State Police tried to destroy payroll records during investigations

The department sought to destroy boxes filled with potential evidence in the department?s ongoing internal audit, as well as federal and state criminal probes into alleged overtime fraud.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/RinaldiTroopers03.jpg State police boss launches probe into union related payroll fraud allegations

The head of Massachusetts State Police has launched an investigation into new accusations of trooper payroll fraud, alleging some members used the union as an excuse to take paid leave.

David Epstein

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Unless something changes dramatically, this will be the first time a category 4 storm has ever hit the Florida panhandle since records began in the mid-1800s.

Waves crashed along a pier as the outerbands of hurricane Michael arrived on Wednesday in Panama City Beach, Fla

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Category 4 Michael roars close to Florida coast

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The Justice Department has approved a $69 billion merger between CVS Health and Aetna, with conditions.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/childrens1_wiggs.jpg Slim majority opposes ballot question on nurse staffing, poll finds

Fifty-one percent of likely voters said they opposed the ballot question, according to the new UMass Lowell/Boston Globe survey.

President of National Grid Marcy Reed spoke at a press conference Tuesday.

Most Woburn homes that lost gas service will have it restored on Wednesday

The utility?s update came after Monday?s surge in natural-gas pressure led officials to cut off service to about 300 homes in the city.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/kreiter_umassmed6_met.jpg ?It?s about emotion and family, and life and death?

In the nation?s first joint program of its kind, the state?s four medical schools ? UMass, Harvard, Tufts, and BU ? are developing standards for end-of-life medical training.

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The actions were triggered by a series of lapses at New York City?s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

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In Boston, it?s easier to get ahead than in almost any other city in the country, but the degree to which a person thrives varies widely, depending on the color of their skin.

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A clamor to dump the test used for entrance into Boston Latin, Latin Academy, and John D. O?Bryant is growing after a Harvard study revealed it fuels inequality.

Despite almost unraveling in the ninth, the Red Sox managed to secure their spot in the ALCS.

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DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Who?s the daddy now? It?s the Red Sox

Many years after Pedro Martinez?s infamous quip, it?s safe to say that there is a new world order in this rivalry.

Alex Speier

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After enduring consecutive first-round disappointments, the Red Sox were finally able to celebrate advancing to the ALCS.

NICK CAFARDO | ON BASEBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/10/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/Davisaldsgame4-19.jpg Pay tribute to Rick Porcello for an ?outstanding? outing in this one

The Red Sox could go into the ALCS in good shape with their starters.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/10/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/ab81af9e7bf74760b32f171939e1e02f-ab81af9e7bf74760b32f171939e1e02f-0.jpg ?He?s absolutely terrible? was CC Sabathia?s assessment of umpire Angel Hernandez

?I don?t think Angel Hernandez should be umping playoff games,? the Yankees pitcher said after his team lost to the Red Sox Tuesday.

Brian Scalabrine, now a color analyst on NBC Sports Boston, was a fan favorite when he played for the Celtics from 2005 until 2010.

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Brian Scalabrine?s unlikely path from Celtics? benchwarmer to broadcaster

The affable ?Scal? was a fan favorite when he played for the team, and now he gets to run his mouth talking basketball as a broadcaster.

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If you want the hottest ticket in town, plenty are still available through Ticketmaster. But be prepared to pay as high as $1,500 apiece.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/01/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/dtlumacki_sodine_reg02-001.jpg New Hampshire tavern offers steak tips as reward for tracking down burglar

They?re willing to trade some steak tips for some inside tips.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/10/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/30squirrel1a-1328345-OLCD.jpg Flight delayed after woman brings squirrel on plane

Police had to remove a woman who brought an ?emotional support squirrel? on a Frontier Airlines flight headed from Orlando to Cleveland.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/05/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/10saltyphoto.jpg Getting Salty with Esther Tetreault of Trillium Brewing Co.

Tetreault has the perfect job: She makes beer with her husband. This fall, the pair will open a restaurant near their Fort Point flagship.

This handout photo obtained October 3, 2018 courtesy of National Geographic/Jimmy Chin shows Alex Honnold as he holds all of his climbing gear atop the summit of El Capitan,in Yosemite National Park, becoming the first person to climb El Capitan without a rope. - A new documentary follows Alex Honnold as he attempts a free solo ascent of El Capitans Freerider in Yosemite National Park in California. Imagine climbing a 900-meter (3,000-foot) granite wall without ropes and almost nothing to grip, moving slowly and perilously upward for four hours. A brave soul named Alex Honnold completed such a climb -- and lived to tell the tale. Honnold was 31 when he pulled off the feat of scaling El Capitan, a vertical rock formation in Yosemite National Park in California, in June 2017 in a drama that is now the subject of a National Geographic documentary. The film is in US theaters now, in Canada starting October 12 and in the UK in December. (Photo by Jimmy CHIN / National Geographic/Jimmy Chin / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

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NAMES

The story behind ?Free Solo,? which documents one of the most dangerous climbs ever completed

Alex Honnold did it: He was the first person to successfully scale El Capitan in California?s Yosemite National Park. A new documentary, ?Free Solo,? captures it all.

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Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, said Tuesday that she would step down by the end of the year.

Sean P. Murphy | The Fine Print

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/27/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/TAYLORBusiness01consumer_002.jpg An Airbnb guesthouse of horrors

One Los Angeles rental had excellent reviews and a host who had so impressed Airbnb that he was ranked as a ?super host.? Then the nightmare began.

NAMES

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Oxman admits to having a bit of fun with paparazzi when they began staking out the Media Lab, however.

Names

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Murray Whyte, the longtime art critic at the Toronto Star, joins the Globe staff mid-November.

Opinion & Ideas

Renée Graham

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Republicans are having fun at women?s expense.

Special reports

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Globe staff photos of the month, September 2018

Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: gas explosions in Lawrence, 9/11 remembrance ceremonies, and primary elections.

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.

Real Estate

5,000-square-foot Vermont chalet heads for auction. See inside.

It?s the time of year when rakes tame fallen leaves and minds dream of ski vacations. If hitting the slopes is your thing and you have a million or two to spare, a chalet tucked away in the Green Mountains is coming up for bid. The 5,000-square-foot mountain home, on 0.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/09/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Wunderkinds_Story_Card_2.png Meet the 2018 STAT Wunderkinds

Introducing this year?s class of STAT Wunderkinds, a group of unheralded heroes of science and medicine.

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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Mobile homes may be the least expensive and most effective means of addressing the region?s housing shortage.

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.

Magazine

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