Lawyer for Kavanaugh accuser rejects ?arbitrary? Friday deadline

Minutes before a 10 p.m. deadline set by the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, an attorney for Christine Blasey Ford asked for another day to decide.

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Speaking at St. Anselm College Friday night, the Maine Republican said she wants both Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, and his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, to testify under oath.

//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.??

Opinion | Lauren Stiller Rikleen

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Ford?s silence in 1982 is as logical as it is tragic. Elite private institutions have long protected their status over their students. Women do not tell their stories, because they can?t.

Letters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/21/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Letters_1222.jpg We are witnesses to an accusation ? one that hinges on uncertainty

Readers examine their own memories and beliefs as Brett Kavanaugh?s Supreme Court nomination hangs in the balance of an upcoming hearing.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/22/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/5f34c09d8b9346c7a5a15cb93d38ca0e-5f34c09d8b9346c7a5a15cb93d38ca0e-0.jpg President Trump says he?ll rid Justice Dept. of ?lingering stench?

Trump issued an ominous warning on Friday, promising further firings to get rid of a ?lingering stench? following reports that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein discussed secretly recording the president.

Newburyport, MA - 5/10/2017 - Dr. William

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VA report rejects whistle-blower claims of poor care at Manchester hospital

A 50-page report from the VA?s Office of Medical Inspector found flies are still present but that operating room isn?t used, and the instruments weren?t dirty, but simply discolored by the city?s water supply.

Editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/21/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/policy-c57df6fa-b819-11e8-a2c5-3187f427e253.jpg Fire Jeff Sessions . . . as the boss of immigration judges

A slew of new directives from Attorney General Jeff Sessions have spurred calls to finally make immigration judges truly independent.

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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/boston%20police.jpg Boston detectives recognized for work catching suspect in Mattapan armed robberies

Between Aug. 14 and Sept. 7, seven armed robberies took place in Mattapan.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Graffiti%20I.jpg Esplanade art mural vandalized

The State Police are investigating a report that the vibrant mural painted on concrete pillars was vandalized overnight Thursday into Friday.

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Baker, Columbia Gas unveil massive recovery plan

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

CAMPAIGN NOTEBOOK

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/davis_trahan9_met.jpg The ?rally in support of Lori Trahan? was missing one thing ? Lori Trahan

The Democratic nominee in the Third Congressional District announced just hours before the party-organized event that she wouldn?t be attending.

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?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.

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

Some Internet vendors were unsure how the state Department of Revenue would interpret the Supreme Court?s Wayfair decision in June. DOR just issued a memo to address the uncertainty, essentially telling them to start forking over sales taxes ? for the past 12 months.

Chesto means business

The Mass. taxman cometh ? for online retailers

Massachusetts tax collectors have two words for online retailers: pay up.

Aman Narang and Steve Fredette , two of the cofounders of Boston startup Toast.

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Toast finds its bread-and-butter business

After a slow start, the Boston restaurant tech company is rising fast.

Orleans-09/20/18 How will the shark attack death affect Cape Cod's embrace of everything shark. A shark weathervane atop a totem pole of signs at Nauset Beach. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(business)

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

After Cape shark fatality, tourism industry reels

Escalating shark attacks could keep people away, or attract even more. Either way, locals say, things need to change.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/WALKER_101518_FEATURE_4807.jpg 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.

Ideas | David Scharfenberg

Computers can solve your problem. You may not like the answer.

What happened when Boston Public Schools tried for equity with an algorithm.

//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.

Dinner With Cupid

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/17/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/cupid0923comp.jpg Blind date: ?You can cover a lot of ground in a five-hour date?

Could this possibly be Cupid?s best matchup ever?

//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.

Opinion & Ideas

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?

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

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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

//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

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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

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.