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Judge is critical but allows Baker?s vaping sales ban to stand

Suffolk Superior Court Judge Douglas Wilkins faulted the Baker administration ban on vaping products on procedural grounds Monday, but ruled that the ban can remain in place, concluding that do otherwise ?would contravene the public interest.? 27 minutes ago
Read the full decision on the Mass. vaping sales ban

Orange Line outage snarls morning commute
With no service between Sullivan Square and Tufts Medical Center, the T is running shuttle buses between Sullivan Square and Haymarket.

A $75.5 million gift could offer a new beginning for tiny Gordon College

The 130-year-old unabashedly evangelical school in Wenham has been thrown a lifeline in the form of the largest donation it?s received ? one that?s more than its current endowment.
Adrian Walker

Airbnb cofounder gives back with huge gift to alma mater, Latin Academy

West Roxbury native Nathan Blecharczyk has kept a close affinity for his high school. On Monday he will give the biggest alumni donation in the school?s 140-year history.

For decades, Buddy Cianci?s ex-wife stayed silent about their marriage. Now she?s speaking out
Sheila Bentley divorced the former Providence mayor 36 years ago. He controlled her movements, dictated her appearance, assaulted and threatened her, and had her followed, even after their divorce. ?It?s a freeing feeling,? she said of finding her voice since he died in 2016.

How the Globe got Buddy Cianci?s ex-wife to finally tell her story

opinion

NIALL FERGUSON

Mark Zuckerberg is right about free speech and the Web
Q&A

Susan Rice on Syria, Trump, and running for office
Rachelle G. Cohen

A quiet diplomatic hero ousted for doing her job
Editorial

Eliminate nonmedical exemptions to vaccines, and strengthen data collection

Mitt Romney says he?s behind ?Pierre Delecto? Twitter account

Senator Mitt Romney admitted he was responsible for a Twitter account he uses to covertly monitor political discourse and occasionally defend himself.

State representatives poised to take up big education package Wednesday

The state House of Representatives is set to tackle sweeping legislation to overhaul the state?s education funding system. 37 minutes ago

Warren releases education plan that would boost funding for public schools and end it for expanding charter schools

The Massachusetts senator and Democratic presidential candidate also wants to eliminate high-stakes testing and federal funding for charter schools. 3 hours ago
A running list of all of Warren's plans

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  1. For decades, Buddy Cianci?s ex-wife stayed silent about their marriage. Now she?s speaking out
  2. Judge is critical but allows Baker?s vaping sales ban to stand
  3. A rocky lawn crushes dreams of a perfect backyard
  4. Everything we know about Jennifer Lawrence?s Rhode Island wedding
  5. Orange Line outage snarls morning commute
  6. Week 7 in review: The ?Wolfpack? is 16-2 and running the NFL
  7. Survivor recounts harrowing N.H. motorcycle crash in first public remarks
  8. ?God bless Henry.? Hiker says teenager helped save her life after she fell 75 feet
  9. Airbnb cofounder gives back with huge gift to alma mater, Latin Academy
  10. This year?s Celtics have a feel-good vibe. Is it grounded in hope or reality?

PATRIOTS AT JETS | 8:15 P.M., MONDAY (ESPN)

Will the Jets be competitive with Sam Darnold?
Nora Princiotti and Ben Volin debate if the Jets will be competitive with Sam Darnold. (Produced by Lucie McCormick for the Boston Globe)

Ben Volin | On Football
Week 7 in review: The ?Wolfpack? is 16-2 and running the NFL
That Tom Brady-Jimmy Garoppolo Super Bowl that we?re dreaming about? Perhaps a Brady-Jacoby Brissett AFC Championship Game will come first.

Rex Burkhead ruled out for Jets game

How does Tom Brady avoid injury on QB sneaks? ?Pliability, man?
Brady spoke on the short-yardage runs that make quarterbacks vulnerable after Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes was injured on a sneak on Thursday.

Tom Brady says cameo in Netflix series ?taken out of context?

How will the Celtics fare this season? Here are our NBA predictions
None of our three writers expect the Celtics to make the NBA Finals. 11 minutes ago

Dan Shaughnessy: Celtics have a feel-good vibe. Is it grounded in hope or reality?

Mick Mulvaney struggles to explain his comments on Ukraine during ?Fox News Sunday? appearance
The acting White House chief of staff tried again to back off assertions he made to reporters last week, acknowledging he did not have a ?perfect press conference.?

Matthew Gilbert | Your TV GPS
The week in watching: HBO hearts Mondays, Tom Perrotta adapts, and Eddie Murphy returns
The Globe?s television critic helps you navigate what?s on the little screen this week.

BOTTLES
Lord Hobo to open ?the Taj Mahal of breweries in the Seaport?
The brewery and restaurant at Two Drydock will be Lord Hobo?s second physical location, following a Woburn taproom and production facility that opened in 2015.

Recent headlines

Drones around Logan: second spotted above airport in less than a week

Four more wealthy parents to plead guilty in nationwide college admissions scam

Two Boston police officers injured in crash

Survivor recounts harrowing N.H. motorcycle crash in first public remarks

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?Ghost guns? made from kits are untraceable ? and legal

Firearm sales are tightly regulated in Massachusetts, but a ghost gun isn?t legally a gun when it?s purchased. For a couple hundred dollars, anyone can buy and build a handgun.

Being a marijuana sommelier is now a thing
It?s one of a growing number of jobs people are creating in the nascent legal pot market, which nearly three years after legalization is inching toward mainstream acceptance.

Boston?s most unusual council race is between a Democrat and a Republican
It pits two impressive candidates ? Kenzie Bok and Jennifer Nassour ? from opposing political parties in a nonpartisan Boston race. Each one promises to tackle local issues such as parking and traffic, the lack of a school in the district, and soaring housing costs.

Rhode Island

How the Globe got Buddy Cianci?s ex-wife to finally tell her story

Rhode Map talks to reporter Amanda Milkovits about her experience reporting the story.

Virgin Pulse CEO is bullish on Providence: ?I call it Silicon Valley at $21 a square foot?

For decades, Buddy Cianci?s ex-wife stayed silent about their marriage. Now she?s speaking out
Newton

Sports

How will the Celtics fare this season? Here are our NBA predictions

Home owned by former Bruin Tyler Seguin heavily damaged by Dallas tornado

Eric Cooper, who umpired recent ALDS, dead at 52

Politics / Business

Warren releases education plan that would boost funding for public schools and end it for expanding charter schools

Mitt Romney says he?s behind ?Pierre Delecto? Twitter account

Nation / World

Tornado touches down in Dallas, leaving trail of damage and power outages

Public, election officials may be kept in the dark on hacks

Trump reversed course on G-7 after learning that Republicans were tired of defending him

Lifestyle

Duchess of Sussex calls first year of marriage difficult

From the country of Georgia, soulful wines full of character

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Back to the Battleground

As rehab centers replace pill mills, an Ohio River city fights back

The scars from Portsmouth?s illegal pill mills run deep. When it seemed help wasn?t coming, an Army veteran and a group of fitness instructors, rehab counselors, and businesspeople decided to try a new strategy.
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A Boston Globe series of stories examining the lives of people in four crucial 2020 battleground states, and what has changed for them since 2016.

Special Projects

At the edge of a warming world

On Cape Cod, climate change is already terrifyingly real

To the millions of us who visit Cape Cod once or twice a summer, the effects of climate change can seem subtle, if we see them at all: A breach in the dunes. A crack in the pavement. But once you know how to see what is shifting, changing and washing away, it is impossible to ignore. Come with us as we explore the Cape to better understand what climate change is doing here, what it means for the future of this beloved place, and what the cost of inaction might be.

Back to the Battleground

?We can give the whole nation a lesson if they want.? How Latinos revived a once-dying Pennsylvania city
This small city has changed considerably over the last two decades, and offers hints about what might happen when swing-state voters decide in 2020 if Donald Trump deserves another term.

Back to the Battleground
A Boston Globe series of stories examining the lives of people in four crucial 2020 battleground states, and what has changed for them since 2016.

education
"The Great Divide" is a new Globe initiative exploring the deep inequalities in our public education system, examining both the challenges and possible solutions to creating equal opportunity for all students.
MUSEUMS SPECIAL
Museums have watched their relevance wane for decades as the world shifted around them. With various culture wars raging, the MFA?s 150th anniversary brings the chance to reengage.
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(UNSENT) LOVE LETTERS
In (unsent) Love Letters, columnist and podcast host Meredith Goldstein and psychotherapist and ?Where Should We Begin?? podcast host Esther Perel explore the messages we keep to ourselves.
Podcast: Listen to Love Letters Season 3
Spotlight Follow-up | Secret Courts
Massachusetts clerks continue to differ widely in how they handle requests for criminal charges reviewed during confidential hearings, according to new court data provided to the Globe.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Flynn Coleman

Are we modeling AI on the wrong brain?
Editorial

Mick Mulvaney?s confession confirms wrongdoing ? on multiple levels
Renée Graham

The gravitational pull of Donald Trump?s downward spiral
AYANNA PRESSLEY, MICHELLE WU, STACY THOMPSON

Don?t just fix the infrastructure, let?s rethink our transit policies
John F. Kerry

Our Kurdish allies are being slaughtered. The worst may be yet to come
Scot Lehigh

The Great Trumpkin?s equine envy

VISUAL STORIES

Scenes from the battleground: Ohio

Scenes of the damage from Wednesday night?s storm

Scenes from the battleground: Michigan

?I had a way out of this.? Battling addiction in a county jail

Metro

NAMES

Captain America to the rescue of Concord theatre group

Chris Evans, a Sudbury native, was on hand Saturday for the opening and dedication of a permanent home for Concord Youth Theatre, his childhood theatre company.

State representatives poised to take up big education package Wednesday

The state House of Representatives is set to tackle sweeping legislation to overhaul the state?s education funding system.

Drones around Logan: second spotted above airport in less than a week

Jet Blue Flight 984 observed a drone at an altitude of approximately 3,500 feet while on approach several miles south of the airport Sunday, officials said.

Four more wealthy parents to plead guilty in nationwide college admissions scam

Four more well-heeled parents from California are slated to plead guilty Monday in the nationwide college admissions cheating scandal that?s ensnared the rich and famous and enraged the public.

?God bless Henry.? Hiker says teenager helped save her life after she fell 75 feet
Eighteen-year-old Henry Grant helped rescuers locate, and save, Paula Kaplan-Reiss after she fell from Great Barrington?s Monument Mountain.

Two Boston police officers injured in crash
The incident took place about 12:44 a.m. near the intersection of Capen and Norfolk streets in Dorchester, police said.

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What a koala virus tells us about the human genome

Opinion: Time in range is a new blood sugar metric for people with diabetes

?Sesame Street? launches initiative to help explain parental addiction to kids

The return of Vioxx: Can a drug once deemed deadly be relaunched?

sports

Tara Sullivan

Is Sam Darnold the real deal? He has a presence, and the Jets can feel it

The young quarterback returned from a bout with mono last weekend to lead the Jets over the Cowboys.

Home owned by former Bruin Tyler Seguin heavily damaged by Dallas tornado

The Dallas Stars player said his home was hit by the severe storms that swept through Dallas, but no one was hurt.

Eric Cooper, who umpired recent ALDS, dead at 52

Cooper took part in 10 division series, four League Championship Series, and the 2005 All-Star Game, and also called three no-hitters.

Week 7 in review: The ?Wolfpack? is 16-2 and running the NFL

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DAN SHAUGHNESSY
This year?s Celtics have a feel-good vibe. Is it grounded in hope or reality?
The Celtics open the season on Wednesday with a far more likable roster than last season?s edition. But are they better?

Head of the Charles
US boats claim men?s and women?s eights
Evenly matched US crews finished 1-2 in both races at the Head of the Charles.

Politics

Elizabeth Warren says she has a plan for that. Here?s a running list
Senator Elizabeth Warren is blitzing the 2020 Democratic primary field with a series of ambitious policy proposals covering everything from student loans to the use of federal lands.

Business

Companies reach $260 million deal to settle opioids lawsuit
The nation?s three dominant drug distributors and a big drugmaker have reached a deal to settle a lawsuit related to the opioid crisis just as the first federal trial over the crisis was due to begin Monday.

Marijuana

Read the court?s full decision on Charlie Baker?s vaping sales ban
A Suffolk Superior Court judge ruled Charlie Baker?s vaping sales ban can stay in place, despite faulting it on procedural grounds.

magazine
Your Home | Kitchens & Baths

Would you let a designer hang funny fish wallpaper in your home?
Miss Conduct

Advice: How do I give presents without creating a sense of obligation?
Cutting Edge

Here?s a new way to keep tabs on power usage in your home
Cooking

Recipes: How to make a great risotto, faster

sports

After a rough start to last season, Rockland has been the picture of perfection

Time to spread wealth of Bruins? top line

Denny Hamlin wins chaotic NASCAR playoff race at Kansas Speedway

metro

Judge is critical but allows Baker?s vaping sales ban to stand

State representatives poised to take up big education package Wednesday

How the Globe got Buddy Cianci?s ex-wife to finally tell her story

Nation

Mulvaney continues to back away from quid pro quo, as top diplomat defends Giuliani?s role in Ukraine

Candidates for Joe Kennedy?s House seat make cases to voters in Brookline

Three US soldiers killed during training exercise at Fort Stewart

World

Hong Kong police fire tear gas as protesters defy ban

Bolivia?s Evo Morales faces tightest race of his life

India and Pakistan trade fire in Kashmir, killing nine

politics

Warren releases education plan that would boost funding for public schools and end it for expanding charter schools

Mitt Romney says he?s behind ?Pierre Delecto? Twitter account

Candidates for Joe Kennedy?s House seat make cases to voters in Brookline

business

Companies reach $260 million deal to settle opioids lawsuit

A rocky lawn crushes dreams of a perfect backyard

Tentative union deal could raise GM?s labor costs $100m a year; will other automakers go along?

lifestyle

Duchess of Sussex calls first year of marriage difficult

From the country of Georgia, soulful wines full of character

Taza?s new line is smooth, lush, and creamy

marijuana

Read the court?s full decision on Charlie Baker?s vaping sales ban

Being a marijuana sommelier is now a thing

Where have people died from vaping-related illnesses?

opinion

Mark Zuckerberg is right about free speech and the Web

Susan Rice on Syria, Trump, and running for office

Eliminate nonmedical exemptions to vaccines, and strengthen data collection

food & dining

Taza?s new line is smooth, lush, and creamy

Got your Mother-in-Law?s Tongues?

Small bites for tots, straight to your door

travel

Back to Earth

Here, there, and everywhere

You can tour Jennifer Lawrence?s Newport mansion wedding venue

Books

Elizabeth Ames makes a novel return to campus in ?The Other?s Gold?

Small wonders, Concord authors, and ?Polaroid? poems

An intimate, open-ended biography of Broadway star Elaine Stritch

Movies

Family ties (and lies) in dark comic masterpiece ?Parasite?

Flint graduation, ?Alien? investigation, schlock celebration

Disney has serious stream dreams

Television

The week in watching: HBO hearts Mondays, Tom Perrotta adapts, and Eddie Murphy returns

Biggest late-night guests now bring a news angle, not a movie clip

Stephen Colbert to host CBS?s ?The Late Show? until 2023

music

At House of Blues, Charli XCX leans forward into pop?s future

With rigor and fantasy in equal parts, pianist András Schiff returns to the BSO

For Boston Philharmonic, a satisfying start to the 2019-20 season

Theater/Dance

Taking faith and friendship to the streets in New Rep?s ?Trayf?

Backstage at the Opera House, the hallways are memory lanes

?The SpongeBob Musical? is a sea of joy

globe local

Son vows to beautify Mansfield cemetery where his father is buried

Brockton museum portrays the agony of opioid addiction

A ?Deaf Car Guy? with a driving passion

Obituaries

Thomas D?Alesandro III, Maryland political prince who gave up the throne, dies at 90

Ed Clark, pioneering abstract expressionist painter, dies

Dr. N. Thorne Griscom, radiologist and singer with perfect pitch on stage and in the lab, dies at 88