How the Spotlight Team got inside Massachusetts? secret court system

There?s an obvious obstacle to reporting on the inner workings of Massachusetts? ?secret court? system: It?s secret.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/30/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/AFP_19M83D.jpg White House isn?t ?micromanaging? Kavanaugh investigation, Trump officials say

Senior Trump administration officials said Sunday that the FBI check into Brett Kavanaugh is a Senate process and that lawmakers are the only ones dictating its parameters.

Analysis

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/29/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/1042096638.jpg Brett Kavanaugh?s testimony took on a Trumpian tone

Speaking Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Kavanaugh displayed the very same combative, grievance-fueled thinking of which the president is so fond.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/30/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/200_damon_as_kavanaugh.jpg Matt Damon really looked like Brett Kavanaugh on ?Saturday Night Live?

Damon?s appearance was the on-screen highlight of the show?s season opener.

From left, sisters Reilly Carey and Katie Nivard, their grandmother Mary Ann Keyes, and mom Kelly Carey. The younger women have drifted away from the church their grandmother still loves.

Catholic Church?s conundrum: Bring back younger faithful

New generations are generally less observant regarding religion, but the problem is made worse for Catholic officials by new revelations of clergy abuse.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/30/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/1028936932.jpg To Ye or not to ye, that is one of many questions for Kanye West

An impromptu name change was one of a few headlines involving the rapper Saturday.

Globe Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/21/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/cover0930aero.jpg The dude looked like Steven Tyler. And he ended up in an Aerosmith tribute band

For nearly 30 years, landscaper Neill Byrnes has played the part of the Aerosmith frontman in Draw The Line. For some hard-core fans, he?s just as good as the real thing.

Opinion | Richard North Patterson

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/30/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/f0a813a8-6b77-47c7-8da9-ba2c30358021.jpg The telling role of character in the Ford-Kavanaugh controversy

Like a Greek tragedy, the controversy over Brett Kavanaugh comes down to character.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/30/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/ba23e37473bd40f89453937bde0d4bbe-ba23e37473bd40f89453937bde0d4bbe-0.jpg Tennessee State linebacker in critical condition after suffering head injury

Christion Abercrombie collapsed on the sideline during a game Saturday, and he later underwent emergency surgery.

travel

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/18/BostonGlobe.com/Travel/Images/23disneya.jpg Surviving Disney (and learning to just let go)

I took a clue from all the happy grandparents around me and realized: If we were going to really enjoy this, I had to follow the kids? lead.

Ideas | Rachel Slade

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/26/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/AP_7709130251.jpg The man who designed modern Boston

Approach the city from the north, south, west, or the harbor, and you can?t miss Henry Cobb?s vision.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/29/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/b9c26cc783b24e56900791faa6a0eeaa-b9c26cc783b24e56900791faa6a0eeaa-0.jpg Settlement allows Elon Musk to stay on as Tesla?s CEO

Musk will pay a $20 million penalty to settle fraud charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission over his claims about taking the company private.

Miss Conduct

Advice: My mom looked at my messages and found out about her surprise party

Plus, questions on Facebook unfriending and a possibly dangerous diet.

Elizabeth Warren will ?take a hard look? at a 2020 White House run

US Senator Elizabeth Warren spoke at a town hall meeing in Holyoke on Saturday.

Michael Swensen for The Boston Globe

The US senator pointed at President Trump as one of the reasons she may run. ?I am worried down to my bones about what Donald Trump is doing to our democracy,? she said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/23/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_nedetpre7_spts.jpg Josh Gordon set to make his Patriots debut vs. Dolphins

The receiver was among the active players this week after sitting out last week because of a hamstring injury.

Live Updates

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Image%20from%20iOS-22727.jpg Patriots are looking to get back on winning track against Dolphins

The Patriots, who have lost two in a row, are hosting the Dolphins in Foxborough.

Dolphins at Patriots | 1 p.m. (CBS)

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/29/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/1038998346.jpg Why is Tom Brady struggling to make long-distance connections?

Hampered by several factors, the Patriots veteran QB has found it a stretch to go long.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/29/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy-22751.jpg The Red Sox have frightened the AL all season. Now their fans are scared

Sometimes I wonder if perhaps they are the most-flawed 107-win team in the history of baseball.

Mookie Betts and the 2018 Red Sox have given us many wonderful moments.

Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff/File

Bob Ryan

It?s not a failure if Red Sox don?t win World Series

The lack of a Fall Classic title doesn?t erase a summer?s worth of exceptional baseball.

 

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/1041066658.jpg Once again, all eyes are on Maine?s Susan Collins

She?ll be a pivotal vote when it comes to confirming Brett Kavanaugh, and Mainers don?t know what she should ? or will ? do.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/30/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_19M147.jpg Trump urges voters to reject Democrats? ?outrageous? tactics

?[Democrats] don?t care who they hurt, who they have to run over to get power,? Trump said Saturday at a rally in Wheeling, W.Va.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/30/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_19M1PJ.jpg Indonesia tsunami toll tops 800 and is expected to rise further

Several large coastal towns remained cut off Sunday by damaged roads and downed communication lines, and officials worried the toll could increase.

Starts & Stops

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/REGIONAL%20BUS%201-1364943.jpg South Shore commuters face sudden loss of bus service

A bus stop in Kingston is being abruptly eliminated after picking up riders for years.

Opinion & Ideas

Ideas | David A. Moss and Dean Grodzins

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/27/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/sqmoss.jpg A crisis for voting rights

The Constitution explicitly guaranteed African-Americans? right to go to the polls, but states just ignored it. What does it take to turn the law into more than just words on paper?

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

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

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

Home of the Week: Two-bedroom condo in a former school listed for $399,900

Built in 1931, it served as a school for decades before it was converted into a condo complex known as Academy Park. Search more Fall House Hunt listings at realestate.boston.com.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/29/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/GettyImages-3123228-1024x576.jpg Can genetic tests gauge how well antidepressants will work?

With more products aimed at gauging the effectiveness of mental health treatments, some say science is getting left behind.

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.

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.