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Debate analysis

Warren may have benefited by allowing others to attack Biden

For Warren, the debate was a new test at the end of a long, bright summer. The debate showed she plans to try to stay above the fray as long as she can.
Key moments from the third Democratic debate
Democratic candidates covered topics from health care to gun safety at the third Democratic debate.
Ground Game

Scorecard: Grading the debate performance of the Democratic candidates

In some sense, everyone on Thursday?s 2020 debate stage was a winner. They made the cut for a primetime event on network TV.

Candidates come out swinging in fiery Democratic debate

Fact checking the claims from the Democratic debate

?Hell yes?: Beto O?Rourke says he supports mandatory buybacks on certain weapons

Maura Healey endorses Elizabeth Warren for president

New disclosures reveal more ties between Epstein and Harvard, MIT

Both Cambridge institutions revealed new connections to the disgraced financier. Harvard announced that it had received $2.4 million more from Epstein than previously disclosed and MIT?s president said he signed a letter thanking Epstein for a donation in 2012.
Harvard says it received $9 million from Jeffrey Epstein Read the letter from Harvard's president

A statistic about car-pool lane scofflaws raised eyebrows ? but it might not be true
When Stephanie Pollack made the comment, she was basing it not on any hard data, but an ?anecdotal reference,? state officials acknowledged Thursday.

Single drivers are taking over Mass. carpool lanes

Peter Abraham | On baseball
Cast off by the Brewers, Jhoulys Chacin finds redemption with the Red Sox
After his successful audition (in 30 pitches, no less), veteran righthander made a good impression in 7-4 win over Blue Jays.

Red Sox avoid sweep in Toronto

Opinion

DIANE HESSAN AND JOSH BERNOFF

Fake news, real consequences
RENÉE LOTH

Donald Trump?s primary objections
Scot Lehigh

Reality catches up with bumblers Trump, Johnson
editorial

Doyle?s is the latest victim of Boston?s archaic liquor licensing system

Deyscha Smith
How Boston?s Terrence Clarke became one of the top basketball prospects in the country
From a very early age, he stood out, seemingly earmarked for stardom, and his next step is choosing a college.

BC among schools Clarke is considering

?Forever chemicals? now found in state schools
A new testing program by the state found water in two Stow schools had significant amounts of PFAS, which have been linked to kidney cancer, low-infant birth weights, and a range of other diseases.

Newbury College campus sold for $34 million, will become senior housing
Long a place for the young, the Brookline campus of Newbury College will now become a place for the old.

Kevin Cullen
A fond farewell to Doyle?s
Places like Doyle?s defined Boston?s neighborhoods. They were peopled by characters who ate and drank there and were the neighborhood.

Doyle?s closing brings back fond memories from old Globies

Former State Police union president, lobbyist indicted on federal charges
Dana Pullman, the once-powerful head of the State Police Association of Massachusetts from 2012 until September 2018, and Anne Lynch, the union?s former lobbyist, were indicted Thursday, federal prosecutors said.

Recent Local News

Newbury Street to be closed to cars one final time this season on Sunday

Woman struck by vehicle in Fort Point has died; other pedestrian expected to survive

A rare harvest moon will dazzle the skies Friday the 13th

Mass. Democrats set to rally at weekend convention
There will be a ginger-haired elephant in the room: Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III and the potential primary challenge he is considering waging against Senator Edward J. Markey.

After nearly a century in business, Fresh Pond Market will close this weekend
The neighborhood institution in Cambridge?s Huron Village will sell its last cut of meat this Saturday.

Television Review
?Country Music? is a grand ole epic from Ken Burns
With his 16-hour PBS documentary, the filmmaker presents a vivid aural portrait across the 20th century.

With ?Country Music,? Ken Burns tunes into a sound that is uniquely American

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  1. Candidates come out swinging in fiery Democratic debate
  2. Scorecard: Grading the debate performance of the Democratic candidates
  3. How Boston?s Terrence Clarke became one of the top basketball prospects in the country
  4. Warren may have benefited by allowing others to attack Biden
  5. It?s difficult to have confidence in NFL regarding Antonio Brown case
  6. Reality catches up with bumblers Trump, Johnson
  7. MIT president admits he signed 2012 letter thanking Jeffrey Epstein for donation
  8. Patriots were unaware Antonio Brown was involved in civil matter, report says
  9. Doyle?s is the latest victim of Boston?s archaic liquor licensing system
  10. A statistic about car-pool lane scofflaws raised eyebrows ? but it might not be true

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Love Letters Season Three: How do you know?

How do you know when it?s true love? When to sleep together? When to leave someone? In Season 3 of Love Letters, Meredith Goldstein takes on a universal question: How do you know?
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Fall Travel | Magazine

New England vacations: 9 ways to enjoy the water this fall

Swimming is still possible, the fish are plentiful, and the tourists are gone. Now?s the smart time to head to the region?s lakes and beaches.

Ty Burr
At Toronto International Film Festival, the guys are getting in gear
Fall is when the divas traditionally arrive: legendary actresses giving big performances in challenging roles. This year, though, it?s the men who are dominating the chatter.

Does the new iPhone creep you out? Scientists grapple with why tiny holes scare some people
Trypophobia ? a fear of clusters of small holes like those found in honeycombs, lotus seed pods, and the new iPhone 11 Pro ? has been called ?the most common phobia you have never heard of.?

Rhode Island

Meet the R.I. native with a big job at tonight?s presidential debate

With the field beginning to narrow, the Democratic candidates for president will take the stage tonight in Houston for another debate. Behind the scenes, Allison Gaito is helping to ensure the debate goes off without a hitch.

Providence schools spent $187,000 on inspirational books. Now it has no plans to use them
The interim superintendent says it was a mistake to buy an author?s self-published book that she later determined shouldn?t be required reading in class because of its religious overtones.

More than 4 years after initial nomination, top public defender in R.I. confirmed to federal bench
Mary McElroy?s odyssey to the bench came to an end Thursday, when the Senate confirmed her to be a judge in US District Court in Providence.

Sports

Patriots were unaware Antonio Brown was involved in civil matter, report says

Angels? Shohei Ohtani out for rest of the season

Red Sox avoid sweep in Toronto

Politics / Business

Fact checking the claims from the Democratic debate

Candidates come out swinging in fiery Democratic debate

Key moments from the third Democratic debate

Nation / World

French court convicts Saudi princess in assault case

Justice Department rejects Andrew McCabe?s appeal to avoid prosecution

Judiciary Committee Democrats privately map out possible impeachment articles against Trump

Lifestyle

5 interstellar takeaways from a visit to Star Wars: Galaxy?s Edge

New book focuses on Jackie Kennedy?s years as a journalist

Fall arts preview 2019

New England?s 15 best museums and gallery shows for fall

Rachel Bloom has some new ideas she?s crazy about

Fall?s 15 best arts & culture events for the whole family

North End ice rink to become full, walkable fairgrounds for Boston Lyric Opera?s ?Pagliacci?

The great books are going to pile up like leaves

Movie titles to watch for, and watch, this season

The Year of Lizzo took its time getting here

This fall, Harvard and the ICA delve deep into the global migrant crisis

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Renée Graham

Democrats? top 2020 issue: Dump Trump
Susannah Sirkin

Assad and Russia?s bombing of hospitals isn?t an accident ? it?s a strategy
JOAN VENNOCHI

Ed Markey has just begun to fight
JEFF JACOBY

Why Hong Kong?s protesters fly the Stars and Stripes
Editorial Cartoon | Dan Wasserman

Make less, die younger
IDEAS | SAGE STOSSEL

Rich parents? guide to the best colleges

VISUAL STORIES

Globe staff photos of the month, August 2019

Photos: The Boston Police Strike of 1919

Photos: Dorian?s devastation in the Bahamas

Photos of New England?s favorite country fairs

Metro

Felicity Huffman?s lawyers say her crime does not deserve prison time

The actress, 56, faces sentencing Friday in federal court in Boston for paying $15,000 to pad her daughter?s SAT scores.

MIT president admits he signed 2012 letter thanking Jeffrey Epstein for donation

Both Cambridge institutions revealed new connections to the disgraced financier. Harvard announced that it had received $2.4 million more from Epstein than previously disclosed and MIT?s president said he signed a letter thanking Epstein for a donation in 2012.

Read Lawrence Bacow?s letter about Jeffrey Epstein?s donations to Harvard

Bacow?s letter was released Thursday.

A year later, Merrimack Valley is still recovering from the Columbia Gas disaster

The emotional toll of the explosions will linger long after the physical reconstruction has ended, residents of Lawrence, Andover, and North Andover say.

New England news in brief

Lottery
Lottery results from Thursday drawings

STAT

Against doctors? advice, some pregnant women refuse ultrasounds

Watch: Direct-to-consumer drug advertising, explained

How a top scientist helped invigorate a lumbering drug giant

Opinion: Who is really behind a proposed new definition of pain?

sports

ben volin

Dolphins DT Christian Wilkins began his path to the NFL in Framingham

Wilkins opened eyes by starring as a freshman on the varsity team, and he was the Dolphins? first-round pick this year.

Angels? Shohei Ohtani out for rest of the season

He will have surgery on his left kneecap and will need 8 to 12 weeks to recover.

Red Sox avoid sweep in Toronto

Marco Hernandez and Brock Holt each drove in a pair of runs as Boston snapped a five-game losing streak.

Buccaneers stop Panthers with goal-line stand

Quarterback Jameis Winston and Tampa Bay?s defense gave coach Bruce Arians his first victory with the team.

Peter Abraham | On baseball
Cast off by the Brewers, Jhoulys Chacin finds redemption with the Red Sox
After his successful audition (in 30 pitches, no less), veteran righthander made a good impression in 7-4 win over Blue Jays.

TARA SULLIVAN
It?s difficult to have confidence in NFL regarding Antonio Brown case
Robert Kraft himself has asked to be judged by his actions, not his words, but where are those actions?

Politics

Fact checking the claims from the Democratic debate
Ten Democrats seeking the presidency sparred Thursday night in a sprawling debate that put all qualifying contenders on the same stage for the first time.

Business

TALKING POINTS
GE to buy back as much as $5b in bonds
Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Marijuana

State cannabis agency proposes measure to require more transparency on vape ingredients sold in marijuana stores
The efforts came after the Globe last week revealed regulatory gaps that experts said posed a safety problem.

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Miss Conduct

Advice: I know a secret. Do I fess up?

Design Refresher

Rehabbing an Arts and Crafts-style stunner in Harvard Square
Design Refresher

Expanding the yard turns a Mission Hill brownstone into a family's dream home
Perspective

How our obsession with entertainment has trivialized presidential primary debates

sports

Bruins open camp Friday, but will the Stanley Cup loss linger?

Bruins are shorthanded on defense

After another loss, US men?s basketball can finish no better than seventh at World Cup

metro

Boston Uncornered students graduate at Museum of Fine Arts

MIT president admits he signed 2012 letter thanking Jeffrey Epstein for donation

Read Lawrence Bacow?s letter about Jeffrey Epstein?s donations to Harvard

Nation

?Hell yes?: Beto O?Rourke says he supports mandatory buybacks on certain weapons

Judiciary Committee Democrats privately map out possible impeachment articles against Trump

What happens when politics is pushed into a pop culture box

World

Indonesian forest fires bring ?very poor? air quality, school closings

Sexual-assault claim against party tests New Zealand?s prime minister

No-spray zones divide French farmers from anxious neighbors

politics

Candidates come out swinging in fiery Democratic debate

Key moments from the third Democratic debate

O?Rourke says he supports mandatory buybacks on certain weapons

business

GE to buy back as much as $5b in bonds

ECB acts to head off recession threat in Europe, with a caveat

Business recovery efforts continue, one year after the Merrimack Valley explosions

lifestyle

Maria Menounos on her mother?s health, her favorite Boston restaurants, and starting a family

5 interstellar takeaways from a visit to Star Wars: Galaxy?s Edge

New book focuses on Jackie Kennedy?s years as a journalist

marijuana

State cannabis agency proposes measure to require more transparency on vape ingredients sold in marijuana stores

Marijuana seized from building co-owned by ex-congressman

Vape death leads Oregon to ask pot shops to review products

opinion

Fake news, real consequences

Sweeping ?80s probe of Boston corruption was hardly ?low-level?

Reality catches up with bumblers Trump, Johnson

food & dining

Boston?s new restaurants: A look at the season?s most exciting openings

Recipe: Sheet-pan chicken, tomatoes, and zucchini bake into an easy weeknight meal

Recipe: While the fast food giants are duking it out over chicken sandwiches, we?re making our own

travel

5 interstellar takeaways from a visit to Star Wars: Galaxy?s Edge

Falling for a Maine island

A visit to Highclere Castle and the wonderful world of Downton

Books

For Gina Rippon, gender equality begins with the brain

Salman Rushdie?s ?Quichotte? reroutes a legendary journey through the 21st century

?On Fire? a chilling prescription for a burning planet

Movies

At Toronto International Film Festival, the guys are getting in gear

Scene Here: Focusing on film fests times three

?The Goldfinch? is well acted, absolutely watchable, and instantly forgettable

Television

?SNL? adds 3 to its cast, including an Asian-American comic

It?s time to catch up on ?Mr Inbetween?

Ann Dowd has another tale to tell

music

BSO concertmaster Malcolm Lowe retires after 35 years

Between ?Love + Fear,? Marina found herself

The Pixies? ?Eyrie? offers only glimpses of the old magic

Theater/Dance

In ?Choir Boy,? black masculinity is a force to be reckoned with

With Billy Porter at the helm, ?The Purists? is an unalloyed delight

Switching lanes undermines ?Last Night at Bowl-Mor Lanes?

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Obituaries

Daniel Johnston, gifted and enigmatic songwriter, dies at 58

Mary Lyerly Alexander, keeper of the Coltrane flame, dies at 92

Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie, former Indonesian president, dies at 83