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Boston Globe - Top Stories

KEVIN CULLEN -- Seamus Culleton went from sympathetic Everyman to undesirable immigrant almost overnight -- Culleton, an Irish immigrant who runs a business out of Wakefield, is facing imminent deportation to a country that doesn't seem especially anxious to have him back.

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FLEET -- When the Fleet's medal-winning Olympians returned to practice, their teammates provided quite a celebration

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Netflix walks away from Warner Bros deal, clearing the path for Paramount -- A Paramount buyout of Warner Bros. Discovery would reshape Hollywood and the wider media landscape.

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YVONNE ABRAHAM -- Thirteen states have adopted a simple criminal justice reform. It's time for Mass. to join them. -- The proposal could change 500,000 lives in the state. What are we waiting for?

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GRANDPARENTS RIGHTS TRIAL -- R.I. pediatrician says he consulted ChatGPT on whether he could prescribe a family member in visitation trial -- Dr. Siavash Ghoreishi had written 124 prescriptions for his daughter prior to her death, and 36 prescriptions for his granddaughter before she turned 3.

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Peter Abraham | On baseball -- Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet already is one of the best pitchers in baseball, and all he wants to do is get better

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State Police sergeant charged with assault for alleged excessive force during Springfield traffic stop

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Venezuelan gang members accused of 'jackpotting' scheme that drained ATMS of $170k cash in Braintree, across New England

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Owner of Medford janitorial service charged with tax evasion totaling more than $1.2 million

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Democratic congressional candidates are putting their kids front and center as they call for generational change -- Democrats challenging older incumbents for office are increasingly talking about their children and child care as they mount campaigns on affordability and generational change.

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Immigration agents just arrested a student inside a Columbia University building. It could happen here, too. -- The arrest of Columbia University senior Ellie Aghayeva injected fresh urgency to efforts by local officials to prepare the public for escalating federal immigration enforcement efforts.

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Columbia student detained by ICE is abruptly released after Mamdani meets with Trump

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Here's how Clinton's deposition unfolded

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Follow live updates on the Trump administration

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Weymouth man found dead after going missing during blizzard, police say

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Forecast | Ken Mahan -- Friday brings sunshine, snow-melting weather. Next shot at snow arrives this weekend. -- Another mild day awaits Friday, but Saturday's highs are even warmer, near 50 for some great outdoor weather and snow-melting.

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Dave Epstein: How to view the 'planetary parade' starting this weekend

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Dan Shaughnessy -- 'I don't put a ceiling on us ever': Celtics president Brad Stevens not surprised his team is playing so well this season -- A lot of us figured the Celtics would be candidates for the lame, postseason play-in tournament. Wrong. They are a legitimate NBA contender.

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DINNER WITH CUPID -- Blind date: 'We both have certain personality quirks'

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Ben Volin | On football -- Unless the Patriots can trade for A.J. Brown for cheap, they're better off sticking with Stefon Diggs

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IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD - A litmus test Democrats should face in the midterms and 2028 - Failing to break with the official US stance on Israel and Gaza hurt Kamala Harris.

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EDITORIAL -- In Epstein fallout, aim for accountability, not guilt by association

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Joan Wickersham -- Being one of many in the crowd

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- Trump gives the court the cold shoulder

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The IRS broke the law by disclosing confidential information to ICE 42,695 times, judge says -- A judge found that the IRS had erroneously shared the taxpayer information of thousands of people as part of a DHS agreement to share information on immigrants.

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Cuba says 4 killed in speedboat shooting were attempting to infiltrate the country -- Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US government is "trying to identify elements of the story that may not be provided to us now."

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Alleged gunman in N.H. country club confessed to shooting, told investigators he was targeting 'elites' -- The alleged gunman told police he carried out the attack at the steakhouse at the Sky Meadow club in an effort to punish rich people.

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Manchester, N.H. mother arrested for death of newborn daughter found in Pine Island Park pond -- Hepay Jumacq, 26, of Manchester, will be charged with second-degree murder, prosecutors said Thursday.

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Spotlight Report - Introductions to women. Free flights. Business deals. Jeffrey Epstein's ties to Harvard run deeper than previously known. Some of Epstein's ties to the school were hiding in plain sight, yet Harvard officials missed or looked past them during their 2019 probe.

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GLOBE MAGAZINE - Larry Bird was left out of pickup games in French Lick. He nearly slipped away entirely. Were it not for a string of unlikely events and minor miracles, the world might have never known a basketball legend.

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South Boston parking lot could become next tourist hotspot -- The Port Authority has decided now is not the time to put the three-acre site up for development, so instead it's looking for a temporary activation.

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Controversial geoengineering 'antacid' test in ocean attempts to reverse climate change -- The scientists behind the first-of-its-kind experiment in the Gulf of Maine said they had sequestered carbon without harming marine life.

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Wanda Sykes fights the good fight in 'Undercard'

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Boston Lyric Opera announces 50th anniversary season

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Oscar-winning costume designer and Springfield native Ruth E. Carter talks 'Sinners,' favorite film creations, and more

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Justin Garcia, of the Kinsey Institute, says humans need sexual novelty and emotional intimacy

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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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Alex Beam -- Why hasn't the United States been banned from international sports?

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ALAN WIRZBICKI -- It's not you. Headlights really are more blinding.

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RIGHT, LEFT, AND CENTER -- Boasting, bashing, and lying: Three writers on Trump's State of the Union address

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IDEAS -- Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

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Is the N.H. motor vehicle inspection program really 'suspended'? Not as far as the federal court is concerned. -- A judge said state leaders asked her for a stay that would 'foster disrespect for court orders and the rule of law,' so she rejected the request.

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Starting Point -- Here's what happens when you embrace winter -- You mean it's possible to like this? Not just endure it?

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RED SOX -- For the vertically challenged like Caleb Durbin, baseball is the sport to choose to excel

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Form Energy to back Google data center with giant iron battery -- The system is intended to support a data center without driving up electricity costs for existing homes and businesses.

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Everyone thinks they're addicted to their phones. These people really are.

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'It's so hard just to survive': How Gen Zers in Greater Boston are making it

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ON THE COVER -- Assumption University students tried to set up a sting on Tinder. It all went terribly wrong.

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PERSPECTIVE -- I've always been a Boston sports fan. But the women's hockey team is something different.

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LOVE LETTERS -- My boyfriend says his wife is delaying their divorce

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THE BIG DAY -- How Dan and Vicki overcame a big red flag, fell in love fast, then took their time getting married

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Cake Boss to make birthday cake for Lowell's bicentennial celebration Saturday

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'We're not out of this yet,' Healey says as Southeastern Mass. faces long snow cleanup after historic blizzard

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The defending Division 1 girls' hockey champs go down, and more takeaways from Thursday's playoff games

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Joonas Korpisalo golden as Bruins hold on to beat red-hot Blue Jackets in return from Olympic break

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No. 26 Waltham stuns No. 7 Hingham, takes down defending Division 1 girls' hockey champs in first round

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Anthropic refuses to bend to Pentagon on AI safeguards as dispute nears deadline

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FDA to offer bonus payments to staffers who complete speedy drug reviews

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In landmark trial, plaintiff says social media harm started at age 6

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Hillary Clinton testifies she has no information on Epstein's crimes and doesn't recall meeting him

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US military used laser to take down Border Protection drone, lawmakers say

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A nearly blind refugee is found dead after Border Patrol agents drop him at Buffalo doughnut shop

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Hillary Clinton derides her Epstein deposition as GOP 'political theater'

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Pakistan is in 'open war' with Afghanistan after latest strikes, defense minister says

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Brussels orders probe of Mandelson's Epstein ties while EU trade rep

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Sweden intercepts suspected Russian drone during visit by French aircraft carrier

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Is Mass. really an educational leader when reading scores lag behind Mississippi?

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We are changing an ocean we have barely explored

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Ending college affirmative action didn't devastate minority enrollment but only shifted it

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In an AI world, easy ways to inject creativity into your day

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Instagram says it will notify parents if teens 'repeatedly' search for terms related to suicide

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If you're struggling to lose weight, could chilling your carbs help?

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SJ's: Eat like we did before remote work was a thing

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Soggy fries and lettuce shortages fueled Sweetgreen's $5 billion stock wipeout

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View Boston to close rooftop eateries; Boston Provisions Market brings big names to the Seaport

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Maine's mobile merriment: How one woman turned a bus into an experience

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Have you suddenly become Canadian? You're probably going to need a new picture.

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'It's therapeutic.' Meet some of the members of skiing's 100 Days Club.

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An obscure printmaker in the chaos of mid-19th-century Paris has a message for us: Stand up to the lies

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At the Gardner, when person meets 'Persona'

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Louvre Museum director resigns in the wake of October's brazen French crown jewels heist

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He was gay, she was straight. They fell in love anyway.

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When the Oscar feels more owed than deserved

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50 years later, the movie 'Network' looks scarily prescient about television

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'Paradise,' a Paul McCartney doc, plus more new movies and TV shows to stream this weekend

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In 'American Classic,' acting runs in the family

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A Northampton band received a cease-and-desist letter about their name. Then things got weird.

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'K-Pops!' is an adorable, candy-colored musical with heart

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Hub Theatre Company's 'The Bald Soprano' hits the high notes, but 'The Lesson' flunks

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'We Had a World' — of monotony

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Two Boston-area theaters revive plays from the '50s with very modern resonances

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After deadly Fall River fire, Mass. seeks tougher oversight of assisted living homes

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Sarepta searches for new leader as CEO Doug Ingram exits after tumultuous tenure

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Lauren Chapin, youngest child on 'Father Knows Best,' dies at 80

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Penguin Press founder Ann Godoff, a powerhouse editor of bestsellers and prize winners, has died

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Jeff Galloway, who inspired people with his run-walk method, dies

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