Warren trails Trump in a key category: online ad spending

Only the president and the Democrat challenging Ted Cruz in Texas have spent more on Facebook ads in 2018 than potential 2020 candidate Elizabeth Warren.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_19U07T.jpg Now that Kavanaugh is on high court, liberals change strategy

Expanding the court and pushing for Brett Kavanaugh?s impeachment are two possibilities raised by some on the extreme left.

Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, on Christine Blasey Ford: ?I believed that a sexual assault had happened to her. What I think she is mistaken about is who the perpetrator was.?

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Susan Collins: ?I do not believe her assailant was Brett Kavanaugh?

The US senator from Maine discussed her controversial vote during an interview on CBS? ?60 Minutes.?

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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.

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.

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.

Gerald Milden is against the dredging in Chatham Harbor and said that it accelerated the loss of sand in front of his home, causing erosion. He stood near the huge boulders that were added to his oceanfront property.

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Sea walls pit environmentalists against homeowners

State regulations enacted in 1978 largely ban construction of private sea walls. Those living along the coast say the sea walls could save their homes.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/winds1.jpg Florida already rushing to deal with Tropical Storm Michael

Governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency for much of the state Sunday. Michael is expected to become a hurricane and hit the Florida Panhandle later this week.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/08/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_19U9TH.jpg Food shortages, more wildfires, dead coral reefs ? all by 2040?

A landmark report from a UN scientific panel paints a far more dire picture of the immediate consequences of climate change than thought.

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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.

Opinion

What?s next for the Catholic Church?

We asked six people to share their thoughts on the way forward after the latest round of scandal.

Red Sox at Yankees | 7:40 p.m. (TBS)

//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 tonight?s Game 3

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

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.

Terry Rozier Sr. (right) and his son, Terry, meet following a preseason game Saturday.

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ADAM HIMMELSBACH

At last, Terry Rozier?s dad can see his son play

Terry Rozier Sr. was released from prison in August. He caught a preseason game in Cleveland Saturday. ?I?ve been admiring the young man my son has become,? Terry Rozier Sr. said.

//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.

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.

Stan Grossfeld

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/23/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/cole50.jpg 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.

Hiawatha Bray | Tech Lab

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/01/23/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/bray_20140123.jpg VP Pence has some sound advice for Google about privacy and censorship in China

Pence urged Google to drop its plan for a mobile search app that would censor the Internet for Chinese users, and it?s the best advice Google?s gotten all year.

//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.

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.

2018 HUBweek on Boston City Hall Plaza. Image: HUBweek (Frame grab from HUBweek video)

HUBweek 2018 starts today, and here?s what you need to know

The fourth annual ?festival for the future? brings together hundreds of events, installations, and conversations on art, science, health, and technology.

Opinion & Ideas

Editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/ryan_votetoday9_met.jpg Senators have voted on Kavanaugh. Now it?s your turn.

Officially, the fight over Kavanaugh?s nomination over. In reality, the ugliness of the last two weeks will be litigated again in the midterms.

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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/02/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Baseball-108-Stitches-C.jpg 108 Stitches

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

//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.