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Exhausted kiteboarder is rescued off Nahant after 11-year-old son raises alert

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Tall ships are coming to Boston to celebrate the nation's 250th anniversary -- Boston will host the tall ships from July 11-16, the final stop on a five-port tour.

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Protein maxxing? Try this bag of chips.

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Barney Frank spent decades in D.C. Here are three moments that set up his career.

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Markey, Warren, other Mass. politicians remember Barney Frank

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Barney Frank on facing death: 'Not as scary as I thought it would be'

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Barney Frank, groundbreaking gay congressman who coauthored key Wall Street legislation, has died

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These 14 New England colleges now cost more than $100,000 a year

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Harvard faculty vote to cap number of A's in effort to reduce grade inflation

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New life for the Carney? Developers plan $850m revamp of shuttered Dorchester hospital.

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Ice cream in Boston is so unhinged right now

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Man hit by multiple bullets during Memorial Drive shooting released from hospital, sister says

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A 'Hampton Beach Takeover' left police responding to 127 calls for service and making 50 arrests

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At 'disorderly' gathering of 1,200 'high school-aged individuals' on R.I. beach, 9 Mass. teens arrested, police say

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Widow of man killed in wrong-way crash sues Boston club where alleged drunk driver was beforehand

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Effort in Boston City Council to reject Wu's $4.9 billion budget plan fails amid deadlocked vote

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City officials are ramping up anti-violence efforts ahead of summer through youth jobs and more

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'The house shook': Lightning strikes Brookline family home, displaces three

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With exclamation points and indignation, a federal judge from South Natick infuriates Trump

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Legal battle launched to integrate Massachusetts public schools

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'One of the best commencement speeches ever.' Eric Church's viral UNC address hit all the right notes. Watch it here.

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YVONNE ABRAHAM -- You're headed to work. A man lies at the bottom of a T station escalator. What do you do?

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Forecast | Ken Mahan -- A dramatic cooldown arrives Thursday after record-breaking spring heat

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Opinion | Chris Dodd - Barney Frank was the perfect partner during the financial crisis - His wit, courage, and legislative skill helped guide the nation through economic catastrophe.

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Howard Husock -- How Barney Frank helped reinvent Boston

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IDEAS | RACHEL BRODSKY -- Hollywood picks up on the OnlyFans moment

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- So much for the sisterhood. Shannon O'Brien is out as chair of the Cannabis Control Commission.

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EDITORIAL -- As online sexual exploitation grows, laws need to catch up

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In surprise move, Rhode Island will return control of Providence schools to the city this summer

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Boston police officer indicted on manslaughter charge in connection with fatal shooting of carjacking suspect

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Governor's Council rejects Healey's Parole Board nominee

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MassDOT places multiple employees on leave after TV report uncovers alleged overtime fraud at Charlestown facility

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Richard Hatch, first winner of 'Survivor,' says he was not invited to tonight's Season 50 finale

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Markey, Moulton agree to August debate in US Senate primary fight

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She tried unionizing a Bellingham Amazon facility. Then she was fired. The push for union representation at Amazon has divided workers and sparked a rigorous union-busting campaign by the e-commerce giant, employees said.

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Gun control, but for robots: Lawmakers want to make Mass. first state to ban outfitting drones with weapons -- The House is primed to pass a bill that would make Massachusetts the first state in the country to put guardrails on weaponizing drones and other unmanned devices.

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Inconsistent drill instructors and a 'frenzy-like environment': Report says State Police academy needs reform -- The review paints a chaotic picture of life inside the academy, where recruits have often found themselves taking orders from volatile, misguided instructors with outdated views.

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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 | ABDALLAH FAYYAD -- Massachusetts primaries are broken. Here's how to fix them.

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EDITORIAL -- Time for DiZoglio, Campbell to move on from audit fight

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IDEAS | MIKE MARIANI -- The NBA is in crisis

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Khameer Kidia -- What RFK Jr. gets right – and wrong – about mental health

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

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Forecast | Ken Mahan -- Boston tops 91 degrees Wednesday, tying 30-year record. Severe thunderstorms possible tonight. -- The greatest risk for severe storms is mainly south of Boston, over Southern Connecticut, Rhode Island, the South Coast, and Cape Cod.

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NHL -- Hurricanes get another shot at Eastern Conference Final roadblock, this time against Canadiens -- But this has been the ceiling in an eight-year postseason run. They were swept in this round in 2019, again in 2023, then lost in five games here last year.

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PWHL -- Fleet's Megan Keller, Haley Winn named PWHL Defender of the Year finalists -- Keller and Winn were stalwarts on the back end for Boston.

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Tara Sullivan -- Jaylen Brown seems set on confrontation and challenging convention. It's the All-Star's way. -- Brown loves nothing better than proving doubters wrong. He thrives on it. That's what he loved about the season. Not Tatum's absence. Not the playoff flameout.

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COLLEGE BASEBALL -- Boston College baseball, coming off one of its best seasons ever, enters ACC tournament with big hopes

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Red Sox at Royals | 7:40 p.m. (NESN) -- Game 49: Red Sox at Royals lineups and notes

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Aaron Rodgers says the 2026 NFL season will be his last: 'This is it'

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BOLD TYPES - Government jobs have grown in Mass. since the pandemic, while private-sector jobs remain flat - The Pioneer Institute released a report Wednesday comparing private payroll employment with government employment in the state.

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Elon Musk's SpaceX reveals its finances for the first time -- SpaceX lost more than $4.9 billion last year, compared with a $791 million profit in 2024, the company disclosed in a filing required of firms that are seeking to go public.

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Hasbro 'Magic: The Gathering' video game staff try to unionize

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TALKING POINTS -- Brandeis scores $25 million gift from alumnus

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CONNECTIONS -- I first scaled Mount Washington in 1954 at age 4. I kept going back.

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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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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- In 1970s Boston, young hustlers made easy money selling smart term papers to college students

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Varsity News: Talking football preseason in May

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Patriots receiver Kyle Williams promises to be 'night and day' different in his second NFL season

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For Sox coach Chad Epperson, Tuesday was a one-of-a-kind family reunion

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They graduated into the 'bleakest job market.' Now it's their children's turn.

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Hasbro shares tumble after sales guidance disappoints

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After two years of talks, Lesley faculty reach a new contract

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Iran threatens to strike beyond the Middle East if the US resumes attacks

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Democrats try to defeat candidate expressing antisemitic views in Texas runoff for US House

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Kennedy fires leaders of key health task force

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US raises pressure on Cuba with indictment of former leader as island's president condemns charges

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ICE makes courthouse arrest despite judge's order

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Trump's spring revenge tour routed GOP foes, but fall headwinds loom

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Holy deception: Rome's 'sexy priest' calendar star never set foot in a seminary

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Residents of Lithuania's capital told to shelter as drone alarm underlines NATO's eastern jitters

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Fears surge on the ground in Congo over the spread of rare type of Ebola

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E-bikes, scooters, and mopeds need new regulation

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Questions after a tragedy at Davis

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Boston wants an inclusive World Cup, but time is running out

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Sites tied to equality movements join list of America's most endangered historic places

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A mop, a broom, and a calmer mind: Why some find mental health benefits in everyday tasks

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Would you pick lint off someone else's sweater?

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'There must be free beer': Lines stretch down the block at Boston's outdoor bars and breweries

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Beginning in June, Logan passengers can check bags and go through TSA screening remotely

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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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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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Local bestsellers for the week ended May 17

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A young woman sees spirits in an '80s East Village, shadowed by AIDS

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The quiet man whose comic strips spoke to and for a generation

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Sorry to bother you! 'I Love Boosters' is lots of fun.

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The Mandalorian, Grogu ... and Martin Scorsese?

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'The Sheep Detectives' is a lamb good movie

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Imogene Coca: A neglected pioneer who deserves to be celebrated

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Stephen Colbert's long goodbye is coming to an end, leaving a void

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A fan in Boston confessed to stealing a lead singer's identity — then he inspired the band's next album

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When is an orchestra not an orchestra? By any label, Handel and Haydn's ensemble shined at Old South Church.

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Felicity Lott, elegant soprano in opera and song, dies at 79

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ArtsEmerson announces new season of programming

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A Dickens character gets another look in '(re)Dressing Miss Havisham'

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A gripping update to Greek tragedy in Huntington's 'Oedipus El Rey'

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Mass General Brigham Home Care clinicians clear the way for a possible strike

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Drug companies spurned by Supreme Court on price negotiation law

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AI startups can succeed in Massachusetts. This billion-dollar deal shows why.

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Greg Hyman, co-creator of Tickle Me Elmo, dies at 78

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