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Boston Globe - Top Stories

PERSPECTIVE -- Taking the leap: Why more Black women are making the move to live abroad -- In their 20s and older, Black women are meeting online to share the pros and cons of beginning a new season of their lives outside the US.

1 day ago

Michael Keaton reflects on a decade of 'Spotlight' and what 'scares' him about the state of journalism - Keaton returns to the Boston area on Friday to accept Hasty Pudding's Man of the Year honor, with this year's trip coinciding with the 10th anniversary of "Spotlight" winning best picture.

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Dan Shaughnessy - The Patriots have been our region's best local sports franchise this century, and it's not even close - The Red Sox, Celtics, and Bruins combined have won seven championships in the new millennium. The Patriots can match that total Sunday.

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'Vrabes and the boys': The adventures of Mike Vrabel and his golf and skiing buddies

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Mike Vrabel wins second NFL Coach of the Year honor

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Pats fans swarm San Francisco, with New England edge coming through

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Chad Finn -- What can 11 Patriots Super Bowls teach us about No. 12? Let's hope some of this history repeats.

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Ben Volin | On football -- Taking a closer look at the Seahawks, who use the Kyle Shanahan offense and the Ravens defense

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'Drake Maye Fun Fact' and other memes from the 'Drake Maye Lover' account we can't get enough of

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Starting Point - 'Dejection vs. joy': A Globe photographer on the moment that sent the Patriots to the Super Bowl

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An ICE arrest, a scuffle, a cemetery, and a missing wallet play central roles in unusual court hearing -- In an unusual hearing that unfolded in federal court, a magistrate judge probed agents for answers: What happened at the cemetery?

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Wu, five other leaders from Greater Boston move to ban ICE from detaining people on city property

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Follow live updates on the Trump administration

8 hours ago

Mass. lawmakers seek answers after apparent effort from Trump administration to wind down Cambridge research hub

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What to know about the clipper storm headed to New England and how much snow to expect

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Forecast | Ken Mahan -- Increasing clouds on Friday before storm enters late

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Winter Olympics Day 1 primer: Let the Games begin -- In addition to a daily postcard from a Globe journalist in Italy, we'll have your TV schedule and event highlights right here every day of the 2026 Olympics.

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Celtics make three trades at Thursday's deadline to get out of the luxury tax

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'People want fighters': As Democrats push for more action against Trump, Mass. Congressional primaries draw large field

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YVONNE ABRAHAM -- Lindsay Clancy kept asking the medical system for help. The system kept moving her along. -- Two new lawsuits paint a picture, in terrifying detail, of how the health system failed Lindsay Clancy and her family.

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MFA layoffs criticized for dealing a blow to diversity

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With RSV injections, babies are faring better — but changes to US childhood schedule could threaten progress

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Officials ID all 6 victims who died in fiery plane crash in Bangor, Maine

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Newton private school teacher on leave after child who tested positive for STI describes 'inappropriate physical contact'

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Uber is responsible for rape by driver, jury finds

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Photos of the month: January 2026 - From heaps of snow, to Patriots playoff wins, the first month of the year surprised us. Take a look at the best images from the Boston Globe staff.

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DINNER WITH CUPID -- Blind date: 'It was honestly a movie moment' -- Will romance enter the equation for this accountant and his date?

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JESSE SINGAL AND ALEX FRYER - Super Bowl smack talk between a Pats fan and a Seahawks fan - Will Seattle shake the ghost of Malcolm Butler? Does New England really deserve another Super Bowl win? Two fans talk smack ahead of the big game.

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EDITORIAL -- Malden's backdoor effort to stifle cannabis shops fails in court

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IDEAS | Raiany Romanni-Klein -- America's next moonshot: Creating ultra-healthy 60-year-olds

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Will Austin -- The addictive danger of sports betting

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Yevhenii Malik and Alexandra Vacroux -- Russia's million-man war in Ukraine

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Savannah Guthrie's family renews plea to mother's kidnapper, while sheriff says they have no suspect -- "Whoever is out there holding our mother, we want to hear from you. We haven't heard anything directly," Camron Guthrie said in a video posted on social media.

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Man sentenced to decades in prison for stabbing 3 Taunton police officers -- Douglas Hegarty, 38, was convicted Wednesday at a bench trial for the assault in 2023, prosecutors said.

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BPS chief proposes budget with job cuts, will seek exemptions from graduation requirement -- Boston Public Schools chief Mary Skipper proposed cutting 300 to 400 teachers and other staff as part of a $1.7 billion plan for fiscal 2027.

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Drugs mailed from Puerto Rico lead to East Boston arrest; $1m in fentanyl, cocaine seized, police say -- Police said the investigation was conducted in collaboration with the United States Postal Inspection Service after authorities identified suspicious packages believed to contain cocaine shipped from Puerto Rico to Boston.

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Waymo is returning to Boston for testing, urges legislators to clear path for autonomous vehicles -- As the robotaxi giant continues to train its cars on Boston's confounding roads, political and legal obstacles remain.

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One in five commercial health insurance claims denied in 2024, Mass. report shows -- The data highlight an overly complex system that burdens providers, insurers, and patients, Health Policy Commission head says.

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'I'd rather overpay and be comfortable.' As mid-budget gyms die out, patrons face tough choices. -- Mid-range options — with monthly memberships under $100 — are disappearing.

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Concord Museum names new executive director

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In 'We Had a World,' Josh Harmon reexamines his own rosy memories of his grandmother

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In New Bedford, a camera-ready city; in Hartford, photography's earliest days — but with a twist

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Boston classical music wins big at Grammys

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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 | ZOE YU -- Hinge is the new LinkedIn

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- Is it Trump, or Chief Justice Roberts?

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- Filling the gaps in our pop culture lives

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- Ayanna Pressley and Stephen Lynch draw a line on Epstein

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Jill Abramson -- At the Washington Post, a mortal wound

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IDEAS -- Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

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Patriots -- Rams' Matthew Stafford wins NFL MVP, denying Patriots quarterback Drake Maye by a single vote -- The debate between Maye and Stafford became a hotly contested topic by the end of the season.

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Shirley Leung - A homeless man died in the cold outside South Station. That should never happen again. An unwritten rule allowing homeless people to sleep in South Station on frigid nights appears to have ended. They should etch it in stone.

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Myra MacPherson, who wrote wrenchingly about Vietnam vets, dies at 91

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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- Ten ways the Patriots built a new culture, from a two-minute drive to a surprise barbecue drop-in

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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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LOVE LETTERS -- I am conflicted about proposing

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Doughnuts gone wrong, cows get corralled, and another blowtorch blunder

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They had their first date and wedding at Warren's Bywater. Now they're opening Kingfish in the same space.

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North Andover's Jake Bobo in the Super Bowl spotlight with Seahawks, but his story more family than football

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Bruins Jeremy Swayman, Charlie McAvoy, and David Pastrnak will get to Olympics in time to march in Opening Ceremony

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The inspiring life of Beverly boys' hockey coach Andy Scott

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Trump administration launches TrumpRx website for discounted drugs

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Treasurers write about economic impacts of ICE operations

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Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as GOP rebuffs Democratic demands for ICE. See highlights from Thursday.

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A funeral home stashed 189 decaying bodies and handed out fake ashes. His mother was among them.

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Colorado funeral home owner faces sentencing for abusing 189 bodies

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Actor Michael Keaton to be honored as Man of the Year by Harvard's Hasty Pudding theater group

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Canada and France opening consulates in Greenland following tensions over US push for control

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Nuclear arms control era comes to end amid global rush for new weapons

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'It's collective punishment': Iran exacts heavy price on protest supporters

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Want to fix democracy? Start with colleges, says Danielle Allen.

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Losing PhD students means losing the future

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The AI social network is bonkers

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Do we really ever know our spouses?

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Seven unforgettable dogs at Westminster

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From wings to 7-layer dip, here's your winning Super Bowl snack lineup

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At Arlington's New City Microcreamery, maximum flavor on a walkable block

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L.A. Burdick pops up at Logan Airport; Love Art Sushi opens in Cambridge

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We went from 'Titanic vibes' to treasured memories. This is our Alaska family cruise comeback story.

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Want to vacation with Bobby Flay? There's a cruise for that.

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Would you pay to hop on a cruise if you didn't know where you were going? Mystery cruises go that route.

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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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How three guys remade the American film industry, one blockbuster at a time

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When Dorothy Roberts tried to finish her father's book, she learned she had to write her own

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Local bestsellers for the week ended Jan. 31

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'Ella McCay,' 'Puppy Bowl,' plus more weekend streaming picks

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Coolidge Breakthrough Award winner Harry Lighton debuts 'Pillion' at the theater Feb. 9

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Sorry, Charli: 'The Moment' is a drag

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Watch the first trailer for 'Rooster,' a new campus comedy starring Steve Carell

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Mark your calendars: 'The Real Housewives of Rhode Island' debuts April 2

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Bad Bunny says he will bring his culture to 2026 Super Bowl halftime performance

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John Forté, hip-hop redemption tale, dies at 50

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Local bluegrass community remembers prominent Mass. banjoist Gabe Hirshfeld

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'Heated Rivalry' musical parody slated for off-Broadway in March

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An electrifying 'Some Like It Hot' at the Opera House

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Vertex's CRISPR treatment for sickle cell disease hits unexpected roadblock

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Mickey Lolich, hero of the 1968 World Series, dies at 85

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