Bulger?s medical classification change led to prison transfer

A Bureau of Prisons official who is familiar with Bulger?s treatment said the Florida prison considered Bulger a nuisance and wanted to transfer him.

(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 19, 2017, a marijuana plant is seen at a greenhouse in Mendocino County, California. - Cannabis stocks have reached new peaks on Wall Street amid expectations more areas will legalize its use, but some market watchers suspect the high could soon wear off. Shares of Canada-based cannabis stocks leaped Wednesday spurred for a second day by Tuesday's announcement that Tilray won approval from the US Drug Enforcement Administration for a medical cannabis study in California. Shares of Tilray, which went public in mid-July at $17 a share, rocketed 47.1 percent higher Wednesday morning to $228, lifting its market capitalization to nearly $22 billion. That lit a fire under two other cannabis companies, Cronos and Canopy Growth, which gained 23.1 percent and 5.7 percent, respectively. (Photo by Josh Edelson / AFP)JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images

Newton voters reject ballot questions that would have limited marijuana shops

A modest majority of voters in Newton appeared to reject a pair of measures that would have banned or tightly limited the number of marijuana retail shops.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_FallRiver_03A.jpg Fall River?s mayor loses confidence of city councilors

In a separate decision, the council voted 6-3 to ask Jaisel Correia to resign.

Talking Points Live/Larry Edelman

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/07/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/1058592148.jpg Will a Democratic House undermine the economy? Here are four takeaways.

Plus: Massachusetts nurses union takes a loss. Another property deal involving South Boston nuns. The American Dream lives on.

Ride-share driver charged with raping woman in Dorchester

A ride-sharing driver was arrested early Tuesday on charges of raping a woman he had picked up in downtown Boston, police said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/11hernandezphoto07-WZYC-001.jpg SJC considers whether Aaron Hernandez murder conviction should be reinstated

Even after his suicide, Aaron Hernandez will be part of a court battle over the homicide of Odin Lloyd.

Falmouth woman dies after crashing into tree

Police and firefighters extricated the woman, who was the only person in the car. She was taken to Cape Cod Hospital, where she died from her injuries.

Evelyn is reunited with her son, 11-year-old Nestor Fabricio, after he was held in a detention center for unaccompanied immigrant minors in Texas for more than three months.

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Salvadoran parents reunite with son at Logan after 11-year-old is held in detention for three months

Nestor Fabricio nuzzled his mother and father and hugged them as if he couldn?t believe they were real, as if at any moment they would disappear.

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/31/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/comicscomehome-3-001.jpg Denis Leary added viral obituary for Boston sports fan to ?Comics Come Home? set

?The obituary not only made me laugh out loud but really struck me as a celebration of someone who absolutely lived her life to the fullest,? the comedian said.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/07/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_gronk3_spts.jpg For the Patriots, Rob Gronkowski is more of a luxury than a necessity at this point

New England is 14-1 without Gronkowski since the start of the 2016 season, including an 11-0 mark in 2016.

Peter Abraham | Beat writer?s notebook

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/22/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_bc14_spts.jpg Why the Red Sox should rebel against the save

After winning the World Series, Alex Cora has built up enough capital to say he?ll manage the late innings based on matchups, not tradition.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/24/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/WS1davis6-001.jpg Red Sox star Mookie Betts has become a father

The outfielder wrote on Instagram that he ?never knew what unconditional love meant or how it felt until I met this little princess.?

Devra First

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/03/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/110318WiggsLynch03.jpg Barbara Lynch has influenced Boston dining for 20 years. I ate at all of her restaurants to find out how they are today.

After No. 9 Park, the Southie girl who never wanted to leave Boston just kept opening new places to eat and drink.

Globe Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/01/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/laura1104alt-4761.jpg Help was a few feet away. Why didn?t they save her?

My wife, Laura Levis, did everything she could to save herself when the asthma attack began. She went to Somerville Hospital and called 911, too. How could she have been left to die just outside the emergency room?

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Globe staff photos of the month, October 2018

Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: fall colors, Halloween, and a World Series victory.

Newsletters

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STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/07/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/GettyImages-1027753452-1024x576.jpg Dems took the House. Here?s what it means for health and medicine

The victory puts them in a far better position to test the far-reaching health care agenda they have campaigned on for well over a year.

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.