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DOJ sues Massachusetts, three other states after they refused to hand over voters' personal data -- The federal lawsuits are the latest in a string of litigation the DOJ has brought against states in a bid to compel them to turn over voters' personal information.

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Trump administration says it will investigate Boston's housing policies for anti-white bias

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Vermont-based fighter wing deploying to Caribbean amid tensions with Venezuela, US senator says -- Senator Peter Welch decries the deployment. He says it is part of Operation Southern Spear, which has been targeting drug trafficking in the region.

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Troops involved in boat strikes face a 'moral injury' risk, experts say

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House Democrats release photos of Trump, Clinton and Andrew from Epstein's estate -- The 19 photos initially released by Democratic lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee were a small part of more than 95,000 they received from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein.

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See the photos from Epstein's estate that show Donald Trump, Larry Summers, Woody Allen

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Immigration Unmasked: The law helping ICE arrest and detain more people than ever before

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'You'll recognize the name': A new supermarket is coming to Charlestown, but which one? -- The Hood Park development team aims to start construction next year on the single-level grocery store with two levels of mostly affordable apartments above.

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Will Boston see its first measurable snowfall on Sunday? Here's what the models are saying. -- Greater Boston could see a coating to an inch of snow, and more heading south, making for a snowy Patriots-Bills matchup.

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Polar plunge: Another blast of icy vortex air is on the way. See how cold New England will get.

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CHAD FINN | UNCONVENTIONAL PREVIEW - Right now, who's the pick for NFL's best? Buffalo QB Allen, or Patriots QB Maye? We'll find out Sunday. The Buffalo signal caller is at the height of his powers, but the 23-year-old Maye's rise to superstardom has been extraordinary.

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The last time Bills visited Gillette Stadium, most New England fans wanted the Patriots to lose

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SHIRLEY LEUNG -- MCCA's ouster of CEO brought in to clean up diversity issues raises big questions

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Sherrone Moore charged with stalking, home invasion after being fired as Michigan football coach -- Moore was released from jail after meeting the $25,000 bond. He must wear a GPS tracking device, stay in Michigan and abstain from alcohol.

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Potential $700 million Madison Park school rebuild wins support from state funding agency -- Boston is likely to get hundreds of millions of dollars from the state for what could be the most expensive school project in Massachusetts history.

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Milton spa owner to plead guilty after unapproved Botox injections linked to severe botulism cases, US attorney says -- The investigation followed a dramatic spike in botulism cases in the spring and early summer traced to Rodrigo Beauty's former location on Granite Avenue in Milton.

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3-year-old fatally struck by car on Cape Cod remembered for joyful, loving spirit

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State trooper describes rescuing a man in crisis on the Tobin Bridge

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Man attempts to open door on flight from Boston to Hong Kong, airline says

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The Globe podcast - Rümeysa Öztürk: An American Story Pt. 1 - Part 1 of the podcast series details Rümeysa Öztürk's harrowing journey from arrest to detention.

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Tufts grad student Rümeysa Öztürk did nothing wrong. The Trump administration went after her anyway. -- In March, masked agents swarmed her on a Somerville street. The crackdown on foreign scholars was just beginning.

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'I sometimes wake up in tears for friends still there.' Rümeysa Öztürk's six weeks in ICE detention. -- As she was held in Louisiana, the fight to free Öztürk took place in protests and in the courts.

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IDEAS | MICHAEL SELLERS - I'm a 'designer beard' Santa. The purists aren't happy. A great debate about facial hair divides Santas, but it doesn't have to.

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EDITORIAL -- Want property tax relief? Maybe the state and city should actually talk to each other.

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Gail Breslow -- They were ready to be Americans. Then the government pulled the plug.

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- The justices are set to give Trump more power

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IDEAS | CHIARA FARRONATO AND ANDREY FRADKIN -- The World Cup is coming. Boston isn't ready.

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'Come to my home, Globe Santa,' writes an 8-year-old girl

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Astronomy | Dave Epstein - The best meteor shower of the year is peaking Saturday night. Here's how to view the Geminids. The Geminids typically feature 40 to 50 meteors streaking through the night sky per hour.

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Smithfield superintendent steps down amid probe of how she handled hazing incident -- Superintendent Dawn Bartz wrote a letter Thursday thanking students and teachers as she exits, but making no mention of reports of antisemitic hazing by football players.

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Mass. woman charged with attempted murder in connection with stabbing at Macy's in New York -- A 43-year-old Tewksbury woman allegedly stabbed another woman multiple times as she was changing her child's diaper in a bathroom.

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White House flags DEI-themed college essays as potentially unlawful - Navigating the college admissions landscape has never been easy, but for the class of 2030 it's particularly fraught.

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PARENTING UNFILTERED -- It's the most wonderful time of the year, unless you're waiting for your kid to make a team or get into college -- When you see your child really work for something, you want that hard work to pay off.

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DraftKings and Wayfair plan big moves for their headquarters in Boston - The office moves, which will take place in 2027, are important milestones for both tech companies, and speak to a shifting vibe in downtown real estate.

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The Big Picture -- A clear look inside The Glass Studio on Cape Cod -- Michael Magyar, 67, and his wife, Keiko, own The Glass Studio on Cape Cod, which opened in 1992.

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Love Letters: Meredith is looking for thoughtful, anonymous relationship questions

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'Wake Up Dead Man,' 'F1 The Movie,' plus more new films and TV shows to stream this weekend

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What is your book club reading in 2026?

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From Patti Smith's latest memoir, tender snapshots of gratitude, spread across eight decades

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Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Hope -- The Boston Globe explores the legacy of Boston's busing era.

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A Boston Globe Spotlight Team report on Steward Health Care -- A Boston Globe Spotlight Team review found the Steward Health Care hospital system plagued by staggering neglect at the hands of executives.

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Explore the project: Snitch City -- In a nation addicted to drugs, local police are addicted to informants.

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Nightmare in Mission Hill -- The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

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EDITORIAL -- Is making the Charles swimmable worth the cost?

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- The Trump administration's sewage is seeping into the national psyche

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IDEAS | RICH BARLOW -- Is this really what it means to be Christian?

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IDEAS -- Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

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St. Mary's 53, Pope Francis 21 -- St. Mary's girls' basketball opens season with slipshod win over Pope Francis -- Gabi Lorenzini scored 12 of her game-high 19 points in the second half as the defending Division 3 champions pulled away from Pope Francis after a frustrating first half.

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OLYMPICS -- 41-year-old Lindsey Vonn opens comeback Olympic season with lightning-fast World Cup win -- It was Vonn's first victory in nearly eight years, and her first after getting titanium implants in her right knee after a five-year retirement.

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OLYMPICS -- Olympic men's hockey preview: With Russia not playing, Switzerland looks like the next best bet outside the Big Five

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Patriots Notebook -- Stefon Diggs has had his eyes on Bills CB Christian Benford since he was a rookie

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Celtics beat writer's notebook -- Jayson Tatum's return checklist, Jordan Walsh's admirers, and other nuggets about the Celtics

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MCCA board, chief executive part ways with $500,000 separation deal

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Commission outlines health care cost-cutting areas

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Bostonians of the Year 2025 -- First responders, university presidents, and others who exemplified courage

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Bostonians of the Year 2025 -- Remembering Kitty Dukakis, Fletcher 'Flash' Wiley, Alvin F. Poussaint, and others we lost in 2025

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PERSPECTIVE -- Rifling through the kitchen trash for a used vape, I knew I had a cannabis problem

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DINNER WITH CUPID -- Blind date: 'When I asked him what he does for fun, he said he's not an activities guy'

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US says Matthew Farwell should be tried in Mass. in Sandra Birchmore case

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Deliberations to resume Monday in Brian Walshe murder trial after jurors fail to reach verdict. Here's how Friday unfolded.

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Sherrone Moore charged with stalking, home invasion after being fired as Michigan football coach

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Report: Timbers to sign Revolution free agent Brandon Bye

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Budget cuts come to MIT's libraries

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Boston Globe editor Nancy Barnes to step down after nearly three years

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Boston climate-tech conference set to get bigger for 2026

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Johnson unveils health care plan as divided Republicans scramble for alternative. Follow live updates.

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Speaker Johnson unveils health care plan as divided Republicans scramble for alternative

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Senator Markey condemns 'cruel and calculated racism' by ICE agents at Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony

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Review of medical cannabis use finds little evidence of benefit

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Illinois becomes 12th state to provide medically assisted suicide for the terminally ill

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Video shows orcas and dolphins teaming up to hunt more efficiently

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Iran arrests Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, supporters say

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Hunger and makeshift shelters persist in north Caribbean nearly 2 months after Hurricane Melissa

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Trump wanted Ukraine to cede land to Russia. Ukraine has another offer.

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The shameful Faneuil Hall immigration crackdown

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Keep an open mind about regime change in Venezuela

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It's night in America. But that's only half the picture.

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I regret the breakup. Do I tell her?

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Conan O'Brien (jokingly) says Jason Bateman killed his parents — and will strike again

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Somerville's Hearth & Hug Bakery is the warm embrace we all need in December

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Esther's High Dive: A new Providence bar that feels like a Palm Springs pool party

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Gato Exotico to open; Ten Tables in Jamaica Plain to close

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For bucket list vacations, rent the perfect camera

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Finding the comfort of a 'local' in London

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In praise of the mini-break: Tiny vacations close to home

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At a time of masked agents and brutal attacks, a massive painting of ominous Klan figures at Mass MoCA

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Photographer Lorna Simpson receives the ICA's annual $100,000 Meraki Artist Award

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Frank Gehry, architect behind MIT's Stata Center and Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, has died

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Mothers and daughters, China and Massachusetts, in Janice Page's memoir, 'Year of the Water Horse'

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Romance novel reader seeks 'book boyfriend' IRL

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Our current 'Hamlet' moment is merely one of many bows for the melancholy Dane

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10 GREAT PERFORMANCES TO RAVE ABOUT IN 2025

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'Ted,' Seth MacFarlane's Framingham-set prequel series, announces season 2 release date

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'The End of an Era': Four takeaways from Taylor Swift's new docuseries

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Season's Groanings! We asked Globe readers for their least favorite holiday songs. We got an earful.

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When everything is going awry, Juliana Hatfield still believes 'Lightning Might Strike'

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Reality Winner's life takes the stage in Apollinaire Theatre's 'Is This a Room'

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'Wonder,' an 'empathy machine' of a story, heads to the stage

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A donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster team up in 'Bremen Town Musicians'

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Family of teen repeatedly raped at Springfield group home sues state agencies

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'It sends a message.' Justice Department to oversee new auction for troubled nursing home giant, Genesis.

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Jeff Lawrence, founding publisher of the Dig, has died, family says

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Arthur L. Carter, 93, dies; investment banker founded a cheeky newspaper

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Raul Malo, frontman of the Mavericks, dies at 60

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