As trial loomed, Harvard changed guidance for admissions officers

Harvard?s updated guidelines explicitly tell admissions officials evaluating the crop of students for the class of 2023 when to consider an applicant?s race.

?We?re the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby, and the baby is essentially a citizen of the United States,? said President Trump. ?It?s ridiculous. And it has to end.?

Trump says he will end birthright citizenship via executive order

Revoking birthright citizenship would spark a court fight over whether the president has the unilateral ability to change an amendment to the Constitution.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tornadographic.png Too many tornadoes? Researchers see twisters shifting east

One expert has found that tornadoes are shifting eastward but not, at this point, into the Northeast.

?You just keep moving. Nobody stops. Nobody takes a break. You go from room to room to room,? said Linda Condon, a nurse at Morton Hospital in Taunton. Condon said she has filed dozens of staffing reports over the years.

What do nurses? ?unsafe staffing reports? mean?

Union officials say they offer a glimpse into the behind-the-scenes pressures caregivers can feel juggling patients. They also have become a tool in the battle over Question 1.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/13/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/turner091318BIZ18nuns30.jpg Now playing real estate roulette in Southie: nuns

The Sisters of Notre Dame, in the neighborhood for more than 150 years, have to play the development game if they want to stick around.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/30/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/AFP_1AG04D.jpg A look at the newest updates to Apple?s iPads, MacBooks

Apple is announcing new iPads and Mac computers Tuesday as part of a company event in New York.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/30/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/506f8d5b306f4956981fbb9d7276b61d-506f8d5b306f4956981fbb9d7276b61d-0.jpg Ben & Jerry?s unveils ?Pecan Resist? flavor ahead of midterms

The Vermont ice cream maker says it?s taking a stand against what it calls the Trump administration?s regressive policies.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_boston5_met.jpg State Street gets caught in fund managers? downdraft

It?s been a cruel month for the shares of US assets managers.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/23/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ca62f2694f66444caa2dcb84da61bd03-ca62f2694f66444caa2dcb84da61bd03-0.jpg Is Warren using Diehl as a stand-in for Trump?

The way Elizabeth Warren approached her opponent in their first two debates was ?a preview of how she would take on Donald Trump,? said a Democratic strategist.

J.D. Martinez handed the World Series trophy off to Joe Kelly on the Red Sox charter flight home from winning the World Series in Los Angeles.

Stan Grossfeld/ Globe Staff

Card games, cucumber slices, and plenty of selfies. We were on the Red Sox charter flight home

Veteran Globe photographer Stan Grossfeld got a ride home from Los Angeles aboard the team?s return flight.

ALEX SPEIER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/29/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/WS5davis2.jpg An inside look at how the Red Sox made a championship team

A sense of shared purpose and unity was apparent from spring ? these players truly cared about each other.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/29/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy1-23887.jpg These Red Sox were not too good to be true

History makes some of us perpetually wary, but there was nothing to fear with this superb team.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/24/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/jimmykimmeloctober232018.jpg Watch Dodgers fans attempt to trash talk Boston on ?Jimmy Kimmel Live!?

The Red Sox may have won the World Series Sunday night, but that didn?t stop Jimmy Kimmel from trotting out some Boston smack talk on Monday.

Tom Brady celebrated the Patriots? first touchdown of the night, which came in the fourth quarter on a 1-yard run by James White.

Patriots 25, Bills 6

Patriots struggle until 4th quarter, then pull away

Devin McCourty?s 84-yard interception return sealed the Patriots? fifth straight victory.

Patriots notebook

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/30/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Lee102818bosbuff17spts.jpg Devin McCourty?s top speed on pick-6 was fastest this season

The nine-year veteran?s first career pick-6 reached a top speed of 22.05 miles per hour, out pacing all other ball carriers this season.

Are you ready to vote next week? Here?s our 2018 election guide

The November elections are right around the corner: Are you ready to vote?

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Here?s a primer on the candidates for governor and lieutenant governor.

HELP DESK

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/29/BostonGlobe.com/Travel/Images/AdobeStock_87333361.jpeg Advice from a Ski Dad: Tips on making a family ski trip more fun

Here are some of Globe Sports editor Matt Pepin?s classic Ski Dad moves, gleaned from years of watching other ski fathers and becoming one himself.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/mag1027_weekF1-kiSE--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg Researchers find ?vampire? in ancient Roman cemetery

The phenomenon archaeologists have dubbed ?vampire burials? show how deadly serious people in ancient times were about the supernatural.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/29/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/61517241240f405983e4625ae483f446-61517241240f405983e4625ae483f446-0.jpg Lawsuit says New Hampshire lawmaker hit adult film maker

Frank Sapareto, who was producing and starring in porn, assaulted his business partner in California after he felt his scenes didn?t go well, according to court filings.

//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

Editorial Board Endorsement

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/29/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Clipboard-5511.jpg Why the editorial board is backing a Libertarian for auditor

An auditor without any partisan axes to grind could shake up the state.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/hero_2_1200.jpg Inside our Secret Courts

Criminal charges often disappear. There are few rules and fewer records. In these private hearings, who you are ? and who you know ? may be just as important as right and wrong. Read the Spotlight report.

The Big Picture

Jim Davis/Globe Staff

Photos: Red Sox vs. Dodgers Game 5

Globe photographers captured the sights at the ballpark as the Red Sox took home another World Series title.

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.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/30/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/PPD_illustration_MariaFabrizio-1024x576.jpg Opinion: Postpartum can be boundless love and deep sadness. It shouldn?t mean silence

It was hard to admit that a mental health crisis had crept up on me, just weeks after one of the happiest days of my life.

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.