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People won't stop going out on the frozen Charles River, despite the risks — and the many, many warnings -- Walkers, bikers, skaters, even ice-fishermen have ignored pleas to stay off the ice for generations. They do so at their peril.

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Boston built a global biotech empire. Now the talent is quietly drifting away.

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Explore the full results from the MassINC Polling Group/Boston Globe survey of NIH grant recipients

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Starting Point -- The Globe surveyed Massachusetts scientists about Trump's funding cuts. Here are 5 takeaways.

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Vermont's Ryan Cochran-Siegle wins silver medal in Olympics super-G ski race

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JEFF JACOBY - Who gets to tell Black history? A public library canceled a performance by a white actress who wanted to honor Harriet Tubman.

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KEVIN ZHANG -- To the person who slashed my tires

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Will Campbell explains why he didn't speak to media after Super Bowl -- Seattle's pass rush steamrolled Campbell for 14 pressures on 53 dropbacks (26.4 percent), according to the NFL's Next Gen Stats.

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Everett officer will not face criminal charges for shooting, wounding alleged car jacker, prosecutors say -- Officer Daniel Wall was acting to defend himself during the chaotic confrontation in July 2025, prosecutors said Tuesday.

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Beacon Hill burglar facing new charges after DNA links him to multiple Chinatown incidents, officials say -- James Schaff, 59, is currently in jail for break-ins in Beacon Hill and Back Bay, prosecutors said Tuesday.

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INNOVATION BEAT - AI can make employees more productive but in harmful ways, new study finds - Conversing with AI about work spilled over into non-work hours and increased pressure to multi-task, two Berkeley researchers found.

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PERSPECTIVE - Forgetful of names? You're not alone. And you can fight back. For most of my life, I've had a superpower: the ability to recall names. Now, at 52, it's my kryptonite.

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KEVIN CULLEN - An American dream morphs into a nightmare - Seamus Culleton, an Irish immigrant married to a US citizen last year and living in Boston for more than 20 years, has been held in squalor in Texas for five months.

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Hampshire College 'hopes to live.' Can it survive? -- Supporters of the beloved, iconoclastic school are hoping for the best while bracing for the worst.

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Massachusetts wants to bleed more horseshoe crabs. What if there was a better way? -- Scientists rely on the bright-blue blood of horseshoe crabs to test vaccines and other medical products for deadly contamination.

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Harry Lighton receives Coolidge Breakthrough Artist Award, praises 'stunning' theater

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Boston-born 'A Different World' star Jasmine Guy dishes on filming 'Good Will Dunkin'' ad with Ben Affleck

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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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IDEAS | SEBASTIAN JUNGER -- Sebastian Junger on the seven lives lost aboard Gloucester's Lily Jean

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Grace Moreno, Zoila Gomez, and Claudia Quintero -- Healey draws a line against ICE overreach

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Eugene Scott -- Has Trump protected religion — or just politicized it?

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IDEAS -- Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

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REAL ESTATE - Historic Merchants Bank building in downtown Providence hits the market - The narrow, trapezoid-shaped brownstone hits the market while downtown is in a moment of transition.

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RED SOX -- Herbie helps Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet overcome hesitation to add once-feared pitch to arsenal. Wait, Herbie? Who?

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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' HOCKEY -- Eastern Mass. girls' hockey: Players of the Week, Feb. 3-9

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The Big Day -- Excuse me, I believe you have my stapler: How a borrowed item led to love and marriage

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KARA MILLER -- Want to get into a great college? Try being rich, male, and a champion squash player.

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Mass. homeowners are frantically trying to get rid of ice dams. Contractors can't keep up with requests.

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Across Greater Boston, clinicians worry about pregnancy care for immigrants

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More snow-melting weather, with a few scattered showers expected

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Eight high school sports takeaways from Tuesday, including Nordic ski champions and 1,000-point scorers

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Netanyahu to urge expanded Iran talks during White House meeting as Trump says Tehran wants a deal

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Attorney General Bondi will face questions from lawmakers as fallout over Epstein files continues

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A person has been detained for questioning in disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, sheriff's office says

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Shootings at school and home in British Columbia, Canada, leave 10 dead including suspect

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Britney Spears sells her song catalog

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Kate Hamill's 'Little Women' adaptation imagines a Jo March with more options

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Fred Smith, who left Blondie for the band Television, dies at 77

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Trailblazing atmospheric scientist at Harvard was 'a titan in the scientific world'

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