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Before the tragic ending, they were classmates. Inside the story of the MIT professor and the Brown shooter who killed him. -- The two were on the same path for two decades. Then, after one succeeded in science and one failed, their stories clashed back together in deadly violence.

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How Jesse Jackson inspired generations of Black Democrats

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Potential candidates are coming to N.H. nearly two years before 2028 presidential primary -- Pete Buttigieg, Gavin Newsom, and Andy Beshear are among those visiting the Granite State in the coming weeks.

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CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK | DEVRA FIRST - In Boston, Asian restaurants shine - The Michelin Guide process was murky, but one thing was clear: the excellence and diversity of Asian restaurants.

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Three dead, including suspect, in shooting at Pawtucket ice rink -- Gunfire erupted during a high school hockey game Monday, sending spectators and players screaming and fleeing for the exits at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena.

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What we know about the mass shooting at a hockey game in Pawtucket, R.I.

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COLUMN | DAN MCGOWAN -- After another mass shooting in Rhode Island, trying to make sense of a senseless tragedy

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FORECAST | KEN MAHAN -- Forecast maps show a wintry mess of snow, sleet, and rain for our region Wednesday

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Storm timeline: Here's when the snow and icy mix are set to reach your area

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Money, Power, Inequality -- Seven years in, Massachusetts' cannabis equity operators struggle to succeed

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Anderson Cooper says he's exiting from '60 Minutes,' but staying with CNN

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Baystate Health cuts 117 positions in latest round of layoffs

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Man charged with vehicular homicide in fatal hit-and-run in Pittsfield, police say

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The T's next big move: Awarding a mega-contract to run the commuter rail

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Boy Scout rescued from Mount Washington after suffering severe allergic reaction

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Winter Olympics Day 12 primer: Vermont's Mac Forehand carries lead into freestyle skiing big air final

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One of the most powerful tools an Olympic athlete has? Their mind.

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BETH TEITELL - Confessions of a brain-training dropout - Brain health has become the new wellness frontier. But who has the time to fight off dementia?

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Ramadan, Lunar New Year, and Mardi Gras overlap this week

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GLOBE MAGAZINE - Ultraprocessing. Dyes. Sugars. An expert helped me navigate the grocery store.

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High school photographers capture moments to remember during extended holiday season

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Celtics roster evaluation, Part 1: A closer look at the bench heading into the second half of the season

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Four-level loft apartment in Boston's South End for $1.25m

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$8m South End penthouse in converted church has views of Prudential Center

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RENÉE GRAHAM - Jesse Jackson's audacity of hope - In his presidential campaigns, the civil rights leader championed an inclusive vision of America that's under attack.

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Kristin Tate -- Mass. GOP gubernatorial candidates can't run on Trump

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EDITORIAL -- Massachusetts should require disclosure of AI in political advertising

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Susan Rigetti -- The winter sport no one warned me about: Camp registration

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IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD -- A surprising theory for why some people become criminals

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Appreciation - Scene-stealers, go-getters, and preachers: Looking back at the career of the ever-versatile Robert Duvall - The storied actor uttered one of the most famous lines in cinema history, but will be known as one of film's most varied performers.

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House Republicans use AI to help them understand Senate budget rules -- A new AI tool, called the Byrd Bot, is the latest example of AI being used in the corridors of power, and the first AI tool to be used in the legislative drafting process.

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'We've got it backwards.' Cameras are everywhere in Mass. So why can't they catch speeders? -- Advocates and lawmakers are pushing a collection of proposals that would allow cameras to catch speeding drivers in Massachusetts.

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'I will take this so far': Why Newbury Street's Rainbows Pottery Studio is at the center of a social media storm -- The owner of the Back Bay studio is facing accusations of mistreating customers and staff and employing a sex offender.

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At TD Garden, a well-deserved victory lap for New Edition

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This week's TV: 'Strip Law,' Catherine Ryan Howard's '56 Days,' and the BAFTA awards

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Rose Byrne parades through Cambridge as Hasty Pudding's Woman of the Year

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As AI accelerates and social media mushrooms, the perils of technology take center stage

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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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EDITORIAL -- Winthrop can darn well pay for its own harbormaster

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- The obsession with Nancy Guthrie's disappearance

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IDEAS | HEATHER ANN THOMPSON -- Stoking white rage — from Bernie Goetz to ICE

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JEFF JACOBY -- When a president clung fiercely to the rule of law

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IDEAS -- Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

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Rhode Island church to hold prayer vigil after deadly shooting at Pawtucket hockey game -- The church in North Smithfield will hold a vigil Tuesday in response to the shooting that left three dead and three others critically injured.

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How a Hyde Park basketball program is bringing sport and community together

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MLS -- New coach Marko Mitrovic will be able to figure out what he wants from the Revolution, but will they provide it this season?

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Warner Bros reopens takeover talks with Paramount after receiving waiver from Netflix

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Your Home | Getting Cozy -- This Sunday River ski home blends seamlessly with its natural surroundings

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PERSPECTIVE -- Forgetful of names? You're not alone. And you can fight back.

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DINNER WITH CUPID -- Blind date: 'We've both tried working as Uber Eats deliverers'

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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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After taking Democratic leaders to court, state Auditor Diana DiZoglio announces reelection bid

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Lindsey Vonn back in US following crash in Olympic downhill

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Year after year, despite talent drain, Woburn girls' basketball has been unbeatable in Middlesex League

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Who's keeping the lights on? Meet new ISO New England CEO Vamsi Chadalavada.

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Stop & Shop reaches accord with 28,000 union workers, avoiding another costly strike

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'My scientific career is essentially over.' A brain drain imperils Massachusetts' biomedical future.

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Partial government shutdown over DHS oversight seems poised to drag on. Follow live updates.

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King, has died

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Nancy Guthrie kidnapping investigators work with Walmart after identifying suspect's backpack

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Opening statements held in the trial of a Georgia high school shooting suspect's father

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Iran temporarily closing Strait of Hormuz for live fire drills as new talks with US start

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Lunar New Year prayers, robots, and festivities usher in the Year of the Horse

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Russian and Ukrainian officials are in Geneva for US-brokered talks after almost 4 years of war

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EPA stops counting the benefits of clean air

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So you want to be an internet troll?

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Grappling with antisemitism — and with its definition

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Love Letters Classics: He didn't tell me he had a son until months after we started dating

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Relationship advice from those who've seen it all: Divorce lawyers

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The Durand will cost you − but save you from having to fish cork bits out of your wine

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How a collective of small farms revived Vermont maple syrup

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Mike's Hot Honey now has a syrup version, which makes it easily pourable

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Delta announces new nonstop flight from Boston to Honolulu

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At the world's only pencil sharpener museum, a quirky legacy can't be erased

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Escape from 2026! A Sturbridge hotel becomes a tropical portal to the past.

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Photography in a flash

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The vivid, mournful dreams of Cuban painter Wifredo Lam, an artist ahead of his time, but at home in ours

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When keyboards are key

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Among the ALA honors this year, a Boston-influenced swashbuckling tale of seafaring teens

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R.J. Palacio wrote 'Wonder' all alone in the middle of the night. She says the musical version 'elevated it, frankly.'

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Local bestsellers for the week ended Feb. 8

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Robert Duvall, Oscar-winning actor and 'Godfather' mainstay, dead at 95

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Another movie theater is shutting down in the Boston suburbs

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Stephen Colbert says 'Late Show' interview didn't air because CBS wanted to avoid Trump backlash

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Looking at 'The Sopranos' pre-'Sopranos'

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'Is it a bar, or is it a Seger bar?': Watertown man goes viral for asking Boston-area bars to play Bob Seger songs

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Tamas Vasary, pianist of power and sensitivity, dies

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Trisha Brown Dance Company makes a welcome return

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A waiting game in Lyric Stage's 'Penelope'

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Vaccine makers curtail research and cut jobs

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Former Boston College basketball star Bill Donovan, father of Bulls coach, dies at 85

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Documentary master Frederick Wiseman, whose camera captured life in many sites and situations, dies at 96

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