Manhunt underway in Marshfield after woman is killed in shooting

Police say Allen Warner, 47, gunned down his estranged wife Monday. He?s considered ?armed and dangerous,? according to the Plymouth DA.

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The Republican strategy was the most vigorous effort yet to put the damaging accusations of sexual assault into the framework of a partisan brawl.

Rhonda Stutzman of Herndon, Va., accused Republicans of having ?blinders? on during the confirmation process.

Kavanaugh controversy spills into congressional midterms

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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/24/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/776b192b2ef746deb6191189d80f1880-776b192b2ef746deb6191189d80f1880-0.jpg In television interview, Kavanaugh denies allegations against him

A defiant Brett Kavanaugh took the dramatic step of going on nationwide television Monday to address the sexual misconduct allegations that have put his confirmation at risk of unraveling.

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The White House delayed until at least Thursday a decision on the fate of Rod Rosenstein, the Justice Department official overseeing the Trump-Russia investigation, following reports anticipating his imminent departure.

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Should Mass. Pike remain elevated or come back to earth?

The biggest question around Boston?s most significant highway project since the time of the Big Dig sounds like a debate from that era.

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A key focus for Ernst & Young will be how the state?s largest law enforcement agency manages and monitors employee earnings and benefits.

//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.

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Authorities are investigating whether the California man accused of making threatening calls to the Boston Globe made similar calls to the New York Times and the National Football League.

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Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey reminded residents that kerosene heaters are illegal in Massachusetts.

Chesto Means Business

A new era for noncompetes in Mass. begins Oct. 1

Hey, HR directors: You have one week to get employees signed up under the old, anything-goes regime.

Boston MA 9/24/18 Boston Red Sox Mookie Betts is greeted with high fives in the dugout after hitting a 2 run home run against the Baltimore Orioles during second inning action at Fenway Park. (photo by Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff) topic: reporter:

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Red Sox 6, Orioles 2

Red Sox notch record victory, clinch MLB?s best record

Mookie Betts homered as the Red Sox won their franchise-best 106th game of the season

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

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Their subpar performance can be traced to self-inflicted wounds, including Tom Brady skipping offseason workouts.

The Senate Judiciary Committee on the first day of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Eric MacLeish

Ensuring a safe hearing for Christine Blasey Ford will be tough, but not impossible

After 25 years of representing victims of sexual abuse, a lawyer offers guidance to safely structure Christine Blasey Ford?s hearing.

FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2018, file photo, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is sworn-in before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, file)

Alan M. Dershowitz

6 rules for Ford-Kavanaugh hearings

No one should compromise the basic rules of fairness and due process that have long been the hallmarks of the rule of law.

COMMENTARY

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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.

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.

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.

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The departures of Mike Krieger and Holliston?s Kevin Systrom add to the challenges facing Instagram?s parent company, Facebook.

Scores of squirrels have been killed on the roads of New England this summer and fall, including one in Epping, N.H.

?Squirrel-nado?: Squirrel population in the midst of unprecedented boom

A recent abundance of acorns is the reason for an unprecedented surge in squirrel populations throughout New England, most particularly in New Hampshire.

NESTOR RAMOS

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/400_nestor.jpg How a small company in Malden created the Greatest TV Commercial Ever Made

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.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/25maineisland_001.jpg You may have just missed your chance to own this historic Maine island

At $950,000, the next owner is close enough to the mainland, but far enough out to enjoy some peace and quiet.

Opinion & Ideas

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/24/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi-5263.jpg Kavanaugh chaos must be putting a smile on Bill Clinton?s face

Two decades after Brett Kavanaugh drafted salacious questions for Bill Clinton, the spotlight is now on Kavanaugh.

Special reports

//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.

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.