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Pentagon reportedly tells Congress first week of Iran war cost more than $11.3 billion. Follow live updates.

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Patriots -- Patriots agree to sign free agent safety Kevin Byard to one-year, $9 million contract -- Byard will turn 33 in August, but he has shown no signs of slowing down.

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WNBA -- WNBA, players' union meet again hours after 12-hour marathon talks -- Both sides say there is movement in "the right direction", but the clock is ticking if the league wants its 2026 season to start on time.

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It's a deal: Kraft Group, Foxborough come to terms on security funding for men's World Cup games at Gillette Stadium

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The Players Championship is set to deliver major excitement at the TPC Sawgrass

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League exec says PWHL in discussions to team up with NHL Senators to keep Charge in Ottawa

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New fullback Reggie Gilliam gives Josh McDaniels and the Patriots an old-school thumper with versatility

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Sean Kuraly's nascent NHL career seemed to take hold in San Jose, until the Sharks traded him to the Bruins

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Pentagon reportedly tells Congress first week of Iran war cost more than $11.3 billion

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Catholic school in Medford announces 'heart-wrenching decision' to close after nearly 100 years

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After taking on Harvard, woman's quest to reclaim images of enslaved ancestors ends in museum display

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There's something in the air in South Portland, Maine (and it's not good)

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Forecast | Ken Mahan -- A gray Thursday is on tap as chill and showers linger

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Boston lawyer sentenced to 3 years in prison for stealing $2 million from clients

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Mass. rolls out E-ZPass stickers to replace plastic transponders, and it could save the state millions

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Seamark restaurant in Encore Boston Harbor to close, weeks after employees unionized

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Judge orders release of 14-year-old girl detained by federal immigration agents in Marlborough and transfered to New York -- The Department of Homeland Security claimed later Wednesday that agents took the girl into custody to protect her from suspected gang members she was in a car with.

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Boston police release body-camera footage of officers breaking up Patriots afterparty: 'Do you know who is in the room?'

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Watch all the videos released by Boston police

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Late-night hosts roast Hegseth's $93 billion spending spree on fruit basket stands, rib-eye steaks, and ice cream machines

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James Pindell | Analysis -- Trump may have entered his most dangerous phase yet

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How NFL free agency unfolded: See moves from the Patriots and around the league

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DEVRA FIRST -- Here's where chefs, bartenders, and restaurateurs from Ireland go to get a taste of home

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College students can 'call a boomer' from a new phone booth on Comm. Ave. Here's the idea behind it.

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JOAN VENNOCHI - The very 'unBoston' firing of BSO music director Andris Nelsons - The abrupt decision not to renew his contract reflects a changing Boston culture — one that values bluntness and disruption over restrained civility.

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RIGHT, LEFT, AND CENTER -- Could the GOP really lose the Senate? Three writers weigh in.

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- Trump is trying to rig the midterms. You can stop him.

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EDITORIAL -- 'Ain't No Sunshine' in Massachusetts public records law

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IDEAS | DANTE SANAEI AND ALEC LEVEN -- What were all those military drone ads on the T about?

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SJC rules charter schools must comply with public records law -- The court concluded that charter schools qualify as government entities under the law because they perform a core public function and operate with taxpayer funding.

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After drug-laced scale found in state office, Healey says she wishes former aide had 'never been hired' -- LaMar D. Cook pleaded not guilty last week to drug trafficking and illegal firearm possession charges.

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April hearing set in wrongful death suit brought against father of Harmony Montgomery -- Harmony's mother, Crystal R. Sorey, filed suit last summer against the girl's father, Adam Montgomery.

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Mattapan store owner to plead guilty to SNAP benefit scam that earned him $1m, court records say -- Antonio Bonheur was approved to participate in the SNAP program even though a federal investigator described his store as "effectively a closet with shelves and a register," court records stated.

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Police investigating after MBTA bus crashes into cars, front yard of Medford home -- The crash happened Sunday around 1:45 a.m.

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Man wanted in connection with triple shooting in Worcester -- Xabiel Feliciano, 30, is wanted in connection with the shooting that occurred at Guertin's Cafe on Dec. 29, 2025, police said.

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'We need to hit the brakes': Plummeting pot prices are tanking the Massachusetts marijuana industry - While consumers are happy, low prices have launched the industry into turmoil.

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Cold Case Files - The unsolved murder of Kendric Price, a beloved youth mentor gunned down on his childhood street in Dorchester - "Please do not let this become a cold case," Price's mother recalled telling investigators in 2019. "I want justice for my son."

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Out of public view: Governor Healey significantly scaled back official events in 2025, Globe analysis finds -- Healey did 20 percent fewer official events last year than she did in 2023 when she first took office, according to data from her office.

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'Something is structurally wrong': Mass. local leaders are pleading with the state to fix broken funding system -- For months, municipal leaders in Massachusetts have been pleading with state lawmakers to make changes to what they say is a broken funding system.

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

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'You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World!' is on a small stage, but it has big ideas

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Oscars 2026: How to stream all 10 best picture nominees

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Boston Ballet's 2026 'Winter Experience' is a program for all seasons

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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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Katherine Gergen Barnett -- The hidden danger on our plates

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Linda J. Bilmes -- The real cost of the war with Iran

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IDEAS | STEVEN ONOFUA -- Boston's 'zombie labs' delusion

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IDEAS -- Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

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Dorchester man sentenced in 2011 fatal shooting after murder conviction overturned -- Watt, who was 17 at the time of the shooting, is immediately eligible for parole due to credit for time served, officials said.

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HIGH SCHOOLS -- Six takeaways from Tuesday's high school basketball semifinals, plus NEPSAC football decision day -- While Tuesday lacked upsets, it did see a pair of thrilling finishes as Georgetown edged Millbury in D4, and Masconomet rallied to nip Pope Francis in D2.

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TALKING POINTS - CCC agrees to limit delivery licenses until April 2029 - Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

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Microsoft and retired military chiefs back AI company Anthropic in court fight against Pentagon - Microsoft is challenging Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's action last week to shut Anthropic out of military work by labeling its AI products as posing a threat to national security.

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Pentagon blocks photographers from Hegseth's briefings on the Iran war

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That purple Hawaii vacation lei likely came from Thailand, and state lawmakers want to change that

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LOVE LETTERS -- While I was on vacation, my girlfriend decided to break up with me out of the blue

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SPRING TRAVEL -- My mom missed her chance to see Elvis. On a whirlwind Memphis trip, we did the next best thing.

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THE BIG DAY -- She shoveled her car out of 2 feet of snow on her wedding day

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Senators Warren, Blumenthal ask what happened to millions earmarked for Trump's library

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Inflation held steady last month, but that was before the attack on Iran sent energy costs soaring

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As another shutdown impacts travelers, some see privatizing TSA screening as a solution

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Iran targets ships, Dubai airport, and oil facilities as economic concerns mount

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A red fox stows away on cargo ship, traveling from England to US

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Bird rarely seen in the United States sends people flocking to Virginia

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Strikes on Iran damage fabled heritage sites, angering Iranians

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A drone strike hits school and medical center in southern Sudan, killing 17, mostly schoolgirls

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More shrinking pains at BPS

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See Iran through its movies: a guide to five essential films

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Do you really need a water filter? Here's what experts say.

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A Cape Cod mobile home park, powerful investors, and the fight over who gets to stay

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How a Boston chef found himself on top of the social media world

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Six seats, multiple courses: Why tasting menus are booming on New Hampshire's Seacoast

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I went to Scotland to find family history, Highland culture — and a wee dram of whisky

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Letters from a dark past revisited in a darkening present

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A Whitney Biennial for the forlorn

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Big shoes, goofy costumes, and a lot of makeup: Professional clowns gather in Boston for annual convention

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A serialized novel from a Japanese literary superstar (mostly) satisfies

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Needham native Amy Littlefield hunts for the 'Killers of Roe' in a book of journalism that pays homage to Agatha Christie

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Boston-area authors recognized in Jewish Book Awards, LA Times Book Prizes

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'Eephus' captures what makes baseball movies so magical: They're the stuff of real life

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Oscar predictions: Here's who should win, and who will win, on Sunday night

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You'll be able to watch the UK version of 'Saturday Night Live' on Peacock

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Why are so many pop culture characters named Kevin?

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Five years after leaving Boston, Anjimile is still one of folk's finest storytellers

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Boston has a reputation as a hub for Irish music and culture. But what about the sounds of Cape Breton?

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A Florida woman has been charged in a shooting at Rihanna's Los Angeles home

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Emotional and musical fireworks abound in 'Stereophonic,' as creativity meets volatility

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'Antiquities' questions what the future of AI might hold for us

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In a time of isolation and division, The Jar uses art to pursue the 'most basic human thing,' connection.

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After tensions, Dana-Farber and Brigham say they will collaborate on physician assistants

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Matt Snell dies at 84; carried Jets to stunning upset in Super Bowl III

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Karen Petrou, influential fiscal policy analyst and critic, dies at 72

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Tommy DeCarlo, who became longtime singer of Boston after a Myspace tribute, dies at 60

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