Watchdog says nurse ballot question could cost $900m a year

The report found that hospitals would need to hire 2,286 to 3,101 additional full-time nurses to comply with the rules set by Question 1, which voters will decide on in November.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/03/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/04kendallA.jpg Google may be anchor tenant in 18-story building planned for Kendall Square

The Internet search giant could grow its presence enough to fill a new 18-story tower in the heart of Kendall Square, developers said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/SECRET%20LIFE%20SLAYING-412485.jpg Former Wellesley doctor dealt setback in challenging conviction in wife?s brutal slaying

Dirk Greineder is currently serving a life sentence for the brutal slaying of his wife, Mabel, who was stabbed in her neck, head, and chest nearly 20 years ago in a Wellesley park.

Cars were found with slashed tires on Dorchester Street on Wednesday morning.

Jerome Campbell/Globe Staff

?You feel helpless?: Dorchester residents unnerved after tire-slashing spree

By mid-afternoon, police had identified 14 damaged vehicles ? and warned that the number of cars affected could increase.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/29/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/wiggs_Harvest_02.jpg Harvest Co-op Markets, unable to compete with major organic grocers, is closing

After nearly 50 years in business, the co-op?s board said it sees ?no viable path forward? for its two remaining stores in Jamaica Plain and Central Square.

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/03/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi-5313.jpg Wynn casino caught up in governor?s race and #MeToo

Place your bets: Will Wynn Resorts lose its casino?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Rinaldi07charltonpot01.jpg He decided to sell his farm to a marijuana company. His neighbors are determined to stop him

If it wins local approval, Valley Green Grow has promised Charlton a windfall of up to $7 million annually, plus $500,000 up front. The farm?s neighbors, however, aren?t buying that sales pitch.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Rex_Aftermath_of_sas_explosions_and_9882737F.jpg All those gas workers in the Merrimack Valley need a place to live. How about on a cruise ship?

Columbia Gas has rented a 1,900-bed cruise ship that is steaming to Boston to help with accommodations for relief workers.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/03/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Walker_100318_04hotelstrike_30551x.jpg Workers at Marriott hotels in Boston go on strike

The job action involves more than 1,500 employees, from housekeepers to bartenders to bellmen, at seven Boston locations.

Those noisy text messages that just came to your phone, explained

Right on schedule, the nation got an alert Wednesday ? not on Twitter or TV, but in a message delivered straight to the cell phones of ordinary Americans.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/03/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/90d5bc4a-e675-4a60-9910-dcad37c8f7d8.jpg 11 takeaways from The New York Times? investigation into Trump?s taxes

An investigation by The New York Times has revealed that Donald Trump received the equivalent today of at least $413 million from his father?s real estate empire.

Warner Bros.

? ? ? ½ | Movie Review

Lady Gaga glitters in ?A Star Is Born?

This remake has heart, soul, and sinew, and above all, it has Lady Gaga. And the opening 45 minutes are as good as mainstream moviemaking gets in the 21st century.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/13/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/IMG_2809A.jpg This college dropout wants to help you browse the Web in disguise

A young digital entrepreneur from Weston wants to thwart digital snoops by making them believe they are watching someone else.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/02harvardpics%2018-21030-21277-21296.jpg Harvard places head diving coach on leave amid sexual misconduct allegations

Harvard University has placed its head diving coach on leave following sexual misconduct allegations made against him in a federal lawsuit out of Indiana.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ff43eee5ee164c66b5b188d2ec747001-ff43eee5ee164c66b5b188d2ec747001-0.jpg A chart about sexual assault prevention is going viral. Here?s the story behind it

The preface of Jackson Katz?s 2006 book has been turned into a chart being widely shared online.

Here?s how Sarah Sanders defended Trump?s mocking of Christine Blasey Ford

The White House press secretary said President Trump was ?stating the facts? when he taunted the woman who accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell left a closed-door lunch meeting of GOP senators at the US Capitol on Wednesday.

GOP senators could get pivotal FBI report on Brett Kavanaugh this evening

Anticipation for the report built as Republicans assessed the impact of President Trump?s Tuesday night tirade against Christine Blasey Ford.

Opinion | Denise Morency Gannon, Patrick Gannon, and Elizabeth Warren

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/03/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/analysis-5821c86c-bdae-11e8-be70-52bd11fe18af.jpg Judge Kavanaugh is a pro-gun judicial extremist

Judge Kavanaugh would undermine progress toward greater gun safety in states across this country.

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Opinion | Laurence H. Tribe

Don?t be fooled, Senators Collins and Murkowski: Judge Kavanaugh would gut Roe v. Wade

Judge Brett Kavanaugh?s Court of Appeals opinions show that he would vote to gut Roe v. Wade.

? The FBI is expected to send Congress its report on Kavanaugh as soon as Wednesday afternoon.

? However, Christine Blasey Ford's lawyers said they haven?t heard back from the FBI about scheduling an interview.

? Key GOP senators Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and Jeff Flake have criticized President Trump for his Tuesday remarks mocking Ford.

? Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell defended Kavanaugh, and Kellyanne Conway said Ford has "been treated like a Fabergé egg."

Boston, MA - 9/14/2018 - (8th inning) Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora (20) during a pitching change in the eighth inning. The Boston Red Sox host the New York Mets in Game 1 of a three game series at Fenway Park. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Peter Abraham, Topic: 15Red Sox-Mets, LOID:8.4.3137593561.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Brace yourself, Alex Cora, for second-guessing about your bullpen decisions

Dave Dombrowski passed the buck to his manager, who bears the burden of piecing together a path to the closer.

Andrew Mahoney

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/03/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/959672822.jpg Does anyone want the A?s to win the AL wild card?

There?s been plenty of talk of how appealing a Yankees-Red Sox series could be, but what about the other possibility?

CHAD FINN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/12/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/weei.jpg Summer radio ratings: The Sports Hub first overall, ?Kirk and Callahan? wins mornings

?Kirk and Callahan?s? victory is significant given that co-host Kirk Minihane was absent for many of the summer programs.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/23/BostonGlobe.com/BCOM/Images/wine-6659.jpg Another study raises questions about your daily glass(es) of alcohol

Been drinking that daily glass of wine to stay healthy? Maybe you should reconsider.

Love Letters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/02/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/Meredith_New_Logo-4498.jpg All her boyfriend?s BFFs are women he?s had flings with

He?s a photographer and very flirty with other women, which makes her very uncomfortable.

Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | Nancy Gertner

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/02/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/03baby3web.jpg Brett Kavanaugh turns in a disqualifying performance

A judge is supposed to offer an appearance of impartiality, avoiding remarks or situations that might lead reasonable people to believe he is partisan.

Special reports

The Big Picture

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Scenes from the aftermath of Indonesia?s earthquake, tsunami

Days after the disaster, the confirmed death toll has exceeded 1,200 dead with hundreds severely injured and still more trapped in debris.

Newsletters

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Red Sox reporter Alex Speier writes about everything baseball with an eye for analytics and an insider?s knowledge of the game.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/03/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/IMG_5775-1024x576.jpg Opinion: Memorial Sloan Kettering, you?ve betrayed my trust

I?ve been a patient at the hospital and now volunteer there. I feel betrayed by ethical lapses by its staff members.

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.