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'One of the best commencement speeches ever.' Eric Church's viral UNC address hit all the right notes. Watch it here.

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After two years of talks, Lesley faculty reach a new contract -- The news comes less than a month after faculty staged a two-day walkout at the school, seeking to ratchet up their fight for stronger wages and workload provisions.

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Patriots -- Patriots receiver Kyle Williams promises to be 'night and day' different in his second season in the NFL

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Boston attracts massive tech startup festival led by top California VC firm

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Kennedy fires leaders of key health task force

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ICE makes courthouse arrest despite judge's order

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Barney Frank, groundbreaking gay congressman who coauthored key Wall Street legislation, has died

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Markey, Warren, other Mass. politicians remember Barney Frank

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Barney Frank on facing death: 'Not as scary as I thought it would be'

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Three early defining moments from Barney Frank's decades-long career in Congress

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Opinion | Chris Dodd - Barney Frank was the perfect partner during the financial crisis

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These 14 New England colleges now cost more than $100,000 a year

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New life for the Carney? Developers plan $850m revamp of shuttered Dorchester hospital.

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With exclamation points and indignation, a federal judge from South Natick infuriates Trump

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Markey, Moulton agree to August debate in US Senate primary fight

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Former Cuban president Raúl Castro charged with murder, conspiracy to kill US nationals, and more. Follow live updates.

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Ice cream in Boston is so unhinged right now

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A 'Hampton Beach Takeover' left police responding to 127 calls for service and making 50 arrests

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At 'disorderly' gathering of 1,200 'high school-aged individuals' on R.I. beach, 9 Mass. teens arrested, police say

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Widow of man killed in wrong-way crash sues Boston club where alleged drunk driver was beforehand

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'The house shook': Lightning strikes Brookline family home, displaces three

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Harvard faculty vote to cap number of A's in effort to reduce grade inflation

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Governor's Council rejects Healey's Parole Board nominee

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Legal battle launched to integrate Massachusetts public schools

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Mass. transportation department places employees on leave after TV report details alleged overtime fraud at Charlestown facility

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Gun control, but for robots: Lawmakers want to make Mass. first state to ban outfitting drones with weapons

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YVONNE ABRAHAM -- You're headed to work. A man lies at the bottom of a T station escalator. What do you do?

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JOAN VENNOCHI - So much for the sisterhood. Shannon O'Brien is out as chair of the Cannabis Control Commission. She deserves more respect than she got.

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Howard Husock -- How Barney Frank helped reinvent Boston

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IDEAS | RACHEL BRODSKY -- Hollywood picks up on the OnlyFans moment

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- Bill Cassidy traded his conscience for capitulation to Trump. He still lost.

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EDITORIAL -- As online sexual exploitation grows, laws need to catch up

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Boston police officer indicted on manslaughter charge in connection with fatal shooting of carjacking suspect

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Forecast | Ken Mahan - A dramatic cooldown arrives Thursday after record-breaking spring heat

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Cape Cod lawmaker rips detention of father, son taken into ICE custody while fishing off Martha's Vineyard

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Vermont leaders warn of 'hateful, threatening rhetoric' in rural development debate

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Richard Hatch, first winner of 'Survivor,' says he was not invited to tonight's Season 50 finale

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Canada man living in Saugus charged with illegally voting in elections since at least 2016, prosecutors said

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She tried unionizing a Bellingham Amazon facility. Then she was fired. The push for union representation at Amazon has divided workers and sparked a rigorous union-busting campaign by the e-commerce giant, employees said.

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Tensions mount in Sudbury schools over LGBTQ+ policy and effort to oust School Committee -- The School Committee faces a no-confidence vote at a Special Town Meeting on May 20.

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Inconsistent drill instructors and a 'frenzy-like environment': Report says State Police academy needs reform -- The review paints a chaotic picture of life inside the academy, where recruits have often found themselves taking orders from volatile, misguided instructors with outdated views.

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Massachusetts finally banned broker fees. Why are renters still stuck paying them? -- As apartment hunting season enters full swing, the Globe identified dozens of online listings that include tenant-paid broker fees, oftentimes equivalent to one month of rent.

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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 | ABDALLAH FAYYAD -- Massachusetts primaries are broken. Here's how to fix them.

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EDITORIAL -- Time for DiZoglio, Campbell to move on from audit fight

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IDEAS | MIKE MARIANI -- The NBA is in crisis

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Khameer Kidia -- What RFK Jr. gets right – and wrong – about mental health

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

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COLLEGE BASEBALL -- Boston College baseball, coming off one of its best seasons ever, enters ACC tournament with big hopes -- The Eagles were picked to finish last, but roared to fourth place in conference play, and now face No. 5 Miami with their sights set on bigger prizes.

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Red Sox at Royals | 7:40 p.m. (NESN) -- Game 49: Red Sox at Royals lineups and notes -- Connelly Early will be on the mound when the Red Sox go for the sweep in Kansas City.

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PWHL -- Fleet's Megan Keller, Haley Winn named PWHL Defender of the Year finalists -- Keller and Winn were stalwarts on the back end for Boston.

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Aaron Rodgers says the 2026 NFL season will be his last: 'This is it'

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Varsity News -- Varsity News: Talking football preseason in May

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Meta lays off 8,000 employees, as AI casualties mount -- The turmoil at Meta — which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp — offers an up-close look at layoffs in the AI age.

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Single Gen Z women outpace Gen Z men to homeownership despite overall decline in first-time buyers -- Overall, Gen Zers, which the survey defines as those born between 1999 and 2011, still only made up 4 percent of all home buyers during the survey period.

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Mass General Brigham Home Care clinicians clear the way for a possible strike

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CONNECTIONS -- I first scaled Mount Washington in 1954 at age 4. I kept going back.

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

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

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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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Boston tops 90 degrees as heat grips New England. Severe thunderstorms possible into the evening.

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For Sox coach Chad Epperson, Tuesday was a one-of-a-kind family reunion

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Jaylen Brown seems set on confrontation and challenging convention. It's the All-Star's way.

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Masters Academy International wants to deliver a prep education with an elite sports experience. What will it look like?

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James Murdoch, intent on 'thoughtful journalism,' buys half of Vox Media

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Ex-prosecutor charged with sending herself copy of report on Trump classified files probe

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Trump's spring revenge tour routed GOP foes, but fall headwinds loom

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He was jailed in Tennessee over a Charlie Kirk post. The sheriff owes him $835,000.

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Holy deception: Rome's 'sexy priest' calendar star never set foot in a seminary

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Residents of Lithuania's capital told to shelter as drone alarm underlines NATO's eastern jitters

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Fears surge on the ground in Congo over the spread of rare type of Ebola

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E-bikes, scooters, and mopeds need new regulation

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Questions after a tragedy at Davis

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Boston wants an inclusive World Cup, but time is running out

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Sites tied to equality movements join list of America's most endangered historic places

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A mop, a broom, and a calmer mind: Why some find mental health benefits in everyday tasks

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Would you pick lint off someone else's sweater?

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'There must be free beer': Lines stretch down the block at Boston's outdoor bars and breweries

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These luxuriously creamy chocolates are studded with adventurous flavors

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Beginning in June, Logan passengers can check bags and go through TSA screening remotely

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

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

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Mural being painted in Nashua's Renaissance Park features nod to city's French-Canadian heritage

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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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Local bestsellers for the week ended May 17

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A young woman sees spirits in an '80s East Village, shadowed by AIDS

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The quiet man whose comic strips spoke to and for a generation

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Sorry to bother you! 'I Love Boosters' is lots of fun.

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The Mandalorian, Grogu ... and Martin Scorsese?

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'The Sheep Detectives' is a lamb good movie

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Imogene Coca: A neglected pioneer who deserves to be celebrated

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Stephen Colbert's long goodbye is coming to an end, leaving a void

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A fan in Boston confessed to stealing a lead singer's identity — then he inspired the band's next album

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When is an orchestra not an orchestra? By any label, Handel and Haydn's ensemble shined at Old South Church.

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Felicity Lott, elegant soprano in opera and song, dies at 79

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A Dickens character gets another look in '(re)Dressing Miss Havisham'

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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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Drug companies spurned by Supreme Court on price negotiation law

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AI startups can succeed in Massachusetts. This billion-dollar deal shows why.

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Greg Hyman, co-creator of Tickle Me Elmo, dies at 78

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