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Peter Abraham | On Baseball -- History shows that Tarik Skubal trade to Dodgers is good for baseball

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MLB trade deadline live tracker: Red Sox news and rumors

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Red Sox 8, Dodgers 4 -- Red Sox hit deadline with a flourish, as four solo homers help complete sweep of MLB-best Dodgers

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Zac Brown Band gives away free cruise ship vacations to every fan at Fenway Park concert

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Drake Maye continues to grow as a leader, and other observations from the Patriots' training camp

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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- The Globe picked the best things to do in Boston. Here are the spots readers say we missed.

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Blanche rescinds fund for Trump allies after GOP senators threaten to block his attorney general bid

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Follow live updates on the Trump administration

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Martha's Vineyard beach to reopen Monday after swimmer rescue prompted weekend closure

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Trump wants to overhaul the Smithsonian. Volunteers are fighting to preserve it.

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Iran déjà vu: Trump once again threatens massive escalation against Tehran only to walk back

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Everett man held without bail after allegedly attacking woman selling phone plans

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News Analysis -- Trump's polling numbers hit a new low. Don't expect him to change course.

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Mass. officials say no credible threat after cyberattacks hit Midwest water systems

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Driver crashes into porch in Mattapan while fleeing traffic stop, police say

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Montreal looking into potential fan incident against Revolution player during Saturday's match

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Kay Granger, first Republican woman from Texas to serve in the House, has died

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IDEAS | MICKI MCELYA - Miss America goes Mar-a-Lago - The Trumpification of the pageant is just the latest skirmish in a long war over the politics of the contest.

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EDITORIAL -- It's OK to track middle school math, Cambridge

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Tessa Adžemović -- Why patients wait months for care they don't get

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Mariel Garza -- California killed its grizzlies. Now it wants them back.

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- A cruel summer: deadly weather, ICE killings, and explosive diarrhea

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'Spider-Man' movie opens to $927 million worldwide, defying superhero slump

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Senator Bernie Moreno says former son-in-law Max Miller should not serve in the House

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What a 1936 trial in England reveals about the Lindsay Clancy case

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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu talks immigration, Jaylen Brown trade at Civic Summit

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Mother of state trooper killed in Lynnfield crash sues restaurant that allegedly overserved wrong-way driver

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Investigation underway after East Boston shooting leaves one dead

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Most Americans loathe data centers. Construction workers love them. -- For many residents of Western Massachusetts, the proposal to build a massive data center complex in Westfield seems like a nightmare. For some tradespeople, it sounds like a dream come true.

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So you want to live on Martha's Vineyard? Year-round residents give the scoop. -- It's a tough market — and a tough winter — but one year-round Martha's Vineyard resident's advice is simple. "Life is short, buy the Vineyard house!"

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TRAVEL - I'm a Nantucket native. Here's the real problem with island 'influencers.' And it has nothing to do with a wooden sign or whether influencing is a worthy profession.

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Boston at a Bargain: Donna Summer Disco Party, Salem's quadricentennial

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Globe readers: What do you think is wrong with audiences these days?

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Noah Kahan, Maine author make Barack Obama's summer favorites lists

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Ben Affleck teams up with 'Jeopardy!' champion to win $1 million prize on 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire'

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YVONNE ABRAHAM -- A mentally ill mother did something horrific. The prosecutor insisted she was playing 'the crazy card.' -- Latarsha Sanders had the kind of psychotic break that speaks for itself. Or at least it should.

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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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Avenue of Broken Trust -- 'Why aren't they listening?': For many Black residents, this Blue Hill Avenue transit plan repeats old problems -- Many people living near Blue Hill Avenue are deeply opposed to the bus lane proposal, a skepticism wrought by decades of broken promises.

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IDEAS | Miles Howard -- What Boston can learn from Montreal's car-free summer

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EDITORIAL -- Therapy should be a safe place for everyone, including Zionists

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Matt Scherer and Maya Jenkins -- The AI bubble could burst — and take the economy with it

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

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Forecast | Dave Epstein - Rain lingers into Monday, with a chance of thunderstorms - The high humidity lately will serve as the catalyst for rain and possible thunderstorms on Monday, making for a wet morning commute.

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WINGS 83, SUN 63 -- Wings use big run to close third quarter, romp past setting Sun

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Red Sox Notebook -- Chad Tracy on the Dodgers adding Tarik Skubal: 'We'll deal with it' if teams meet in World Series

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NFL -- Pass rusher Jadeveon Clowney reunites with the Texans on a one-year deal, AP source says

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Dry, hot summers are putting Dutch dikes at risk and threatening German river trade

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Medical journals, law reviews, and literary magazines are grappling with AI-generated submissions

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Baseball -- Venezuelan players are integral to the Red Sox' success. Turmoil back home is never far from their minds.

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PERSPECTIVE -- My mom stepped up to care for my grandma. If I need to, I'll do the same.

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New England -- Maine's Wabanaki Nations want sovereignty. They got iGaming instead.

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Would Xavier Bautista be alive today if the Cambridge City Council didn't cave to activists?

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After a sinus infection, a state prisoner was hospitalized with meningitis. He died a week later.

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What we learned from Patrick Clancy's 911 call

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Wellesley High grad Michael Thorbjornsen earns first career PGA Tour victory with a flourish

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Jack Olinto, Abby Broderick sharpest shooters at A Shot for Life Challenge

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Flight attendants at Canada's WestJet go on strike in dispute over pay

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Trump stands to profit off US policy announcements by selling fast access to his social media posts

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Trump wanted interest rate cuts to be 'Rocket Fuel' for the economy. He is losing that fight so far.

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Maryland lawmakers to consider steps toward partisan redistricting for 2028

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Moscow mayor calls a deadly bomb attack on a restaurant a 'terrorist act'

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Trump, Paul Weiss, and the capitulation of Big Law: 5 takeaways

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Republicans want voters to elect Kansas Supreme Court justices and move court to the right

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Two killed when firefighting helicopters collide near Athens as Europe's wildfire emergency rages

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How China keeps tabs on foreigners

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Europe's far right, once marginal, now sets tone on Spain migrant crisis

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Republicans will have to answer for Trump's Iran war

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What is justice for Ukrainians who are victims of war crimes?

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With ICE, America is becoming the country we created in Iraq

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He said I'm not his type

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Fishing closures are becoming routine as record heat warms rivers in the US West

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Why did he break up with me?

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An enduring Boston burrito shop says a final farewell

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Confused by wine lists? This sommelier has some advice for confident ordering.

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Melrose's first Lebanese restaurant is opened by a city councilor-at-large

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When your beach chair is a wheelchair: These are the best accessible New England beaches

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To Winkie's? The weirdest Los Angeles travel itinerary you'll encounter this year.

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Hut to hut: Expert advice on exploring the AMC's historic White Mountains retreats

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Getting the lay of the land at Yale

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Ogunquit Museum's 'American Conversations' takes a stab at genuine enlightenment

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Controversial 'Rooted' installation removed from Northeastern campus

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The best local book events, Aug. 2-Aug. 8

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Emily Wilson is in the spotlight for her scathing critique of Nolan's 'Odyssey,' but she's always been opinionated

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A 'Calvin and Hobbes' exhibit comes to the Norman Rockwell Museum, and more local arts news

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Don't fall for the 'Odyssey' IMAX 70mm okey-doke

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Here's what to watch on TV this week

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'The O.C.' was a teen fable of fun, sun, and affluenza

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Five new movies and TV shows to stream this weekend

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A centennial salute to Coltrane and Davis caps a full day at the Newport Jazz Festival

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Zac Brown is returning to his 'favorite place to play in the world' — Fenway Park

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The Boston tour of 'Oh, Mary!' officially has a star

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Boston Tap Party and Feet Keep the Beat bring rhythm to Somerville

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The Huntington celebrates 20 years of giving young actors a look at a career in the performing arts

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Cerberus, former Steward Health Care private equity owner, settles with creditors

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Boston Medical Center nurses, residents picket over pay

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State effort to seize Norwood Hospital by eminent domain advances in Legislature

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Vincent Pastore, whose 'Sopranos' character ratted out Tony, dies at 80

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Clara Ester, who was with Martin Luther King Jr. in his last moments, dies at 78

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