New allegation surfaces against Brett Kavanaugh

A second woman is accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault.

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The purported incident took place while Kavanaugh was attending Yale, The New Yorker reported. Kavanaugh has denied the allegation.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/24/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/ca62798d66554461876a42cceb6eac19-24baee2bff00423db91faf468380f72e-0.jpg Here?s what we know about the new accusations

From the explosive New Yorker report published Sunday night to lawyer Michael Avenatti?s tweets, here?s a look at the new allegations against the Supreme Court nominee.

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If the public decides you should not be held accountable for what you did as a drunken 17-year-old, some wondered, what message does that send today?s 17-year-olds?

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A Boston police officer is expected to recover after being shot in the South End Sunday afternoon, and two men have been arrested and charged.

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The lines that wend through the state, beneath city streets, and into people?s homes are overseen by a patchwork of bureaucracies and a regulatory system that largely trusts utility companies to police themselves.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_092218_23lawrence_27457x.jpg As relief efforts come, Lawrence residents? ?nerves are so on edge?

Monday will see the launch of a massive gas pipeline replacement project and the distribution of thousands of space heaters.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/18/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/AP_17018339161028.jpg A balanced budget sounds good, but could it trigger a recession that drags on?

Less government borrowing would mean long-term lower interest rates, and problems for the Fed.

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Four Vermont high school journalists have gotten a lesson of a lifetime after they stood up to censorship in their school newspaper and won based on a new law.

A screen capture of the SunSetter Retractable Awnings commercial, which has been airing nationally every spring and summer for 14 years.

SunSetter

NESTOR RAMOS

The sun may never set on this low-key, unforgettable ad

It did not involve Clydesdales or polar bears or Michael Jordan. It?s an ad for retractable awnings. And it has been seen hundreds of millions of times.

Man shot in Jamaica Plain Saturday night dies

The man, who was not identified, is believed to be in his 20s and was shot in the area of 140 South St. No arrests had been made as of Sunday afternoon.

Stow man dies in I-290 crash in Northborough

A 38-year-old Stow man died Sunday evening in a two-car crash in Northborough that authorities believe was caused by his medical condition.

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Final: Lions 26, Patriots 10

Patriots fall to 1-2 with loss to winless Detroit

It?s the first time in six seasons that the Patriots have lost two of their first three games.

BEN VOLIN I PATRIOTS INSTANT ANALYSIS

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The Belichick/Brady combo has a 1-2 record for only the third time (2001, 2012) in their 19 years together.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/23/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Gronkowkski.jpeg Rob Gronkowski was reportedly almost traded to the Detroit Lions

Gronkowski resisted the trade because he didn?t want to play anywhere except in New England with Tom Brady.

INDIANS 4, Red Sox 3 (11 inn.)

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/24/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/dd90b0b5ae924b668f5624080254c185-dd90b0b5ae924b668f5624080254c185-0.jpg Red Sox denied record-breaking win

For the second straight night in extra innings, the Indians topped the Red Sox, keeping Boston one game shy of the franchise record for victories.

ALEX SPEIER

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When Cora was acquired in 2005, he entered a clubhouse in a state of unrest. He then became a catalyst for change.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/23/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/1038900096.jpg Tiger Woods caps his remarkable comeback by winning Tour Championship

Woods turned East Lake into Tigermania with his first victory since 2013.

Ideas | David Scharfenberg

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

What happened when Boston?s schools tried for equity with an algorithm?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/RinaldiDrama33.jpg The world, the stage, the way ahead

Lost and alone, Deb made a decision to reclaim the only home she?d ever had, whatever the risk.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/21/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/DSC4208-9009.jpg Minority patients often are excluded from clinical trials of potentially life-saving drugs

Stark underrepresentation of African-Americans is widespread in clinical trials for cancer drugs, even when the type of cancer disproportionately affects them.

Charlie Redd (left) and Keenan Langlois serve up pizza and kabobs in Somerville?s Davis Square.

quick bite

Fired up about Dragon Pizza in Somerville?s Davis Square

The restaurant received high praise from Globe food writer Kara Baskin: ?This is the tastiest pizza I?ve ever eaten in this town.?

Concord, MA - 9/11/2018 - Jan Turnquist, Executive Director, Louisa May AlcottÕs Orchard House in Concord, MA next to a portrait of Louisa May Alcott done by George Healy, a famous portrait painter. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: West Regional, Reporter: Nancy West, Topic: 23wealcott, LOID:8.4.3124863628.

?Little Women? is turning 150. Here?s where the story began

Fans still flock to Orchard House, the Concord home where Louisa May Alcott wrote her novel.

Aracelis Mercado has accumulated a duck collection that dominates her desk area. She works for Massachusetts Teachers Association president Merrie Najimy.

WORK SPACE

No place for stress in this office

Massachusetts Teachers Association president Merrie Najimy brings a sense of calm to her job.

Love Letters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/17/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/Meredith_New_Logo-4394.jpg I?ve got a huge crush on my husband?s friend

We?re happily married with kids, but this flirtation has been going on for five years.

Opinion & Ideas

Ideas | David Jenemann

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/20/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/AdobeStock_37668819.jpeg The mitts that make us

As the playoffs approach, it?s worth paying a little attention to the mitts and gloves that make so much drama on the diamond possible.

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

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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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Big picture

A drama unfolds in Peabody

Deb was still new to this high school in Peabody, and had found her way to the vaunted theater program, establishing a foothold in a realm that felt magical.

Crossword

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