Paul Ryan says he won?t defend Donald Trump

House Speaker Paul Ryan speaks during the 1st Congressional District Republican Party of Wisconsin's annual Fall Fest event held in Elkhorn, Wis., on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016. (Anthony Wahl/The Janesville Gazette via AP)

Anthony Wahl/The Janesville Gazette via AP

Speaker Ryan said he?ll focus on ?making sure that Hillary Clinton does not get a blank check.?

The second presidential debate

James Pindell | Analysis

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/10/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/613702322.jpg All you need to know about the town hall debate that wasn?t

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

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The woman was paid $2,500 prior to slamming Hillary Clinton and appearing with Donald Trump in a pre-debate press conference.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/10/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/613703092.jpg A night of drama and personal attacks on the debate stage

From the opening seconds, the animosity was clear: Neither candidate extended a hand for a customary handshake.

Kathleen Willey (left) and Juanita Broaddrick (center), who have accused former President Bill Clinton of sexual assault and unwanted advances, appeared in the audience at Sunday?s debate.

Trump wanted Bill Clinton?s accusers to sit in Trump box, report says

Officials from the Commission on Presidential Debates stepped in before the confrontation took place, according to The Washington Post.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Wedding.jpg N.H. State Police save a wedding day

The groom?s mother had been missing for four hours after she got ?turned around and lost in the woods,? but state troopers reunited her with her family.

//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 the farmers, who rely on water to flood their bogs. But this is the year of the drought.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/10alexapic.jpg Amazon?s Alexa aims to be a bank teller, insurance agent, too

Alexa has started talking finance, and banks and insurance companies are listening.

In this photo provided by Harvard University, Oliver Hart, the Andrew E. Furer Professor of Economics at Harvard, reads congratulatory emails at his home in Lexington, Mass., Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, after winning the Nobel prize in economics. Hart and Finnish economist Bengt Holmstrom, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, share the award for their contributions to contract theory. (Jon Chase/Harvard University via AP)

Jon Chase/Harvard University via AP

Harvard, MIT scholars share Nobel in economics

Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom were honored for their contributions to contract theory.

?The Simpsons? goes to Boston.

The 7 best Boston jokes from Sunday?s ?Simpsons?

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

Patriots 33, Browns 13

Tom Brady, who led his team out onto the field for Sunday?s game, was eager to return.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

All is well with Tom Brady back on field

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

Martellus Bennett (left) was on the receiving end of three touchdown passes from Tom Brady.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

With Tom Brady back, it was business as usual

The Patriots offense shifted back into high gear with their star quarterback back under center.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/10/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/tom%20and%20giselle.jpg Tom Brady wasn?t a fan of those nude sunbathing photos

Brady called the photos that caught him laying on a chair in Italy ?a little invasive.?

Boston, MA - 10/08/2016 - Boston Red Sox right fielder Mookie Betts (50) during today's Red Sox work out at Fenway in advance of Sunday's ALDS Game 3. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Peter Abraham, Topic: 09Red Sox, LOID: 8.3.271180691.

Barry Chin/Globe Staff

Alex Speier

Here?s how the Indians have shut down an MVP candidate

Mookie Betts is 1-for-6 in the ALDS, largely because of the way Cleveland has pitched to him.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/09/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/Rinaldi6.jpg Game 3 postponement could alter Red Sox? pitching choices

If the series goes to a Game 4, expect Rick Porcello to bump Eduardo Rodriguez out of the rotation.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/09/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Gasper-10442.jpg Red Sox manager John Farrell under pressure

Every one of Farrell?s managerial moves will be put under the microscope.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/wiggs_Eddy_702251.jpg Housing developers bet big on East Boston

About 1,000 units are being built over a 1-mile stretch of waterfront, with prices intended to undercut newer apartments downtown.

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)

Craig Rubadoux/Florida Today via AP

Hurricane Matthew

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