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Asian lifestyle retailers are reshaping some of Boston's most coveted shopping districts

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At trial, former husband faces Lindsay Clancy for first time since their three children were killed

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Red Sox 4, Athletics 2 -- Ceddanne Rafaela's improbable grand slam leads Red Sox to win over Athletics

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Red Sox newcomer Curtis Mead leaves first game after getting hit by pitch

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BSO's Chad Smith withdraws from 'future of orchestras' talk at Tanglewood

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Forecast | Dave Epstein -- Soaking rain and floods threaten parts of Mass. and R.I. with approaching storm

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'Our sector does not function without immigrants': Employers grapple with loss of Haitian TPS holders

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Follow live updates on the Trump administration

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Ebay and former execs will pay $56 million to settle lawsuit for bizarre harassment of Natick couple

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New immigrant student enrollment plunges 20 percent in Mass. high schools, report says

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School bus company colluded with competitor to raise prices in three communities, lawsuit says

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R.I. fugitive who spent decades on the run makes first court appearance since he was captured aboard his sailboat

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Report finds missteps in Nantucket hate crime investigation

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Kamala Harris endorses Troy Jackson in Maine's US Senate race

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Pedestrian struck by vehicle on I-95 near Boxford, State Police say

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Union researchers and teachers at Harvard authorize strike amid stalled contract negotiations

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'Music has always known when to arrive.' Facing Parkinson's and skin cancer, Carly Simon finds solace in song.

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AS I SEE IT - Casting a designer's eye on Boston City Hall Plaza

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Harry Hare's, a British-inspired alehouse, will take over historic Beacon Hill Pub space

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JOAN VENNOCHI - Auchincloss was quick to break with Platner — but slower to break with Israel - He took the heat from the progressive left, but what about the pro-Israel factions?

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EDITORIAL -- Massachusetts should let cities and towns decide their own liquor licenses

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IDEAS | MARK LAMSTER -- How to fix Faneuil Hall

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Carlos Maldonado -- When a life sentence is a death sentence

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IDEAS | Abdallah Fayyad -- Susan Collins is still in trouble

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Former tech-group leader Tom Hopcroft drops state Senate bid

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Stoughton police chief sues town in fight over job

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Judge will let former R.I. House speaker seek state Supreme Court seat

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Dorchester driver charged with murder after allegedly running down scooter rider, police say

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Belmont teacher arrested on child pornography charge says he never took pictures of kids in his care, prosecutor says

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Just feeding, or maybe a bit of fun? Killer whale seen smashing into captive sunfish on video.

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BETH TEITELL - Ogunquit vs. lawn roosters: How a zoning issue became a viral autism campaign - Nearly $1,000 in fines over lawn roosters sparked accusations of municipal overreach. Now, people from Maine to Florida to New Zealand are displaying roosters in support.

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Mass. utilities are raising rates in August. See if you're affected. -- Massachusetts electric utilities will raise the cost of electricity by about 2 cents per kilowatt-hour, but most consumers won't pay the difference.

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HOME OF THE WEEK - Twin cottages on Nantucket are being sold together for $2.5m - Side-by-side studio homes at 7 and 8 Park Lane in 'Sconset, a short walk from the water, are on the market.

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Globe readers: What do you think is wrong with audiences these days?

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Your guide to discovering down-bill acts at the Newport Jazz Festival

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Jimothy the raccoon is just the latest attraction in the year of the internet animal star

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We talked with Matt Damon about his intense 'The Odyssey' experience and why Boston will always feel like home

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YVONNE ABRAHAM -- A mentally ill mother did something horrific. The prosecutor insisted she was playing 'the crazy card.' -- Latarsha Sanders had the kind of psychotic break that speaks for itself. Or at least it should.

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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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The End of Normalcy -- 'I hope they blow your head off': Violent threats pour into congressional offices, and it's getting worse -- The Globe asked the offices of New England lawmakers for examples of the threats they've received. The response was chilling.

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Avenue of Broken Trust -- 'Why aren't they listening?': For many Black residents, this Blue Hill Avenue transit plan repeats old problems -- Many people living near Blue Hill Avenue are deeply opposed to the bus lane proposal, a skepticism wrought by decades of broken promises.

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- The death of Nolan Wells and the restless ghosts of Mississippi

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Desmond Ang -- When authority figures kill, communities change forever

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Karen Stabiner -- The strange comfort of digital nagging

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

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Red Sox Notebook -- Curtis Mead plunked into the middle of things for Red Sox -- After the trade, Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy had some juggling to do during the transcontinental flight Sunday.

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ON BASEBALL -- How new Red Sox slugger Curtis Mead learned to stop tinkering with his approach and started raking

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Golf -- Lucas Glover removed his shoes on greens at 3M Open after complaints about spike marks

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Baseball -- More injury woes for the Yankees: Cody Bellinger out 4-6 weeks with a hamstring strain

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Silicon Valley splits over closing the borders to Chinese AI

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SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT -- 'Just wanted a good paying job': How the operators of Southie's huge cranes help power New England's economy

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EXCERPT -- 'The Hours' author Michael Cunningham on finding the love of his life

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DINNER WITH CUPID -- Blind date: 'She started asking ... about cancer risk factors when she learned I was in oncology'

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PERSPECTIVE -- Glancing out my yurt window at rain-soaked tents, I wondered: Was I actually camping?

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Boston Legacy FC scores with trip to the State House

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Bruins name Trent Whitfield coach of the franchise's AHL affiliate in Providence

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North Carolina places football GM Michael Lombardi on paid administrative leave

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Weill Cornell Medicine agrees to increase sexual abuse prevention in deal to end criminal investigation

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Talking Points: Uber rivals try to cut in; Microsoft AI security tool unveiled; China chipmaker's shares rise on first day

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With help from Ron Shaich, DuPlessie aims to level up Level99

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Wisconsin voters begin casting ballots at the polls in chaotic Democratic governor's race

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Senate expected to confirm Jay Clayton as next intelligence director

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Court documents say there were at least 3 shooters at Seattle food festival, 1 among the dead

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'Tell us where to look,' Savannah Guthrie pleads 6 months into search

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Zelenskyy and Britain's new leader discuss drone projects and missile defense for Kyiv

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Merz criticizes terrorism laws after deadly Berlin Pride attack

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Ukraine's attacks on Crimea leave whole towns without power or water

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No excuse for Mass. to lag on shield law protecting sources

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We have the tools: Political courage is needed to tackle Boston's traffic nightmare.

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I had a front-row seat to the emergence of the Tech Right. It wasn't pretty.

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Ogunquit vs. lawn roosters: How a zoning issue became a viral autism campaign

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Can I tell my work crush to dump his girlfriend?

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It's not a French croissant. It's a French-Asian croissant.

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Are you a loner? An active family? These are our favorite camping spots in New England, depending on what you like.

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Ready to go glam, camper-style? Here's what's new on the glamping scene.

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Hipcamp, the Airbnb of camping, might be the outdoor travel industry's best-kept secret

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An artist's 'Scroll of Justice' — decades in the making — chronicles America's unraveling

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Looking for a missing parent – and finding him

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Louvre reopens Apollo Gallery after a brazen heist, but no jewels are on display

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Richard Pryor's daughter takes a scholarly and personal lens to a notorious word

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The best local book events, July 26-Aug. 1

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Peter H. Reynolds has always dreamed big, and he hopes you will, too

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The Hollywood Reporter ranks Emerson College as one of the country's top five film schools

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The politics of playing chess in movies

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How's Christopher Nolan's adaptation of the 'The Odyssey'? We asked classics scholars.

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Four TV shows premiering this week you should know about

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On the big screen, movies have rarely been too kind to their little TV sibling

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Photos: The Newport Folk Festival returns to Fort Adams State Park

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A luminous Karen Allen and deft cast make for a poignant 'Lovesong' with Berkshire Theatre Group

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Ron Funches on his 'Traitors' stint and speaking up about his autism diagnosis

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In 'A New Era,' a lively look back at Boston's Black suffragist past

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Timeline: Lindsay Clancy was prescribed 13 different medications for symptoms including depression and psychosis

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Universities are out, AI is in under new Trump plan for science funding

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'It was one of the worst days of our lives.' But that story could change abortion law in Massachusetts.

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Gunther von Hagens, the German anatomist behind the 'Body Worlds' exhibition, dies at 81

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Paul Andrews, founder of the Woodstock of UFOs, dies at 77

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Ida Schmertz, who studied women in politics, dies at 91

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