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HORSE RACING -- Colt making his racing debut dies after a race at Laurel Park, the day before the Preakness -- Hit Zero died of an apparent cardiac event, the Maryland Racing Commission said.

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Preakness Stakes -- Just about anything could happen when the 151st Preakness is run at Laurel Park on Saturday

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A North Shore revolution. Communities vote on resolutions to reaffirm US Constitution

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Game 44: Red Sox at Braves lineups and notes

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When a man got stuck at the bottom of an MBTA escalator, people who saw him did almost nothing. He ended up dying.

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Power Play -- Shannon O'Brien isn't the only one who'll be out at the Cannabis Control Commission

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After more than 50 years, a WPI student finally walks the commencement stage

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Why are millions of dollars flowing through a two-person Lexington news outlet? A look at the newsroom's unorthodox business.

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Chargers troll Patriots over Mike Vrabel, Dianna Russini, and more in schedule-release video

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Harvard's top earners in 2024? Three female business professors.

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Officials continue to investigate deadly late-night boat crash into Logan Airport pier

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Trustees of Reservations and Kestrel Land Trust propose to conserve open space surrounding Hampshire College campus

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Blue Cross, Point32Health insurers rebound after years of GLP-1 drug-related losses

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Multiple people injured in silo explosion at Maine lumber mill, officials say

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The End of Normalcy -- From constant compliments to golden statues, Trump's second term takes praise to new heights

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Follow live updates on the Trump administration

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JetBlue to pull out of N.H.'s largest airport amid 'capacity crisis,' officials say

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Boston University student accused of making death threats against administrators, staff, after receiving $20K bill

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Immigration Unmasked -- ICE is ramping up in Maine again, locals say

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New parking permits in South Shore town misspell 'parking'

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TRAVEL -- A Maine couple known for restoring cabins on TV is opening an inn of their own

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DINNER WITH CUPID -- Blind date: 'We talked a lot about her dog, Clementine, a sheepadoodle'

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IDEAS | ZOE YU - At Harvard, rethinking the value of an A - The faculty is voting on a policy aimed at reining in grade inflation. But there's a deeper problem to resolve.

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Peter May -- The shameful reason the PGA Championship landed at Aronimink in 1962

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EDITORIAL -- City workers should be back in the office more

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STEVEN PELJOVICH -- Why is my Jewish deli a battleground for foreign policy?

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LETTERS -- Many questions, few answers following Memorial Drive shooting

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Judge declares a mistrial in Harvey Weinstein's rape retrial after jury deadlocks

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WEEKEND FORECAST | DAVE EPSTEIN - Here's how warm it's going to get this weekend, and even toastier next week

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'Pretty despicable': Hampshire College closure leaves students and parents scrambling to figure out next steps

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Healey administration bars ICE from getting undercover license plates

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A Republican's mysterious absence highlights Congress' silence on health

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Carmen Electra and 11 other models sue N.H. adult entertainment club for using their photos on social media

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Trapped in the dark web - Online child exploitation is spreading like a 'tidal wave.' Police can't keep up. Threats once confined to the physical world are now on children's laptops, their gaming systems, and the phones they carry in their pockets — and investigators can't keep up.

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Boat that was involved in deadly late-night crash at Logan Airport pier was taken 'without authorization,' boat club says -- The vessel was taken from a boat club in Seaport "without authorization," a company spokesperson said.

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A report found the Blue Hill Avenue redesign would speed bus commutes but slow car traffic. It was never released. -- A traffic analysis on the Blue Hill Avenue redesign plan lays out notable gains for bus riders, while projecting longer commutes for drivers.

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Dan Shaughnessy - Joe Morgan, the greatest interim manager in baseball history, knows what Chad Tracy is dealing with, and other thoughts - "I never considered that there was much difference from managing at Triple-A," Morgan said.

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

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80 fun concerts, festivals, shows, and more to check out around Boston this summer

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ART's 'Black Swan' brings the movie's saga of dance and ambition to the stage

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What's your 'type'? Because this man's type is ... very specific.

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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 | ARINDRAJIT DUBE -- How to save the middle class

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- Trump crashes out over perceived Supreme disloyalty with a court-packing threat

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- Is Susan Collins's health fair game in the Maine Senate race?

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

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RI HEALTH - 2026 Point-in-Time Count results show fewer Rhode Islanders were unsheltered - The count identified 2,236 Rhode Islanders experiencing homelessness on the night of Jan. 27, down 6 percent from the total of 2,373 people the census counted last year.

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Rent control is dead in Providence, for now, after failed veto override -- Supporters of the plan hope the failure will help bolster progressive campaigns this fall, when every City Council seat and the mayor's office are on the ballot.

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Roxbury Community College celebrates 50th commencement -- Suzanne Walsh, president of City University in Seattle, was the commencement speaker.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL -- NCAA bans ex-Abilene Christian basketball player Airion Simmons for alleged role in throwing games -- In January, Simmons and two bettors were included in a sprawling indictment by federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania on various charges, including bribery, fraud, and conspiracy.

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WORLD HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP -- Host Switzerland beats defending champion United States in hockey world championship opener -- Bruins prospect Alex Steeves scored the lone goal for the Americans.

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Patriots -- Seven of the first 11 games on the road, at least five prime-time games, and other thoughts on the Patriots' 2026 schedule

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NHL -- Golden Knights docked second-round pick, coach John Tortorella fined $100K for breaking media rules

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BOLD TYPES - Chamber chief executive Rooney leans on Boston's history in annual speech - Jim Rooney spoke this week about the role of the business community in the nation's independence. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey also weighed in.

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North America's largest commuter rail system faces a potential shutdown -- The Long Island Rail Road that serves New York City's eastern suburbs has been negotiating for months on a new contract with labor officials.

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Starbucks to lay off 300 US corporate workers and close regional offices

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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- In 1970s Boston, young hustlers made easy money selling smart term papers to college students

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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- Could patient portals be less baffling and more helpful? A cartoon explainer.

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PERSPECTIVE -- I'm a single mom. Here's why I can't wait to be an empty-nester.

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Owner determined to rebuild after three-alarm fire destroys Moozy's Ice Cream in Belmont

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Manon Rheaume named general manager of PWHL expansion team in Detroit

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Bruins assistant GM Jamie Langenbrunner leaving organization

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Trump says China will buy 200 planes from Boeing, with a possibility of expanding the deal to 750

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Powell's tenure as Fed chair marked by fight for independence while trying to tame inflation

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New US House map in Florida accused of violating state ban on partisan gerrymandering

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Judge declares a mistrial in Harvey Weinstein's rape retrial after jury deadlocks

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The largest US children's hospital settles with Texas and the Trump administration over gender care

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Large ebola outbreak declared in Congo

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Israeli strike targeted top Hamas leader in Gaza, officials say

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Kyiv mourns as death toll from Russian attack in the Ukrainian capital rises to 24

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Keep politics out of commencement speeches

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Hello, FIFA? Anyone there?

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Remote work made life easier. It also made us rusty.

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Adults relive the musical camaraderie of their youth at band camps reprised for grown-ups

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He's not sure about marriage

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Tom Brady, Cynthia Erivo to headline conference in Boston

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This week's most notable new restaurant openings around Boston

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Scholars bar in Downtown Crossing to close after 15 years. But a replacement is on the way.

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The best places to grab a drink in downtown Providence this summer

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A piece of New England hotel history gets a multimillion-dollar makeover. Take a peek inside.

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The best of Maine, on the cheap. (Yes, it's possible.)

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In art history, 'nude' almost always meant nude women, painted by men. An MFA exhibit documents a contemporary rebuttal.

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Unearthly light: Abstraction Expressionism's Gloucester connection

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Is the US about to be humiliated on the world's most prestigious cultural stage?

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Local bestsellers for the week ended May 10

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'Ugly' is Stephanie Fairyington's rallying cry to subvert damaging ideas about beauty

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Author Ali Smith mulls writing and language in 'Glyph'

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Five new movies and TV shows to stream this weekend

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Between love and madness lies 'Obsession'

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'Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery' inspires both nostalgia and a bad taste about the '90s

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The 'Battlestar Galactica' reboot was a timely show about terrorism. It was also just good TV.

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Netflix officially announces new 'Love Is Blind' season set in Boston

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Drake's 'Nothing Was the Same' is the album that changed my life

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Inside the 'Lincoln' symphony that Philip Glass pulled from Trump's Kennedy Center

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Clarence Carter, soul singer known for 'Patches' and 'Strokin',' dies at 90

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A gripping update to Greek tragedy in Huntington's 'Oedipus El Rey'

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Chris Fleming, used to 'scheming in the shadows,' is adjusting to wild success in the spotlight

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Here's what the Supreme Court ruling on mailing mifepristone means for Massachusetts

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Biogen advances Alzheimer's drug on suggestion of benefit

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Claudine Longet, singer and actor at center of a notorious manslaughter trial, dies

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G. Robert Blakey dies at 90; drafted the RICO anti-racketeering statute

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