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Chelmsford firefighter remains in critical condition after 4-story fall at training academy

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Burlington Mall cleared to reopen after evacuation during gas leak, officials say

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Door on Cape Air flight to Nantucket opens mid-flight -- Lizbet Carroll Fuller had the window seat Monday when the door next to her flew open.

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Israel strikes central Beirut without warning after saying Iran cease-fire doesn't apply there. Follow live updates.

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How Trump went from threatening Iran's annihilation to agreeing to a two-week cease-fire with Tehran

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'He went from Mahatma Gandhi to General Zod like that': Kimmel, Colbert react to Trump's Iran comments, cease-fire deal

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Build it and they will come — but will they have a good place to buy their groceries?

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House hunt stories: How three Boston-area buyers navigated the market

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'Pets shouldn't be a privilege.' As cost of living rises, demand grows for pet food pantries.

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Patriots coach Mike Vrabel responds to photos with NFL reporter that went viral

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A former Mass. lawmaker was convicted of fraud. He says that doesn't mean he should lose his pension.

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Long Island architect Rex Heuermann pleads guilty to murdering 7 women and admits he killed another

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Timeline: Behind the investigation of the Gilgo Beach killings

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Brown University settles with campus police chief, names former Providence police chief as head of public safety

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'Everyone knows it's not going to be the same.' Mass. high court weighs challenge to $325 million White Stadium project.

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City councilors call for changes to police bodycam policy as Boston officer faces manslaughter charge

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Southbridge woman arrested after allegedly trying to hit teenager with car

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'Boston College is about to have a renaissance in basketball': Dan Hurley has high hopes for Luke Murray's tenure

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LOVE LETTERS - My fiancé's health condition could be fatal

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Bob Odenkirk on filming his new action flick 'Normal' and shooting amid the Canadian cold and snow

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Andrea Silbert - What my son's college choice says about Jewish students today - Families are looking south for campuses where students can fully thrive.

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EDITORIAL -- A decade after legalization, pot regulations need reform

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Shira Schoenberg -- Why don't Newton's most disabled schoolchildren have an accessible playground?

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IDEAS| Lilia Iapparova -- Russia's desperate commanders resort to humiliating their soldiers

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LETTERS -- There's no likening Gardner Museum's renewal to BSO's shake-up

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'At no point was Farwell seriously considered as a suspect' US says of initial probe in Birchmore death

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EPA head tells climate skeptics to 'celebrate vindication' after repeal of baseline climate rule

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Irish contractor who swindled thousands from homeowners says he's 'truly sorry' as judge hands him over 4-year sentence

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Sister of woman killed in Lewiston mass shooting files negligence lawsuit against the federal government

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Tick season is back. Here are 5 things to know.

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GLOBE MAGAZINE - The fate of a $125 million Tremont Street building hinges on one question: What was Rosalie Stahl thinking? The years-long probate fight over the downtown building has pitted Suffolk University against the estate of one of its wealthiest donors. There's no end in sight.

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KEVIN CULLEN -- This probation officer knows about life from both sides and in between -- Valerie Taylor got sober and got to work, saving others from the downward spiral she overcame.

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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- Six tips for getting the most out of a public university education in Massachusetts -- While the appeal of a prestigious private college degree persists, there are perks to going the public route.

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It's now easier than ever to search the Globe recipe archive

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'I think it is good to just say that word out loud': Local musicians perform at suicide-prevention festival

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Adriana E. Ramírez chronicles Colombia's history by mining her own family's

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How Jessye DeSilva's mid-life return to songwriting yielded an album of queer joy anthems

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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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ALAN WIRZBICKI -- Put Blue Hill Ave. bus lanes to a vote

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IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD -- The crime wave the government keeps ignoring

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Anne Hawley -- Gardner Museum's renewal offers lessons for BSO

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

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Bruins -- Five Bruins thoughts on a winless road trip, James Hagens, and playoff matchups -- The Bruins could clinch a playoff berth as early as Thursday, but need help from a few teams.

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Men's college hockey -- Massachusetts native Tyler Young bet on himself. Now he's in the Frozen Four with North Dakota. -- Young's father, Scott, played in the NHL for 17 seasons, winning the Stanley Cup twice.

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Brewers at Red Sox | 1:35 p.m. (NESN) -- Game 12: Red Sox-Brewers lineups and notes as Boston looks to pick up first series win

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GM recalling more than 270,000 Chevrolet Malibu vehicles in US due to rearview camera screen issue

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Oil plunges toward $90 as the Dow surges 1,300 in a worldwide rally following a cease-fire with Iran

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THE BIG DAY -- Building skills for a happy relationship was part of their courtship

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KARA BASKIN -- Youth sports were good for kids. Then came the private club teams.

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SPRING TRAVEL -- Martha's Vineyard and Newport are wallet-busters in summer. Try shoulder season.

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March saw lots of unsettled weather, the most in 11 years. Here's a breakdown of this scattershot month.

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Uncooperative tuberculosis patient rearrested in N.H. criminal case, kept in custody for isolation and treatment

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Chase rate, attacking the zone, and what else the Red Sox pitching and hitting coaches are focused on amid slump

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Celtics star Jayson Tatum not thrilled to be returning to Madison Square Garden, site of his Achilles injury

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The story of Matt Parziale's Masters practice round with Rory McIlroy endures eight years later, and other thoughts

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Bitcoin ATMs are enabling scams, critics say. The AARP wants them gone.

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As Croft School collapses, one question remains: Where was the board?

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American journalist Shelly Kittleson has been released week after kidnapping in Iraq, Rubio says

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A project to save rural synagogues grows from Maine to Montana

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Hero rat who sniffed out over 100 land mines is honored with giant statue in Cambodia

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Here's where things stand after a tentative, 2-week Iran cease-fire took effect

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American journalist kidnapped in Iraq is freed

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After BPD shooting in Roxbury, questions swirl about body cam video

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Food is a strategic frontier – and China knows it

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May I have a word: Battening down the hatches and other things you never actually do

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Scammers, supercharged by AI, are coming for your password

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Tess McCracken announces breakup with Worcester Olympian Stephen Nedoroscik

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Flavor Flav throws out first pitch at Fenway, sits courtside for Celtics game in Boston

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The Globe's food critic was baffled by Dunkin'. It took RFK Jr. to change her mind.

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A surprise financial lifeline gives Villa Mexico Cafe in Boston a new future

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Restaurant group behind Seaport's Committee sues former manager, claiming more than $1 million in corporate theft

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Spring break bills skyrocket for wealthy Americans vacationing at the beach

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Saunas are becoming the new social hot spot

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How many ways can you make a Bloody Mary?

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A controversial mural depicting a slain Ukrainian refugee is now on a Lebanese restaurant in Providence's Federal Hill

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Golden statues of himself, a 747 inside: Trump's presidential library rendering is unsurprising — and unlikely to become reality

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'How did I know my work was special?'

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Local bestsellers for the week ended April 5

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On TV and the stage, fictional authors are creator stand-ins, and so much more

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In 'Nothing to See Here: Watts,' those affected by gang violence filmed their own documentary

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Fenway Park to host 'Real Housewives of Rhode Island' cast at Red Sox 'Bravo Night'

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UK bars Ye over antisemitism, despite scheduled festival performances

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A muddled script and reliance on cliches sinks 'The Outsiders'

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To be or not to be Hamlet?

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Cybersecurity incident forces Brockton Hospital to use paper records

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UMass Chan Medical School names new chancellor

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Dick Farley, Hall of Fame football coach and shaper of young lives at Williams College, dies at 79

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Ann Carter, communications adviser to the Boston Archdiocese and Vatican, has died

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Pedro Friedeberg, whose hand chair drew outsize attention, dies at 90

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