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Boston Globe - Top Stories

New transit links could transform Everett's access to Boston -- Existing transit connections between Boston and Everett are lackluster, despite their proximity, residents and politicians say.

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Former Boston Housing Authority employee charged in $72,000 overtime scam, agrees to plead guilty to wire fraud

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The Danish String Quartet puts the 'play' in 'playing music'

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Sound Check -- In 'Fenway Punk,' the Red Sox's struggle was a local record label's gain

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Crowds of mourners line up for memorial services for Jesse Jackson at his Chicago organization

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

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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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Larry Bird was left out of pickup games in French Lick. He nearly slipped away entirely.

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Boston Lyric Opera announces 50th anniversary season

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Spotlight -- 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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ADRIAN WALKER -- Larry Summers' retirement is a small piece of justice for Epstein's victims -- Jeffrey Epstein's victims have lost things they'll never get back. It's way past time Epstein's enablers took some losses too.

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Stuck inside for days, South Coast and Cape Cod residents wonder when the plows will arrive -- People in Barnstable, Bristol, and Plymouth counties have been unable to get to work, school, and medical appointments, and there is no end in sight for some.

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Dave Epstein -- Whether in the blizzard of ′78 or ′26, experiencing winter's wrath is a shared yet personal ordeal -- Beyond the stats, your feelings about this winter might actually be more frustrating than the winter of 2014-15.

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Camberville & beyond -- Our Cambridge editor spent 12 blizzardy hours with firefighters -- They assessed a pregnant woman in pain and bleeding. They investigated the smell of gas at a house. Then someone came to the fire house door: A man had fallen. Could someone help?

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Portions of the Cape still suffering from widespread power outages in wake of blizzard

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Snowplow ruptures gas line near supermarket in Middleborough

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48-ounce buckets of Dunkin' coffee already sold out at New England stores -- It was exclusively available at a handful of New England stores, being sold as Dunkin' tested some of its biggest fans' willingness to purchase a bucket of their elixirs starting at $8.89.

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Boston Legacy FC unveils secondary kit, a 'love letter' to Boston's 23 neighborhoods -- Featuring the outlines of all 23 Boston neighborhoods splashed in neon pink, green, orange, and yellow across a black background, the kit is a nod to the city's diverse culture and rich history.

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We now know the full scale of Trump's federal workforce cuts -- Amid President Trump's bureaucracy-slashing directives, the federal workforce shrunk by about nearly 10 percent in 2025.

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'It's just un-American': ICE's mass detention centers run into resistance — including from Republicans

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Forecast -- Thursday forecast: Sunny with light coastal snow later in the day. Here's when our next storm could hit.

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Forecast | Dave Epstein -- In like a lion? March to kick off with more wintry weather, snowstorm threat.

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Daylight saving time: Here's when we 'spring forward.'

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Healey announces deal for free online AI training from Google for Mass. residents

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Can giving the ocean antacid really reverse climate change?

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Man dies following dispute with neighbor in Middleborough, officials say

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Bruins -- Charlie McAvoy apologizes for laughter during Trump locker room call, reiterates his support for US women's hockey team

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One of Africa's soccer giants will be based in Rhode Island for the World Cup

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CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER -- Forget all the rest, USA vs. Canada on the ice is the hottest rivalry around right now

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It's now easier than ever to search the Globe recipe archive -- Search our library for easy dinner recipes, healthy meals, desserts, and more.

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'People don't understand what the word politics means': Jason Isbell is Americana's advocate for a better world

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Alex Beam - Why hasn't the United States been banned from international sports? America has violated the territorial sovereignty of Iran and Venezuela, two United Nations members — and Olympic and FIFA competitors.

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IDEAS | RICH BARLOW -- Ending college affirmative action didn't devastate minority enrollment but only shifted it

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EDITORIAL -- Mass. needs to catch up with Mississippi on reading instruction

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

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

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New Ipswich man died in Dover, N.H., police station from possible overdose -- Andrew Larose, 37, who was found dead in the lobby, was not in custody, Dover police said.

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Cocaine levels in Nantucket's wastewater are growing. No one is sure exactly why. -- After testing showed cocaine levels in Nantucket wastewater that were 50 percent above national levels in September, the island saw even steeper increases later in the year.

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Emerson Hospital's garden therapy program brings light and reprieve to patients -- For two hours on Fridays, a psychiatric unit blooms.

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Larry Edelman | Trendlines - How AI could be an economic miracle worker — or serial job killer - AI is the future. But what will that future look like?

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'An extension of the racialized body': Lawsuit highlights how Black hair remains a pain point in struggle for equality -- Last week's race discrimination lawsuit against ART points out a sometimes-overlooked element in the long fight for equality: hair.

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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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At the Gardner, when person meets 'Persona'

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Comedy might not have been Sindhu Vee's first career choice, but she's made it her own

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

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Ilya Somin -- Trump's new tariffs are another dangerous presidential power grab

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IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER -- Costa Rica's exceptionalism is fading

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- High court hypocrisy, as conservative justices split on Trump's tariffs

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IDEAS -- Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

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RI WEATHER - Second blizzard-related death reported in Rhode Island - Cities and towns across the region on Thursday were still digging out from Monday's record-breaking storm.

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Why RFK Jr. is suddenly talking less about vaccines -- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is on tour to tout his MAHA food initiatives and drug pricing over vaccines, an issue GOP pollsters see as a liability.

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

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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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KARA BASKIN -- The GLP-1 dream is over. What now, for patients who've relied on it for weight loss?

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In the wake of Fall River's fatal fire, state considers reforms to assisted living oversight

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Mass. school districts cancel classes through Friday amid power outages, snow cleanup

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Scorpions, Bucky Dent, a World Series ring, and other tales from Glenn Sherlock, a baseball lifer from the North Shore

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Northeastern women's hockey has had to adjust without Matthews Arena, but the Huskies look better than ever

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With the Red Sox in need of an established lefthanded reliever, the question is: Where is their 2013 Craig Breslow?

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

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How neighbors helped a Globe reporter escape her snowed-in home on the South Shore

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

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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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Pennsylvania student protesters did not know man in scrum was police chief, lawyers say

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A bleak research report about AI stokes debate on Wall Street

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Ukraine says Russia launched a major aerial attack ahead of Geneva talks with US

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A Hong Kong court quashes fraud conviction of ex-media mogul Jimmy Lai

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Cuban government says troops kill 4 and wound 6 on Florida speedboat

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Kristi Noem wants you to wait in longer lines at the airport

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AI vs. a liberal arts education

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A real workers' president would staff up OSHA

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My fiancé made a financial decision without consulting me

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

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Is French food hot again?

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World Central Kitchen brings food to war zones and disaster areas. And after the blizzard we just had, to Cape Cod.

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Luka Garza on his mom, acai bowls, and the importance of taking some time away

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Orbitz promises free bag on flight, then makes passenger pay

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Finally, kid-free cruises that welcome anyone 18 and older

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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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Robert Carradine, 'Revenge of the Nerds' and 'Lizzie McGuire' star, dies at 71

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New movies and shows to stream while you're stuck at home during the blizzard

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'It was like a Christmas message from the Grinch': Kimmel, Colbert, and more react to Trump's State of the Union address

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Seven New England 'Survivor' stars who left their mark on the reality competition

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A new 'Jane Eyre' adaptation is in the works, starring Aimee Lou Wood

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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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Superagers' brains have a special ability, new study suggests

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

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Gloucester's longest-serving mayor, Bruce Tobey, dies at 73

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