Mookie Betts, Andrew Benintendi and Steve Pearce are pictured celebrating Boston's series-clinching victory over the Yankees.

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Chad Finn

Why it?s easy to like these Red Sox

Let?s just say it?s been a complete team effort. And there?s not much that?s more likable than that.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/30/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/RinaldiRedSox47.jpg Drew Pomeranz on Red Sox? World Series roster, but Steven Wright left off

Pomeranz gives the Red Sox a lefthanded option for matchup purposes, but has not pitched in a game since Sept. 30.

Nick Cafardo

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/22/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_cora3_spts-23506.jpg Who has the edge? It?s time to break it down

The starting rotations are comparable. Each lineup is filled with big bats. There are some tough calls, and Nick Cafardo makes them.

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City officials on Tuesday urged Red Sox fans to behave responsibly and celebrate safely if the team wins its fourth World Series since 2004.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/23/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/Instagram_names01_arts-8960.jpg Rosie O?Donnell engaged to Worcester police officer

The 56-year-old confirmed her engagement to 33-year-old Elizabeth Rooney.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/23/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/24dadtweets_001.jpg This Franklin father has a powerful message to anyone who has an issue with his son painting his nails

?If the rest of the world has a problem with your nails, they can check out my nail polish.?

Listen to the Calls

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/11hernandezphoto07-WZYC-001.jpg We listened to Aaron Hernandez?s jail calls. Here are some interesting ones

At the time of the calls, Hernandez was just 24 years old and still hopeful about the future. He was coming off a year in a much harsher jail, in Bristol County.

 

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/23/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/016575a852d246dbab71fec3b7329b97-016575a852d246dbab71fec3b7329b97-9106.jpg Stocks decline again on weak corporate earnings

Stocks fell sharply for the second time in three days Tuesday after a new batch of US corporate executives raised concerns about global economic growth.

Names

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/17/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/3d470e40-451d-4dfe-940b-dacef207ce1d.jpg Sarah Silverman says Louis C.K. did ?gross? act in front of her ? with her consent

Silverman discussed her friend and fellow comedian, who disappeared from the spotlight after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct, in a radio interview.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/23/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/947974030.jpg Amy Schumer is pregnant, but you might have missed the news

The announcement was buried on a friend?s Instagram Stories feed.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/22/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/99d38c18b65f4558810ef62639c20cfe-99d38c18b65f4558810ef62639c20cfe-0.jpg With Andris Nelsons conducting, a Swedish concertgoer rustled a bag of gum and a ?violent attack? ensued

The rustling of a gum wrapper at a performance of the symphony last week in the Swedish city of Malmo brought several concertgoers to blows.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/23/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_1A83E8.jpg Scientists find what they say is oldest intact shipweck ever discovered

The vessel has been carbon dated to more than 2,400 years ago and is of a design that had previously been seen only on ancient pottery.

Here?s what you need to know about Question 1

The ballot initiative would regulate nurse staffing in hospitals.

Somerville, MA - 8/21/18 - Donna Kelly-Williams (cq), president of the Massachusetts Nurses Association (cq), chats after the speeches. Nurses rally near Partners HealthCare (cq), in Somerville. The MNA backs ballot initiative #1, that mandates minimum levels of nurse staffing statewide. Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: 22campaignnotes Reporter: Priyanka McCluskey

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Editorial Board Endorsement

Editorial board endorsement: Vote ?no? on Question 1. The nurse staffing ratio is wrong for Mass.

The ballot question is too blunt an instrument to cure nurse staffing issues for Mass. hospitals.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_FallRiver_03A.jpg Some who knew Fall River mayor saw warning signs

The City Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether to oust Jasiel Correia, who calls himself a ?Fall River kid made good.? Correia faces federal fraud charges.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/23/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/200_kelly_lewandowski.jpg John Kelly-Corey Lewandowski clash drew in Secret Service

An argument between two men who have President Trump?s ear turned into a physical altercation, according to six people.

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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had been shot in the head, face, throat and jaw so when agents questioned him, he answered by writing in black ink onto a three-hole notebook.

HELP DESK

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/26/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/180905_HowToArgueOnline_CMYK.jpg Yes, you can argue online without going crazy. Here?s how.

Step 1: Take a deep breath. Step 2: Remember there?s a human on the other end. *Unless it?s a bot.

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Sandra Day O?Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, announced Tuesday that she has the beginning stages of dementia, ?probably Alzheimer?s disease.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/03/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/greenhouse_4stoke-2_business.jpg Stoke raises $90m to develop treatments for severe genetic diseases

The Bedford biotech startup?s co-founder, Adrian Krainer, last week won the prestigious life sciences Breakthrough Prize.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/23/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-22024.jpg A pro-Deval Patrick super PAC raised $350,000. Most of it came from one person

Dan Fireman, the managing partner of a Waltham-based private equity firm, donated $250,000 to the Reason to Believe PAC.

Suffolk Downs was the centerpiece of Boston?s bid for Amazon?s HQ2. The lack of a second visit, or any other public mentions of Boston has contributed to a growing sense that the retail giant may be setting up its second home somewhere else.

City of Boston rendering

Is Boston still in the mix for Amazon?s HQ2? It?s unclear

Search teams from Amazon are back out on the road, kicking the tires at potential sites for its hotly contested second headquarters. But not in Boston.

Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, right, and Jordan's King Abdullah II, applauded at the Future Investment Initiative conference, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday.

Saudi royals meet with slain writer?s relatives

Saudi King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have received the family of killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi and expressed their condolences.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/23/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_1A79MK.jpg China just opened the longest sea-crossing bridge in the world

The 34-mile bridge links Hong Kong to the mainland, a feat of engineering carrying immense economic and political significance.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Boghosian_globelive3_LIFE.jpg Come see Globe Live

After two sold-out seasons, Globe Live ? a live storytelling show featuring the Globe?s top journalists ? returns to the Emerson Paramount Center Nov. 3 & 4.

Opinion & Ideas

Renée Graham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/22/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/graham-5456.jpg Trump?s act of bottomless cruelty

The president?s unspoken warning is that unless you are straight, white, and preferably male, any one of us could be next.

Special reports

Real Estate

MassHort honors Ask the Gardener writer Stocker

The Massachusetts Horticultural Society honored Ask the Gardener writer Carol Stocker 118th annual awards dinner at Elm Bank on Thursday. Stocker was one of two Garden Club of America members the society honored with Gold Medals for lifetime achievement in horticulture. (The second is Betsy Ridge Madsen of the Beacon Hill Garden Club and former chair of the society.

Newsletters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Investigations-newsletter-header-image_bw150-21795.jpg The Globe Investigates

We go beyond just sharing stories: We?ll give you a window into how we report and hold officials accountable. Join us.

The Big Picture

Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff

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.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/23/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/GettyImages-467450465-1024x576.jpg Is a recent fall in overdose deaths temporary or a sign of a corner turned?

The number of fatal drug overdoses nationwide has fallen for six consecutive months.

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/2011-2020/2018/10/09/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/10-beechwood-road-halifax-exterior-side-1024x576$medium-9070.jpg Are we ignoring ? or outright banning ? an easy affordable-housing fix?

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.