An October surprise turns into a November thunderbolt

LeBron James spoke as Hillary Clinton looked on Sunday during a rally in Cleveland.

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FBI Director James Comey essentially cleared Hillary Clinton just two days before voters go to the polls.

SCOT LEHIGH

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/07/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Scot_Lehigh_150px-1766.jpg GOP?s storyline against Clinton has collapsed

The FBI?s announcement that there will be no prosecution of Hillary Clinton removes a large cloud that had made presidential contest a white-knuckle affair.

Adrian Walker

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walker-11504.jpg The politics of hatred and resentment seem headed for defeat

Mercifully, the ugliest presidential campaign of modern times is drawing to a close.

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/07/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/6deeb79223904727b0f5b15bcd35a35a-6deeb79223904727b0f5b15bcd35a35a-0.jpg Lawmakers should scrutinize FBI inquiry after election

The FBI?s conduct should come under greater scrutiny from lawmakers after the election.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Bellwether02a.jpg Rochester a trusty bellwether on political loyalties of N.H.

Rochester, a small city north of Portsmouth, has a sterling record in predicting N.H. vote totals.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Hillary113.jpg In final N.H. swing, Clinton calls Trump ?loose cannon?

Hillary Clinton used her campaign?s final visit to N.H. Sunday to paint her Republican opponent, Donald J. Trump, as unfit to be commander-in-chief.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/0329541fcbb5420db870e1e40387dc8f-392ae373e5794416b005727a8a1cea42-0.jpg ?The race is on,? Pence tells N.H. Republicans

Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence vowed that the election is not over.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/humphrey-11484.jpg Gordon Humphrey, conservative former senator, backs Clinton

The N.H. politician who spent his career ruthlessly criticizing Democrats declared the once-unimaginable. He?s voting for the other team.

MIAMI GARDENS, FL - NOVEMBER 06: Ryan Tannehill #17 of the Miami Dolphins warms up during a game against the New York Jets at Hard Rock Stadium on November 6, 2016 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

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Patriots won?t face many top QBs down the stretch

Is there a team capable of breaking the Patriots? savvy veterans and improving youngsters on defense?

ben volin

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Despite a 7-1 record, the Patriots have room for improvement.

NUGGETS 123, CELTICS 107

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The Celtics allowed 77 points in the first half.

Johanna Herrero, a lawyer, (left) and her mother, Stella Figueredo, made their way along State Street in Boston.

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She owes immigrant victims $1 million, but she?s working in Boston for free

Stella Figueredo charged thousands of immigrants exorbitant fees for services she did not provide, investigators said.

Mission Hill graffiti threatens Trump supporters

A threatening message for Donald Trump supporters was painted on a Mission Hill building.

Debris sits piled up at the site of a fire of a home occupied by squatters that killed one person in Boston.

Investigation into Roxbury fatal fire yields little evidence

Investigators are searching for witnesses to help them determine what caused a fire that swept a condemned Roxbury house.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Chin102016SJCGants_Met2.jpg Scores of indebted become ?fine-time? inmates

They call it ?fine-time?: A defendant claims to be poor and cannot afford court-imposed fees, and is sent to jail to ?pay off? his debt.

Shooting reported in Everett Sunday

Witnesses said a man was left lying wounded in the street.

Cambridge, MA - 11/6/2016 - Harvard freshman Alexander

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Harvard students condemn sexist comments by male athletes

Harvard students on Sunday expressed dismay over recent revelations about sexist comments written by some male athletes.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/04/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/07_Casino_702686.jpg R.I. casino vote could set stage for competition with Mass.

The proposed casino, which would be a short walk from the border with Mass., shows how gambling interests are adjusting to new competition.

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Distributor?s tactics cost us $1.7 million, beer importer says

The distributor caught paying Boston bars to carry its beers has been sued by one of its suppliers.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/trolley.jpg The tragedy that Boston forgot

One hundred years ago, a horrific trolley accident on Summer Street 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 erased from memory.

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