Christine Blasey Ford has until 2:30 p.m. today to decide whether she will testify about allegations of sexual assault against Brett Kavanaugh, according to reports.
Alan M. Dershowitz
Six rules for conducting the Ford-Kavanaugh hearings This is an adversarial confrontation, and reasonable people could disagree about the appropriate procedural steps. But there are certain basic rules that must be followed for hearings of this kind to be fair.
In N.H., Collins says both Kavanaugh and Ford should testify under oath US Senator Susan Collins said she wants to understand the allegation made by a former classmate of Brett Kavanaugh?s that he had sexually assaulted her in high school.
Autumnal equinox comes Saturday night with fall weather to match In Boston, a high temperature of 70 degrees was expected Saturday, matching the normal high for this time of year, with an overnight low in the low 50s. Autumn begins at 9:54 p.m.
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Escalating shark attacks could keep people away, or attract even more. Either way, locals say, things need to change.
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Nov. 19 is target to get gas restored in Merrimack Valley Officials created a target date Friday for restoring gas service to some 8,600 customers in Andover, Lawrence, and North Andover.
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.
A 40-year-old man from Westford was jogging when he was fatally hit by an SUV in the town Friday night.
The resident was within his right to kill the animals. But officials say there are better ways to mitigate a bear problem.
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.
Alex Hattori, an engineering student at MIT, is also one of the nation?s best yo-yoers and, for now, second in the world.
BEN VOLIN | SUNDAY FOOTBALL NOTES
Even some quarterbacks are speaking out on behalf of defensive players whose hands are tied by penalties.
CAMPAIGN NOTEBOOK
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.
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.
Chesto means business
Massachusetts tax collectors have two words for online retailers: pay up.
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RED SOX 7, INDIANS 5
The ace allowed two runs in 3? innings and the bats came around to help Boston equal the franchise record with its 105th victory.
Dinner With Cupid
Blind date: ?You can cover a lot of ground in a five-hour date? Could this possibly be Cupid?s best matchup ever?
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.
INNOVATION ECONOMY
After a slow start, the Boston restaurant tech company is rising fast.
Ideas | David Scharfenberg
What happened when Boston Public Schools tried for equity with an algorithm.
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.
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.
Editorial
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.
Stranger in the house
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.
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The Patriots go up against their former defensive coordinator Matt Patricia on ?Sunday Night Football.?
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.
In August 2017, rents were growing at a 2.3% pace, according to a market report from Zillow.
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.
Gunmen attacked an annual Iranian military parade Saturday in the country?s oil-rich southwest, killing at least eight members of the country?s elite Revolutionary Guard and wounding 20 others.
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Up to 40,000 vehicles are estimated to be lost due to the storm.
Plans call for more than a half a million square feet off of Route 128.
TV critic Matthew Gilbert?s guide to the new shows debuting during television?s peak season.
My father?s clothes were the least remarkable thing about him. After he died, wearing them gave me comfort.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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The Big Picture
Hurricane Florence brought heavy winds and rain to the Southeast coast of the United States, leaving devastation in its wake.
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