Dow drops 600 points as tech giants slide

Stock trading turned jittery again after two weeks of gains amid a broad sell-off in technology companies.

Boston, MA -- 08/01/15 -- Legendary comic artist Stan Lee signs a Captain America prop for a fan during the Boston Comic Con, held at the Seaport World Trade Center, on August 1, 2015, in Boston, Massachusetts. (Kayana Szymczak for the Boston Globe)

Kayana Szymczak for the Boston Globe

Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee dies at 95

Lee has for decades been revered as a comic book giant for his central role in creating the Incredible Hulk, Spider-Man, Iron Man, and other major Marvel characters.

US Representative Katherine Clark in May.

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Katherine Clark was in the trenches in fight for House

Representative Clark, vice-chairwoman of recruitment for Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, played an instrumental role in helping Democrats gain control of the House last week.

THOMAS FARRAGHER

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Humility. Courage. That is exactly what the Catholic church was seeking at their bishops conference in Baltimore this week. Turns out, that will have to wait.

Opinion | John L. Allen Jr.

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What gives? Could the Vatican actually be this tone-deaf?

Members of the Catholic church gather for an opening session during the annual US Conference of Catholic Bishops November 12, 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images

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Pope asks prelates to delay action on new bishop accountability system

The president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops opened the group?s national meeting by announcing it will delay any action on proposed new steps to address the clergy sex abuse crisis.

Century-old Westwood railroad bridge rebuilt to allow bigger trucks underneath

The East Street bridge in Westwood, the century-old bridge that occasionally opened up trucks like cans of corn, is no more.

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The Watertown company agreed to the merger as part of an acquisition by two private equity firms for $135 per share.

TalkingPoints AM

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/12/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/699810030.jpg Looks like Jeff Immelt played matchmaker in athenahealth deal

Immelt was quoted in the press release today, though it didn?t say whether he?d have a role in the combined company.

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?If you listen to Christmas music in November, you are a psychopath?

The jack-o?-lanterns might still be perched atop doorsteps. Thanksgiving might still be weeks away. But for a collection of holiday enthusiasts, the Christmas music is already blaring.

These maps show when and where the two nor?easters will hit this week

The first storm will start hammering the region tonight into Tuesday with a round of steady rainfall and gusty winds.

David Epstein

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The first storm will bring significant precipitation and some strong wind, but it?s the second that could bring snow to areas quite close to Boston.

Nashville TN 11/11/18 New England Patriots head coach Bill Beichick does not like what he is seeing against the Tennessee Titans during fourth quarter action at Nissan Field. (photo by Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff) topic: reporter:

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

As Titans showed, the Patriots mystique may be fading

Some opponents this season haven?t appeared at all intimidated by Tom Brady and Bill Belichick, and their track record.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/09/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/massave2A.jpg Plans for two towers above the Mass. Pike move forward

The cost of the complicated Back Bay project has been pegged at about $350 million.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/10/29/BostonGlobe.com/BCOM/Images/upper%20body.jpg Vigorous exercise could help prevent prostate cancer, Harvard study finds

Researchers found that men who do long-term vigorous exercise, like running, biking, or swimming, are less likely to develop advanced and lethal prostate cancer.

Timothee Chalamet at Kendall Square for a Q&A screening of

Timothée Chalamet attended a Cambridge ?Beautiful Boy? screening. It was a mob scene

Chalamet took a break from filming scenes for ?Little Women? for the event, where he received the kind of ecstatic welcome usually reserved for visiting pop star royalty.

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Opinion | David Daley

One thing voters agree on ? they hate gerrymandering

Voters have had it with politicians drawing their own districts, choosing their own voters, and distorting democracy.

MARIJUANA MOMENT

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While there have been legislative attempts to force the Department of Veterans Affairs to allow its doctors to recommend cannabis, none of those proposals have been enacted into law.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/AFP_1AE72B.jpg John Kerry, Fox News host trade barbs on Twitter on Veterans Day weekend

The former Secretary of State told Greg Gutfeld that soldiers fought so he could be a ?complete fool? on social media.

KEVIN PAUL DUPONT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/28/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/5d8b338d926e451991c02fe68dff6a4c-5d8b338d926e451991c02fe68dff6a4c-0.jpg Tuukka Rask, Jaroslav Halak, and where the Bruins go from here

Rask will likely meet with coach Bruce Cassidy Monday morning to reassess following the netminder?s leave of absence.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/10/30/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/ERsignCircled.jpg Laura Levis did not have to die. Here?s what needs to change.

The Globe magazine story underscored the need for changes to the emergency response system and accountability for Massachusetts hospitals.

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?

In these private hearings, who you are ? and who you know ? may be just as important as right and wrong. Read the Spotlight report.

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