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State's high court blocks rent control ballot question from November ballot

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Forecast | Dave Epstein - Flash flooding submerges vehicles in Southeastern Mass., R.I. as more rain expected in New England

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Starting Point -- How the Tartan Army showed a World Cup skeptic the best of America

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GLOBE OPINION -- Are boomers to blame for everything? We asked our staff.

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No, despite what everyone says, American schools aren't failing

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District court judge declines to extend Brockton teen's restraining order against Mayor Moises Rodrigues

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A midtown Manhattan bar visit led to a breakthrough in years-old unsolved rape cases in Boston

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Wu unveils new virtual tour of more than 100 historic sites around Boston

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Roughly 350,000 jobs in Greater Boston are vulnerable to AI. These charts show which ones are most exposed.

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'Don't give AI the bomb': A 'Boston brain trust' seeks papal backing in new push for nuclear disarmament

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Lindsay Clancy lawyer wants news media microphones off defense table

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Pentagon seeks $80 billion from Congress for Iran war

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Iran's president heads to Pakistan as US-Iran teams work to finalize a war-ending deal

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Supreme Court rules Rastafarian can't sue prison officials who cut his dreadlocks. Follow live updates.

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Maine man flees bar after threatening patrons with gun, crashes at 150 mph and dies

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A shooter kills 2 at a Northern California library and an 18-year-old suspect is arrested

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Boston is brimming with steakhouses. One restaurant is clearly the best.

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Tell us: What's your favorite Boston-area steakhouse, and what's your order?

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Jacob Wirth, the storied Boston restaurant that sat dark for eight years, is set to reopen in a rare revival

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LIVE UPDATES -- England and Ghana kick off at 4 p.m. in Foxborough for the region's fourth World Cup game. Follow live updates.

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'Everyone knows about the Cop Slide': Boston's twisty landmark pulls international crowds

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After Tartan Army takes over Boston, Robert Kraft wants to bring the Patriots to Scotland

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'Inexcusable': Rafael Devers sparks controversy with pinch-run drama

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With a view of Egg Rock, an 1800s estate in Nahant hits the market at $6.25m

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Bucks deal star Giannis Antetokounmpo to the Heat, not the Celtics, in NBA blockbuster

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Boston Freedom Trail reenactor takes TikTok back to 1776

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Find plant-based bliss at the seven best vegetarian restaurants in the Boston area

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Stay caffeinated at 11 of the Boston area's best coffee shops

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More from the Boston Globe's Best of the Best

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JOAN VENNOCHI - Attorney General Andrea Campbell got it wrong on the income tax ballot question - The misleading summary ultimately undermined the people's right to vote and also fed conspiracy theories.

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EDITORIAL -- Trump's Iran deal looks like surrender

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Steven F. Wilson and Charles Chieppo -- Did an antiracism shift break Boston's best charter schools?

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JP THOMAS -- Rolling back this Massachusetts gun law would only be the beginning

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IDEAS | Saswato R. Das -- What Kaiser Wilhelm has to do with your grocery bill

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Quincy teenager who drowned in Milton pond remembered as 'man of great character'

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Camberville & Beyond - Why, exactly, do librarians want people to read more, and how can we actually do it?

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'We need new leaders': Moulton launches TV ad targeting Markey, but not by name, in Senate primary bid

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Man shot and killed in Dorchester, police investigating

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Representative Ayanna Pressley talks about why she chose to take part in a documentary about her life

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Beverly police advise residents to beware of coyotes, give den their space

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Best of high school sports photographers: 2026 spring season - Photos from more than 40 high school students across the state are on display in this gallery, showcasing the best of the 2026 spring sports season.

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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- A convicted rapist, Kheyberk Fharah has hidden his past. Is he a changed man? -- A fixture in the addiction recovery community, Fharah has not always been open about his dark past.

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'Nobody's going first': Cannabis cafes bleeding cash waiting to open, six months after regulations passed - Cannabis entrepreneurs have sunk lots of dollars into weed cafes, but now they're waiting for towns and state officials to let them move forward.

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Comics Come Home announces lineup for 30th anniversary show. See who's coming to Boston.

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Nantucket Film Festival celebrates Paul Feig, Rashida Jones, and more

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BAMS Festival looks to keep its 'Momentum' during a year away from Franklin Park

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'I Will Find You': In Netflix's new Boston-set mystery, a Revere dad and a former Globie search for the truth

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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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Wayne A. Budd, Ralph C. Martin II, and Andrea Cabral -- Rollins has yet to prove she deserves a second chance

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IDEAS | BOB CRAWFORD -- A father, a son, and lessons in character

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IDEAS | Yifan Xu Miller -- Who's actually running that robot?

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WORLD CUP FORECAST | Dave Epstein -- Scattered showers, possible thunderstorms could interfere with Tuesday's World Cup match in Foxborough -- Severe weather is not in the cards Tuesday, but we can't rule out an afternoon thunderstorm.

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Red Sox at Rockies | 8:40 p.m. (NESN) -- Game 77: Red Sox at Rockies lineups and notes -- Sonny Gray will be on the mound as the Red Sox look to bounce back from Monday night's loss to Colorado.

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LOVE LETTERS NEWSLETTER -- Did you make a love connection with a Scottish soccer fan? Meredith must know.

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Alex Speier | MINOR DETAILS -- What happens at the MLB Draft Combine? More than 300 prospects will be under review.

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Supreme Court kills suit claiming Cisco's technology helped China persecute Falun Gong members -- The decision was the latest to rule against plaintiffs seeking to use US courts as a venue to seek justice over the acts of foreign governments.

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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- Maine's Wabanaki Nations want sovereignty. They got iGaming instead.

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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- I let my Fitbit be the boss of me. I regretted it.

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CONNECTIONS -- Pulling into the cemetery for my dad's funeral, I remembered one of his classic dad jokes

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DINNER WITH CUPID -- Blind date: 'First dates should be more about just getting to know the person than to force chemistry'

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As N.H.'s education freedom account program grows, Republicans consider tighter oversight

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In R.I., Senate power becomes a primary focus as candidates declare

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A Providence filmmaker saw Scotland's magic long before the World Cup

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NBA mock draft: Predicting who goes No. 1, and who the Celtics take at No. 27

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This NBA Draft, probably the last of its kind, is deep with talent ... and question marks

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England clearly has the talent to bring the World Cup trophy home. Can it finally weather the pressure to?

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Senate passes Elizabeth Warren's housing bill aimed at increasing supply and lowering prices

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With Columbia Threadneedle out, Boston Triathlon director is looking for a new sponsor

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Supreme Court sides with Trump administration on immigration case dealing with green card holders

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Judge rules government can't stop SNAP dollars from buying candy and sugary drinks

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A ransom note about Nancy Guthrie's disappearance says she died, CNN reports

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Deadly collapse at Florida condo happened slowly over several weeks, probe finds

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Vance says talks with Iranian officials set 'good foundation' for deal to end war

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Suspect is among three killed in Montreal shootout

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Old people run America. And that's a problem.

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Dying patients shouldn't have to choose between dialysis care and comfort

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The Real Housewives of Rhode Island touched down in Boston. What happened next was surprising.

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Can I stay in a relationship that's just ... fine for now?

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New and coming soon: 27 new restaurants and bars in R.I. to try this summer

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Eight Boston-area restaurants where the steak is actually affordable

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'Where are you going?' Audio details close call at Logan Airport between arriving and departing planes.

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Going to a national park this summer? Here's what to expect.

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This summer, take a boat out to Peddocks Island to camp under the stars. Here's what it's like.

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Canadian claims top prize at Hampton Beach sand sculpting event

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Barack and Michelle Obama surprise first visitors to newly opened presidential center

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With 'Where's Boston? Fifty Years Later,' the Athenaeum looks at a city looking at itself.

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A literary exploration of the lives of girls and women, from a writer more Americans should read

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The best local book events this week

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Best-selling author and West Roxbury native John Kenney on getting lost and having good friends on the Cape

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Clyde Best, Ade Coker appear at Roxbury International Film Festival to address young athletes

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Before 'Cheers,' there was 'Park St. Under'

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This week's TV: Larry David returns to TV and the final season of 'The Bear' debuts

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Clive Davis, music industry starmaker, has died

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Taylor Swift wedding speculation heats up (again) near her R.I. mansion

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As a Berkeley native, 'Eureka Day' made me feel seen (but not othered)

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'In Old Age' is a gracefully choreographed pas de deux between two skilled actors

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Loophole in patent law brings 'miracle drug' to patients who can't afford it

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Health equity researchers fear unseen level of scrutiny under White House proposal

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AbbVie to buy Waltham's Apogee Therapeutics in nearly $11 billion deal

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Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, architect of Cuba's surveillance state, dies at 94

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Alan Greenspan, former Federal Reserve chairman whose tenure spanned four presidents, dies at 100

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Jane Yolen, whose hundreds of books reached readers of all ages in many genres, has died

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