Bids due today for new Amazon HQ

How much will cities have to sweeten their Amazon offers?

Eye-popping incentives by some communities that are trying to woo Amazon could force Boston to sweeten its offer.

See who is submitting bids for Amazon?s HQ

With bids due to Amazon on Thursday, some communities have already submitted their pitch to the e-commerce giant, while others are finalizing their proposals.

An Amazon Prime shipping box. — John Blanding/Globe Staff

Nestor Ramos

By bashing Boston, N.H. takes low road in bid war

Instead of doing much to tout its own misguided plan, New Hampshire devoted an awful lot of space to trashing Boston.

Your Home | Kitchens & Baths

Think you need to rip out your kitchen and start over? Maybe you don?t

A Lexington couple was prepared for a big project, but cosmetic fixes did the trick.

Watch as Patriots rookie Harvey Langi reunites with his wife after both were injured in car crash

Langi and his wife Cassidy shared a video of their emotional reunion.

Patriots under strict orders: No Super Bowl talk this week

Tight end Rob Gronkowski said the team has ?been given really highly strict rules? not to mention it as Sunday?s rematch with the Falcons approaches.

Are Jenny Slate and Chris Evans back on?

The couple?s apparently been out to dinner a few times in Atlanta.

Police raid ?sophisticated? marijuana growing operation at warehouse in Clinton

The $6 million growing operation contained more than 1,000 plants, weighing more than a ton, police said.

GE?s ex-CEO reportedly had an empty jet fly behind him ? just in case he needed it

When Jeff Immelt had to fly, he sometimes had an empty private jet follow him ? just in case the plane he rode on had mechanical issues, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Yvonne Abraham

Can you ever really know a person?

When a Brookline woman told her friends and family she had cancer, they mobilized, at one point raising $24,000 for her. But it turns out she made it all up.

Fallout from the Harvey Weinstein scandal

Tarana Burke, the activist behind ?Me Too,? on where movement goes from here

To see her life?s work, the ?Me Too? movement, displayed on millions of profiles across social media, has left her in awe.

Reflecting on the #MeToo campaign, men declare #HowIWillChange

Men have taken to social media using the hashtag #HowIWillChange to reflect on the changes they hope to make in their own lives for the sake of bettering the lives of women.

Love Letters

She?s stood by her philandering man for decades. Time to stop?

She?s endured years of affairs, but worries that their adult children will think less of their father if she leaves him.

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Hayward?s surgery ?a big success,? according to his father

Gordon Hayward?s agent told ESPN that the Celtics forward was ?unlikely to return this season.?

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Gordon Hayward?s injury puts damper on Celtics? home opener

Most of the pregame buzz was dedicated to the guy who was not there.

Boston?s traffic is becoming a tourism nightmare

Every sightseeing firm contacted by the Globe has made or is mulling changes to deal with endless rush hour.

Trump suggests the FBI may have ?paid for? dossier alleging Russia ties

The dossier contends the Russian government amassed compromising information about Trump and was engaged in an effort to support and assist him.

How could they party so early? ?We?re awesome like that,? said Anna Noon. — Martin Finucane/Globe Staff

They threw a Boston dance party at 7 a.m. ? and people showed up

The dancing was wild, but the sun had just risen ? and people were heading to work.

Lynn coffee shop closes after anti-police posts

The owner of the White Rose Coffeehouse says she?s closing her business because of the firestorm created when her daughter, the store?s manager, posted the comments on Facebook.

Artist who painted controversial mural in Allston agrees to replace it

At least five people complained to the city about the image.

Tito Jackson proposes elected School Committee and more police officers

The mayoral challenger said his campaign is based on ensuring transparency and democracy in a city where power is concentrated in the mayor?s office.

Appeals court sides with Bill Cosby, upholds dismissal of defamation lawsuit

The 20-page unanimous ruling is another legal setback for the accuser, Kathrine Mae McKee.

Stoughton teacher resigns after allegations of sexual relationship with student

The teacher, who was not identified, allegedly began a sexual relationship with a Stoughton High School student that continued after the student graduated.

NorthPoint site gets a new name

DivcoWest is readying several construction sites for its 45-acre property on the borders of Cambridge, Boston, and Somerville and is also giving the project a new name.

The Season Ticket podcast

Host Chris Gasper and NBA writer Gary Washburn process Gordon Hayward?s ghastly injury in the Celtics' season opener.

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Nurse?s aide plays video games while a vet dies at VA hospital

The Bedford VA hospital admitted its care for Bill Nutter was not ?up to our standards,? but the reality was uglier. Now, the FBI is investigating.

Trump should back the bipartisan ACA effort

A wise president would cut his losses and direct his attention and that of his party to other issues.

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The Amazon bid

newsroom commentary

Dear Jeff Bezos: Come and help us build a better Boston together

An open letter to the owner of Amazon, proposing a true partnership that rewrites the relationship between a city and the big companies that call it home.

How a kidney stone taught me that medicine has changed me

To me, a kidney stone wasn?t really a big deal. But to my husband, it was a family crisis.

Crossword

Play the crossword

Puzzled? Keep trying and see if you can triumph.

Globe must-reads

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Sports

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Boston-8/03/17-Red Sox vs White Sox- Red Sox Hanley Ramirez screams to the fans after crossing 1st base as he beat out a throw in the 2nd inning and was called safe on the hit. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(sports)

Alex Speier

Would the Red Sox be better off without Hanley Ramirez?

Releasing Ramirez might permit the Sox to add a better player while escaping the $22m vesting option for 2019.

Following an emotional City Council meeting, filled with personal good-byes from his colleagues, veteran Councilor Bill Linehan struck the gavel to officially mark his retirement from the legislative body after 30 years as a city employee.

Politics

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., left, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., walk to a news conference on the Republican tax and budget proposals, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Warren takes lead role in fight against Trump tax plan

Elizabeth Warren is focusing her trademark populist style on the next big item on the Republican to-do list in Washington: overhauling the US tax code.