debate analysis

Clinton, Trump needed to connect with TV viewers. Did they?

Connecting with undecided voters was paramount for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in their first debate.

James Pindell | Analysis

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All Donald Trump did was utter the same lines he gives to his partisan audiences at rallies.

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Donald Trump was responding to Hillary Clinton?s accusation that he called a former Miss Universe ?Miss Piggy.?

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After the debate, Trump wondered if the problem was deliberate.

SCOT LEHIGH

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You couldn?t watch the debate and come away thinking that Donald Trump was a passably knowledgeable candidate.

Michael A. Cohen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/27/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/cohen-1808.jpg Hillary Clinton got under Donald Trump?s skin

In every way, Clinton out-classed, out-smarted, and out-worked Trump during the debate.

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After a 10-year hiatus, the cast of ??Will & Grace?? came together for a 10-minute mini-episode centered entirely on promoting Clinton.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/27/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/john-h-sununu.jpg Reversal in N.H.: John H. Sununu endorses Donald Trump

The former N.H. governor has warned against drinking the ?Trump Kool-Aid.? Now, he?s backing the GOP nominee.

Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz (34) jokes with reporters on the field before the Red Sox Opening Day baseball game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York, Monday, April 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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?I was born to play against the Yankees,? David Ortiz writes

In a farewell letter to his top rivals, the Red Sox slugger covers a lot of ground.

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - SEPTEMBER 01: Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots warms up before a preseason game against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium on September 1, 2016 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images)

Tom Brady knows he?s got some catching up to do

The Patriots quarterback is eager to rejoin teammates when his four-week suspension ends on Monday.

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Tom Brady sure looks like he?s having a good time during his suspension.

BRA gets a new name and a break from the past

Mayor Walsh is determined to change the way we talk about the former Boston Redevelopment Authority.

Boston, MA., 09/27/16, Nathan Carman is brought into the USCG Base Boston after his adventure at sea. Suzanne Kreiter\Globe staff

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

Man who survived boat sinking meeting with investigators

The Vermont man who survived the sinking of his fishing boat ? but whose mother apparently did not ? arrived in Boston Tuesday.

Hubway urges people not to ride bikes on busy highways

Hubway really, really doesn?t want you to do that. Same goes for police.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/18/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/THRILL%20KILLING-480796.jpg Convicted killer denied parole for third time in ?86 murder of teenager

Matthews was 14 years old when he beat a classmate to death with a baseball bat and brought friends to view the victim?s body.

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A new poll shows that Joe Kennedy III is the one Democrat who might be able to bring Charlie Baker back down to earth.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/23/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/wiggs_deli_702275.jpg The rebirth of the Jewish deli

We?ve deep-fried Oreos; we?ve eaten Korean tacos. In some ways, Jewish food is the last new ? even if it?s old ? frontier.

Boston Latin students hope for change after federal probe

While many of the students said they haven?t personally experienced racial discrimination, they?re hoping the school will address the problem at hand.

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A new startup is using Uber?s technology to help patients who don?t have cars and can?t afford or access public transit.

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A firefighter who responded to a report of a gas leak Tuesday morning was killed in a house explosion shortly after authorities discovered what appeared to be a drug lab.

Miss Conduct

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How should this reader have planned for an event with little food?

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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

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South Africa motorbike racing

Not far from the refurbished F1 race track of Kyalami in Johannesburg is a small, virtually dirt race track that attracts only the brave.