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REVOLUTION 2, MINNESOTA UNITED 1 -- Luca Langoni goal in second half helps Revolution get back to winning ways at Gillette Stadium -- New England won three of four games during its homestand and will visit Charlotte next Saturday in its final game before the World Cup break.

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NFL -- Aaron Rodgers coming back to Steelers on a one-year deal, AP sources say

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Napoleon Solo crosses the finish line first in the Preakness Stakes

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Wellesley father remembers slain children at funeral service

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RED SOX 3, BRAVES 2 -- Willson Contreras's two-run homer the big hit Red Sox needed in win over Braves

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A buoyant mood, and some dark humor, at soon-to-close Hampshire College's commencement

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Accused serial rapist Alvin Campbell, brother of state Attorney General Andrea Campbell, faces trial

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Red Sox place Trevor Story on 10-day injured list with sports hernia, but shortstop weighing surgery and extended absence

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When a man got stuck at the bottom of an MBTA escalator, people who saw him did almost nothing. He ended up dying.

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Harvard's endowment chief begins plans to depart from fund

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Cornell criticizes students after its president bumps them with his car

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GARDENING | Dave Epstein -- Don't make these planting mistakes. How to prevent invasives from taking over your garden.

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Ben Volin | Sunday football notes -- No concern from the NFL about Patrick Mahomes being ready for Week 1, and other thoughts from the 2026 schedule release

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Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes -- NBA Draft could provide opportunity for Celtics to improve their athleticism after stunning first-round playoff exit

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IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER - In foreign policy, the best modern presidents have been Republicans — present company excluded - The real test is dealing with Russia and China.

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Chuck Goldstone -- The slow crawl to regulate reckless scooter delivery drivers

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Eugene Scott -- The economy is leaving men behind. College could help them catch up.

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Tracy Brady -- The empty nest is calling — and I'm ready

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IDEAS | ZOE YU -- At Harvard, rethinking the value of an A

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Volunteer firefighter killed in Maine mill explosion 'wanted to do everything,' says former chief

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Boston University student accused of making death threats against administrators, staff, after receiving $20K bill

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How a nature cruise turned into a nightmare

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North America's largest commuter rail system shuts down as workers strike

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USS Ford aircraft carrier returns home after 11-month deployment

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New parking permits in South Shore town misspell 'parking'

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Trapped in the dark web - Online child exploitation is spreading like a 'tidal wave.' Police can't keep up. Threats once confined to the physical world are now on children's laptops, their gaming systems, and the phones they carry in their pockets — and investigators can't keep up.

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Boat that was involved in deadly late-night crash at Logan Airport pier was taken 'without authorization,' boat club says -- The vessel was taken from a boat club in Seaport "without authorization," a company spokesperson said.

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After more than 50 years, a WPI student finally walks the commencement stage -- Kerry Lynn is graduating 50 years after when he was first supposed to from WPI. He got his degree in computer science when AI is taking over and making jobs for students difficult. He worked in the technology industry for years.

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Dan Shaughnessy - Joe Morgan, the greatest interim manager in baseball history, knows what Chad Tracy is dealing with, and other thoughts - "I never considered that there was much difference from managing at Triple-A," Morgan said.

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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 | ARINDRAJIT DUBE -- How to save the middle class

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Renée Loth -- Remote work made life easier. It also made us rusty.

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Jeffrey S. Flier and John Tomasi -- Keep politics out of commencement speeches

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- Trump crashes out over perceived Supreme disloyalty with a court-packing threat

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- Is Susan Collins's health fair game in the Maine Senate race?

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

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PGA CHAMPIONSHIP -- Alex Smalley takes two-shot lead, but he has strong field of pursuers going into final round of PGA Championship

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WORLD HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP -- Macklin Celebrini scores twice, Bruins forward Fraser Minten adds another as Canada blanks Italy at world championship

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US debt is now bigger than the economy. That's not the real problem. -- The United States recently reached a disturbing new milestone: Debt had shot past 100% of gross domestic product. But political leaders seem to be unmoved.

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Brass bands in Beijing make way for sticker shock at home as Trump returns to escalating inflation -- President Trump has returned from his state visit to China to face a challenging US economy.

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Drones, bullets and cartel warfare fuel an invisible displacement crisis in Mexico

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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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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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PERSPECTIVE -- I'm a single mom. Here's why I can't wait to be an empty-nester.

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After a suspenseful search for Swirly, Flour Bakery welcomes new-ish mascot

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Summer on your mind? Here are Ken's top weather trends as June — and El Niño — quickly approach.

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Here's how warm it's going to get this weekend. And next week will be even toastier.

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A day off for Phillies manager Don Mattingly allows Dusty and John Wathan to join a select club

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Denny Hamlin rebounds from spin to win pole for first NASCAR All-Star Race at Dover Motor Speedway

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Pope creates artificial intelligence study group as Vatican prepares to release his first encyclical

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Charting the global economy: Inflation mounts as war drags on

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Trump says Islamic State group leader was killed in a joint US-Nigerian mission

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FDA official who scrutinized COVID shots and antidepressants is out in latest shake-up

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Smithsonian adds back impeachment language to label on Trump portrait

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Koji Suzuki, sometimes called the Stephen King of Japan, dies at 68

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Two killed as car slams into crowd on sidewalk in Manhattan

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How a 'model' for climate migration became a cautionary tale

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Congolese report constant burials as deaths in new Ebola outbreak reach 80

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Trump says a top Islamic State leader was killed in a US-Nigerian mission

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Maldives suspends search for 4 Italians in underwater cave after military diver dies

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Many questions, few answers following Memorial Drive shooting

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The Trump administration doesn't see inflation

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The journeyman NBA player who became an LGBTQ icon

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When generations collide down the aisle

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Adults relive the musical camaraderie of their youth at band camps reprised for grown-ups

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He's not sure about marriage

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This week's most notable new restaurant openings around Boston

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Scholars bar in Downtown Crossing to close after 15 years. But a replacement is on the way.

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The best places to grab a drink in downtown Providence this summer

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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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The best of Maine, on the cheap. (Yes, it's possible.)

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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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Author Ann Patchett urges a 'breath' for books as PEN gala raises $2M amid ban surge

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Local bestsellers for the week ended May 10

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Five new movies and TV shows to stream this weekend

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Between love and madness lies 'Obsession'

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The 'Battlestar Galactica' reboot was a timely show about terrorism. It was also just good TV.

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Netflix officially announces new 'Love Is Blind' season set in Boston

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Drake's 'Nothing Was the Same' is the album that changed my life

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Inside the 'Lincoln' symphony that Philip Glass pulled from Trump's Kennedy Center

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Clarence Carter, soul singer known for 'Patches' and 'Strokin',' dies at 90

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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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Blue Cross, Point32Health insurers rebound after years of GLP-1 drug-related losses

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Here's what the Supreme Court ruling on mailing mifepristone means for Massachusetts

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Biogen advances Alzheimer's drug on suggestion of benefit

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Claudine Longet, singer and actor at center of a notorious manslaughter trial, dies

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G. Robert Blakey dies at 90; drafted the RICO anti-racketeering statute

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