Boston police officers ?extremely critical? after shooting

Two Boston police officers were shot in the Orient Heights neighborhood of East Boston late Wednesday night, and a suspect was shot dead at the scene.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump held a ?Women for Trump? sign as he spoke during a campaign rally on Wednesday in Lakeland, Fla.

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Women give accounts of assault by Donald Trump

One woman said Trump grabbed her breasts and tried to put his hand up her skirt, while another said he kissed her against her will.

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Some Republicans signal support for Trump again

At least four lawmakers who said Donald Trump should step aside have rushed to clarify that they are, in fact, voting for him.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/13/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/clintonryan.jpg Could Hillary Clinton and Paul Ryan work together?

If Clinton is elected, their relationship could become Washington?s most important in determining how the federal government functions.

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/54b973cb04f54d8da40ca0fae56e5c33-54b973cb04f54d8da40ca0fae56e5c33-0.jpg Kelly Ayotte finally grows a backbone

Like many Republicans, Kelly Ayotte spent this year tying herself in knots over Donald Trump as she faces reelection.

An MBTA train on the D branch of the Green Line smashed into another train in 2008.

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The Green Line had the most derailments in the nation last year

Seven Green Line trains derailed in 2015, the highest number of such accidents on light rail lines in the country.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/04/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/greenhouse_06race-2_business.jpg Walsh hits a chord with business leaders with call for diversity

Mayor Walsh?s remarks on Boston?s inequity problem were notable, and many business leaders said discussion can improve the city?s climate.

Narcan, an antidote for a heroin overdose, in New York, Aug. 11, 2016. New York State laws have made the antidote available over the counter, but homeless shelters in New York City, where overdoses were the leading cause of death among homeless people in shelters during the last fiscal year, are struggling to ensure enough employees are trained to administer Narcan. (Alex Wroblewski/The New York Times)

More addicts are surviving overdoses in Lynn. Here?s why.

More people are surviving because the overdose-reversing drug naloxone, best known as Narcan, has become widely available.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumacki_MBTArally_metro015.jpg Lawmakers attack privatization at the MBTA

At least one lawmaker wants legislators to go back into session to prevent more outsourcing at the MBTA.

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A center at Harvard devoted to the study of people of African descent received $10 million from its namesake, Glenn Hutchins.

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Sony?s VR system is the real deal

This was supposed to have been The Year of Virtual Reality. Now, thanks to Sony, it finally is.

Arts coverage

Television Review

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The Amazon series marks an inspired return to television by show creator David E. Kelley.

critic?s corner

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/29/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/Atl_Pilot_0721_114d.jpg Many of TV?s best shows share an address

?Better Things.? ?Atlanta.? ?The Americans.? These days, I?m feeling a close bond to FX and FXX.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/AP_719771257350.jpg Celestial soul trio KING wants to break down walls, not build them

The sumptuous, jazz-inflected soul of Anita Bias and Amber and Paris Strother?s group points in the opposite direction from today?s solipsistic R&B.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/26/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/577611520.jpg National Grid to refund $1.5m to wrongfully charged customers

The utility will issue billing credits to about 4,500 consumers who were incorrectly charged the company?s non- heating rate instead of the less expensive heating rate.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/12/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/food-prices-4633b7e0-90a2-11e6-9c85-ac42097b8cc0.jpg Food prices are dropping, but restaurant prices aren?t

While food price deflation may be good news for grocery shoppers, it?s having a boomerang effect on the restaurant industry.

Renée Graham

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Drafted into a war she never expected to fight, Sirdeaner Walker would champion antibullying efforts for the rest of her life.

Northfield, VT - 10/12/2016 - Sana Hamze, the first Muslim student at Norwich University poses for a portrait on campus in Northfield, VT, October 12, 2016. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: 13norwichpic

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Muslim student is a trailblazer at Vt. military school

Along with a 50-pound pack, Sana Hamze is allowed to wear the hijab at Norwich University.

Opinion | Eric Lander

Hype vs. hope in medical research

We all want to cure diseases, but the time frame for the big therapeutic payoffs is often misunderstood.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/12/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ryan_bridge3_biz-5949.jpg GE tried to tear down this walkway. It didn?t go over so well.

The century-old bridge connects two old industrial buildings that activists said are part of the neighborhood?s history.

10/12/2016 ROXBURY, MA Wife Estefania Maceira (cq) attended a memorial to honor her husband, fallen police officer Jose Maceira (cq) at Boston Police Headquarters. (Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe)

Boston police remember a fallen officer

?In a way, it?s the funeral I never got,? said a son of Jose Maceira, a Boston officer who died in 1977 from wounds sustained in the line of duty.

10/10/16: Boston, MA: After he reached first base on a bottom of the ninth inning walk and his team down by one run, Red Sox DH David Ortiz (34) tried to get the crowd revved up by waving his arms at them. The Boston Red Sox hosted the Cleveland Indians in Game Three of their ALDS baseball series at Fenway Park. (Globe Staff Photo/Jim Davis) section: sports topic: Red Sox-Indians

David Ortiz: ?I wouldn?t give up this team or this season for the world?

The now-retired slugger posted a message of thanks to Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram on Wednesday.

Love Letters

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He hasn?t proposed yet but I pretty much know when it?s going to happen. Am I right to feel some anxiety about this?

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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 Big Picture

Lincoln/Boston, MA., 10/05/16, Lisa Edwards is an iCater trainee in the Pine Street Inn kitchen and she is chopping the freshly picked scallions. The Cambridge nonprofit Food for Free grows fresh produce at Lindentree Farm specifically for the Pine Street Inn, which is allowing homeless patrons to regularly eat high-quality fresh veggies. Volunteers harvest the produce. Globe staff/ Suzanne Kreiter

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Farm to table meals

The fruits and veggies served to the homeless residents of the Pine Street Inn are usually grocery store cast-offs. But a Cambridge nonprofit is now growing produce at a Lincoln farm specifically for shelter guests.

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