Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was heading to the White House on Monday, days after news reports indicating that last year Rosenstein had raised the idea of secretly recording Trump and of invoking the Constitution to have his Cabinet remove him from office.
Trump says new allegations against Kavanaugh ‘totally political’
President Donald Trump said he stands with his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh “all the way.”
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The harrowing allegations of an attempted sexual assault, and Republicans’ defense of Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination, are reverberating in battleground congressional districts.
Here’s what we know about the new accusations
From the explosive New Yorker report published Sunday night to lawyer Michael Avenatti’s tweets, here’s a look at the new allegations against the Supreme Court nominee.
Trump says no statehood for Puerto Rico with critics in office
President Donald Trump said he’s an “absolute no” on statehood for Puerto Rico while critics, including San Juan’s mayor, are in office.
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Suspects in police officer’s shooting due in court
Raquon Martin of Boston and Antoine Mack of Pawtucket, R.I., each face a number of charges.
The next few days will run the gamut of September weather
Monday’s cool and cloudy weather will give way to a storm on Tuesday, but temperatures could reach into the 80s on Wednesday.
Health care watchdog to weigh in on costs of nurse staffing ballot question
The analysis by the Health Policy Commission will be the first independent look at the polarizing issue.
Dave Epstein
An incoming storm will make things a bit soggy around here
The heaviest rain will come Tuesday afternoon, making the drive home from work a challenge for some.
Man who threatened to kill Globe workers will be arraigned in federal court
During 12 days, federal prosecutors allege Chain made 14 telephone calls to the Globe’s main newsroom line.
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Chad Finn
It’s on to Miami after this loss, but any comparison to the 2014 team that was routed by the Chiefs ends there.
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BEN VOLIN I ON FOOTBALL
Tom Brady was disheartened by two straight losses beset by a sluggish offense.
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When any crack starts to show, when any fissure threatens to break open, who can’t help but wonder if it’s the beginning of the end?
Michael A. Cohen
The Republicans bet on the tax cut — and lost
The GOP’s top legislative accomplishment has become an albatross around the party’s neck.
A UMass Dartmouth official moonlighted for a potential competitor
Gerard Kavanaugh peddled a plan on behalf of a private N.C. company to draw students to a school that would compete with UMass for students from the region.
Quinnipiac University men’s lacrosse team suspended
The team is being investigated for possible violations of the university’s student conduct policy, which touches on everything from underage drinking to abuse.
Will Bill Cosby, 81, go to prison? A judge is set to decide
In the years since Andrea Constand first went to police in 2005, more than 60 women have accused Cosby of sexual misconduct, though none of those claims have led to criminal charges.
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John Oliver says Facebook aids and abets in the spread of hate speech
The commentator said Facebook plays a role in spreading hate speech and he focused on the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar to help make his point.
Indonesian teenager rescued after drifting 49 days at sea
The teen said he ran out of food within a week and survived on fish and seawater he squeezed from his clothing.
High school journalists stand up to censorship — and win
Four Vermont high school journalists have gotten a lesson of a lifetime after they stood up to censorship in their school newspaper and won based on a new law.
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Even in #MeToo era, can anything stop Kavanaugh’s appointment?
Despite #MeToo, we don’t just doubt sex crime victims, we eviscerate them.
Stranger in the house
The US has a huge need for home health care, and many from Ghana do the hard work
The need for home care is soaring, and much of it is done by immigrants willing to take on this hard and low-paying work.
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Deb was still new to this high school in Peabody, and had found her way to the vaunted theater program, establishing a foothold in a realm that felt magical.
Woods turned East Lake into Tigermania with his first victory since 2013.
Mayor Dan Rivera of Lawrence is reaching out to those hurt most by this month’s explosions because he can empathize — he had to evacuate, too.
Anyone who imagines that modernist houses across the United States are a homogeneous collection of sleek glass boxes may want to look again.
The most competitive races are expected to be in states where Republicans now hold the job.
Thousands of coastal residents were told Sunday that they may need to leave their homes because of still-rising rivers.
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Up to 40,000 vehicles are estimated to be lost due to the storm.
The Cambridge biotech says the FDA has lifted a hold on the study of an experimental treatment.
BET will air a concert marking the music icon’s 85th birthday, and Netflix has a new documentary out.
Ketamine clinics promise depression treatment, but some stray from the evidence
Screening practices and the extent of collaboration with mental health providers vary widely from one clinic to the next.
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.
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Despite debt, millennials are the biggest home-buying generation. How?
Slightly more than a third of all home purchases were made by millennials over the past year.
Seattle’s mayor talks growing pains that offer some lessons for Boston
Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan spoke at a Globe event on how innovation is shaping our world, and she’s in high demand among the hundreds of mayors gathered in Boston.
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A true-crime podcast about the most valuable — and confounding — art heist in history: the theft of 13 irreplaceable artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
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