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Boston Globe New Hampshire team wins 8 N.H. Press Association editorial awards

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Could Massachusetts become the first state to reverse marijuana legalization?

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Son arrested for allegedly fatally stabbing father in Wellesley park, law enforcement says

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Forecast | Ken Mahan - Boston area to see two rounds of showers, late-day thunderstorms Friday as humidity builds

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A Saturday close call at Logan was 'pretty bad.' But safety issues at the airport are not the norm, experts say.

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As Boston records its lowest homeless count in a decade, advocates question data on families

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Chilling details emerge in case of young woman from Mass. allegedly killed by her boyfriend in Conn.

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Inside the CDC's mad scramble to meet RFK Jr.'s demands

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In Wu's second term, she's getting comfortable with the business community

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Man suspected of robbing Medford parish donation boxes with metal hook faces felony charges

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The World Cup gave Boston a taste of a big-city nightlife. Can it last?

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Nicole Yang | Sunday football notes -- NFL owners installed natural grass for the World Cup. Why won't they keep it for their own teams?

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The World Cup matches in Foxborough have been great, but a little more scoring would be nice

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Turkey 3, United States 2 -- This wasn't the way the US men's soccer team wanted to go into the World Cup knockout round

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Dan Shaughnessy -- Can Jaylen Brown be like Manny Ramirez and brush off nearly being traded?

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Starting Point -- How (and why) to go to St. Peter's Fiesta

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ONE SPECIAL THING -- With 'What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?' Frederick Douglass challenged American hypocrisy

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Boston restaurant closure marks the end of a once-buzzy national chain

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DINNER WITH CUPID -- Blind date: 'Blue eyes can make me unnerved but his were nice'

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Grab a pint at the 11 best breweries in Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville

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Boston's 17 best places to grab a bite for $25 or less

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We sampled ice cream across Boston. These 12 shops churn out greatness.

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More from the Boston Globe's Best of the Best

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IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD - Progressives have already lost the Suffolk County DA race - What could have been an election about criminal justice reform will instead be a story about crooked politicians trying to burnish their legacies.

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EDITORIAL -- The government should not be using political standards to judge scientific grants

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- As America celebrates liberty, the Supreme Court protects Trump's efforts to deny it

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Renée Loth -- Preserving America's unfinished experiment

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- Hillary Clinton no longer cares what you think about her

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Neighbors dig through Venezuela rubble to search for loved ones after 2 deadly earthquakes

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Pioneering Black whaling captain and his wife now honored with monument on Nantucket

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David Clayton-Thomas, powerhouse lead singer of Blood, Sweat & Tears, dies

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Three injured after car crashes into Black Cow restaurant in Newburyport

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Boy, 13, expected to make recovery after being found unresponsive in pool at Beverly home, police say

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'Oliver was one of our own': Cyclist killed in Franklin crash was student at Bishop Feehan High School

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Spotlight report - A state official gave a grant to two young developers who sold him a house. Then came the shoddy work and fake invoices. The state official in charge of giving out grants gave the largest share of the money to two men who had recently sold him a house.

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How Kristin Cabot, made famous by Coldplay jumbotron, is navigating life post-anonymity - Cabot talked with the Globe about teaming up with a nonprofit that helps people facing online harassment, her newfound friendship with Monica Lewinsky, and getting back into dating.

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Cold Case Files -- 'The weight of a secret': 25 years ago, a New Hampshire mother and her teenage daughter disappeared without a trace -- "We know there are people who have information about that night in February 2001," the chief of New Hampshire's cold case unit said.

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QUICK BITE -- This Boston rooftop is rewriting the script on hotel bars -- Take the elevator; take the risk.

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The best things to do in and around Boston this weekend

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'Supergirl' needed to buy more Krypto

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Elizabeth Banks to play Ms. Frizzle in 'Magic School Bus' live-action film

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MIT Museum obtains I.M. Pei's architectural archive

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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 | Miles Howard -- Getting to Gillette Stadium is expensive. So I walked instead.

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- Is sliding down the Cop Slide a good idea for grown-ups?

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IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER -- A glimmer of hope in the Ukraine war

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

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World Cup forecast: Timing pushes back thunderstorm threat for Friday's Foxborough match -- It looks like, for now, the greatest risk for strong thunderstorms in Foxborough will hold off until after the game.

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Sounds like summer: Revisiting Boston's vibrant outdoor music past through the Globe archives -- From the Duke, to the Beach Boys, to Whitney, revisit summer music from the past. First in a series from our music photo archives. Next up: Newport Jazz and Folk.

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BLOTTER TALES -- Lost bird found at ice cream shop, and a raccoon makes a surprise pit stop -- A car takes a scary plunge, a lost cockatiel is found, a raccoon makes an unexpected visit, and other odd tales from local police and fire departments.

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World Cup -- How Norway's first female soccer president brought the men's team back to prominence

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'Too good to be true:' A Chinese study on timing cancer therapy is retracted

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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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World Cup knockout round takes shape as US is set to play Bosnia-Herzegovina

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United States fields nine new starters in low-stakes loss to Turkey

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Red Sox finally get to Cam Schlittler, take advantage of four Yankees errors to win series opener

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Trump refuses to sign bipartisan housing bill into law. Here's what that means for you.

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Vermont is the first state to ban paraquat, a weed killer linked to Parkinson's disease

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Consumers are still 'begrudgingly' spending more money as inflation rises

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Follow live updates on the Trump administration

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Supreme Court allows Trump administration to revoke immigration protections for thousands of Haitians and Syrians in US

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Texas school board to vote on required Bible readings in public education

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Native Americans commemorate victory at Little Bighorn with horse races, dance, and song

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Supreme Court allows Trump Administration to end protections for thousands of Haitians and Syrians

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Russia reports one of the biggest Ukrainian drone attacks on its soil and annexed Crimea

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Deportees from the US won't find an open door to Canada

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How Boston came down with World Cup fever

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The political fallout of Trump's Iran deal

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How to prevent another crisis in the public defender system

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Goodbye to the last great mom-blogger

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He says he's changed since the breakup. It's only been a month.

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New York prepares for an event at Madison Square Garden. Clues point to you know who.

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A promising Boston pizzeria has abruptly closed

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Glasgow will soon be Boston's 12th sister city. It will also be the best of them all.

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Where to see July 4th fireworks around Massachusetts

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Revolution player Luca Langoni on Lionel Messi, refrigerator magnets, and relaxing

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At the Griffin: Can crowbars be atmospheric?

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Big Freedia, Butch Tavares among performers for Providence's 2026 PVDFest

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The Cape Ann Museum starts a new chapter Tuesday

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Lauren Hough wants all of us to log off social media and start talking to our neighbors

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Jenny Jackson's 'The Shampoo Effect' may be the most Ipswich book ever

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Local bestsellers for the week ended June 21

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When Supergirl was Super Campy

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'Avatar: Fire and Ash,' plus more new movies and TV shows to watch this weekend

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A Christmas for the (dark) ages: As 'The Bear' winds down, 'Fishes' remains a chaotic TV milestone

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'Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness' gives Larry David a bigger canvas, but he's still Larry

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From Peter Wolf to Edo.G, we asked Boston musicians: Which song best reflects the American experience?

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Wilco and Billy Bragg released 'Mermaid Avenue' in 1998. At Solid Sound, they're finally dedicating a set to it.

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The uproarious, head-spinning 'Delirium' proves that pervasive dread can be fun

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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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Eli Lilly gave extraordinary obesity drug access to a 79-year-old patient. Who was it?

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Democrats press White House on who got special access to Eli Lilly's new obesity drug

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Jerry Moriarty, painter whose brushstrokes elevated comics, is dead at 88

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Jill Smokler, a Swampscott native who blogged as Scary Mommy, dies at 48

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