Trump blasts Kavanaugh critics, leaves open possibility of withdrawal

President Trump said that he would make up his mind upon hearing the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford before the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday.

? A third woman is accusing Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct in the 1980s.

? Kavanaugh is denying the new allegations.

? The Senate Judiciary Committee has released prepared remarks from Kavanaugh, in which he denies assaulting Christine Blasey Ford.

Brett Kavanaugh attended Georgetown Preparatory School in North Bethesda, Md. He?s accused of assaulting a teenage girl while a student at Georgetown Prep in the early 1980s.

On the eve of testimony, another woman accuses Kavanaugh

Brett Kavanaugh and the senators who will judge him confronted a third set of allegations accusing him of sexual misconduct as a young man.

Boston, MA: 9-26-18: The Red Sox Mookie Betts removes the helmet of teammate J.D. Martinez as he heads into the dugout following his three run home run in the bottom of the fourth inning.The Boston Red Sox hosted the Baltimore Orioles in the first game of a day-night MLB baseball doubleheader at Fenway Park (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

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RED SOX 19, ORIOLES 3

Red Sox cruise to 107th win by clobbering Orioles in opener

Mookie Betts made a little bit of franchise history by becoming a 30-30 guy in the rout.

CHAD FINN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/24/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_nedet26_spts.jpg For the moment, the weight is on Tom Brady to be a solo act

At 41, the Patriots quarterback doesn?t have the help he needs ? and that?s on Bill Belichick.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/26/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_nedet25_spts-22533.jpg Patriots place Rex Burkhead and Ja?Whaun Bentley on injured reserve

Burkhead has a neck injury, while Bentley?s ailment is undisclosed at this point.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/04/18/BostonGlobe.com/Archived/2017-07-24/Boston/Content/Enterprise/Images/MSPCCGala7.jpg Celtics extend broadcast partnership with 98.5 The Sports Hub

The station has been the official flagship station of the Celtics since the 2013-14 season.

TARA SULLIVAN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/26/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/unnamed.jpg 40 years later, a thank you to a trail-blazing sportswriter

Sports Illustrated?s Melissa Ludtke broke ground in 1978 by suing for access to Major League Baseball locker rooms.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/10/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/tlumacki_goldmedalwinnerMeghanDuggan_arts001.jpg They were rivals at the highest levels of hockey. Then they got married

Team USA hockey captain Meghan Duggan, of Danvers, and longtime Team Canada forward Gillian Apps wed over the weekend in Maine.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/school2-12863.jpg With latest MCAS scores, state introducing new system of judging schools

The new system includes three key features that had not been part of previous school accountability systems.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_bowl2_met.jpg Want to own a piece of a legendary bowling alley in Beverly?

A business liquidation sale is underway at the Bowl-O-Mat at 100 River Street in Beverly, and everything must go.

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/02/01/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/e992b929a8264660abd791e5e4b28fd7-e992b929a8264660abd791e5e4b28fd7-0.jpg Gisele Bundchen said she battled panic attacks, suicidal thoughts

"Your world becomes smaller and smaller, and you can?t breathe, which is the worst feeling I?ve ever had,? the supermodel told People.

Globe Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/21/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/youssef0930secondary.jpg I was friends with the Boston Marathon bomber, and his crimes haunt me still

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev seemed so like me. But he was hiding more than I ever realized.

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Crosby resigning as Mass. Gaming Commission chairman

In a statement, Stephen Crosby said he has been twice accused of prejudging the outcome of an ongoing investigation into the suitability of Wynn Resorts in recent days.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumacki_plymouthallenwarnerarraigned_metro077.jpg Slain Marshfield woman savagely attacked by estranged husband, prosecutor says

Shana Warner was shot, stabbed, and then run over by her estranged husband, who had jumped into her car as she was driving, prosecutors said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/26/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/724b8b7d97094dc3bad5553a3bd63033-724b8b7d97094dc3bad5553a3bd63033-0.jpg Yale joins Harvard as target of DOJ discrimination investigation

The US Department of Justice and Department of Education have opened an investigation into whether Yale University discriminates against Asian-American applicants.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/16/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/OneCongressOfficeTower-NightA.jpg Financing secured, construction of tower at Government Center Garage starts next summer

At 1 million square feet, it would be Boston?s biggest office building in decades.

Heavy rains flooded Independence Avenue in Quincy last week.

More rain coming to Boston Wednesday night

More rain is expected to fall in the region around 11 p.m. or midnight, the National Weather Service says.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/franklin_vazquez_booking.jpg ?We have a man gone crazy here on the boat?

A man who allegedly killed a shipmate on a fishing boat 55 miles off the coast of Nantucket made an initial appearance Wednesday in federal court.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/26/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/greenhouse_22campaignnotes-5_metro.jpg Nurses union questions watchdog?s motive in weighing ballot initiative

Union officials accused the Health Policy Commission of a bias in favor of hospitals, which are fighting the ballot question.

Opinion & Ideas

SCOT LEHIGH

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/26/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/lehigh-5314.jpg Republicans must hit the pause button on Kavanaugh

It?s not certain that Julie Swetnick?s allegations are true, but they certainly must be investigated.

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.

Real Estate

Room to Love: Teen dream

Wellesley-based designer Andra Birkerts employed an upholstered, arched niche as the backdrop to this teenage girl?s lounge in a Chestnut Hill home. | realestate.boston.

STAT

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?We have the science to solve the AIDS epidemic,? the director of the CDC said.

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

//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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/crossword.jpg Play the crossword

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