Is it 2018, or 2020? Warren?s reelection contest has hallmarks of national race

On paper, US Senator Elizabeth Warren?s bid for a second term shouldn?t attract a lot of national interest.

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A former Massachusetts State Police trooper was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday for allegedly collecting thousands of dollars in overtime pay for shifts he didn?t work.

Cambridge police investigated the death of a woman who was struck on Erie Street.

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80-year-old using a walker dies in Cambridge hit-and-run crash

Police in Cambridge are investigating a hit-and-run crash that killed a woman.

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President Trump praised Judge Brett Kavanaugh?s progress in winning confirmation to the Supreme Court on Thursday, decrying the ?anger and the meanness on the other side ? it?s sick.?

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A newly disclosed email suggested Brett Kavanaugh once indicated the abortion case was not settled law, though he denied in the hearing that he had been expressing his personal views on the issue.

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President Trump will not answer federal investigators? questions, in writing or in person, about whether he tried to block the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, one of the president?s attorneys told The Associated Press on Thursday.

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Warren said she was ?growing sick and tired of hearing and reading heart-wrenching story after heart-wrenching story about veterans treated as if their sacrifices for our country do not matter.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_backschool3_met.jpg A new year for Boston Public Schools, but an old problem ? late buses

Nearly half of the buses were tardy, but 80 percent of all buses arrived within 15 minutes of the opening bell, school officials said.

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Ayanna Pressley?s purple folding chair lapel pin says ?BYOC,? in honor of Shirley Chisholm?s quote: ?If they don?t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.?

Talking Points

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A provision in the deal between the team and the city guarantees at least $3.1 million a year in sponsorships during the team?s first five years in its new home.

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A pilot spotted the animals from the air and said one was swimming close to shore.

Since he was a young boy, William Young, 67, has been getting his hair cut by Joseph Monahan.

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?Joe the Barber? is about to make his final cut

Joe Monahan, 86, has made his barbershop at 262 Hyde Park Ave. something of a local institution.

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Every week is remarkable. Practically every day is bizarre. So how to describe days that are even more remarkably and bizarrely unprecedented than the last?

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Here?s a brief look at some of the highest-level officials in the administration who might have a motive or an inclination to write the letter.

President Donald Trump attends an event on drug policy, at the White House in Washington, Aug. 29, 2018. Trump announced on Thursday that he was invoking emergency authority to cancel federal workers? pay increases scheduled for next year; Congress has the power to override the move. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

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Editorial

Let?s talk about the 25th Amendment

Cabinet members shouldn?t be applauded for resorting to extralegal measures in response to Trump?s erratic behavior when the Constitution provides a legal recourse.

Dave Epstein

This weekend offers a first taste of fall. Don?t get used to it

Thursday is the final day of extreme heat in this current go-around, and perhaps for the entire season. But don?t get too used to the coolness.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_22campaignnotes-3_metro.jpg In ad war over ballot question, both sides give nurses leading roles

Adding to the confusion, the two groups squaring off over an initiative to mandate staffing ratios at hospitals have similar-sounding names.

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?Still battling mental health issues,? the radio host said on Twitter. ?Truth is I came back to work too fast.?

Burt Reynolds in the car from ?Smokey and the Bandit,? circa 1970.

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Burt Reynolds, star of film, TV, and tabloids, dead at 82

Reynolds made scores of movies, ranging from lightweight fare such as the hits ??The Cannonball Run?? and ??Smokey and the Bandit?? to more serious films like ??The Longest Yard?? and ??The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing.??

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Garnett filed a federal malpractice suit claiming an accountant and his firm helped a wealth manager steal his money for many years.

NAMES

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The Cranberries singer Dolores O?Riordan accidentally drowned in a bathtub after drinking, a coroner?s inquest concluded Thursday.

How to buy a home when you don?t have enough saved

Saving enough for a down payment, particularly in a housing market as red-hot as Greater Boston?s, is among the top concerns for many would-be first-time home buyers.

Opinion & Ideas

Editorial

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Ranked-choice voting is an electoral reform that would revitalize democracy in Massachusetts.

Love Letters: The Podcast

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In a special bonus episode, Meredith Goldstein explores what happens to summer romance when the summer ends, and ?Wet Hot American Summer? creator David Wain shares a girl-crazy memory from his own camp days.

Listen:   Apple Podcasts   |   Stitcher   |   RadioPublic

 

Real Estate

Address

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As the spring house hunt gets underway and National College Decision Day nears, thoughts are turning to campus housing.

Globe event

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Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan spoke at a Globe event on how innovation is shaping our world, and she?s in high demand among the hundreds of mayors gathered in Boston.

Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/18/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/FlfQGTy9_585.jpg More about Last Seen: The Largest Unsolved Art Heist ever

A true-crime podcast about the most valuable ? and confounding ? art heist in history: the theft of 13 irreplaceable artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Globe staff photos of the month, August 2018

Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: staying cool in the summer heat, installing a new police commissioner, spotting sharks on the Cape, campaigning politicians on the trail, and flipping gymnasts at the US championships.

Crossword

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Puzzled? Keep trying your hand at our interactive crossword and see if you can triumph.