There?s an obvious obstacle to reporting on the inner workings of Massachusetts? ?secret court? system: It?s secret.
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A former Yale University classmate of Brett Kavanaugh?s says he is ??deeply troubled?? by what he says has been a blatant mischaracterization by Kavanaugh of his drinking at Yale.
?I?m a victim of sexual assault,? Kellyanne Conway says The White House counselor made the comments Sunday on CNN?s ??State of the Union?? while defending Brett Kavanaugh.
Editorial
The country won?t know the truth about Brett Kavanaugh unless the FBI investigation is a real one The FBI has the best tools to determine whether Christine Blasey Ford or Brett Kavanaugh is telling the truth. Will the FBI be allowed to use them?
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PATRIOTS 38, DOLPHINS 7
The Patriots broke a two-game losing streak in a big way at Gillette Stadium.
Jim McBride
Patriots? breakdown: Fast start was crucial, and third-down problems were corrected Highs and lows (mostly highs) from the Patriots? victory, and everything in between.
CHAD FINN
That?s the defense we?ve been waiting to see, and other thoughts on the Patriots? win It feels like the proper sports world order has been restored.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
Alex Cora gets our unofficial vote for rookie of the year Cora has guided the Red Sox to the second-most victories in baseball history among first-year managers.
RED SOX 10, YANKEES 2
Red Sox drop hammer on Yankees in regular-season finale After losing three straight, the Red Sox flexed their muscles against their archrivals, getting home runs from Xander Bogaerts and J.D. Martinez.
Hundreds of migrant children quietly moved to a tent camp on the Texas border In the rows of tents in Tornillo, Texas, children in groups of 20 sleep lined up in bunks. There is no school, and access to legal services is limited.
Boston received yet another jab for its complicated history with race during a ?Saturday Night Live? sketch this weekend. (Vermont didn?t escape unscathed, either.)
President Trump has panned the season premiere of ?Saturday Night Live? but tweeted praise for Kanye West, who closed the show with a pro-Trump message.
The well-known psychiatric hospital is steadily expanding in the world of ?private-pay? treatment, boosting options for the upper middle class and wealthy.
US, Canada reach trade deal hours before self-imposed deadline The nations overcame deep divisions to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Police recover body of missing swimmer off Truro coast The body of Ross A. Williamson, 26, of Bolton, Conn., was found one mile north of Ballston Beach Sunday morning, authorities said.
One man died and another was hospitalized Sunday after a boat overturned off the coast of Rockport, officials said.
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Welcome to Boston, Senator Flake. I have a few questions Senator Jeff Flake ? the man who threw a wrench into the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirmation ? is scheduled to appear in Boston Monday.
Protesters say they?ll be at Jeff Flake?s local stops The US senator from Arizona, caught in the middle of the fray over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, will appear in Boston and Manchester, N.H., on Monday.
Flake sheds more light on the elevator moment and his Kavanaugh decision on ?60 Minutes? Senator Jeff Flake said that nobody ? including himself ? expected the scene that played out on Friday to happen.
A pedestrian in Brookline was hospitalized with serious injuries after being hit by a car Sunday afternoon.
Starts & Stops
Keolis, MBTA hit pause on fare gates for commuter rail Passengers won?t have to scan tickets to board trains at North, South, and Back Bay stations any time soon.
City?s latest boutique hotel is aiming to be Instagrammable The Revolution, Boston newest boutique hotel, will offer a modern take on the city?s past.
The Mayflower II reemerges, piece by piece The replica of the famed ship is undergoing a bow-to-stern restoration to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims? landing.
UMass football coach suspended after comparing official?s call to ?rape? Mark Whipple will not coach Saturday?s game against visiting South Florida, the school announced Sunday.
Boston inches forward with recreational marijuana permits City Hall officials said they would negotiate Boston?s first host community agreements with marijuana operators in early October.
Car blast on downtown street in eastern Pa. called ?isolated? Three males, including the likely ??perpetrator,?? died in Saturday?s explosion, officials said.
Ideas | David A. Moss and Dean Grodzins
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?
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.
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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.
Everything that felt so wrong for the past two weeks took a right turn back into familiarity.
A neighbor first spotted the blaze and fought the flames with a garden hose until fire crews arrived.
Citizens? petitions are a tool residents can use to make changes at the local level.
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.
The nations overcame deep divisions to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement.
The former adversaries appeared rather chummy during their June summit in Singapore.
??Once again the California Legislature has enacted an extreme and illegal state law attempting to frustrate federal policy,?? AG Jeff Sessions said.
Honk! Festival of Activist Street Bands, Salem Horror Festival, author Sarah Smarsh, and more.
You?ll get a different view of Mother Nature?s autumn beauty show, and leave the landlubbing crowds behind.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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