Ban on sea walls faces increasing protests from homeowners

Chatham-09/20/18 Homeowner Gerald Milden is against the dredging in Chatham Harbor and says that it accelerates the loss of sand in front of his home, causing erosion. He stands near the huge boulders that were added to his oceanfront property after erosion from March storms nearly sank his home in the ocean. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(metro)

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

With rising seas and more powerful storms, the coast along the state?s southern flank has become increasingly exposed, leaving more homes vulnerable to the waves.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/08/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/billfold0819cash-9081.jpg Nobody outspends Massachusetts. Can we afford it?

We spend more on household goods and services than peers in other states.

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Jennifer Klaus says she was contacted by the head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, but was not asked about Brett Kavanaugh?s purported actions.

Senator Susan Collins at the US Capitol on Friday.

Susan Collins says she thinks Kavanaugh?s accuser was ?mistaken?

?I do not believe her assailant was Brett Kavanaugh,? the Maine senator said during an interview with ?60 Minutes? that aired on Sunday night.

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The West Virginia senator was the only Democrat to support Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump?s Supreme Court nominee.

In this Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018 photo, a limousine, left, has landed in the woods following a fatal crash in Schoharie, N.Y. (Tom Heffernan Sr. via AP)

Tom Heffernan Sr. via AP

20 dead in N.Y. when limo on way to birthday party blows stop sign

A limousine on its way to a birthday party blew a stop sign at the end of a highway, killing all 18 people in the limo and two pedestrians.

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The study describes a world of worsening food shortages and wildfires, and a mass die-off of coral reefs.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-21452[1].jpg Three killed in weekend shootings in Boston

Three men are dead and two have been arrested following a trio of apparently unrelated shootings in Boston on Saturday night and Sunday morning.

Woman?s body found in N.H. storage unit

Police found Jessica Purslow, 45, inside a unit at the Rochester Self Storage facility on South Main Street after receiving a call about an open unit Sunday morning.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/kreiter_potoncampus2_met.jpg Students? pot use puts colleges? funding at risk

Now that recreational marijuana is legal in Massachusetts, college administrators are dealing with how to handle legalized pot and the policies that ban them from campus.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/winds1.jpg Depression becomes Tropical Storm Michael, heads toward Florida

Tropical Storm Michael formed Sunday and could become a hurricane in a day or two as it gains strength and heads toward the Florida panhandle.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/03/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/kreiter_lawrencebaker13_met.jpg Lawrence businesses fight for survival as gas remains shut off

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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/sagamore%20bridge4-6800603.jpg What?s the future for the Cape Cod bridges?

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

New devices to combat obesity, from three Boston-area firms

The race to market new weight loss treatments comes as US obesity levels have become ?alarmingly high,? according to a study released last month.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/78cd880123494650b08012fe28178e75-602290cad9794c3ebf3a5b289e88cc7c-0.jpg It must be tough to be named Brett Kavanaugh right now ? this tweet thread proves it

A number of people ? from the world?s Mike Pences to Siris to Susan Collinses and Michael Cohens ? who bear the same name as prominent figures are vocalizing their woes.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/04/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/a4d15e180a0d40dfbbd6a4fa7b592972-a4d15e180a0d40dfbbd6a4fa7b592972-0.jpg Taylor Swift wades into politics by endorsing candidates for the midterm elections

The pop star might have a home in Rhode Island, but she says she?ll be casting her vote in Tennessee.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/Untitled-9125.jpg ?SNL? doesn?t mince words when it comes to Brett Kavanaugh?s confirmation

The show also addressed the unplanned speech Kanye West gave on last weekend?s ?SNL? episode, in which the rapper professed his support for President Trump.

Dan Shaughnessy

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy_20131006.jpg Red Sox need to be tougher to beat the Yankees

The Sox won 108 games this season, but seem to be making it up as they go along against New York in the ALDS.

Nick Cafardo | on baseball

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/4405276d27f6450a80b216560c35aa85-4405276d27f6450a80b216560c35aa85-0.jpg It?s just common sense to call on Nathan Eovaldi in Game 3

In four starts vs. the Yankees this season, the Red Sox righthander is 1-1 with a 1.93 ERA.

ADAM HIMMELSBACH

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?He?s a better man than I was,? the elder Rozier said of his son, the Celtics points guard.

Ben Volin | On football

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/04/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/TlumackiPre4.jpg Seven major issues the Patriots must address

Getting Rob Gronkowski deep and throwing to the wide receivers is a start.

Tara Sullivan

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Mahomes, the son of a former major league baseball player, comes to Foxborough as the leader of the best team in the AFC.

Cole Tracy is a graduate transfer student from Assumption College playing for LSU.

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Stan Grossfeld

How a kicker from Assumption ended up at one of the top football programs in the country

Cole Tracy went from playing in front of 818 fans to delivering a game-winning field goal before nearly 6 million TV viewers.

Connections | Magazine

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He shopped for them on his lunch break, and brought them home to expand my horizons.

Music Review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/Lee_100618_eltonjohn4_liv.jpg Letting the sun go down, Elton John glitters in farewell tour

His Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour is a three-year round-the-world jaunt celebrating the British piano man and his huge catalog.

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Scott Wilson, who played the murderer Robert Hickock in 1967?s ?In Cold Blood? and was a series regular on ?The Walking Dead,? has died. He was 76.

Opinion & Ideas

FIXING BOSTON TRANSPORTATION

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/03/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi-5315.jpg Joan Vennochi: Lessons from the Seoul subway for Boston?s transit woes

The Seoul subway system is as old as the Orange Line. Why is it so much faster and more efficient?

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/2011-2020/2018/10/04/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/stat_brainphone_ink_1st_cropped-1024x576.jpg Mindstrong?s mood-predicting app is shadowed by questions over evidence

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

//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

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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.