The second presidential debate

Candidates spar in nasty, personal debate

From the first seconds of the debate, the animosity between the candidates was clear: Neither extended a hand for a customary handshake.

Chelsea Clinton (right) and former President Bill Clinton (left) watched as Republican as Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton shook hands

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Chelsea Clinton (right) and former President Bill Clinton (left) watched as Republican as Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton shook hands.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton spoke at the conclusion of the debate.

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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton spoke at the conclusion of the debate.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump buttons his jacket after the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Donald Trump buttoned his jacket at the end of the debate.

Hillary Clinton responded to a question during the debate.

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Hillary Clinton responded to a question during the debate.

Bill Clinton greeted Melania Trump before the debate.

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Bill Clinton greeted Melania Trump before the debate.

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Dan Wasserman live sketched the second presidential debate.

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Donald Trump says he disagrees with his running mate Mike Pence on the proper strategy to deal with the civil war in Syria.

James Pindell | Instant Analysis

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/10/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/613702322.jpg This debate didn?t have to be this way

This was largely about Donald Trump, personal attacks, and the 1990s, when Bill Clinton was president.

EDITORIAL

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Donald Trump?s performance at the second presidential debate did not make a convincing case for his leadership.

Patriots 33, Browns 13

Tom Brady celebrated after running for a first down against the Cleveland Browns.

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Patriots 33, Browns 13

A calm, cool, and collected Brady leads Patriots? rout of Browns

Tom Brady threw for more than 400 yards and three touchdowns in his first game back from suspension.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/09/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_nec21_spts.jpg With Brady back, it was business as usual

Patriots offense shifts back into high gear with their quarterback returning from suspension.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/09/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Dan_Shaughnessy_150px-10427.jpg All is well with Tom Brady back

More than a year and a half later, the Patriots finally put Deflategate behind them.

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The move came after US carriers suspended sales and exchanges of the troubled device.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/18biorights3_met.jpg ?Biorights? rise: Donors demand control of their samples

Patients are challenging their traditional passive role in research, sometimes demanding cash for saliva, blood, and other samples they give to science.

Pastor Jean Jeune led congregants in prayer during services at Boston?s First Christian Church Source of Grace Sunday.

Mass. churches linked to Haiti try to help after hurricane

Pastor Jean L. Jeune implored parishioners to keep their faith in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew.

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A man driving the wrong way on a highway in Vermont spawned several crashes that left five high school juniors dead.

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From the obvious ? Southie accents, Stephen Tyler ? to the subtle ? ?Lawful Seafood,? Fribbles ? the episode pokes fun at our city.

The Eddy, a luxury apartment building on New Street in East Boston, has spectacular views of Boston.

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High-end living comes to East Boston

East Boston has never seen anything quite like The Eddy.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_drought5_met.jpg Drought makes cranberry harvest extra hard work

This is the harvest that tries the souls of cranberry farmers, who rely on water to flood their bogs. But this is the year of the drought.

Two arrested in Orange home invasion, homicide

Thomas Harty, 95, was killed Wednesday night and his wife was seriously injured.

Boston, MA 10/09/16 Red Sox pitcher Drew Pomeranz jumps over the tarp at Fenway Park Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016. Game three of ALDS between the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians was cancelled due to rain. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Game 3 postponement could alter Red Sox? pitching choices

If the Sox are able to extend the series, expect Rick Porcello to bump Eduardo Rodriguez out of the starting assignment for Game 4.

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

Trees sway from heavy rain and wind from Hurricane Matthew in front of Exploration Tower early Friday, Oct. 7, 2016 in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Matthew weakened slightly to a Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds near 120 mph, but the U.S. National Hurricane Center says it's expected to remain a powerful hurricane as it moves closer to the coast. (Craig Rubadoux/Florida Today via AP)

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Hurricane Matthew

The most powerful Atlantic storm in nearly a decade left a path of destruction over the Caribbean and the US.