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Man who was killed by officers fought with EMTs, police say

The man armed himself with a knife and fought with EMTs who had been called to assist with an ?emotionally disturbed male in his 30s,? police said.

Michael Thornton made his name in the law by becoming a national leader in handling asbestos-related cases. — Brian mcCarthy/Corporate Close Ups

SPOTLIGHT TEAM

Law firm ?bonuses? tied to political donations

A small Boston law firm became a top funder of the national Democratic Party by paying lawyers ?bonuses? for their political donations.

Clinton campaign wants FBI to release more about e-mails

Hillary Clinton?s campaign on Sunday pressured the FBI to release more details about newly found e-mails.

GOP braces for turmoil after Election Day

Donald Trump?s path of destruction has pushed the Republican Party to the cusp of a historic reckoning.

Hillary Clinton departed Daytona Beach International Airport on Saturday after a campaign rally. — Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/AP

Analysis

Amid struggles, Lady Luck is on Hillary Clinton?s side

Clinton has overcome burdens that may well have sunk her against a more qualified foe.

Clockwise from top left: Karyn Polito, Linda Dorcena Forry, Michelle Wu, and Maura Healey. — Globe staff

Women & Power | Magazine

Could one of these women be our next mayor or governor?

We?ve never elected a female to these top posts. But our current crop of female politicians just might change history.

Medford police union leader apologizes for ?arrest? photo

Harold MacGilvray said the photo was taken spontaneously and was ?absolutely not? meant to be a political statement.

More towns are tossing out plastic shopping bags

Though a proposed statewide ban stalled this year, growing numbers of communities are passing their own rules.

The trolley car was lifted out of the channel at 3:30 a.m. Nov. 8, about 10 hours after the crash.

HARVARD MEDICAL LIBRARY IN THE FRANCIS A. COUNTWAY LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

The trolley car was lifted out of the channel at 3:30 a.m. Nov. 8, about 10 hours after the crash.

News of the disaster shared front-page space with election results. The death toll was later revised to 46.

GLOBE ARCHIVES

News of the disaster shared front-page space with election results. The death toll was later revised to 46.

A crowd gathered on the South Boston side of the bridge the day after the incident.

HARVARD MEDICAL LIBRARY IN THE FRANCIS A. COUNTWAY LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

A crowd gathered on the South Boston side of the bridge the day after the incident.

The view from inside the damaged trolley car after it was dredged from the Fort Point Channel.

HARVARD MEDICAL LIBRARY IN THE FRANCIS A. COUNTWAY LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

The view from inside the damaged trolley car after it was dredged from the Fort Point Channel.

The tragedy that Boston forgot

One hundred years ago, Boston witnessed a horrific trolley accident that killed 46 people. Although it was dubbed the ?worst tragedy in the history of the city? at the time, it has now been all but forgotten.

The 46 who perished

A look at those who died in the November 1916 mishap.

Watch: A return to the scene

Like 1916, the neighborhood surrounding the site of the accident is in a period of growth.

Neighbors have complained about the overpowering stench emanating from an Atlantic Drain Service Co. lot in Hyde Park. The city Thursday ordered the lot to be cleaned up. — John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

New questions about company involved in fatal trench collapse

Weeks before a fatal water main break, Atlantic Drain Service had been told it would not receive permits for new work in Boston until it got its house in order.

OPINION | Stephen Kinzer

The looming age of US aggression

Neither of our presidential candidates has shown any true appreciation for diplomacy.

Patriots at Bills | 1 p.m. (CBS)

Patriots? keys to victory over the Bills

The Patriots are looking to avenge their sole loss of 2016.

Live Updates

Patriots look for revenge in Buffalo

The Patriots? only loss of the season was at the hands of the Bills in Foxborough on Oct. 2.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Series has me at loss on what to root for

If the underdog Indians win the title, is the lasting narrative that they won or that the Cubs lost?

MY FIRST HOME

Was my house cursed?

What, exactly, was wrong with the house we?d fallen in love with?

Tables

Changes for Harvard Square: Farewell, Café Algiers. Hello, Flour.

Plus: Conveyor belt sushi comes to the Seaport, and other restaurant news.

Opinion & Ideas

JEFF JACOBY

For low-skilled workers, life is hard. Minimum-wage hikes make it harder

It?s easy to see the extra money some workers earn when a minimum-wage hike is legislated. What?s not seen are all the paychecks that are never cut.

Globe investigations

The desperate and the dead

The broken covenant

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

Campaign 2016

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The Big Picture

Autumn colors from around the world

Fall in the northern hemisphere showed vibrant colors around the globe.

Life sciences

STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.

Globe must-reads

BLOTTER TALES

Hey, there?s a raccoon on my leg

A Chevrolet Corvair on display in the American Museum of Tort Law.

The verdict? Conn. tort law museum is a treasure

A scene from ?Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids.?

Ty Burr

When Justin Timberlake met Jonathan Demme

Among the spots thought to be haunted is Fort Warren on Georges Island.

Are these Boston spots haunted?

State officials warned commuters that the switch to all-electronic tolling will snarl traffic like a snowstorm.

22 days of traffic chaos on the Mass. Pike?

Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr (4) throws a pass against the Jacksonville Jaguars during the first quarter of an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

BEN VOLIN | SUNDAY FOOTBALL NOTES

NFL falls far short in marketing young stars

Hillary Clinton spoke Friday with members of her staff aboard her campaign plane.

JEFF JACOBY

Better late than never on new FBI e-mail inquiry

Amanda Ceide and her son Kiernan relaxed after school in Malden. Ceide pulled her son from a charter school and put him back in a public school.

BATTLE OVER QUESTION 2

Finding a school that gave her son room to run

Frederick Douglass, 1856. Library Tag 07012011

Brockton school hopes new name brings new image

Lisa Newman accused Smith College, her former employer, of pregnancy discrimination and has filed a complaint with the US Department of Education?s Office of Civil Rights.

Smith College is accused of pregnancy discrimination

Former House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi in 2007.

Judge wants more info on Sal DiMasi?s health

Boston becoming the hub of travel tech

Sports

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Red Wings defenseman Danny DeKeyser (65) tried to steal the puck from Bruins left wing Brad Marchand (63).

bruins 1, red wings 0

Tuukka Rask returns, and Bruins snap 3-game losing streak

Rask helped the Bruins kill off a six-on-four Detroit power play for the final 1:13 as Boston snapped a three-game losing streak.

Metro

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Girl who was killed by school bus was third-grader

The 9-year-old girl from a small western Mass. town was dragged by the bus Friday before she died.

Region

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October 15, 2016 | Salem, MA Nicole Oberg (left) and Amy Jakubasz (right) pose for a selfie with

Salem?s Halloween festivities good for all ages

The city?s family-friendly Haunted Happenings events are just silly fun.

Politics

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In the program for the recent Alfred E. Smith dinner in New York, Donald Trump was described as

Trump boasts of charitable giving, but there?s little proof it?s real

A months-long investigation by The Washington Post has not been able to verify many of his claims about his philanthropy.

Columnists

Kevin Cullen

The bonds of war span decades and generations

At age 38, the Cubs? John Lackey says he is playing to be win championships and be part of something special.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

John Lackey?s plentiful postseason experience

After Seattle's minimum wage law took effect, Ivar?s Seafood Restaurants announced that it was jacking up its prices by about 21 percent.

JEFF JACOBY

Wage hikes make life harder for low-skilled workers

97 Orchard St. In New York reopened as the Tenement Museum in 1992.

KEVIN PAUL DUPONT | ON SECOND THOUGHT

With World Series history front and center, another glimpse into the past

On Yankees Old Timers Day in June, Rickey Henderson got an autograph from Ralph Terry.

Bob Ryan

Ralph Terry has the book on agony, ecstasy of sports

SCOTT KIRSNER | INNOVATION ECONOMY

Hip used-clothing stores are hard to recreate online

FBI Director James Comey.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Did Comey give Trump a last-minute lifeline?

THOMAS FARRAGHER

Readers respond with anger to column

Hillary Clinton spoke Friday with members of her staff aboard her campaign plane.

JEFF JACOBY

Better late than never on new FBI e-mail inquiry

Donald Trump spoke to a crowd of supporters at Radisson Armory in Manchester., N.H., on Friday.

SCOT LEHIGH

We?re entering uncharted territory

Megyn Kelly has taken shots from Donald Trump and Newt Gingrich this election season.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Men are the drama queens of 2016

Fans at Wrigley Field cheered Friday during the first World Series game at the ballpark in 71 years.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Wrigley Field turns into Woodstock

Nation & World

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Iraqi forces were on patrol last week in Kirkuk, seeking out Islamic State fighters.

Islamic State fighters left many clues behind in Kirkuk

Iraqi investigators want to know who the fighters were, and whether the city remains at risk.

Business

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Zach Hyman of Continuum, which advises the state Department of Transportation, posted attendees? suggestions at Focus40, where the DOT solicited ideas on improving the T.

Designers bring private-sector ideas to public policy

How did the people behind the Swiffer get into the business of rethinking our most beleaguered institutions?

Arts

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On her new HBO show, Tracey Ullman portrays Dame Judi Dench and Chancellor Angela Merkel as well as characters of her own invention.

buzzsaw

Welcome back, Tracey Ullman

Ullman ? and the multitude of characters she inhabits ? returns to television with her new HBO series.

Travel

The VIP Lounge: Sara Esty

The ?An American in Paris? actress, a Maine native, dishes on all things travel.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight?

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

Ground Game

ground game

The wild 2016 campaign has become boring

Sure, anything could still happen, but millions have already cast their ballots in early voting, and Hillary Clinton has a double-digit lead over Donald Trump.

Magazine

The cover for the October 30 2016 issue

Oct 30, 2016

The 2016 top 100 women-led businesses in Massachusetts

The cover for the October 23 2016 issue

Oct 23, 2016

Advice: My friend?s dad grills me on my finances

The cover for the October 16 2016 issue

Oct 16, 2016

Recipes: Pork chops and coffee go great together (really)

The cover for the October 9 2016 issue

Oct 9, 2016

Special wishes in the Children?s Hospital garden

Design New England

Design New England

?This is home?

Keith Leblanc and Kelly Monnahan create a haven for themselves, family, and friends in the piney hills of outer Cape Cod.