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stat - China's biotech ascent forces US industry to choose: Is the country an ally or an existential threat?

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'It really felt like climbing in a dream.' Massachusetts Everest climber recounts setting record time on world's highest mountain. -- Tyler Andrews, 36, of Concord, departed Base Camp at 7:11 p.m. on Wednesday in Nepal and reached the Everest summit at 05:06 a.m.

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Wu is again considering tax breaks to jump-start apartment buildings in Boston

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Graham Platner's wife told campaign of his past explicit texts to other women, according to report

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'I just don't feel it here in New England right now': Immigrants say World Cup excitement is lacking

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Why are so many arena and stadium tours getting canceled? Blame 'blue dot fever.'

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Claude Lemieux's brain is being donated to Boston University's CTE Center, his family says

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High-stakes world of organ transplants is seeing a revolution, led by two Mass. companies

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Sonic boom caused by meteor rolled across Boston area Saturday afternoon

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Experimental pill promises new hope for deadly pancreatic cancer

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'Our hearts broke right away': Relatives, Greenfield community shattered after family killed in Virginia bus crash

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Bus driver involved in Virginia crash that killed five from Mass. charged with involuntary manslaughter

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Trump to headline 'Great American State Fair' for nation's 250th anniversary after artists drop out

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CONNECTIONS -- My family can't say a four-letter word starting with 'L.' I'm OK with that.

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Kevin Paul Dupont | On Second Thought -- Toast of Paris: Some competitors couldn't take the heat associated with this Grand Slam tennis tournament

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SPURS 111, THUNDER 103 -- Victor Wembanyama, Spurs win the West, topple Thunder in Game 7 to head to NBA Finals

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RENÉE GRAHAM - Enough with the streaming services. I'll stick with CDs, albums, and DVDs. Give me the "inconvenient" life.

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EDITORIAL -- Mass. is getting more granny flats. But it's still hard to build them.

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Ideas | Duncan Levin -- No, my grandfather did not invent lamination

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IDEAS | ELIZABETH SVOBODA -- The future of philanthropy is female

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Cailin Marcel Manson -- Classical music is bigger than its elite institutions

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Trump sends tougher terms to Iran for peace deal, officials say

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Israeli army captures strategic castle in Lebanon in deepest incursion into country in 26 years

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Markey wins Democrats' endorsement at party convention, easily topping Moulton in Senate primary fight

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WHO chief hails 5 Ebola recoveries as a new treatment center opens in eastern Congo

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After N.J. governor's call for calm, protesters clash with police at Delaney Hall

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Frank Hayden, who led global growth of the Special Olympics, dies at 96

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His schizophrenia was managed for decades, until a change in meds sent him spiraling — with deadly consequences - As William Haney Jr.'s delusions worsened, his mother tried desperately to help. Days later, a prominent art collector was dead.

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Trapped in The Dark Web -- Her boyfriend created illicit images of her teen daughter. In Massachusetts, that's not a crime. -- Massachusetts is one of five states where it's not against the law to use AI to create illicit images of children.

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IDEAS | JOHN MAC GHLIONN -- The next recession could be a middle-class massacre -- We're not ready for what's about to hit.

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Ready to get into summer reading? Here are 75 books to keep you reading all season long.

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80 fun concerts, festivals, shows, and more to check out around Boston this summer

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It's now easier than ever to search the Globe recipe 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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RENÉE GRAHAM -- Jim Crow 2.0 is already working as the Supreme Court's conservatives intended

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- At the Supreme Court, a small victory against racial discrimination

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- Auchincloss vs. Platner is about more than a tattoo

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RIGHT, LEFT, AND CENTER -- The millionaires tax is thriving. So why are residents still leaving?

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IDEAS | WILSON BAILEY -- True believers in academic freedom are becoming harder to find

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

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Sunday's Child - Justice, 12, is kind and thoughtful - Sunday's Child is a weekly column featuring a child currently in foster care awaiting adoption.

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Red Sox at Guardians | 1:40 p.m. (NESN) Game 58: Red Sox at Guardians lineups and notes - Ranger Suarez is on the hill for Sunday's finale.

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HIGH SCHOOLS -- Six high school postseason takeaways from Saturday, including a top-five falter and D6 track champs

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Your Home | Summer Living -- A backyard shed so charming they call it 'the teahouse'

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PERSPECTIVE -- Unpaid internships trace back to a 1947 Supreme Court ruling. It's long past time to move beyond them.

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DINNER WITH CUPID -- Blind date: 'She takes circus classes and does historically accurate medieval fencing'

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THE BIG DAY -- 'On the same wavelength': From their first date in Harvard Square, they felt the chemistry

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Bentley baseball falls to Tampa in opener of double-elimination NCAA Division 2 World Series

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BC, NU stay alive; Holy Cross, Yale eliminated from NCAA Division 1 baseball tournament

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Iran war forces farmers to seek fertilizer alternatives from cow dung to compost

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Here are the top candidates for California governor in Tuesday's primary

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AI helped a musician with Parkinson's finish his new album when he could no longer play guitar

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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani will skip annual parade celebrating Israel but pledges big police presence

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'What's the word?' New Jersey voters look for answers about Tom Kean Jr.'s absence from Congress.

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France detains hundreds of rioters after Paris Saint-German wins Champions League

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Tipping culture is out of control. The World Cup might offer a fix.

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State Police Academy heads for its overdue overhaul

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May I have a word: The noise that annoys a neighbor

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Experiencing 'phantom loyalty' to an ex

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Your 20s are weird. Here's what actually matters when you turn 30.

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Is your Google calendar gaslighting you?

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A first look inside Kowloon's new tiki bar, opening next week in Revere

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This Michelin-winning chef wants to put the South End on the fine-dining map

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What our food writers wish were going into the old Eastern Standard spot instead of a bland Italian joint

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Yes, you can do London in a long weekend. Here's how to make the most of it.

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Thom Sesma on his pilgrim credentials, Trader Joe's trail mix, and never checking a bag

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Aer Lingus issues one voucher and leaves another in limbo

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'From Iran' presents stunning and heroically scaled images of events for which there are no visual records

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It's easy to hate the new big open patch of concrete at Copley Square. Like it or not, there are reasons for it.

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She freed herself from slavery by fleeing George Washington's house. Now some are defying efforts to bury her memory.

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The best local book events this week

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From gnome shopkeepers to teen leaders in the Oval Office, 10 AAPI children's books to read all year

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AI companies used their work. Local authors are fighting back.

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Viktorina Kapitonova lights up Boston Ballet's 'The Sleeping Beauty'

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Casting a US president in a movie or TV show can result in some wild choices

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Five TV shows and movies to stream this weekend

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HBO's 'Perry Mason' was a reboot steeped in noir, complete with a bedraggled LA antihero

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Actor and Harvard undergrad Mattea Conforti on coming of age through Hulu's 'The Testaments'

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Mystery downtown Providence billboard sparks buzz with Reddit comment on 'Real Housewives of Rhode Island'

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What to know about the artists backing out of the Trump-linked Freedom 250 concerts

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James Blake on A-list collabs, the 'Sinners' soundtrack, and asking to be removed from the credits of a Ye song

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Bruce Springsteen calls out the White House and announces a protest festival

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CHUANG Stage's 'My Home on the Moon' delivers plenty to chew over

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'The Lost Boys' star Ali Louis Bourzgui changed my mind about movie-turned-musicals

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How two actors manage 30 costume changes over the course of one show

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UnitedHealth insurer defrauded MassHealth out of $100 million, AG lawsuit alleges

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'Devastating impacts': Mass. scientists urge state to invest millions to help offset federal cuts

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Blood pressure wearables flood the market after FDA relaxes oversight, concerning experts

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Diane Carlson Evans, the driving force behind the Vietnam Women's Memorial, dies at 79

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Manny Fernandez, bulwark of Dolphins' defense, dies at 79

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