Old South Church puts a $19 million price on sunlight

The stained glass windows at Old South Church could be darkened if a proposed tower is built at Back Bay Station.

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That?s how much the historic Copley Square church wants a developer to pay as compensation for shadows from a planned tower at Back Bay Station.

disrupted america

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/15/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/greenhouse_17predatoryschool-1_national.jpg Trump policy halts loan relief for thousands of students

The administration has suspended applications under Obama?s program of loan forgiveness.

Hurricane Maria's aftermath

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The tweets sought to defend Washington?s attentiveness to recovery efforts on a US territory in dire straits almost two weeks after Hurricane Maria struck.

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With two tweets, Trump raised speculation about whether he was undermining diplomatic efforts or trying to bolster Tillerson's position in future talks.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/02/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/AFP_SY30W.jpg Cargo reveals North Korea?s dark trade

Even as UN powers pile on the sanctions, the regime continues to reap profits from selling cheap weapons and military hardware.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/01/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chin100117RedSox-Astros_Spt8.jpg MLB announces start times for Games 1, 2 of Red Sox series

The Sox play in Houston Thursday at 4:08 p.m. and Friday at 2:05 p.m.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/davs_lib5_nowk-2259.jpg Racist, pro-Trump graffiti found at Salem State University

?Trump #1 Whites Only USA? and ?Whites #1? were found spray-painted on benches and a fence surrounding the university?s baseball field Friday morning.

(FILES) This file photo taken on April 20, 2016 shows a marijuana plant and its buds at Alternative Solutions, local medical marijuana producer in Washington, DC. Voters in the US state of Florida appear overwhelmingly inclined to legalize medical marijuana in a referendum November 8, a new poll out October 11, 2016 shows. Some 77 percent of likely voters in the southeastern state have said they will cast ballots in favor of Amendment 2 -- which would change the state's constitution to legalize cannabis for medicinal use -- according to the survey conducted by the Public Opinion Research Laboratory (PORL) at the University of North Florida. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan SmialowskiBRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images

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Should towns that ban pot dispensaries get the tax revenue?

Call it the Little Red Hen proposal: withhold state aid from municipalities that restrict licensed pot firms.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/28/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ryan_tent1_biz.jpg EF Education First expands its Cambridge campus again

EF Education First is bringing the big top to Cambridge as it breaks ground for its latest campus expansion on Monday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/01/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/6c1daea5faf340188b4e8f100c52b7e1-6c1daea5faf340188b4e8f100c52b7e1-0.jpg ?Lone wolf? suspected in Canada terror attack, police chase

Edmonton Police Chief Rod Knecht said officers took the suspect into custody and he is believed to have acted alone.

Panthers 33, Patriots 30

BEN VOLIN | INSTANT ANALYSIS

It?s officially time to be worried about the Patriots? defense

Blown assignments, poor tackling, and untimely penalties have been this unit?s hallmark.

Chad Finn

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/01/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/Davis15-002.jpg Let?s face it, Patriots are fortunate to be 2-2

They could easily be 1-3 ? and 0-3 at home ? and perhaps even should be.

Foxborough, MA 10/01/17 Members of the Patriots including Danny Amendola (left) and Rob Gronkowski (center) during the National Anthem. The England Patriots host the Carolina Panthers Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017 at Gillette Stadium. (Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff)

Leominster bar skips NFL, listens to patriotic piano music instead

Instead of football, the Monument Tap turned on golf and NASCAR and brought in piano player Pat Perla to perform a selection of show tunes and patriotic music.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Edwards_01.jpg Is this City Council race the most interesting contest on the November ballot?

With a stunning, razor-thin finish on an otherwise slow preliminary election night, Lydia Edwards is looking to become the first black woman to represent the First District

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/29/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/02Bedford_170215_LINEHAN_011.jpg Council president, mayor differ on green electricity plan for city

Marty Walsh and Michelle Wu are on opposite sides of a plan that would have residents buy more electricity from renewable sources.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_02pumpkinboat-1_metro.jpg Giant pumpkin traverses Boston Harbor carrying Revere resident

The motor-assisted vessel made it from East Boston to the Fish Pier and back.

Spotlight follow-up

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/27/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/kreiter_COP_halfbrothers1-sptlt.jpg Children of priests step out of the shadows, and the church responds

A growing number of people who say their fathers are priests are speaking out, drawing attention to an invisible legion of suffering.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/01sox67-header.jpg 50 years on, historic Sox win still seems impossible

It was do or die for Fenway?s ?Cardiac Kids.? And they did. What came next hardly mattered.

Extra expended shell casings from test fires in the Firearms Analysis Unit at Police Headquarters in Boston.

CRAIG F. WALKER/GLOBE STAFF

How many crime-linked guns are there in Boston?

Police Sergeant Detective Catherine Doherty and her team have determined at least 550 guns that have been used in crimes remain unaccounted for.

Red Sox notebook

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/01/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chin100117RedSox-Astros_Spt1.jpg Red Sox lose regular-season finale to Astros

The teams will meet in the American League Division Series, beginning Thursday in Houston.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/02/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/5a9b27b2a4044f01a00c174c1429bdaa-5a9b27b2a4044f01a00c174c1429bdaa-0.jpg Michael Che of ?SNL? unloads on Trump over Puerto Rico

Responding to Trump?s tweets about San Juan?s mayor, Che went further than the show usually goes.

Newsletters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/02/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Baseball-108-Stitches-C.jpg 108 Stitches

Red Sox reporter Alex Speier writes about everything baseball with an eye for analytics and an insider?s knowledge of the game.

Special reports

Secrets in the Sky | Part 2 of 2

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Advance/Images/TDAI_01FAA03_met.jpg A flight plan for failure

There is a troubling pattern of lax oversight by the FAA that has made the agency vulnerable to fraud, and the public vulnerable to those who mean to do harm.

Opinion & Ideas

Ideas | David A. Moss and Marc Campasano

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/01/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/MossLeadDigital[1].jpg A republic at risk

In 1787, the challenge was how to keep a fledgling democracy together.

Confidential tips

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Do you know about wrongdoing that needs to be exposed? Call the Globe Spotlight team: 617-929-7483 or [email protected].

Fall Arts Preview 2017

Fall Arts preview

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/07/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/Fall%20arts%20home%20version%201-5253.jpg A guide to the best of what to see and do in Boston

A complete guide to movies, music, books, arts, theater, and family events in the Greater Boston area this season.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/29/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/chicken.jpg West Nile virus cases are spiking in LA. The first line of defense: chickens

Severe cases of West Nile have spiked in LA County. So officials are going all out to try to curb spread of the virus.

Crossword

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/crossword.jpg Play the crossword

Puzzled? Keep trying and see if you can triumph.