CHAD FINN

With championship parades, Boston has its ducks in a row

We do this so well, and do it so often, it?s almost as if we invented the concept.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/31/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davisrsp6spts.jpg Alex Cora, World Series trophy hit by beer cans during Red Sox parade

Fans throwing full cans of beer to duck boats struck Alex Cora, at least one reveler, and one of the World Series trophies. A 19-year-old man faces several charges in the Cora incident.

Boston, MA: 10-31-18: SECOND OF TWO PICTURES......The Globe's Stan Grossfeld (far right) makes the save as a can of beer thrown from the crowd below was heading for the Red Sox Mookie Betts as the Red Sox World Series parade went through Copley Square. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

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STAN GROSSFELD

?This definitely has got to stop?: Mookie Betts and the bombardment of beer during the Red Sox victory parade

Betts was amazing, protecting us all with his lightning-quick hands, almost like a goalie under attack.

The Big Picture

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For the fourth time this century, the Red Sox rolled through Boston in triumph after winning the World Series.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-22442-22474.jpg After Red Sox parade, commuters faced long waits outside North Station

Hundreds of people faced long lines stretching down Causeway Street during Wednesday?s rush hour, as officials predicted record ridership on the commuter rail.

If ?Whitey? Bulger thought he was safe in W.Va. prison, he wasn?t

At least two Massachusetts organized crime figures were housed in the West Virginia prison, and one of them blamed Bulger for framing a friend for murder.

10/31/2018 Bruceton Mills, West Virginia - Looking down Morgantown Street. (Kristian Thacker for The Boston Globe)

Kristian Thacker for The Boston Globe

James ?Whitey? Bulger?s slaying is talk of small W.Va. town

The officers at the penitentiary call the prison ?Misery Mountain,? said one resident. ?They?re very understaffed,? he said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/27/BostonGlobe.com/Obits/Advance/Images/e9972853571e46b59ebd0892753355db-1c39675159fa445eb000ab7c6f8a6cd6-0.jpg Here are the key unanswered questions about James ?Whitey? Bulger?s killing

Many details of the circumstances surrounding the killing of the notorious Boston gangster remained a mystery Wednesday.

A crowd watches as a bus carrying students returns to Columbia Point with broken windows on Sept. 12, 1974, the first day of school under the new busing system put in place to desegregate Boston Public Schools.

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Renée Graham

?Whitey? cemented Boston?s racist image

James ?Whitey? Bulger launched a personal terror campaign against school busing advocates.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/22/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/895b026600d84de6ac13654bd3ad35b7-895b026600d84de6ac13654bd3ad35b7-0.jpg MGH doctor says she was racially profiled on Delta flight to Boston

Flight attendants questioned the black female physician?s identity and qualifications several times, even after she showed them her medical license.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Swensen18103031Debate-0005.jpg Here?s the deal with the ethics complaint filed against Warren that she calls ?frivolous?

At Tuesday?s debate, Senator Elizabeth Warren was caught off guard by the accusation and said she didn?t know what her opponent Geoff Diehl was talking about.

Beverly man is killed in crash on Mass Pike

The 30-year-old man was driving a 2002 Jeep Liberty on I-90 eastbound at about 6:30 p.m. when he crashed into the rear of the tractor trailer near the I-495 exit in Hopkinton.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/lee_042018_420bos1_met.jpg One month without marijuana could mean a better memory for young marijuana users

A new study from Massachusetts General Hospital has found that 30 days without marijuana can improve cognitive function in adolescents and young adults.

NAMES

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The actress-writer-producer, best known for her work in ?The Office,? ?The Mindy Project,? and ?Ocean?s 8,? voiced her concern in a tweet.

Somerville, MA - 8/21/18 - Chatting after the speeches are Karen Coughlin (cq), left, and Donna Kelly-Williams (cq), president of the Massachusetts Nurses Association (cq). 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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JOAN VENNOCHI

Will ?a cry for help? from nurses be answered with Question 1?

State policy makers routinely find a way to help the management side of the health care industry. How about working out a compromise with the workforce?

HELP DESK

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By all means, if you want to buy those leggings or stress-busting oils, buy them. But if you don?t and you?re struggling to say so, here?s some advice from experts.

Love Letters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/30/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/Meredith_New_Logo-4666.jpg I?m the Oprah of dating advice, but haven?t ever had a relationship

I?m good at helping friends through their relationship dilemmas. I?m not good at finding romance for myself.

? ? | Movie Review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/23/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/DF-10956_R_rgb.jpg In ?Bohemian Rhapsody,? they will, they will rock you ? or not

?Bohemian Rhapsody,? the rock ?n? roll biopic about Freddie Mercury and Queen, turns out to be much more fun to think about than actually experience.

//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/2011-2020/2017/04/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/198429fbb77f4e9680ce355f4572802e-198429fbb77f4e9680ce355f4572802e-0.jpg Reelect Gina Raimondo for Rhode Island governor

Gina Raimondo has focused laser-like on what should be Job #1 for any Rhode Island governor: Improving the state?s economy.

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

The Big Picture

Photos: Red Sox 2018 World Series victory parade

For the fourth time this century, the Red Sox rolled through Boston in triumph after winning the World Series.

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/2011-2020/2018/10/31/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AP_17223676605152-1024x576.jpg Medical marijuana push washes over one of the nation?s most conservative states

Calls to make medical marijuana available to patients have become more politically potent than ever.

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.