The life and rise of Ayanna Pressley

Katherine Taylor for The Boston Globe

Long before her shocking win, Pressley?s was an against-the-odds story. Time and again, she has toppled expectations.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/BillBrett_22reynolds_01_biz.jpg In the biotech hurly-burly, a cautionary tale

For the CEO of a biotech startup, there may be no bigger asset than a compelling sales pitch. Frank Reynolds had a great one.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ptownii.jpg Divers find body of man who fell off ship in Boston Harbor

The body was recovered around 1 a.m. Sunday, according to a State Police spokesman.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Rex_Senate_reaction_to_Manafort_conv_9799440AG.jpg Pressure grows on Susan Collins over vote on Brett Kavanaugh

The US senator from Maine?s vote on Kavanaugh?s nomination to the Supreme Court will be a pivotal one.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Boghosian_09GOPunity5_MET.jpg Elizabeth Warren?s challenger tries to appease both sides

State Representative Geoff Diehl is walking a tight line ? he pledges to forge a strong working relationship with a president that the majority of Mass. voters oppose.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/1029409926.jpg Obama, on stump for Calif. Democrats, again targets Trump

The midterm elections give Americans ??a chance to restore some sanity in our politics,?? Obama said Saturday in Anaheim.

A young girl played behind the newly unveiled statue of John Hancock in Quincy on Saturday.

Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff

New Quincy Center park celebrates city?s history

The Hancock-Adams Common, named after Quincy?s two favorite sons, features statues of both men, a fountain with 5-foot geysers, and plenty of benches and green grass.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/09/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/nhc_atlantic_storms.jpg East Coast faces rising hurricane threat from Hurricane Florence

South Carolina?s governor already has declared a state of emergency. The storm could hit the US by the end of the week.

Raymond So, a sophomore, and professor Charles Czeisler talked to freshmen about sleep.

Michael Swensen for The Boston Globe

Sleep? Yes, college students need it. Harvard makes that clear

Freshmen are required to take an online course about sleep before they arrive on campus, part of an initiative to help students have healthier sleep habits.

Saugus High School football coach placed on leave

Police have launched an investigation over a team-related incident that occurred in late August, officials said Saturday.

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Retired priest says O?Malley?s ignored reports of abuse in N.J.

Monsignor Kenneth Lasch says he reached out to Cardinal Sean O?Malley because O?Malley serves as an adviser to Pope Francis on sexual abuse.

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

CHAD FINN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/10/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chin080918Pats-SkinsExhibition_Spt19.jpg The age-old question: How good can Tom Brady be this year?

?He?s not beating Father Time, but he is capable of keeping the lead longer than any of the rest of us ever could,? analyst Tony Romo said.

Devra First | Critic?s Notebook

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/45991d88350c42d9bcf5f62c63bdc5af-45991d88350c42d9bcf5f62c63bdc5af-20403.jpg The Patriots are a world-class team. So why isn?t the food at Gillette better?

In Foxborough, stadium concessions are definitely not the G.O.A.T.

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BEN VOLIN | SUNDAY FOOTBALL NOTES

Here?s what?s at stake for the Patriots? big three this season

Quarterback Tom Brady, coach Bill Belichick, and owner Robert Kraft are entering their 19th year leading the franchise.

Boston College running back AJ Dillon left Holy Cross in the dust early and often, rushing for three touchdowns in the first eight minutes.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Boys against men: BC and Holy Cross shouldn?t play again

Boston College-Holy Cross was great in the day of ?Mad Men.?? Now it?s just madness.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/09/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/1029475266.jpg Listen to what Serena Williams had to say about her loss at the US Open

Williams was outspoken about her run-in with umpire Carlos Ramos after losing in the final.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/09/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/1200_meek_mill_drake.jpg Drake, Meek Mill appear together on stage at TD Garden

Based on Saturday?s embrace, the long-feuding rappers have patched things up.

Ideas | Kory Stamper

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/05/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/gender-pins-web.jpg The long, long history ? and bright future ? of the genderless ?they?

Complex views of gender go back further than many people think.

Obituary

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/11bodman%2051843297MW001_energysec-1338031.jpg Bush Cabinet official Samuel Bodman was a ?man of integrity?

Dr. Bodman, who began his career as an associate professor at MIT before moving on to Fidelity Investments, died Friday. He was 79.

A 10-month-old cub in the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

India hunts man-eating tiger blamed for 13 deaths

The killings have gone on for more than two years, sowing panic in the hills around one town in central India.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/AFP_18X9WN.jpg Trump says Apple can avoid tariffs by shifting production to US

President Trump concedes that some Apple Inc. products may become more expensive if his administration imposes ??massive?? additional tariffs on Chinese-made goods.

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/07/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/hero_bakerelex.jpg Charlie Baker: Four years later

Four years after endorsing Baker, the editorial board reflects on how 2014 priorities can inform the 2018 election.

Love Letters: The Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/29/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/200_love_letters_bonus.jpg Until next year, my sweetheart

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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/06/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/stan-fellows-home-nest-illustration$medium.jpg Spring House Hunt: Should parents buy property in a college town?

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

Globe event

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/08/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/SeattleTimes_10kirsner02_biz.jpg Seattle?s mayor talks growing pains that offer some lessons for Boston

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

Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

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

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

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