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Massachusetts wants to bleed more horseshoe crabs for medical testing. Can a cruelty-free method prevail? -- Massachusetts want to increase the number of horseshoe crabs captured and bled for their life-saving blue blood, even as a man-made alternative gains traction.

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In the best-on-best Olympic men's hockey tournament, Team USA may be the best American team ever assembled -- "These teams are stacked, they're stacked. It's not just us," said Team USA general manager Bill Guerin.

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Winter Olympics Day 5 primer: Packed day includes Mikaela Shiffrin's debut, US-Canada women's hockey showdown -- Plus, Southborough native Korey Dropkin and partner Cory Thiesse will compete for a mixed doubles curling gold medal against Sweden.

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Southborough curler Korey Dropkin one win away from mixed doubles gold medal

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Peter Abraham | On baseball - The Red Sox arrive at spring training a better team than at the end of the last season, but are they good enough? As constructed, the Red Sox need Roman Anthony to be an All-Star left fielder and more power from players such as Wilyer Abreu, Carlos Narváez, and Ceddanne Rafaela.

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Can the Red Sox build a winner without much power in the middle of the lineup?

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Hampshire College 'hopes to live.' Can it survive, again? -- With around 750 students, Hampshire missed its enrollment goal by nearly half this fall, enrolling only 168 new students instead of 300.

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Yet another winter storm is headed toward New England. Here's how much snow to expect. -- The next clipper system will race out of southern Canada and push through New England starting Tuesday afternoon.

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Forecast: Tuesday will start quiet before winter storm

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Our winter has been snowy and cold so far. What's causing this persistent pattern?

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From empty office buildings to... hotels? -- An unused law firm office on Atlantic Ave. is the latest in a string of office-to-hotel conversions planned for downtown Boston.

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Maps show how Massachusetts' Black population shifted since COVID, town by town -- All three of the communities with the largest shares of Black residents were south of Boston.

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Jayson Tatum assigned to Maine Celtics to take part in portions of practice -- The team said that at the conclusion of practice Tatum would be recalled to the Celtics to continue rehabbing his Achilles injury.

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Ghislaine Maxwell appeals for clemency from Trump as she declines to answer questions from lawmakers -- She's come under new scrutiny as lawmakers try to investigate how Epstein, a well-connected financier, was able to sexually abuse underage girls for years.

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

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Verizon, Boston 25 owner settle dispute that left station off Fios TV for nearly two months

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BOLD TYPES -- Roxbury development group splits over Madison Park high school plan

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Aayy! The Fonz, actor Henry Winkler, to speak at Emerson College commencement.

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Patriots' run defense failed when team needed it most

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IDEAS | SEBASTIAN JUNGER - Sebastian Junger on the seven lives lost aboard Gloucester's Lily Jean - The oldest fishing port in America suffers another tragedy that is almost too much to bear.

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

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EDITORIAL -- The budgets for the bus go up and up

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IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF -- May I have a word: Ice blockades

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

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North Andover officer shot by colleague urges judge's removal, accuses her of bias -- The lawyers alleged that the judge, Kathleen McCarthy-Neyman, improperly ordered Kelsey Fitzsimmons held without bail.

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US archbishop will be beatified, one step away from sainthood -- Fulton Sheen was known for his midcentury radio and television programs, which may have paved the way for John Kennedy's election as the first Catholic president in 1960.

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Fire at Newport's historic Castle Hill ruled accidental, R.I. fire marshal says -- The blaze was "related to the use of a wood burning fireplace," State Fire Marshal Timothy P. McLaughlin said.

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Catherine O'Hara died from a pulmonary embolism. Cancer was the underlying cause. -- A death certificate lists the pulmonary embolism, which occurs when a blood clot blocks an artery in the lungs, as the immediate cause of the actor's death.

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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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JENEÉ OSTERHELDT -- Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance showed he is the American patriot we need -- Bad Bunny delivered hope at the Super Bowl.

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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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Starting Point - What the latest science says about how to keep your brain sharp — and maybe stave off dementia - A new study suggests the benefits of speed training for your mind. Globe reporter Kay Lazar explains what that means.

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Why the T can't escape its recurring budget crises. And why it doesn't have to be this way. -- Experts point to changes in taxes, tolls, RMV fees as possibilities to fund the MBTA's budget.

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STUDENT PHOTOJOURNALISM PROGRAM -- High school photographers show off more super work -- This week's photo gallery features more than three dozen pictures from students whose high schools range across Massachusetts from Nantucket to Palmer.

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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' BASKETBALL -- Eastern Mass. girls' basketball: Players of the Week, Feb. 2-Feb. 8

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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK -- Adrianne Porazzo, Alaysia Drummonds have emerged as pivotal pieces for 16-0 Foxborough girls' basketball

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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' BASKETBALL -- Globe Top 20 girls' basketball poll: A shakeup in the first five

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

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Honda reports declining profit as Trump's tariffs and EV moves hurt Japanese automaker's results

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SUPER BOWL -- Ten ways the Patriots built a new culture, from a two-minute drive to a surprise barbecue drop-in

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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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DINNER WITH CUPID -- Blind date: 'It was honestly a movie moment'

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Immigration court puts an end to Rümeysa Öztürk's removal proceedings, her lawyers say

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Cambridge spends big on schools. Some students benefit more than others.

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This Boston University-Boston College men's Beanpot title match means more than bragging rights

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Boston College erases those Beanpot demons, knocks off Boston University to capture 21st title

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Raiders officially hire Klint Kubiak as head coach after his Super Bowl win with Seahawks

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Hollywood braces for a new round of labor talks

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Novo Nordisk going forward with suit against Hims & Hers despite it scrapping plans to sell copycat Wegovy pill

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VHB continues its out-of-state expansion under new leader Bill Ashworth

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The MAGA fever swamps are pushing Congress to change voter laws

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Democrats say White House offer on ICE is 'insufficient' as Homeland Security funding set to expire

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Buddhist monks head to DC to finish a 'Walk for Peace' that captivated millions

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FBI doesn't know about any communication between Savannah Guthrie and mom's suspected kidnappers

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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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A heartfelt way to show affection? Handcrafted chocolate treats.

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Nordic Ware's new Laurel Wreath Bundt pan is worth celebrating. (So is the company's 80th.)

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Hand rolls, Hawaiian food, and high stakes: Ronald Liu's Love Art Sushi lands in Cambridge, with a tropical twist

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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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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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In New Bedford, a camera-ready city; in Hartford, photography's earliest days — but with a twist

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

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How three guys remade the American film industry, one blockbuster at a time

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When Dorothy Roberts tried to finish her father's book, she learned she had to write her own

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'Wuthering Heights' is a withering sight

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Michael Keaton talks Patriots Super Bowl, Belichick's Hall of Fame snub, and growing up a Celtics fan

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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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Bad Bunny brings the vibrance of Puerto Rico to the Super Bowl halftime show

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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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UMass Memorial Marlborough hospital evacuated due to heating, water issues

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

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Philippe Morillon, general who made fateful protection promise, dies at 90

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