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Boston City Hall Plaza announced as site of World Cup FanFest

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US mixed doubles curling team, including Southborough's Korey Dropkin, edged by Sweden in final, settles for silver medal -- It came down to the final stone in the final end by the Swedes, who successfully knocked the Americans' only hope out of the house.

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POST Commission suspends 4 academy staffers charged in connection with death of State Police recruit -- Four instructors with the State Police Academy are charged with involuntary manslaughter.

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Panthers rookie Sandis Vilmanis addresses questionable hit on Bruins' Charlie McAvoy: 'Of course I didn't mean to do that'

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Will Campbell apologizes for not talking to media after Super Bowl: 'I didn't want to say anything I didn't need to say'

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Stefon Diggs anticipates being back with the Patriots next season

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Raedler and Huber of Austria win team combined at the Olympics, Vermont's Paula Moltzan helps US get bronze

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FBI releases photos of masked person seen at Nancy Guthrie's front door morning of her disappearance

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This winter has been so freaking miserable. Our weather guy explains why.

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Massachusetts wants to bleed more horseshoe crabs. What if there was a better way? -- Scientists rely on the bright-blue blood of horseshoe crabs to test vaccines and other medical products for deadly contamination.

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Hampshire College 'hopes to live.' Can it survive? -- Supporters of the beloved, iconoclastic school are hoping for the best while bracing for the worst.

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The final frontier? A push is on to make Mass. a hub for 'space medicine.'

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Maps show how Massachusetts' Black population shifted since COVID, town by town

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Pride flag is taken down from Stonewall Monument

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KEVIN CULLEN - An American dream morphs into a nightmare - Seamus Culleton, an Irish immigrant married to a US citizen last year and living in Boston for more than 20 years, has been held in squalor in Texas for five months.

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DHS shutdown looms as Democrats demand sweeping ICE restrictions

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11 protesters arrested in Vermont after they refuse to leave ICE surveillance center -- The facility, one of several ICE outposts in the state, has drawn increased scrutiny in recent months.

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Governors won't hold Trump meeting after White House only invited Republicans

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AI-generated campaign attacks are here. So far, Massachusetts has no laws to restrict them.

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The MAGA fever swamps are pushing Congress to change voter laws -- Republican legislation that significantly tightens voting access requirements is, suddenly, taking up much political oxygen in Washington.

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'Pillion' director Harry Lighton receives Coolidge Breakthrough Artist Award

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SHERYL JULIAN -- The story behind the famous Marry Me Chicken and its many variations

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Devra First: These are 12 of the best soups in Boston to warm you up this winter

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Former dairy farm in Dartmouth converted to $2m luxury home -- 1 Masthead Lane previously functioned as the main barn of the Gulf Hill Dairy, but was transformed into a private residence in the late '90s or early 2000s.

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EDITORIAL - The budgets for the bus go up and up - Cities and towns across Massachusetts are struggling with higher school transportation costs.

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Joseph E. Aoun -- Students are AI natives. Why aren't their colleges?

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

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JEFF JACOBY -- FDR was right about the trouble with public-sector unions

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- Some non-football, post-Super Bowl thoughts

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Revolution reveal 'Independence Day' jersey -- The new design features a fireworks-themed pattern that also contains various patriotic references.

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Former owner of driving school sentenced for bribing RMV road test examiner -- Prosecutors said Carlos Cardoso paid more than $20,000 in bribes to a RMV examiner.

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Florida prosecutors charge R.I. man, alleging he exploited a young girl he met on Fortnite -- Justin Adkins, 29, allegedly coerced the girl into "creating and sending hundreds of pornographic pictures and videos," prosecutors said.

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Cambridge spends big on schools. Some students benefit more than others. -- A local non-profit offered solutions for the so-called learning gap, including making sure more high school students show up for more days of school.

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The Big Day - Excuse me, I believe you have my stapler: How a borrowed item led to love and marriage - From high-achieving high school sweethearts to husband and wife.

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'Kind of amazing.' A brain game can cut dementia risk by 25 percent, study shows. -- Here's what else can help you lower your chances of developing Alzheimer's.

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BETH TEITELL - A $24 cup of coffee has landed in Boston. Is it worth the price tag? George Howell's exalted brew raises the eternal question of American luxury: When does craftsmanship turn into self-parody?

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An aide to Governor Healey is set to lose her work authorization. She's suing Trump to keep it. -- Valentina Amaro Bowser, an immigrant from Venezuela, is in limbo after the federal government paused certain visa applications.

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Boston-born 'A Different World' star Jasmine Guy dishes on filming 'Good Will Dunkin'' ad with Ben Affleck

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Photos: See Ann Michael Maye, Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga, Tom Brady, and more stars at Super Bowl LX

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Super Bowl 2026 commercials: Watch this year's star-studded ads

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Michael Keaton goes full Batman for Hasty Pudding's Man of the Year ceremony at Harvard

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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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Grace Moreno, Zoila Gomez, and Claudia Quintero -- Healey draws a line against ICE overreach

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EDITORIAL -- Most insurance claim denials are due to clerical error. The system needs to be simplified.

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IDEAS | ZOE YU -- Hinge is the new LinkedIn

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IDEAS -- Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

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FORECAST | KEN MAHAN - These maps show how much snowfall we can expect from our next winter storm - This next clipper system will race out of southern Canada and push through New England starting Tuesday afternoon.

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HIGHER EDUCATION - Want to go to Brown University? It could cost you more than $97,000 a year. The price hike comes as the Ivy League school confronts a $29 million budget deficit due in part to federal actions by the Trump administration

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What to know about student loan repayment plans and collections

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From empty office buildings to hotels: Developers eye bringing luxury hospitality to downtown Boston

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PERSPECTIVE -- Forgetful of names? You're not alone. And you can fight back.

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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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PERSPECTIVE -- Taking the leap: Why more Black women are making the move to live abroad

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Storm timeline: Here's when the snow is forecast to start in your area

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Mass. auditor sues Democratic legislative leaders for refusing to comply with voter-approved probe

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Vermont's Ben Ogden follows in his inspiration's footsteps with first US men's cross-country skiing medal in 50 years

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In the Olympic men's hockey tournament, this might be Team USA's best squad ever

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CVS annual profit guidance misses Wall Street estimates

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Mass General Brigham primary care doctors ask lawmakers for help with union fight

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Social media 'addicting the brains of children,' plaintiff's lawyer argues in landmark trial

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Trump's immigration chiefs testify in Congress following protester deaths. Follow live updates.

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A 15-week 'Walk for Peace' concludes with Buddhist monks' arrival in Washington

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

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Top Iran security official to travel to Oman, site of talks with US, likely with nuclear message

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Russia thinks it can outsmart the US during Ukraine peace talks, a European intelligence chief says

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For now, allies form a protective circle around Starmer amid pressure to resign

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Trump isn't actually trying to reduce crime

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Competition and health care: Bigger isn't always better

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Has Trump protected religion — or just politicized it?

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At 24, how do you know if someone is 'the one'?

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A $24 cup of coffee has landed in Boston. Is it worth the price tag?

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

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Fire at Newport's historic Castle Hill ruled accidental, R.I. fire marshal says

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A heartfelt way to show affection? Handcrafted chocolate treats.

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Harry Lighton on being taken hostage, his carsick brother, and Werther's Originals

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Fire at historic Castle Hill Inn prompts evacuation in Newport

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We went from 'Titanic vibes' to treasured memories. This is our Alaska family cruise comeback story.

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Photography in a flash

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The vivid, mournful dreams of Cuban painter Wifredo Lam, an artist ahead of his time, but at home in ours

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When keyboards are key

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Getting by with a little help — and sometimes, a lot of harm — from our friends

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The best local book events this week

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A century later, three literary classics go head-to-head

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In 'Pillion', a shy bloke's heart belongs to daddy

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Hollywood braces for a new round of labor talks

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'Wuthering Heights' is a withering sight

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'Soul Power' tells the story of how the ABA helped create the modern NBA

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Yes, there was a real wedding during Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show

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LaMonte McLemore, singer and founding member of The 5th Dimension, dies at 90

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Patrolling the dark corners of the web, at a steep personal cost, in Urban's 'The Moderate'

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In 'We Had a World,' Josh Harmon reexamines his own rosy memories of his grandmother

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Eli Lilly to buy Watertown biotech Orna Therapeutics for $2.4 billion

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Trailblazing atmospheric scientist at Harvard was 'a titan in the scientific world'

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