Rod Rosenstein, under fire, heads to White House

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was heading to the White House on Monday, days after news reports indicating that last year Rosenstein had raised the idea of secretly recording Trump and of invoking the Constitution to have his Cabinet remove him from office.

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President Donald Trump said he stands with his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh ?all the way.?

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The harrowing allegations of an attempted sexual assault, and Republicans? defense of Brett Kavanaugh?s nomination, are reverberating in battleground congressional districts.

Protestors rally against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh as they make their way from the Supreme Court to the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault, has agreed to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday.

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COMMENTARY

To end rape culture, we need to believe survivors

President Trump insinuated if Christine Blasey Ford?s assault was that bad, it would have been reported. Today survivors and their supporters walk out on that kind of shaming and blaming.

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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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President Donald Trump said he?s an ?absolute no? on statehood for Puerto Rico while critics, including San Juan?s mayor, are in office.

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The new Boston Police bureau aimed at enhancing the city community policing strategy that will be led by a veteran of the department.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/24/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/greenhouse_22campaignnotes-1_metro.jpg Health care watchdog to weigh in on costs of nurse staffing ballot question

The analysis by the Health Policy Commission will be the first independent look at the polarizing issue.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/rathe_fishingfeature_met01.jpg The next few days will run the gamut of September weather

Monday?s cool and cloudy weather will give way to a storm on Tuesday, but temperatures could reach into the 80s on Wednesday.

Dave Epstein

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumacki_hurricaneflorenceremnants064inarea_metro-21002.jpg An incoming storm will make things a bit soggy around here

The heaviest rain will come Tuesday afternoon, making the drive home from work a challenge for some.

With no receiving help, Tom Brady suffered through an 11-for-20 passing night for just 105 yards.

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Chad Finn

What?s wrong? Answer: This team is not very good

It?s on to Miami after this loss, but any comparison to the 2014 team that was routed by the Chiefs ends there.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/24/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_nedet26_spts.jpg Tom Brady praises Rob Gronkowski, sympathizes with Jimmy Garoppolo

The morning after losing to the Lions in Detroit, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was on WEEI discussing the loss, his tight-knit relationship with Rob Gronkowski, and his reaction to Jimmy Garoppolo?s injury.

Michael A. Cohen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/28/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/881166912.jpg The Republicans bet on the tax cut ? and lost

The GOP?s top legislative accomplishment has become an albatross around the party?s neck.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/umass-8A.jpg A UMass Dartmouth official moonlighted for a potential competitor

Gerard Kavanaugh peddled a plan on behalf of a private N.C. company to draw students to a school that would compete with UMass for students from the region.

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The team is being investigated for possible violations of the university?s student conduct policy, which touches on everything from underage drinking to abuse.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/reverefirefighters-21018.jpg Revere firefighters pose for photos with babies, and the Internet loves it

Revere firefighters have celebrated the arrival of several newborns over the past year.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/10/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/200_john_oliver(6).jpg John Oliver says Facebook aids and abets in the spread of hate speech

The commentator said Facebook plays a role in spreading hate speech and he focused on the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar to help make his point.

NESTOR RAMOS

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/400_nestor.jpg 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.

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The teen said he ran out of food within a week and survived on fish and seawater he squeezed from his clothing.

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In the years since Andrea Constand first went to police in 2005, more than 60 women have accused Cosby of sexual misconduct, though none of those claims have led to criminal charges.

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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.

Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | Margery Eagan

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Despite #MeToo, we don?t just doubt sex crime victims, we eviscerate them.

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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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.

STAT

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Screening practices and the extent of collaboration with mental health providers vary widely from one clinic to the next.

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

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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.

Crossword

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