Homeland Security shutdown draws near as Democrats block funding -- With the funding deadline less than 36 hours away, a partial government shutdown seemed imminent on Thursday.

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Curry College to absorb Labouré, which will close this summer after 134 years

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Meet K-9 Bator, the newest member of the Stoughton Police Department -- The 22-month-old German shepherd was brought over from Hungary and trained in police work at a Pennsylvania kennel.

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Among the ALA honors this year, a Boston-influenced swashbuckling tale of seafaring teens

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Peter Abraham | On baseball -- Opening Day is six weeks away. Here's the first of many Red Sox roster predictions. -- Teams will make decisions based on keeping the most amount of talent in the organization. The Sox also will be cautious with injuries and use the injured list to create temporary flexibility.

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Brock Nelson scores twice as US men's hockey opens Olympic slate by rolling over Latvia

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Government plans to open network of ICE detainee warehouses by November -- A facility in Merrimack, N.H., would house 400 to 600 detainees and serve as a staging location for transfers or removals, according to newly obtained documents.

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Newly released documents detail ICE plans for warehouse facility in Merrimack, N.H.

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Federal agents detain farm workers from bus near Skowhegan, Maine, immigration advocates say

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Forecast | Ken Mahan - Friday forecast: More sun than clouds to end the work week - Be careful on your walkways and driveways as daytime snowmelt refreezes overnight.

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Retired Gloucester fire lieutenant dies six days after being struck by police cruiser in Lowell -- Daniel Kennedy, 60, of Billerica, was a Marine Corps veteran who had re-enrolled at UMass Lowell hoping to one day work with veterans suffering from mental health issues.

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Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs to be arraigned Friday on assault, strangulation charges

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THE RUNDOWN -- The Dropkick Murphys have left the Wasserman Agency, and more arts news you might have missed -- Plus, Noah Kahan added another Fenway Park concert.

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Right street, wrong design. How they transformed a tired Milton Colonial.

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JOAN VENNOCHI - For better or worse, Wu's bet on White Stadium will define her legacy - With costs at $135 million and a lawsuit pending, the mayor is staking her legacy on a pro-soccer partnership in Franklin Park.

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Jacob Roberts -- Hasty Pudding, Harvard must reckon with new Epstein revelations

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EDITORIAL -- Why aren't Boston students completing required coursework?

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Even with Healey's requested $1.1 billion, MBTA could find itself in budget troubles in near future -- The T would find itself in a $219 million hole in fiscal year 2028, officials say, even if it gets what Governor Healey is asking the legislature to deliver.

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Norman Zalkind, well known criminal defense attorney who 'represented the underdog,' dies at 87 -- Mr. Zalkind's career spanned civil rights struggles, antiwar protests during the Vietnam War, and high profile criminal trials in Massachusetts.

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Boston's police oversight agency issued subpoenas to officers with misconduct allegations. Only three complied. -- It remains to be seen how OPAT will respond to the officers who didn't comply with its subpoenas.

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Maura Healey unveiled her latest plan to tackle Massachusetts' housing crisis: Fewer staircases -- Fire codes have long required two staircases in mid-rise apartment buildings. But advocates worry that drives up construction costs. So the state will study doing away with one.

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Couple charged in prostitution bust at Westborough massage parlor where man died of heart attack, officials say -- There were at least two women who apparently lived at the spa, police said.

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Shirley Leung - Marty Walsh says homeless people dying outside South Station is a 'disgrace.' No one in power wants to own the problem. Ten years ago, a "gentleman's agreement" allowed people with nowhere to go on frigid winter nights to sleep in South Station. It's time to make that agreement formal.

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The Suffolk County sheriff runs a jail. Why did he launch a harbor patrol in Winthrop? -- The Legislature has asked Massachusetts' inspector general to investigate "questionable spending practices" by Suffolk and other sheriff's departments.

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THE FOOD CLUB - A popular Providence restaurant canceled reservations, cut staff, and abruptly shut down. What happened? Corporate owner Morin's Restaurant Group is "taking a step back to reassess" CRU PVD's concept.

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R.J. Palacio wrote 'Wonder' all alone in the middle of the night. She says the musical version 'elevated it, frankly.'

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They say the show must go on. But does it really have to?

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For all of our sakes, please make more new episodes of 'The Muppet Show'

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Lion dances, dumpling making, and more: Celebrate Lunar New Year at these Boston-area events

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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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KEVIN ZHANG -- To the person who slashed my tires

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JEFF JACOBY -- Who gets to tell Black history?

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IDEAS | SEBASTIAN JUNGER -- Sebastian Junger on the seven lives lost aboard Gloucester's Lily Jean

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IDEAS -- Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

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FORECAST | KEN MAHAN - This winter is Boston's coldest since 1977 right now. So how long will this welcome February thaw last? Just in time for school break, temperatures will warm into the mid-40s next week.

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What's open and closed on President's Day 2026 in Massachusetts -- See what is open and/or operating during the Monday holiday observed this year on Feb. 16.

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Patriots Notebook -- Patriots to elevate defensive coordinator Terrell Williams to high-ranking role on coaching staff -- Williams, who was cleared after being diagnosed with prostate cancer in September, will take on a new role on Mike Vrabel's staff.

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MLB -- Yankees pitcher Cam Schlittler will skip bullpens due to back inflammation and a lat issue -- The Walpole native is set to be a big part of the Yankees' starting rotation this season after an impressive postseason as a rookie.

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MIAA DIVISION 3 TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP -- Ryan Pulpi runs free as Reading boys win record 14th Division 3 indoor track title; Milton girls triumph -- Pulpi was a three-event winner (55, 300, 4x400 relay) as the Reading boys captured their first state title since 2013, but 14th overall

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Ryo Hisatsune leads AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am after first round, while Scottie Scheffler struggled

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Chase Elliott and Joey Logano win qualifying races to set field for Daytona 500

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Winter Olympics Day 8 primer: Ilia Malinin goes for second gold medal in Milan

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Goldman Sachs' top lawyer resigns after emails show close ties to Jeffrey Epstein - In emails between Kathy Ruemmler, a former White House counsel to Barack Obama, and Epstein, Rummler described him as an "older brother" and downplayed his sex crimes.

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TALKING POINTS - DraftKings shares fall after 2026 forecast misses estimates - Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

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Healey rolls out ChatGPT-powered AI assistant for state workers

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Rio Carnival parade will spotlight sex workers in effort to dismantle stigma

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LOVE LETTERS -- Debating the etiquette of casual sleepovers

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KARA MILLER -- Want to get into a great college? Try being rich, male, and a champion squash player.

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First Literacy receives $72k in grant funding from Boston's Neighborhood Jobs Trust

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'I feel reborn': A Providence program is using GLP-1 drugs to free people from addiction

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Chloe Kim falls short of Olympic three-peat, but passes the torch to a protege from South Korea

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Sonny Gray says Red Sox' rotation is 'on paper, as good as any I have been a part of'

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Trump's defamation lawsuit against the BBC is set to go to trial in 2027, US judge says

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Second US aircraft carrier is being sent to the Middle East, AP source says

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NY officials raise rainbow flag at Stonewall in rebuke of Trump administration

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Virginia Supreme Court rules US Marine's adoption of an Afghan war orphan will stand

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Search for Nancy Guthrie now seeks nearby security videos from the month before she vanished

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Trump administration to end surge of immigration agents in Minnesota

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US forces leave base in Syria used in fight against Islamic State group

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These Ukrainian drones don't just kill. They deliver oatmeal cookies.

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NATO remains vital to US security, former ex-ambassadors and generals say

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Little transparency, loads of dough as private donors back White House ballroom

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As people leave the state, let's ask: Is growth always for the good?

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Delgado-Garcia's death must lead to meaningful change in the State Police

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The Boston accent is disappearing. In Southie, it's more than the loss of a signature sound

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A new Jumbo Seafood, an offshoot of the Chinatown location, opens near BU

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Jamie Bissonnette and team bring creative pizza to Beacon Hill; Citrus & Salt expands to Burlington

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'We're hurting. We need the Canadians.' US tourism agency tries to woo travelers back.

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Photographer Eric Antoniou on Costa Rica, a hellish night with food poisoning, and how to live out of a suitcase

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National Car Rental holds wrongful claim over renter's head

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James Van Der Beek's embrace of the 'Dawson's Creek' meme captured his playful approach to celebrity

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'The Friends of Eddie Coyle' is a beloved Boston movie. The book has an immortal gift of gab.

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Fran Lebowitz: 'This is not kind of like what the Nazis did. This is precisely what the Nazis did.'

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Beloved quiz show returns to N.H. PBS despite federal cuts

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Stefon Diggs and Cardi B unfollowed each other on Instagram. Online sleuths ask: Did they break up?

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Mass. artists wonder: Is it tone-deaf to release new music right now?

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History at Play revives Boston's 'Victorian Gossip Girl' for Valentine's

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Kennedy Center president warns of 'skeletal teams' during 'total renovation'

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UMass Memorial Marlborough set to reopen after heating, water issues forced evacuation of 70 patients

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Battle over cancer clinicians: Brigham plans to dismiss Dana-Farber staff, but offers them jobs

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Gabor Boritt, refugee who became expert on Lincoln, dies at 86

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Laura Maioglio, whose restaurant was a theater district mainstay, dies at 93

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Fred Smith, who left Blondie for the band Television, dies at 77

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