renée Graham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/14/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Graham-1764.jpg Being called racist isn?t the worst thing; practicing racism is

When did calling someone racist become more egregious than racism itself?

Boston, Ma., 09/14/16, Story about the historic Kingston Building , on right, which is surrounded by new buildings. Suzanne Kreiter\Globe staff

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

scott kirsner | innovation economy

Sustaining startups in a no-frills building (manual elevator included)

It?s easy to overlook the value to young companies of cheap, unpretentious office space.

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The initiative also includes a $25 million effort to improve access to historic sites around the city.

Love Letters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/15/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/goldstein-5189.jpg Should he be missing her birthday?

Am I crazy to think he should find some other way for his sister to get to the concert and be there for me on my birthday?

ORIOLES 1, RED SOX 0

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/15/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_bosbalt6_spts.jpg Red Sox blanked by Orioles

Rick Porcello, in search of his 21st victory of the season, took the loss.

Globe investigations

The desperate and the dead

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/spotlight9090-11856.jpg The broken covenant

Behind the fragmented state of mental health care lies a political system failure that spans decades ? and continues.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

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?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

The Big Picture

Terezinha Guilhermina of Brazil competes with her guide Rafael Lazarini in the men?s 400m T54 heat two at Olympic Stadium during day five of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games on Sept. 12.

Friedemann Vogel/Getty Images

Paralympics 2016

More than 4,000 athletes from 170-plus nations are competing at many of the same Rio venues as participants in the Olympics.