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Officials pledge to continue search for missing Lily Jean fishing vessel as investigation enters 'next phase' -- The vessel sank in an area where water depths reach to 400 feet, officials said. About 20 square kilometers are being searched with sonar.

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New Jersey Catholic diocese agrees to $180 million settlement of clergy sexual abuse allegations -- It's the latest agreement in a scandal set off more than two decades ago when the scale of the abuse and the church's effort to hide it came to light in Boston.

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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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Red Sox Notebook -- Red Sox convene emergency players' meeting amid MLBPA uncertainty -- Union representative Garrett Whitlock called it "a great conversation." He had another video call with MLBPA leadership later Wednesday for a potential vote on Tony Clark's replacement.

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