Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

Mass. residents spend more than people in other states. Can we afford it?

We spend a lot on goods and services ? and we also earn a lot on average. But most people in Massachusetts are below the state average in earnings.

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.?

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.?

Opinion | Alan M. Dershowitz

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This is not so much about Kavanaugh as it is about a new form of McCarthyism that is quickly descending on university campuses.

2 dead in Chelmsford crash involving wrong-way driver

Police had received multiple reports of a speeding driver minutes before the crash.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/winds1.jpg Storm becomes a hurricane, and it may strengthen as it moves toward Florida

Michael could strengthen into a major hurricane with winds topping 111 mph by Tuesday night before an expected strike on Florida?s Panhandle or Big Bend.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/AFP_19V4IJ.jpg Remnants of Hurricane Michael could bring heavy rain to New England by Friday

Southern New England could get one to two inches of rain, and Cape Cod and the Islands could get up to four inches of rain.

ADAM HIMMELSBACH

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/DMX23.jpg 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/2011-2020/2018/10/08/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Swensen_180915_16warren(2)_0002.jpg Elizabeth Warren dumps lots of cash into online advertising

Only President Trump and Ted Cruz?s challenger in Texas have spent more on Facebook ads in 2018 than Warren.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/08/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_19V1QT.jpg Men who studied at MIT win Nobel in economics

William Nordhaus received his PhD from MIT and is a professor at Yale. Paul Romer studied at MIT and attended Phillips Exeter.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/d23a1245d2224841a6ae9836039362b6-d23a1245d2224841a6ae9836039362b6-0.jpg Tragic N.Y. crash leaves 20 dead when limo 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.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/21/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/TaylorBusinessAllurion_012.jpg 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.

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.

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

HUBweek

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.

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2014, file photo, former first daughter Barbara Bush talks in Omaha, Neb., before an appearance as feature speaker at the Girls Inc. fundraiser luncheon. Bush married screenwriter Craig Coyne. Her father, former President George W. Bush, escorted his daughter down the aisle while her grandfather, former President George H.W. Bush, watched the ceremony at the family?s Walker Point compound in Kennebunkport, Maine, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

NAMES

Former first daughter Barbara Bush gets married at family?s Maine compound

Her father, former President George W. Bush, escorted his daughter down the aisle at the Walker Point compound in Kennebunkport on Sunday.

NAMES

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

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 hitting a game-winning field goal before nearly 6 million TV viewers.

Boston, MA - 7/25/2017 - Vehicles make their way through traffic along Washington Street in Boston, MA, July 25, 2017. ()

Keith Bedford/Globe Staff

IDEAS | DANTE Ramos

Stuck in traffic? New tech won?t save us

We?ll never squeeze enough cars into crowded spaces to get people where they need to go. In the end, no artificial-intelligence algorithm can change the laws of physics. Plan accordingly.

Passengers get off a train at Chungmuro subway station on line 3 in Seoul on January 24, 2010. AFP PHOTO/JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)

JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images

FIXING BOSTON TRANSPORTATION

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?

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

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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

//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.