Amid troubles for State Police, more troopers are retiring than ever

The agency has no plan ? or funding set aside ? to start hiring replacements.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/01/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/AFP_19I6Z6.jpg Frantic weekend of talks ends with US-Canada trade deal

The countries had set a deadline of Sunday to come to an agreement. Revising Nafta had been one of President Trump?s key objectives.

?I am a completely different person,?? Shellye Echeverria of Queens, N.Y., said after her care at a specialized McLean Hospital center.

Annie Tritt for The Boston Globe

It?s life-changing treatment ? and expensive. Insurance is not welcome

McLean Hospital, one of the best psychiatric facilities in the country, is steadily expanding in the world of ?private-pay? treatment, leaving behind those who rely on health care coverage.

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Chad Ludington, now a college professor, said Kavanaugh gave misleading testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/30/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/0c702237d8ab4572a5dee646a547d9d4-43d84d78d07f49af8f8cabaf8499ea72-5326.jpg We won?t know the truth unless the FBI review is a real one

The bureau has the best tools to determine whether Brett Kavanaugh is being honest. Will the FBI be allowed to use them?

adrian walker

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walker%20(3)-21307.jpg Hi there Jeff Flake, I have a few questions . . .

Flake is scheduled to appear in Boston on Monday. A Globe columnist has a checklist for what he?ll ask if they cross paths.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/01/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/senators.jpg Jeff Flake sheds more light on the elevator incident

Flake asked for a delay on the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation vote on Friday, hours after he was confronted by two women in the Capitol. ?I just knew . . . I couldn?t move forward without hitting the pause button,? he said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_sharks10_met.jpg 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.

 
Foxborough, MA 09/30/18: Patriots Adam Butler reacts after sacking Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill in the third quarter. Teammate Deatrich Wise Jr. (91) joined in the celebration. New England Patriots hosted the Miami Dolphins at Gillette Stadium Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018. (Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff)

TARA SULLIVAN

Patriots beat Dolphins convincingly, meaning you can breathe again

Everything that felt so wrong in losses to Jacksonville and Detroit took a right turn back into familiarity in Sunday?s 38-7 victory.

Ben Volin | On Football

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Tom Brady was a happy man Sunday night, and it was thanks in large part to the Patriots? three newer weapons.

A cantilevered seating area is part of the former Holyoke Center at Harvard.

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ARCHITECTURE REVIEW

In adventurous building, Harvard gets a ?front door? open to the public

You never lose touch with the city outdoors as your near neighbor, because you can see it looking back at you through so many glass walls and windows.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/05/09/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy_20131006.jpg Boston?s rookie of the year: Alex Cora

He might be the best newcomer in town since Freddie Lynn in ?75 or Larry Legend in ?79.

Boston?s image of being a racist city called out (again) in ?SNL? skit

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.)

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The Revolution, Boston newest boutique hotel, will offer a modern take on the city?s past.

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Mark Whipple will not coach Saturday?s game against visiting South Florida, the school announced Sunday.

Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | Margery Eagan

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/28/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/eagan-5308.jpg Sadly, not reporting abuse is common

In Boston, we know very well that not telling for decades is typical ? not rare, not suspicious, not disqualifying.

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.

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.

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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

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