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Baker, Columbia Gas unveil massive recovery plan

A retired Navy Seabee, Captain Joseph Alabanese, has been hired by Columbia to take on the role of managing the multi-million dollar effort to restore gas service by Nov. 19.

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Rod Rosenstein suggested last year that he secretly record President Trump in the White House to expose the chaos consuming the administration. The deputy attorney general is calling the story ?inaccurate.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/21/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_st10m_spts-22259-U84140327939896D--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg Kirk Minihane gives an update on his status: ?I?m still working through some stuff?

?Not sure I?m going to come back or not when this is over yet,? the WEEI morning show co-host said in an audio clip on the show.

CHAD FINN | UNCONVENTIONAL PREVIEW

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/21/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/1b42054063074cdca684495c6985a966-1b42054063074cdca684495c6985a966-0.jpg These Lions aren?t about to hand the Patriots their second straight loss

Detroit appears to be just the kind of opponent New England needs right now to pick up its second win of the season.

ANDREW MAHONEY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/21/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/1025653948.jpg What you need to know about the other AL playoff teams

A look at the A?s, Yankees, Astros, and Indians.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/mrrogers-010e16ce-bdaf-11e8-b7d2-0773aa1e33da.jpg 51 years after he welcomed us into his neighborhood, Mister Rogers celebrated on Google

To celebrate the filming of the first episode of ?Mister Rogers? Neighborhood,? Google Doodle animates ?Won?t You Be My Neighbor??

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/17/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/Maniac_109_Unit_03444_RC.jpg TV?s new shows this fall, from binge to cringe

TV critic Matthew Gilbert?s guide to the new shows debuting during television?s peak season.

Editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/12/13/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/BethLahey.jpg Beth Israel-Lahey merger could create strong rival for Partners

Is this the health care breakthrough Massachusetts has been waiting for? Or is it just another burden on consumers in the making?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/20/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ryan_thecube1_biz.jpg Five budding entrepreneurs are living in a glass box at MIT this weekend

Students have pledged to eat, sleep, and work in the cube all weekend, in full view of anyone wandering past.

Opinion | Michael E. Porter

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/21/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/1021415396.jpg America traded one recession for a far more serious one

Data from the Social Progress Index, the first-ever rigorous measurement of social performance, reveals that the quality of life and opportunities for many Americans is lagging.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/21/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/1037046244.jpg We tested the new iPhone XS Max. Here?s why you might need one ? and why you wouldn?t

If you?ve bought an iPhone in the last year or two, you needn?t bother buying this new model. But if you?re in the market anyway, XS Max has a handful of technical tweaks that do matter.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/21/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/AFP_17E7GQ.jpg Trump shifts tone, goes after Kavanaugh accuser

President Trump challenged Christine Blasey Ford, who accused his Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault, saying that if the alleged attack was that ?bad? then she would have filed charges.

President Trump.

Mass. lawmakers, advocates blast Trump?s criticism of Ford

The lawmakers? comments came hours after President Trump sent out a tweet casting doubt on the account of Christine Blasey Ford, a 51-year-old psychology professor in California.

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Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine said she is ?appalled? by President Donald Trump?s tweet criticizing his Supreme Court nominee?s accuser.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/21/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/37bb9c1312c146abb2f00c0d3e3954fe-37bb9c1312c146abb2f00c0d3e3954fe-0.jpg As he considers 2020, Joe Biden airs regrets of Anita Hill hearings

Former vice president Joe Biden says he should have protected Anita Hill from what he called ??character assassination.??

Judge denies bid to block courthouse immigration arrests

A judge on the state?s highest court denied a bid to block federal immigration agents from making arrests at state courthouses, though she was concerned the practice may be scaring some witnesses.

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The Central News Agency said Taiwanese police found and arrested Cody Wilson in a hotel in Taipei on Friday evening.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_redsoxbanner1_met-002.jpg Red Sox division title banner mystery thickens; replacement hung at Fenway Park

Tony Lafuente, a former Somerville alderman whose company made both banners, confirmed Friday that he?s filed a report with local police concerning the incident.

NESTOR RAMOS

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_redsoxbanner9_met.jpg They claim they found the Red Sox banner. So maybe Louie and Jimmy could crack some real mysteries

With an open-ended mandate and a little seed money, who knows what they could turn up?

Fall colors at Mount Tom State Reservation in October 2016.

Craig F. Walker/Globe File photo

Three great foliage hikes in New England

Each site is about 2½ hours from Boston. We?ve given you easy to intermediate hikes and a range of peak foliage dates.

Red Sox fan dies after climbing on roof of train in New York

The man was identified by MTA officials as Michael Vigeant of Hudson, N.H.

Legionnaires? disease reported at Rhode Island nursing home

Health officials have confirmed three cases of Legionnaires? disease at a Rhode Island nursing home.

Dinner With Cupid

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Could this possibly be Cupid?s best matchup ever?

Opinion & Ideas

SCOT LEHIGH

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/20/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/lehigh-5240.jpg The GOP?s damning double standard

Senate Republicans? true standard on Supreme Court nominees? Anything they can get away with.

Special reports

Stranger in the house

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Globe_arrival_BAT.jpg The US has a huge need for home health care, and many from Ghana do the hard work

The need for home care is soaring, and much of it is done by immigrants willing to take on this hard and low-paying work.

Newsletters

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STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/21/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/GettyImages-106156169-1024x576.jpg Puppies are making people sick ? and it?s people?s fault

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria that have infected more than 100 people have been linked to pet store puppies.

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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/millennials$medium.jpg Despite debt, millennials are the biggest home-buying generation. How?

Slightly more than a third of all home purchases were made by millennials over the past year.

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

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The Big Picture

The destructive aftermath of Hurricane Florence

Hurricane Florence brought heavy winds and rain to the Southeast coast of the United States, leaving devastation in its wake.

Crossword

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