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Homeless woman and dog at Downtown Crossing.

'You see more and more folks out there and more and more women'

MILWAUKEE, WI - AUGUST 20: In this screenshot from the DNCC’s livestream of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, Hunter Biden, son of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, addresses the virtual convention on August 20, 2020. The convention, which was once expected to draw 50,000 people to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is now taking place virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by DNCC via Getty Images) (Photo by Handout/DNCC via Getty Images)

New York Post published Hunter Biden report amid newsroom doubts

'People are tired of hearing Fauci and all these idiots,' Trump tells campaign aides

This combination of photos shows President Donald Trump, left, and former Vice President Joe Biden during the first presidential debate at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio on Sept. 29, 2020. A staggering 97 percent of the jokes Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon told about the candidates in September targeted President Donald Trump, a study released Monday found. That's 455 jokes about Trump, 14 about Democrat Joe Biden, according to the Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Mason University.

A twist to Thursday's presidential debate: muted microphones October 19, 2020 | 9:46 PM

BOSTON, MA - 9/3/2020 A sign encouraging MBTA riders to socially distance is secured to a beam at the South Station commuter rail. As ridership continues to stay low, the MBTA has maintained strict guidelines in order to decrease the possibility of COVID-19 spread among passengers. Erin Clark / Globe Staff

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REPORTER: Adam Vaccaro

MBTA SERVICE CUTS?

Marty Walsh speaks out on potential MBTA service cuts October 19, 2020 | 7:50 PM

Jeffrey Toobin

Jeffrey Toobin suspended by the New Yorker, steps away from CNN October 19, 2020 | 7:19 PM

Protesters calling for Boston schools to keep the admission exam in place for exam schools rally outside of Boston Latin School.

EXAM SCHOOLS Debate

Local parents hold dual rallies in protest over recent entrance exam proposal October 19, 2020 | 6:45 PM

A biker leads a line of cars driving off the Homer Spit at about on Monday, Oct. 19, 2020, in Homer, Alaska after a tsunami evacuation order was issued for low-lying areas in Homer. (Michael Armstrong/Homer News via AP)

ALASKA EARTHQUAKE

7.5 magnitude quake off Alaska prompts tsunami warning October 19, 2020 | 6:39 PM

Mayor Brandon Whipple of Wichita, Kansas.

Man arrested after threatening Wichita mayor over face masks, police say October 19, 2020 | 5:20 PM

St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H.

St. Paul's School monitor for sex abuse claims quits, cites retaliation October 19, 2020 | 5:00 PM

Live school updates

Malden school switches to remote learning after staffers test positive for COVID-19 October 19, 2020 | 4:58 PM

John Adams Courthouse. It is home to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Massachusetts Appeals Court.

Massachusetts delays resumption of jury trials October 19, 2020 | 4:38 PM

BOSTON, MA - 10/14/2020 People wait in line for COVID-19 test at the Brookside Community Health Center in Jamaica Plain on Wednesday afternoon. Erin Clark/Globe Staff

Mass. reports 15 new COVID-19 deaths, 827 new cases October 19, 2020 | 4:04 PM

Trump envoy traveled to Syria for talks on missing Americans October 19, 2020 | 4:00 PM

Storrowed boat in Beverly

'Storrowed' boat wreaks havoc on commuter rail on Sunday October 19, 2020 | 3:47 PM

'And I got my Dunkies': Boston woman voting at Fenway goes viral October 19, 2020 | 3:20 PM

A photo released by the Peruvian government shows the figure of a feline on a hillside in Nazca, Peru, this month.Credit...Johny Islas/Peru's Ministry of Culture-Nasca-Palpa, via Associated Press

2,000-year-old cat etching found at Nazca Lines site in Peru October 19, 2020 | 2:43 PM

In this April 25, 2016 file photo, workers walk past the front entrance of the Hartford Courant building in Hartford, Conn. Hedge fund Alden Global Capital is now the largest shareholder of Tribune Publishing, the company that owns the Hartford Courant, the Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun and New York Daily News. Tribune says Alden, a hedge fund known for layoffs and slashing costs at newspapers it acquires, purchased the 25% stake from former Tribune chairman Michael Ferro. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Connecticut's largest (and America's oldest) newspaper is outsourcing printing to Massachusetts October 19, 2020 | 2:19 PM

Holly Suzanne Courtier

Woman missing for 2 weeks found safe in Zion National Park October 19, 2020 | 1:05 PM

Black Angel Trail

New Hampshire officers help 5 hikers on mountain trail October 19, 2020 | 12:55 PM

Worcester police: Girl escaped by kicking man trying to abduct her October 19, 2020 | 12:46 PM

Bedford, MA - 9/10/20 - Congressman Seth Moulton joined the Gold Star families of two veterans from Bedford killed in action in 2003 and 2004 as he offered his reaction to President Trump's comments on the military, as reported by The Atlantic. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Trump signs Seth Moulton bill to make 988 the national suicide hotline number October 19, 2020 | 12:43 PM

Vermont principal fired for Facebook post critical of 'Black Lives Matter' October 19, 2020 | 12:28 PM

Road signs on Interstate 93 in Boston.

Highway exit renumbering has begun in Massachusetts October 19, 2020 | 11:01 AM

Fauci 'absolutely not' surprised by Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis: 'I was worried that he was going to get sick' October 19, 2020 | 10:38 AM

New Hampshire brings income tax dispute with Mass. to Supreme Court October 19, 2020 | 10:12 AM

Police: R.I. woman feeding newborn struck by stray bullet October 19, 2020 | 10:00 AM

Cape Cod Community College administrators have spent recent months trying to talk students into staying on the path to earning an associate’s degree, according to the Boston Globe.

Small New England colleges struggling as pandemic drives down enrollment October 19, 2020 | 9:30 AM

133 Federal St., Boston.

BREAK IN BOSTON

Crews respond to water main break near South Station October 19, 2020 | 9:07 AM

Mark Makela

Biden leads Trump. So did Clinton. October 19, 2020 | 8:28 AM

In this file photo, adult and juvenile rats emerge from under a Fenway dumpster.

Boston ranked 13th 'rattiest' city in America, and officials predict it’s only getting worse October 18, 2020 | 11:40 PM

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Woman arrested for allegedly assaulting Vietnam veteran says she is the victim October 18, 2020 | 9:46 PM

Licensed Vocational Nurse Blessing Iwenofu administers a coronavirus test at a free walk-up COVID-19 testing site at Amazing Things Art Center in Framingham.

Mass. reports 14 new COVID-19 deaths, 744 new cases October 18, 2020 | 9:08 PM