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FORECAST | KEN MAHAN - Thunderstorms could bring heavy downpours and damaging winds to parts of New England today - A quick-moving but rather potent system will produce heavy rains from backbuilding storms that could lead to isolated flooding.

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Trump says US has 'no interest' in Iran talks ahead Senate hearing for $88b war funds request. Follow live updates.

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Why Facebook Marketplace is the hot new spot for home-cooked food: 'You can't get that quality at restaurants' For sellers, it's a way to gain traction by offering everything from Korean stews to pastries to seafood boils. To customers, it can be a way to find familiar food they might not otherwise be able to get.

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House Democrats to pass bill to make Massachusetts's late-term abortion laws among nation's broadest -- Massachusetts Democratic leaders said they will pass a bill that would dramatically broaden the state's already-liberal abortion laws by making it easier for women to terminate late-term pregnancies.

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STATE OF THE TROPICS | KEN MAHAN - Tropical Storm Bertha threatens Gulf Coast as El Niño heats up the sea - Bertha is the second named tropical storm of the season, forming in the same region that Tropical Storm Arthur did in June.

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Orioles at Red Sox | 7:10 p.m. (NESN) -- Game 100: Red Sox look to match franchise-record 15th straight win against Orioles -- The Red Sox announced Eduardo Rivera will start Tuesday's game against the Orioles.

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Judge approves a $1.5 billion Anthropic settlement over pirated books used to train the Claude chatbot

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Appeals court reverses decision that freed pro-Palestinian Columbia activist Mohsen Mahdawi

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Denise Oliver-Velez, a powerful voice of the left, dies at 78

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Dave Dawson, cofounder of bespoke lighting company Urban Electric, dies at 53

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Avenue of Broken Trust -- A multimillion dollar complex is being built in Mattapan. Local homeowners ask, why now?

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For many Black residents, this Blue Hill Avenue transit plan repeats old problems

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PETER ABRAHAM | On Baseball -- The Red Sox are one win away from tying their record for longest win streak. How did this happen?

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AS I SEE IT -- Fenway Park has never looked better than during the Red Sox' epic winning streak

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Looking to buy in New England? Vacancy rates may paint a misleading housing picture.

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Chad Finn | Sports Media -- Needham's Karl Ravech expected to be among those laid off at ESPN

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NECN hires former WCVB reporter Matt Reed as anchor, eyes relaunch in September

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John Cena and Amy Poehler explain why everyone from Mass. says they're from Boston

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Judge orders release of Florida woman detained by ICE at Logan Airport after attending Fenway concert -- The woman, a former DACA recipient, had been detained at an ICE facility in Burlington for days.

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Boston City Councilor Henry Santana hospitalized for 'persistent and unresolved health issues'

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Mother of teenager found dead in Mattapan home owned by Pressley's husband speaks out

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BU to pay city of Boston more than $104 million over five years in record PILOT deal

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Boston police officer's certification suspended by POST Commission after three sustained misconduct allegations

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Newly upgraded One Lincoln tower lands its first biotech tenant

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ANALYSIS | JAMES PINDELL -- Maine's Senate race has been upended. Here's how a Troy Jackson vs. Susan Collins matchup could look.

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Trump officials withhold $1 billion in Medicaid funds from two states

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An 18-year-old man who went missing at Framingham reservoir has drowned

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Dracut woman charged with firing several gunshots after argument at beach, police say

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R.I. parents accused of kidnapping their own kids at Chuck E. Cheese captured in Maryland

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THE BIG DAY -- 'Call of Duty' brought them together. Then they weathered real life losses.

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RAMI ABOU-SABE - My bicycle could save the world ... if you'd all just stop trying to kill me - I used to think that my experience on the road made me safe. But the tragic death of Louisa Gag has shaken my confidence.

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Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman and Ayanna Pressley -- The attack on workers begins and ends with Black women

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Ashish K. Jha -- US needs to find outbreaks before patients do

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EDITORIAL -- Who knew about Michael Proctor's racist texts?

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IDEAS | SHANY LITTMAN -- An Israeli abroad weighs going home

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The Norfolk DA prosecuted Karen Read twice. She has backed a candidate in the race to replace him.

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'The House should remove her': N.H. lawmaker faces backlash after claiming she can't be prosecuted for speeding

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Jury selection resumes Tuesday in trial of Lindsay Clancy, who is accused of killing her three children

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Bicyclist, 83, struck and killed by pickup truck on Cape Cod, police say

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What to know about the key challenges Andy Burnham faces as UK prime minister

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2 men dead as blaze tears through apartment building in Nashua, N.H., fire marshal says

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BOLD TYPES - Former owner of Kinsale and Asgard reaches million-dollar settlement with Harvard - Restaurateur Skip Sack battled his landlord over the fate of the short-lived En Boca in Harvard Square for nearly a decade.

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As cyclospora fears grow, consumers and experts look at whether local produce is safer -- Many consumers and experts consider the outbreak just one more good reason to shop local.

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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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Why 'Modern Lovers 'Live'' remains an unpunk classic

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Claire Vaye Watkins somehow makes environmental tension and midlife stress hopeful in 'Yellow Pine'

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Apple TV's 'Lucky' is a bloody good crime thriller thick with family affairs

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YVONNE ABRAHAM -- A mentally ill mother did something horrific. The prosecutor insisted she was playing 'the crazy card.' -- A Globe Spotlight investigation found the state's medical establishment missed key warning signs.

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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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RENÉE GRAHAM -- The World Cup finally made me a soccer fan

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Robert Lewis Jr. and Stephen Lewis -- Massachusetts has a chance to invest in its youth. Will we take it?

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

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ESPN starts layoffs tied to NFL Network acquisition, memo says -- The deal was announced last August and also included NFL Fantasy and the rights to distribute the RedZone channel to cable and satellite operators.

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NWSL -- Boston Legacy FC's Aïssata Traoré called up to Mali national team for Women's Africa Cup of Nations -- Traoré could be out of Boston's lineup for nearly a month during WAFCON, held this year in Morocco from July 26-Aug. 16.

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Red Sox Notebook -- Red Sox watching Payton Tolle, Connelly Early, Jake Bennett's workloads — but they'll keep pitching

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US actions harm global efforts to prevent and treat HIV in dozens of countries, new report says

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POWER PLAY -- If Boston wants the women's World Cup, it's time to shoot our shot.

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

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Your Home | Small Spaces -- Adding a second story to a Cape-style home gave a young family a third bedroom

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DINNER WITH CUPID -- Blind date: 'I noticed he had a cool ring and the infamous World Cup bracelet'

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CONNECTIONS -- When a comic book hero retires in Waltham

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What did Drake Maye do during the offseason? Here's a chronicle of his adventures.

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Christian Gonzalez is one of the NFL's best corners, but could his contract become a distraction for the Patriots?

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Hey, soccer: I loved the World Cup, but I have some ideas for improvements

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Senior living facility in distress as immigrant caregivers are forced out

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Have progressives peaked? The next few weeks will be crucial in Democrats' tug-of-war.

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Walt Odets, who delved into the minds of gay men, dies at 79

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Judge to hear evidence against singer D4vd in killing, dismemberment of teen and decide on trial

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Man stabs and wounds tourists near the Acropolis in Athens, Greece

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Zelensky faces increasing pressure to remove Ukraine's top general

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The bogus arguments against birthright citizenship

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The real cost of Trump's 'free money' for Massachusetts schools

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Nigerian romance scams are not what you think

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Want to bet on my wedding?

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I won't have sex before marriage. How do I know if we're compatible?

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How Hotel Commonwealth executive chef Kevin Bowdidge found sobriety and a front-row seat to Fenway

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Be kind and rewind: A new Somerville buisness combines a vintage shop and cafe with a DVD rental spot

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Flowers make the prettiest finishing salt

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New Boston walking tour highlights historical events through an Indigenous lens

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How to protect your Caribbean trip during hurricane season

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Racing through history: One couple's fast-paced tour of European art museums

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'Punchline II' is an exhibition meant to embrace the absurdity of an absurd world

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From Gloucester with love: Rothko, Avery, and Gottlieb's summer bond shines at the Cape Ann Museum

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At the MFA, the past and present converge in a fractious moment

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'The New People' is a brash debut about economic collapse, marital woes, and the worst kind of neighbors

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

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The best local book events, July 19-24

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Pickleball gets served in Apple TV's 'The Dink'

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There's no end of the road for Dead & Company fans in 'Summer Tour'

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John Waters to perform his live comedy show at home in Provincetown: 'We use humor as terrorism'

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This week's TV: The latest 'Big Bang Theory' spinoff, 'King of the Hill' returns, and more

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HBO's 'The Leftovers' brought fear and wonder to a selective end-times event

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'Obsession,' plus more new movies and TV shows to stream this weekend

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Don't miss these 10 performers at the Newport Folk Festival

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Taylor Swift put the spotlight on Watch Hill. But the pop star isn't center stage when she's in Rhode Island.

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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 at back at Boston's Black suffragist past

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Spectral scenes from a marriage in 'Paranormal Activity'

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$160 million 'moonshot' backs Boston effort to revolutionize rare disease treatment

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Tell us: Have you sought help for postpartum depression, anxiety, or other mental health symptoms?

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One of Rhode Island's most-wanted fugitives appears to have been secretly working as a biotech executive

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