Conservatives? dream of control has become reality

Brett Kavanaugh?s confirmation cements the conservative majority on the nation?s highest court after a bitter confirmation battle that left the Senate bruised and the nation divided.

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?I had to spend a few hours curled up on my couch,? Jane Piercy, 56, of Brookline, said outside the State House on Friday night.

Opinion | Ayanna Pressley

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/FORD%20HILL%20II.jpg I believe survivors. I believe Christine Blasey Ford. And I still believe Anita Hill.

This moment can go down as one of the darkest hours in our nation?s history, or it can be the galvanizing force for the strongest progressive movement in a generation.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_19U03G.jpg Protesters occupy Supreme Court steps

The demonstrators went up the steps of the Supreme Court holding signs and chanting, ??we believe survivors?? and ??hey hey, ho ho, Kavanaugh has got to go.??

Senator Susan Collins

Adrian Walker

Susan Collins, never a maverick, fell right into line. Why did anyone expect otherwise?

Senator Susan Collins spoke passionately about lessening divisions. But her vote is likely to have the opposite effect.

The entrance to the Georgetown Preparatory School, the Jesuit prep school in Bethesda, Md., that Judge Brett Kavanaugh attended.

Brett Kavanaugh allegations roil Catholic faithful still grappling with clergy abuse

Despite what Kavanaugh may deliver from the bench on issues like abortion, members of the church find themselves just as divided on his nomination as the rest of the country.

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?I feel gutted,? said Catherine Perreault, a Portland resident, who added that she doesn?t know how the Republican senator will ?show her face in Maine.?

Elizabeth Bautista opened her bakery four months ago, but the gas fires that rocked the Merrimack Valley have left her without gas to cook.

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Lawrence businesses fight for survival as gas remains shut off

The neighborhood, close by the banks of the Merrimack River, is dense and working-class, long a home to immigrants and the businesses they built with grit and hard-won savings.

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The most ambitious vision for the canal area would likely cost the state and the Army Corps a combined $1 billion or more.

KEVIN PAUL DUPONT | SUNDAY HOCKEY NOTES

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A former No. 1 overall pick, Murphy has been living on the streets in Kenora, Ontario.

Kevin Paul Dupont | On Second Thought

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/04/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/1045308640.jpg ?No more Fortnite? for Vancouver Canucks: team imposes video game ban on road trips

The Canucks will bury their gadgets on the road. It?s a self-imposed ban.

GARY WASHBURN I SUNDAY BASKETBALL NOTES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/05/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/25c831ba8fc9444b8f7cb848c84446ee-25c831ba8fc9444b8f7cb848c84446ee-22942.jpg Kyrie Irving is all business whether he?s on the court or off it

Irving?s view on strengthening his off-the-court brand has been just as focused as working on his ballhandling skills.

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has taken the NFL by storm.

BEN VOLIN I SUNDAY FOOTBALL NOTES

Top developments during first quarter of NFL season

By almost every metric imaginable, this has been a banner year for NFL offenses.

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Art prankster Banksy has struck again.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_19T6OV.jpg First lady talks Trump, Twitter as she tours the pyramids

Melania Trump said she has, at times, told the president to put his phone down. And she says she doesn?t always agree with what he tweets.

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The memorial on Dartmouth Street features the writings of Kip Tiernan, who died in 2011.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Wampanoag_02.jpg Mashpee Wampanoag protest Trump administration land ruling

If the tribe cannot retain control of the 321 acres in Mashpee and Taunton, it will be unable to build a planned $1 billion resort casino there.

Boston, MA 10/06/18: Red Sox pitcher David Price walks towards the dugout after being pulled from the game in the second inning. Boston Red Sox hosted the New York Yankees in the second game of the ALDS at Fenway Park Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)

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YANKEES 6, RED SOX 2

Yankees rough up David Price and Red Sox to even series

The lefthander lasted only 1? innings and Boston is headed to New York with the Division Series knotted at 1-1.

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The lefthander allowed two home runs and three runs to the Yankees as his list of playoff failures grew Saturday night.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy.jpg After another colossal playoff failure, what?s next for David Price?

Price spit the bit in the playoffs again, lasting just 1? innings against the Yankees in Game 2.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_nybospre2_spts.jpg These pictures tell a story ? about a 108-win season

Manager Alex Cora has picked photos to commemorate every win this season ? and now the Red Sox are sharing his photo wall with the fans.

Boston MA 6/5/18 Boston Red Sox Steven Wright delivers a pitch to the Detroit Tigers during first inning action at Fenway Park. (photo by Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff) topic: 03schtrack reporter:

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Nick Cafardo | On Baseball

Steven Wright?s knee injury is a blow to Red Sox bullpen

Wright had success in relief during September, and his knuckleball was viewed as an advantage in the late innings.

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Geoff Diehl has sought to capitalize on Elizabeth Warren?s headline-grabbing announcement by hammering the message that Massachusetts deserves ?a full-time senator.?

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The governor wrote in an op-ed published Friday that he stands behind the 2016 antidiscrimination law he signed.

Woman dead in New Bedford apartment fire

A passerby reported the blaze at 2:51 a.m. at 25 Sycamore St., according to the state fire marshal?s office.

Reenactors Rob Lee (front, left) and Jeffery Meriwether (right) marched toward the Old State House.

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?The British are coming??250 years later

The reproduction of the soldiers? arrival was called ?Boston Occupied: An Insolent Parade.?

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Congregants of a nearby Jewish temple said they were deeply shaken by the crash that killed a woman believed to be in her 20s. The crash is under investigation, officials said.

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Reality TV star Kim Kardashian West is suing a former security guard over an incident in Paris in which she was bound and robbed of jewelry that was worth millions of dollars.

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Turkey has concluded that Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent journalist from Saudi Arabia, was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul earlier this week.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/05nowoods104.jpg Albert Creighton Jr., 100, land preservationist and plastic-steel manufacturer

Mr. Creighton was the founding president of Chemical Development Corp. of Danvers, which manufactured Devcon plastic steel.

Opinion & Ideas

FIXING BOSTON TRANSPORTATION

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/03/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/jacoby-1677.jpg Build more highways (and make drivers pay)

Our snarled roadways are less like obesity, an unhealthy condition to be treated and overcome, than like a teen?s growth, a natural development to be welcomed and accommodated.

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.

Travel

The author looks out at West Lake during a ferry ride in the city of Hangzhou.

Led by the nose through China

We were on a highly controlled, tightly scheduled trip designed to give US reporters a taste of Chinese culture, society, and politics. It soon became our mission to break free ? if even just a little.

STAT

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The company says its app can predict your mood based on how you use your phone, like how quickly you type.

Love Letters: The Podcast

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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

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Slightly more than a third of all home purchases were made by millennials over the past year.

Globe event

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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.