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Boston Globe - Top Stories

Plymouth woman allegedly faked cancer, Irish citizenship, and her own death to avoid criminal charges

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Consumer confidence unexpectedly climbs on jobs outlook - (Bloomberg) -- US consumer confidence unexpectedly edged up in April to the highest this year as Americans grew more hopeful about the outlook for the labor market.

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New details about discovery of slain children in Wellesley emerge in police dispatch recordings

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White House without evidence blames Democrats, including Elizabeth Warren, for 'inspiring violence' against Trump

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Ex-FBI Director Comey indicted again, in a probe over an online post officials call a Trump threat

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Thirty-five years ago, Rep. Neal snubbed the Queen for Ireland. With the King's visit, things have changed.

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King Charles highlights US-UK ties in speech to Congress

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FCC orders a review of ABC's broadcast licenses after latest feud between Trump and Kimmel

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United Arab Emirates says it will leave OPEC, as negotiations between US-Iran stall. Follow live updates.

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Many residents balked at a 26-story Davis Square tower. The developer said he would compromise at 24.

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Alex Cora says he does not plan to manage again this season

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Cora thanks city of Boston and Red Sox fans on social media

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Somerville family under quarantine after measles exposure at Logan: 'It was shock, anger, fear, frustration, annoyance'

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Power Play - For this Kennedy, energy is the new politics

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Police hunt for armed suspects in two bank robberies in Roxbury and Roslindale

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Boston agrees to $850,000 settlement in lawsuit over police force during 2020 George Floyd protests

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Natick police officer charged with assaulting his fiancée

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Salem's beloved Dairy Witch Ice Cream shutting down after 74 years: 'It meant summer was close'

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'This is absurd': N.H. lawmaker defends Holocaust reference he made on social media as a joke

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This tiny island in New Hampshire offers rustic off-the-grid living for $337,700. See the photos.

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Boston restaurants love this luxury ingredient. Protesters say it's inhumane.

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Readers are averaging 6 out of 10 on our news quiz. Can you beat it?

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RENÉE GRAHAM - We are all conspiracy theorists now - A decade of Trump has warped our sense of truth and facts. That won't end when his presidency does.

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ALAN WIRZBICKI -- A bridge carries hikers across the Pike in Western Mass. Its replacement could help bears and deer too.

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EDITORIAL -- Massachusetts political conventions are an antidemocratic relic

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Ideas | Stephen O'Connor -- My dog doesn't read your lawn signs

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Susan Rigetti -- Emperor penguins survived everything — until us

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Matthew Farwell appears before US judge to seek bail in Sandra Birchmore case

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Forecast | Ken Mahan - A mostly cloudy Wednesday will give way to steady rain starting late

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Massachusetts residents sue Trump administration over pause on citizenship applications

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Jon Hamm tells Amy Poehler that he 'was making fun of' Ben Affleck with his Boston accent in 'The Town'

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Tom Brady and John Kerry to be commencement speakers at Georgetown University

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'A dream come true': Nearly 60 families bought homes during first round of R.I.'s 'affordable' homeownership program

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Ownership of two Springfield hospitals to merge under Baystate Health - The deal will further consolidation among the state's providers at a time when many hospitals are financially strained.

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There's a pattern of child sexual abuse at Mass. group homes and experts fear many cases go unreported -- A Globe review found 20 instances of sexual mistreatment of children and young adults over three years.

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A new beat for World Cup cops: The drone patrol -- Last December, Congress passed the Safer Skies Act, a bill that effectively deputizes local law enforcement agencies as sky police.

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THE BIG DAY - High school sweethearts from New York choose a classic Boston wedding - For young New York natives Chloe and Ryan, it's being together — and being in New England — that feels like home.

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It's now easier than ever to search the Globe recipe archive

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Matthew Rhys, 'Widow's Bay' stars on why Massachusetts was the perfect place to film Apple TV's new series

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Jimmy Kimmel defends joke, reacts to Trump's call for his firing

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A Shakespearean scholar spent a year in Stephen King's private archive. Now she's sharing what she found.

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Boston Globe Spotlight Team - Nearly 250 patients at top Mass. hospitals say they were abused by a renowned doctor. Why wasn't he stopped sooner? A Globe Spotlight investigation found the state's medical establishment missed key warning signs.

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Why Trump and the MAGA movement turned against Harvard -- Over a decade of political and cultural upheaval, America's most powerful university grew vulnerable to attack. There were warning signs.

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Why the middle class is disappearing in Massachusetts -- The middle class in Massachusetts is being hollowed out. Driving the squeeze is a stratospheric rise in inequality.

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Water is coming for the Seaport; the whole city will be poorer for it. -- Buildings in the Seaport fund one-tenth of Boston's property-tax base. Flood waters and sea level rise will soon put that at risk.

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L. Rafael Reif -- Transformative AI has arrived. It demands urgent global action.

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EDITORIAL -- Too many assaults occur at Tewksbury State Hospital

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- Why I'm skipping the new film about Michael Jackson

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IDEAS | Mary Ziegler -- Republicans were once afraid to touch birth control — not anymore

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- The most deadly place for women and children: a family home

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Lost and/or found -- Ten weird but totally true Boston stories

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TELEVISION - 'Real Housewives of Rhode Island' episode 5: 'Schooner or Later' Rumors about an ongoing affair heat up as the ladies set sail on a sunset cruise and take in a polo match.

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Red Sox -- Red Sox prospect Juan Valera to seek further feedback on ailing pitching elbow -- In his most recent start, he walked off the mound and crouched to the ground after throwing a pitch, resulting in his removal from the game and the decision to get an MRI last week.

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Red Sox at Blue Jays | 7:07 p.m. (NESN) -- Game 30: Red Sox at Blue Jays lineups and notes -- Payton Tolle will be on the mound as the Red Sox look to win their fourth in a row at Toronto.

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Patriots -- Five things to know about Patriots sixth-round pick Namdi Obiazor -- The 6-foot-3-inch, 229-pound linebacker made 88 tackles last season at TCU.

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Patriots -- Five things to know about Patriots seventh-round pick Behren Morton

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Patriots -- Has coach Mike Vrabel become a distraction for Patriots players? Hunter Henry and Robert Spillane say no.

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Innovation Beat - Local tech stocks got torched by fears of AI. Now some hedge funds say AI could be the answer. Dynatrace, Tripadvisor, and WEX have battled activist investors.

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Thermo Fisher opens new facility for vaccine, gene therapy development

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PERSPECTIVE -- How to protect your mental health yet stay informed about the suffering of others so you can help

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CONNECTIONS -- I found a stranger's journal. Its contents changed me.

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Mass. and Cass -- 'You are always just a kiss away from me my beautiful boy.' Their family members vanished near Mass. Ave. They won't stop searching.

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King Charles III addresses Congress

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Celtics' Brad Stevens named NBA Executive of the Year

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Phillies fire manager Rob Thomson, name Don Mattingly interim skipper

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Musk and Altman show up for opening statements in trial that could reshape AI's future

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OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's criminal sentence could be the last step before company dissolves

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United Arab Emirates says it will leave OPEC, a blow to the oil cartel

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US will issue commemorative passports with Trump's picture for America's 250th birthday

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Agents armed with search warrants keep focus on Minnesota in public fraud probe

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Florida redistricting and a rocky special session put Ron DeSantis back in the Republican spotlight

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Mississippi's largest synagogue finds triumph in rebuilding after arson

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Suspect in killing of 2 Florida graduate students from Bangladesh held without bond

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Camp Mystic director offers tearful apology to victims' families during legislative hearing

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Man pleads guilty to plotting attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna

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Young Palestinian artists in Gaza exhibit their impressions of war as a fragile cease-fire holds

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Rümeysa Öztürk is a symbol of what American universities have lost

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Harvard is already fighting antisemitism. The Trump lawsuit should be dismissed.

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Getting a handle on how insurance spurs high health care costs

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Most sunscreens harm corals. Here's what you can do.

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Finishing college, never had a boyfriend

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Store-bought breadcrumbs are often 'weird' and powdery. This crunchy, Boston-made version is better.

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Newton-based Spindrift unveils new canned drinks — without the fizz

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This Boston distillery's new nonalcoholic cocktails are spritzy and delightful

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How Montreal's churches are being reborn as libraries, gyms, concert halls, and more

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Rhode Island's TF Green airport to add flights to Cabo Verde in May

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Christopher Lowrey on 'incredibly granular flight searches,' Phuket, and savoring airplane food

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When Mother Nature and art collide: Seeing weather through a different lens

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Derrick Adams and the hard work of Black repose

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At Yale: looking at faces of the 20th century, the body in decline, and a great architect's career

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A portrait of the artist in the Hebrides

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The best local book events this week

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Doug Allan, polar cameraman for David Attenborough's films, dies at 74

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'Adam's Apple' spotlights a trans New Hampshire teen and a family that leads with love

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Red Sox announce limited edition jerseys, trivia, and more for 'Heated Rivalry' Night

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Jimmy Kimmel defends joke after Trump calls for his firing

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Vivo Performing Arts announces 2026-27 season

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From Vermont winters to Storrow Drive, here are six notable New England references from Noah Kahan's new album

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Marc Minkowski to be Boston Baroque's second-ever music director

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Meet Everett-bred 'Beaches' musical producer Jennifer Maloney-Prezioso

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An ocean of feeling in SpeakEasy's 'Swept Away'

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John Turturro, Paul Giamatti, and Tatiana Maslany to star in ART's revival of Ionesco's 'Rhinoceros'

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Tick season is back with a vengeance as ER visits climb to a 10-year high

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Mass. lawyer with record of child advocacy tapped to lead state watchdog office

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Nedra Talley Ross, the last surviving member of the 1960s bee-hived pop band the Ronettes, dies

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Jack Thornell, AP photographer who captured assassination attempt on James Meredith, dies at 86

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