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Boston Globe - Top Stories

Iran says it is suspending commitments to interim deal with US as the two nations exchange attacks

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ODIE HENDERSON -- The 10 best movies of the year (so far)

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Cheapo Records has long been a cultural 'anchor' in Central Square. What's the secret to its longevity?

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Ben Volin | Sunday football notes -- Both brands of football need to let the referees officiate and limit use of video replay -- These games are played and officiated in real time, and are not meant to be examined and litigated frame by frame, millisecond by millisecond.

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The World Cup final will be played on turf with mixed reviews. Rain might help.

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Red Sox start second half with doubleheader sweep of Rays to extend streak to 11 games and get back to .500

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Two ex-wives of ICE agent tied to deadly Maine shooting say he showed violent and threatening behavior

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'They don't know what they're doing': ICE agents aren't following safety protocols during traffic stops, experts say

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What permanent daylight saving time would mean for New England and our weather

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Forecast | Ken Mahan -- Severe thunderstorms are possible this weekend, along with more wildfire smoke

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TARA SULLIVAN -- It may be a Lionel Messi World Cup, but there's more to the tournament than that

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MassHousing executive resigns after Spotlight investigation finds apparent fraud, ethics lapse at program he led

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Fatal shooting at Allston apartment complex leaves one dead

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Taylor Swift put the spotlight on Watch Hill. But the pop star isn't center stage when she's in Rhode Island.

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'We just want to see change': Wu must act on vow to make streets safer following city planner's death, advocates say

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On the run for more than 20 years: One of the most-wanted fugitives in Rhode Island is arrested

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Advocates push to make alpha gal the 10th major food allergen

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South Shore football coach charged after leaving baby home to drive drunk, police report shows

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Veteran Boston police officer charged with assault, vandalism in alleged fracas at son's apartment

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WHAT SHE'S HAVING -- Four Boston-area restaurants where the food is worth the trip and the people-watching is priceless

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Katherine Gergen Barnett - Primary care reform can't come at the expense of safety net hospitals - Massachusetts should invest more in primary care, but lawmakers must also protect the hospitals that care for the state's most vulnerable patients amid looming federal cuts.

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IDEAS | Jeff Hewitt -- My AI agent would like to speak to your manager

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Ilya Somin -- Trump big lie isn't about 2020

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MARCELA GARCÍA -- Sorry, Messi: Why Latinos are rooting against Argentina

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Mike Ross -- This tiny store has no clerks — and no theft

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Bob Cousy Pass dedicated in Worcester in honor of Celtics legend

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One of Boston's most notorious landlords purchased their building. What happens now?

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In sign of the times, brand-new office building in Cambridge sells for $1

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Ballot stuffer: Mass. officials say record-tying nine questions slated to go before voters in November

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Wayland fails to convince judge to dismiss racial discrimination case by former superintendent Omar Easy

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BOLD TYPES - Healey's housing secretary tells business leaders to keep pushing for more housing

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GARDENING | DAVE EPSTEIN - Hydrangea season is here, and this summer's blooms are bursting with color - When it comes to these quintessential New England treasures, it's a whole summer of different blooms, different varieties.

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An ousted maestro, an angry orchestra, an uncertain financial future. The BSO faces the music. The fight over the future of a preeminent orchestra is not going well.

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BETH TEITELL -- Cape Cod homeowner sues, says bank should not have given him mortgage for $5.5m mansion at risk of collapse -- A Cape Cod homeowner is suing JPMorgan Chase to void his mortgage, claiming he bought the mansion in a "manic psychosis." A legal scholar says the argument will face a high bar.

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CHRISTOPHER MUTHER -- These New England cities and towns are among the most overrun tourist destinations in the US -- Who among us has not tried to wedge a beach towel into the only remaining rectangle of sand at a Cape Cod beach?

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We talked with Matt Damon about his intense 'The Odyssey' experience and why Boston will always feel like home

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'Obsession,' plus more new movies and TV shows to stream this weekend

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Apple TV's 'Lucky' is a bloody good crime thriller thick with family affairs

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Claire Vaye Watkins somehow makes environmental tension and midlife stress hopeful in 'Yellow Pine'

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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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WORLD CUP -- Eight World Cup teams are coming to Boston. Here's a look at their playing style and their predicted finish. -- Some of the world's best — Kylian Mbappé, Harry Kane, and Erling Haaland — will play at Gillette Stadium. Learn about each team's local connections, how they got here, and more.

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Byron Williams -- The promise and paradox of the Declaration of Independence

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EDITORIAL -- AI poses real dangers. Massachusetts needs strong safety guardrails now.

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IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD -- I'm a birthright citizen

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James Aloisi -- 'The time has come': Blue Hill Avenue deserves proposed bus transit upgrades

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IDEAS | CAREY GOLDBERG -- Sorry, we just can't cover those effective drugs

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IDEAS | Yifan Xu Miller -- Who's actually running that robot?

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Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes -- Sorting out the sellers in the MLB trade market, and other thoughts as the Aug. 3 deadline approaches -- Twenty-three teams went into the weekend within four games of a playoff spot, eight of them with losing records.

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Rays at Red Sox | 4:10 p.m. (NESN) -- Game 97: Rays at Red Sox lineups and notes -- Patrick Sandoval will make his second start since 2024, opposing Ian Seymour and the Rays.

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PATRIOTS POSITIONAL PREVIEW: OFFENSIVE LINE -- Questions about the Patriots' offensive front start along the line of: Can Will Campbell's knee hold up?

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Taylor Farms to remove some products after link to Cyclospora cases

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The US plans to auction off sections of water around American Samoa in a push for deep-sea mining

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Your Home | Small Spaces -- A Vermont couple builds an 800-square-foot home on a budget

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PERSPECTIVE -- My mom stepped up to care for my grandma. If I need to, I'll do the same.

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DINNER WITH CUPID -- Blind date: 'I noticed he had a cool ring and the infamous World Cup bracelet'

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CONNECTIONS -- When a comic book hero retires in Waltham

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What the Trump administration will never understand about America

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Leila Lacan scores career-high 26 points as Sun defeat Mercury

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Willson Contreras wastes no time, homers in his first at-bat following his five-game suspension

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Lettuce at Taco Bell in 5 states confirmed as a source of diarrhea-causing parasite

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Court temporarily reinstates Pentagon's escort policy for journalists

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Beloved Peabody coffee shop that offers job training to people with disabilities will close, citing costs, funding

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DHS secretary vows to chase voter fraud after Trump revives debunked election claims. See how the day unfolded.

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US and Iran escalate strikes across Mideast; bridges and a water plant hit

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Mullin pushes states to comply with election demands, echoing Trump's claims about midterm risks

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Texas Hill Country floods test new warning systems after last year's deadly disaster

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Firms with checkered pasts tied to troubled Midtown construction project

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US Forest Service employees freed after 15-hour hostage ordeal

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Venezuela earthquakes death toll surpasses 5,000

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Rescuers race to find survivors in the rain after a landslide in China kills at least 8

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Louisa Gag's death demands a full investigation — and an end to Wu's slowdown on bike lanes

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The Trump-like populist who would save the UK

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Bloodshed, death, outrage: another act of immigration policy

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Ava DuVernay's '14th' documentary on Trump-contested birthright amendment

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How to know when you're over someone

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I sent my teen to camp. He came home with half an eyebrow.

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A local politician opens the restaurant of her dreams

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An early look at Aldeia Coffeehouse, a Portuguese-inspired café in Barrington, R.I.

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This might be Boston's most luxurious omakase

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A pitstop in Cherry Land. If you're fond of a certain red stone fruit, don't miss this.

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Author, lecturer, and world traveler Lawrence Millman on being a Luddite and that unforgettable Siberian souvenir

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Logan's Terminal C is getting a billion-dollar makeover. Take a look at the changes.

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'Punchline II' is an exhibition meant to embrace the absurdity of an absurd world

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From Gloucester with love: Rothko, Avery, and Gottlieb's summer bond shines at the Cape Ann Museum

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At the MFA, the past and present converge in a fractious moment

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Patricia Lockwood wins Gabe Hudson Prize for a dark, comic COVID-19 novel

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Why would a wealthy English aristocrat secretly help American colonists argue for independence?

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'Cool Machine' completes Whitehead's Harlem Trilogy with thoughts of justice denied

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Brenda Fricker, the first Irish actress to win an Oscar for 'My Left Foot,' dies at 81

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HBO's 'The Leftovers' brought fear and wonder to a selective end-times event

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'A love letter to Nantucket': 'Five-Star Weekend' finds a warm welcome from Nantucket residents

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Father and daughter to unite on the Tanglewood stage

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At Leader Bank Pavilion, Bob Dylan proves he's still painting his masterpiece

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Spectral scenes from a marriage in 'Paranormal Activity'

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DOGE cuts threatened a series of plays made with the NPS. Company One stepped in to fill the gap

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Ken Marino comes to Boston with touring 'Death Becomes Her' this January

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'This is just the beginning.' What a new Alzheimer's drug could mean for the future of treatment.

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Kalshi comes for biopharma, with prediction markets for clinical trials and FDA approvals

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Mary-Dell Chilton dies at 87; helped create first genetically modified plant

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Judge Rya Zobel, gender barrier-breaking federal judge, dies at 94

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