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Arizona prosecutor emerges as GOP choice to question Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser

Rachel Mitchell is the sex crimes bureau chief for the Maricopa County Attorney’s office in Phoenix.

Trump boasts and scorns globalism to skeptical UN crowd

The president preached a theme of “sovereignty” at the United Nations on Tuesday as he spoke to the General Assembly.

Trump attacks second Kavanaugh accuser, saying she ‘has nothing’ and was ‘totally inebriated’

Trump attacks second Kavanaugh accuser, saying she ‘has nothing’ and was ‘totally inebriated’

3-D printed implant gives Patches the dachshund a new skull

Last year, Patches the dachshund earned the nickname Little Unicorn after she developed a large tumor that jutted out of her forehead.

Woman says ex pressed for baby, didn’t know her plan to kill

A North Dakota woman convicted of killing her pregnant neighbor by cutting the baby from her womb testified Tuesday that her boyfriend had pressured her to “produce a baby” after figuring out she had lied about being pregnant.

Bill Cosby sentenced to 3 to 10 years in state prison

Bill Cosby sentenced to 3 to 10 years in state prison for sexual assault.

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JFK: 50 Years Later

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A five-part series examining the profound impact of former President John F. Kennedy’s assassination.

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Brentwood, NH--9/13/2018-- A dead squirrel is seen on the side of Route 125 in Brentwood, NH. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: 14squirrels Reporter:

Squirrel population in the midst of unprecedented boom

The state needs to replace the turnpike viaduct in Allston and seeks to straighten the highway near former train yards.

Should Mass. Pike remain elevated or come back to earth?

Crab Island, off of South Freeport, Maine, was put up for sale and is now

You may have missed your chance to own this Maine island
Protesters with Women's March and others gathered in front of the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington on Monday.

COMMENTARY

To end rape culture, believe survivors
Key bus routes like the 111 will likely go untouched, MBTA officials said.

MBTA plotting a bus map of the future
Oprah Winfrey

NAMES

Oprah to speak at UMass Lowell

Chesto Means Business

A new era for noncompetes in Mass. begins Oct. 1
Canton, MA - 9/24/2018 Celtics no. 11 Kyrie Irving poses for a portrait at the Boston Celtics Media Day in Canton, Mass. on Monday September 24, 2018.(Michael Swensen for The Boston Globe) Topic: (metro)

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

For the first time in years, Kyrie Irving is approaching true happiness
Watertown, MA., 09/12/18, Jack Keating is upset that a truck using an overhead boom to deliver building materials to a neighbor's house pulled down the overhead wires and ripped the electrical service off his house. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

Sean P. Murphy | The Fine Print

A delivery, a downed power line, and a dispute

Bonuses going away, pay hikes aren’t making up for it
Hamilton, MA -- 3/06/2018 - At the technical rehearsal for semi-finals, Deb and the actors from the Peabody Veterans Memorial High School drama club disbanded after posing for a group photo. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: Reporter: Jenna Russell

The world, the stage, the way ahead
Gerard Kavanaugh never disclosed his consultancy for LStar Southfield.

UMass Dartmouth official moonlighted for competitor

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Governor Charlie Baker may be popular among Democrats, but he’s not as popular in his own party.

James Pindell | Ground Game

Our Republican governor is more popular with Democrats. Wait, what?

The flip side for Governor Charlie Baker is his standing among Republicans, who gave his GOP challenger, an anti-gay Springfield pastor, nearly 36 percent of the vote in the Sept. 4 primary.

Columnists

Brett Kavanaugh during the second day of his confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 5.

Renée Graham

The effort to disregard #MeToo
Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley was followed by reporters Tuesday as he walked into the Senate chamber.

SCOT LEHIGH

Republican actors in a Senate farce
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., listens during a hearing in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 31, 2017. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Andrew Harrer

Michael A. Cohen

GOP proves it’s a party steeped in misogyny
Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's supreme court nominee, walks to a meeting with Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Aug. 21, 2018.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Bill Clinton must be smiling
Rob Gronkowski had four catches Sunday night, but the Lions mostly had him blanketed.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

It could be worse. They could’ve traded Gronk
“This is our platform” for change, says Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce president Jim Rooney, “and we’re using it.”

Adrian Walker

Can Boston chamber become force for change?

“If we can’t sell this to the American people,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said last fall, “we ought to go into another line of work.”

Michael A. Cohen

GOP bet on the tax cut — and lost
President Trump waves while playing a round of golf in Turnberry, Scotland, July 15.

Alex Beam

Following the Donald Trump workout
A screen capture of the SunSetter Retractable Awnings commercial, which has been airing nationally every spring and summer for 14 years.

NESTOR RAMOS

Sun never sets on Malden company’s TV ad
Actor Cynthia Erivo attends a press conference to promote the movie

Renée Graham

Who has the right to play Harriet Tubman?
Foxborough,, Ma---Sept. 9, 2018-Stan Grossfeld/ Globe Staff--- N.E. Patriots vs. Houston Texans at Gillette Stadium- Coach Bill Belichick

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

The Patriots take a cue from Al Davis, Raiders
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies during a June 5 budget hearing.

DANTE RAMOS

In higher ed, Trump sides with the takers

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