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Wrong-way driver dead; State Police trooper has life-threatening injuries after Route 1 crash

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Starbucks baristas are forced to write cheery messages to connect with customers. Instead, they read like a cry for help.

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Starting Point -- Why Mass. is at the center of the abortion pill fight

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Amid Red Sox' staff turnover, baseball lifer Nelson Paulino gets a shot in the big leagues

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'Go big or go home': How Philly trounced Boston in its World Cup preparations

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Ambulance transports at this Boston jail have tripled since 2010. What's driving the spike?

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China's top envoy tells his Iranian counterpart a 'comprehensive cease-fire' is needed

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Follow live updates on the Trump administration

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Massachusetts collected nearly $1 billion more in tax revenue than expected in April

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Melrose student dies after tree falls at elementary school playground, officials say

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Stefon Diggs is acquitted of all charges in assault and strangulation trial

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WHO says 3 suspected hantavirus patients evacuated from cruise ship to the Netherlands

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Forecast | Ken Mahan - Dry start to Wednesday, but a showery finish across Boston as warm air sticks around one more day

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Human remains found in Plymouth identified as Hanson woman who went missing in 2019

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Christopher L. Gasper -- Joe Mazzulla's stubbornness and refusal once again to adjust in the playoffs cost the Celtics against the 76ers

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LOVE LETTERS -- Sometimes, a solid relationship is just that — there's nothing lurking around corner

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'Real Housewives of Rhode Island' episode 6: It's masks off in Newport

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Robert Kuttner - How an all-party primary in Mass. would undermine democracy - It could sideline voters, weaken parties, and skew election outcomes.

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EDITORIAL -- Senate budget tweaks zoning to ease development obstacles

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John J. Lawn Jr. -- I'm a survivor of child sexual abuse. Mass. should end statute of limitations.

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IDEAS | JOHN MAC GHLIONN -- Donald Trump's frightening, self-dealing, AI-driven military-industrial complex

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- Boston sports fans are the sorest sore losers

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Passenger killed after police pursuit ends in crash in Amesbury; driver, two others charged

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Flour bakery has spent months searching for its missing ice cream mascot. Here's where it may have been spotted last.

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Mass. Senate wants to make it easier to cancel subscriptions. Here's what else to know about its $63 billion budget plan.

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R.I. federal judge orders man be re-detained, after US attorney's office withheld warrant information at ICE's request

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US rights agency sues New York Times for discriminating against white man passed over for promotion

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FDA blocked publication of research finding COVID and shingles vaccines were safe

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GLOBE MAGAZINE - As a Cambridge teen, she was a rising star in Mass. politics. Now she chants 'Death to America' in Tehran. She was hailed as a wunderkind of the new left. Since then, she's gone further than anyone could have imagined – in every sense.

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DEVRA FIRST -- Boston dining is so hot right now. Here are nine restaurants to check out. -- From luxe steakhouses to waterside Italian taverns to soulful social scenes with live music, just about everything is sexy.

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A Mass. preschooler was put in timeout 40 times. His parents weren't notified. Massachusetts doesn't require schools to notify parents when children are placed in a timeout. Parents contend that keeping families in the dark out allows schools to abuse the practice.

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KEVIN CULLEN -- Barney Frank and Rudy Giuliani will leave very different legacies -- The two politicians couldn't be more different, but, like us all, face the same inescapable fate.

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

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Noah Kahan talks Red Sox dreams, upcoming 'SNL' gig with 'icon of New England' Matt Damon on 'Late Night'

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He's a classical violinist with 1 million Instagram followers and a childhood inspiration: his Game Boy

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Free May events: Mother's Day, AAPI Heritage Month, and more

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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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ALAN WIRZBICKI -- When will Boston put stop-sign cameras on school buses?

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IDEAS | Thomas Lee -- I remember everything — so how did I forget this?

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EDITORIAL -- CVS affiliation with Mass General Brigham could increase primary care access, but at what cost?

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Ashish K. Jha and Thomas C. Tsai -- To lower health care costs, fix who does the work

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Mariel Garza -- Inside California's free-for-all governor's race

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

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RI POLITICS -- 'I couldn't get in my own house': Man fights to change state's abandoned property law -- House Judiciary Committee votes to amend R.I.'s Abandoned Property Act to ensure properties are actually abandoned and owners get adequate notice.

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'Machinal: Dance of Defiance': A century-old story comes to life as a ballet - Sophie Treadwell's 1928 play is reimagined in this collaboration between Ballet RI and University of Rhode Island.

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Fleet -- Olivia Mobley's return from injury came at just the right time for the Boston Fleet -- Mobley, the Fleet's third-round pick (18th overall) in the 2025 PWHL Draft, had been out with a lower-body injury since Jan. 28.

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HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL -- Eastern Mass. softball: Players of the Week for April 28-May 4

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HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL NOTEBOOK -- Joseph Case softball's team-first mentality has it prepared to contend for a fourth straight title

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HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL -- Globe Top 20 softball poll: A high 5 for King Philip

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Smart, cheap, deadly: Local firms create next-gen military drones -- The US military is racing to establish dominance in military drone technology. We'll look at two local companies that are racing to help them, by developing smart, cheap and lethal semi-autonomous aircraft.

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Calculator: Where in Mass. can you afford to buy a home? -- Is there anywhere left in this state that is still accessible to middle-income households?

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FDA announces its first OK of fruit-flavored e-cigarettes for adults in major shift under Trump

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CONNECTIONS -- Animal moms and babies act a lot like...us

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THE BIG DAY -- On their very first meeting, they ran into each others' arms

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Summer Travel -- Here are five summer travel experiences you've probably never had before in New England

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SUMMER TRAVEL -- With new direct flights to Milan, there's never been a better time to go

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In DiZoglio v. Everyone, Mass. high court to hear arguments over legislative audit

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Marie-Philip Poulin scores in third overtime as Victoire beat Frost to tie PWHL series

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Nathan MacKinnon has goal, two assists as Avalanche take 2-0 series lead over Wild

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Brayan Bello regains form, while Red Sox bats erupt in feisty rout of Tigers

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Coinbase lays off 14 percent of employees as AI changes work

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Spirit Airlines has stopped flying. Here's what happens next.

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Man accused of attacking OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home pleads not guilty to attempted murder

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South Carolina joins Southern redistricting push after US Supreme Court ruling on minority districts

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Professor praises pro-Palestinian students at Michigan, sparking backlash

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White House East Wing debris dumped at nearby golf course has toxic metals, report says

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Russia snubs Ukraine's unilateral cease-fire, firing dozens of drones

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US says cease-fire with Iran is holding, despite attacks

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The jet fuel that could (help) save the planet

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The hard line of the 15 percent rule in state political conventions

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Met Gala guests from Beyoncé to Nicole Kidman set to flaunt fashion as art

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My anti-pet peeves: the 10 things that make me love a restaurant

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Anthony Bourdain biopic set in Provincetown releases first trailer

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Cruise ship struck by hantavirus is to head to Canary Islands, WHO says

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

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Workers quietly unionize at ICA in Boston, and management quickly recognizes the union

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You know who else was a dirtbag from Massachusetts? Johnny Appleseed. Isaac Fitzgerald's latest follows in his footsteps.

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Laura Zigman's love-hate relationship with the publishing industry lies at the root of her latest novel

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Netflix plans first wide theatrical release with 'Narnia'

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Where to see film festivals around New England all summer long

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On 'Matlock,' the homefront is where the heart is

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How Carlos Vives transformed a Colombian sound into a global music phenomenon

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BSO closes Symphony Hall season with music of unity, 'Harmonium' and a triumphant Beethoven's 9th

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Tony Awards: Rachel Dratch, Daniel Radcliffe, and more earn nominations. See the full list.

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A musical tale of sound and fury, signifying nothing but a good time

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Robby Roadsteamer crashes protests and MAGA rallies for a living. Millions of people are watching online.

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Tell us: Did you stop purchasing health insurance through the Health Connector?

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Donlyn Lyndon, last surviving creator of the Sea Ranch, dies at 90

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John Sterling, theatrical Yankees broadcaster known for enduring home run calls, dies at 87

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Steve Clark, Olympic swimmer shadowed by depression, dies at 82

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