Warren releases results of DNA test

Senator Elizabeth Warren, who has been dogged politically for years by her past claims of Native American heritage, shared the results of a DNA test with The Boston Globe.

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PATRIOTS 43, CHIEFS 40

Patriots pull out the win in a wild finish

Stephen Gostkowski?s field goal as time expired pushed New England past previously unbeaten Kansas City.

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Tom Brady outdueled young gunslinger Patrick Mahomes on a night where offense ruled.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/15/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Lee_101418_patchief22_spts.jpg It wasn?t pretty, but this win may have saved the Patriots? season

New England?s chance to earn the top seed in the AFC would have been remote if they?d lost to the Chiefs.

RED SOX 7, ASTROS 5

Red Sox get even with Astros in ALCS

Jackie Bradley Jr.?s three-run double in the third inning put the Red Sox ahead to stay.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

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The lefty was one out away from qualifying for a decision, exiting Game 2 with a 5-4 lead.

NICK CAFARDO | ON BASEBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/15/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/101418Tlumacki40.jpg This time, Jackie Bradley Jr. bedazzled you with his offense

Bradley turned Game 2 around with a three-run double in the third inning.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/15/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/200_john_oliver(8).jpg John Oliver had a lot to say about Saudi Arabia and its ties to Trump

The HBO host went after Saudi Arabia and its leader on Sunday?s episode of ?Last Week Tonight.?

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The actor was the keynote speaker at the New Hampshire Democratic Party?s annual fall fund-raising dinner on Sunday.

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Kensington Palace said the child is due in the spring.

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Dealing with the stresses of the job can have a negative impact on veterinarians? mental health.

stat

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Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women?s Hospital said that research papers from the lab of Piero Anversa ?included falsified and/or fabricated data.?

Adrian Walker

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A group of economists have released an unprecedented neighborhood-by-neighborhood look at upward mobility in America.

Baker, legislature in a showdown over Airbnb regulations

For two months, lawmakers and Governor Baker have been in a standoff over legislation ? passed in the waning hours of the 2018 session ? to tax and regulate short-term rentals.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/15/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/d2873f3b3ed94bb9b456d5dfb343d07f-d2873f3b3ed94bb9b456d5dfb343d07f-0.jpg After decades of decline, Sears files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

The retailer is buckling under its massive debt load and staggering losses.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/14/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/Swensen_181012_train_0001.jpg New North Station drawbridges would ease rail congestion

The $100 million project will make life better for commuter rail riders, MBTA officials said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/PlusNoConsent.jpeg Violent crime in Mass. fell in 2017, but homicides rose

The violent crime rate dropped below national levels for the second time since 2016, according to FBI statistics.

?There is a hole in our family.? Hudson man dies during honeymoon in Costa Rica

Tragedy struck Friday when the couple got caught up in flood waters while traveling along the country?s western coast.

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?I think he?s sort of a Democrat, if you want to know the truth,? Trump said of his defense chief.

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The president also said he doesn?t know if climate change is manmade and suggests that the climate will ?change back again.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_15asianrally-1_metro.jpg Dueling rallies ahead of Harvard affirmative action lawsuit

Harvard students, alumni, and employees marched in support of affirmative action in admissions while opponents rallied against it.

Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | Margery Eagan

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/11/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/fd3bd5a68e744e5594c2b44d3c96bbea-2df4d2076323467383dad78500080a45-1.jpg The myth of ?false accusations? of sexual assault

Assertions about false accuastions of sexual assault are rarely true.

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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We?ve started an early-morning version of our popular afternoon Talking Points business newsletter. Try it out here.

STAT

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Because of conflicting guidelines about when women should begin having them, women like me fall through the cracks.

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

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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.