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The first game at Gillette is finally here, and thousands of soccer fans are in Boston to see Haiti vs. Scotland

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Photos: First gameday of the 2026 World Cup in Boston

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Haiti fans march from Copley Square ahead of World Cup soccer match between Haiti and Scotland

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Pitch perfect: World Cup mania sweeps Boston for opening match in Foxborough

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'They originally thought I was gonna steal the ball': Boston cop goes viral for soccer skills

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'I have a lot of dreams': For one Boston family, Supreme Court ruling on TPS means everything

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Does your home use natural gas? Carcinogens may be leaking into your air.

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'His ego is out of control.' The White House UFC fight is another Trump birthday spectacle.

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Trump's name is gone from Kennedy Center's facade, a top official says

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Man is shot and killed in dining room at Cape Cod restaurant

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MATT PORTER | ON HIGH SCHOOLS -- The biggest thing lost in Ipswich lacrosse cigar story is an opportunity to teach accountability

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Chamomile or cover up? Suspended Ipswich lacrosse players' fake cigar defense seems to be going up in smoke.

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Timeline about the Ipswich High School lacrosse controversy

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14-year-old boy arrested for allegedly robbing lemonade stand at gunpoint in South Boston

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Cavaliers guard James Harden arrested, charged with unlawful carrying of a weapon in a motor vehicle

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State Police troopers return fire in Springfield shooting, suspect in custody

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Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes -- Hall of Fame pitcher CC Sabathia stands at the crossroads of baseball's past and future

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At 75, Robin Young looks back — and ahead — in broadcasting

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The nine best soccer bars in Greater Boston for World Cup watching

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The 22 best bakeries and doughnut shops for a sweet pick-me-up

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22 bucket list activities in Greater Boston, for visitors (and locals, too)

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More from the Boston Globe's Best of the Best

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Ideas | Arjun Sharma - The summer may be defined by more than soccer - A virus once eliminated in the United States, Canada, and Mexico is back, just in time for the largest sporting event in the world.

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Jonathan D. Tower -- Getting stuck in Massachusetts' 'Housing Purgatory'

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Rebecca Spiess -- Your retirement fund may now be part of the AI bet

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Alice Phillips and Meg Reid -- Welcome to the fight house

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Jason Margolis -- Why Red Sox fans should be rooting for England in the World Cup

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ANALYSIS - With a deal seemingly close, US faces an Iran more willing to withstand pressure

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Global HIV prevention declined drastically after Trump aid cuts, U.N. finds

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'Violent and brutal murders': Two men killed, one stabbed in the head with a pitchfork, police say

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Federal judge dismisses key parts of former WBZ-TV anchor Kate Merrill's discrimination lawsuit

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Vermont's public lands are costly to maintain. And soon, many may be more expensive to visit.

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TRAVEL - It's nostalgia on wheels. Here's how to rediscover New England's railways. Somehow, through innovations and disruptions of the last hundred years, the allure of a railroad endures.

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A Globe reporter took a tour of the White House Octagon, Trump's ultimate safe space. Here's what they saw. -- Hundreds of members of the Washington press corps were given a tour of the space where the UFC fights will take place on Trump's 80th birthday.

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Ticks are everywhere. Here's how to stop them. -- Experts offer advice on lawn sprays, dog chews, and how to still enjoy the outdoors this summer.

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What to watch this weekend: Five movies and TV shows to stream

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A new play explores a famous Cambridge event on the stage where it happened: City Hall

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'The Social Reckoning' first trailer offers new look at Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg

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Move over, Marky Mark: Matt Damon breaks out his rapper alter ego on 'The Tonight Show'

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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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Eugene Scott -- My family didn't fit the conservative ideal. It helped me thrive.

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RIGHT, LEFT, AND CENTER -- Platner is (probably) here to stay. Will Democrats rally?

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Liam Kerr -- If Platner falters, there's a backup plan for Maine Democrats

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

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Provincetown pier crack briefly disrupts busy tourist day -- Engineers are scheduled to inspect MacMillan Pier on Sunday, the town said.

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Fans commute from South Station and Downtown Providence to Foxborough -- Crowds are swelling at South Station in Boston to take the commuter rail, and in Providence, where fans will ride buses to Gillette Stadium.

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LIVE UPDATES -- MIAA spring state championships live updates: Middleborough baseball wins D3 baseball title -- We'll be tracking Saturday's 17 championships from baseball, softball, tennis, boys' lacrosse, and boys' volleyball.

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BROOKLINE 3, NEEDHAM 1 -- Among a heaping serving of seconds, Brookline boys' volleyball goes back-to-back in Division 1 -- In a final that began Friday evening and concluded Saturday afternoon after a suspension due to heat, Brookline finished what it started.

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WESTON 3, WAYLAND 2 -- With backhand winner from Winston Starrett, Weston boys' tennis nets Division 3 title over Wayland

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GOLF -- South Korean duo takes Dow Championship lead in LPGA team event as Korda and Cowan falter

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WESTBOROUGH 4, DUXBURY 1 -- Westborough emerges victorious from latest Division 2 boys' tennis championship matchup with Duxbury

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IPO boom divides Silicon Valley into the rich and the richer - The concentration of riches, arriving as tech workers worry about AI displacing their jobs, is triggering a wave of unease among those left behind, with tech employees joking about becoming part of a "permanent underclass" if they don't secure a job at or a stake in Anthropic or OpenAI.

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BOLD TYPES - Yawkeys make largest gift ever, to Dana-Farber, totaling $50 million - The money will help support the construction of a new, 300-bed cancer hospital in the Longwood Medical Area.

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Some people are making guns with 3D printers. A new law seeks to cancel their print jobs.

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US bars foreigners from using Anthropic's most advanced AI models

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TECH POWER PLAYERS 2026 -- Meet the CEOs, founders, and other leaders on the Globe's annual Tech Power Players list

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TECH POWER PLAYERS 2026 -- The Boston tech scene is riding a wave of optimism. Here's why.

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DINNER WITH CUPID -- Blind date: 'I appreciate people who are spontaneous and suggest new things to try'

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PERSPECTIVE -- The new Red Line seats are drawing complaints from riders. Here's why.

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Two high schoolers are pressing Beacon Hill on climate bills they wrote in class

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From underdogs to adopted hometown team: Ghana Arrives in Rhode Island for the World Cup

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He might be making slow progress, but there's still no timetable on Roman Anthony's return

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Gus Greene stomachs the heat, carries Cohasset boys' lacrosse to last-second win for Division 4 title

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Christopher Bell takes on NASCAR's Tricky Triangle with a cast on his broken left wrist

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Justice Department approves Paramount's deal to buy Warner Bros.

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Hancock tower owner sues Vineyard Offshore, claiming wind farm company stopped paying rent

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SpaceX soars 25 percent in Wall Street debut and makes Elon Musk the first trillionaire

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Emboldened Senate Democrats block even bipartisan bills in hardball approach to counter Trump

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Some social-media influencers are getting paid for their political posts

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Inside the crowd drawn to Trump's unusual UFC fight night at the White House

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AP exclusive: Doctors Without Borders report found cases of abuse and exploitation by staff in Chad

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26-Year mystery of a skeleton in a tent ends with DNA identification

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Trump and Pakistan say Iran deal could be signed Sunday but Tehran signals more time is needed

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The war in Ukraine has now gone on longer than World War I

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A globe-spanning collection of children's art may lose its home

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Candidates are all about openness — till you ask to see their tax returns

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What would John Adams have said about today's redistricting frenzy?

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The lonely giddiness of a New York Knicks fan in Boston

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When Trump's name comes off the Kennedy Center, 'bike guy' will prove it - Clone

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He says it's my fault he went back to his ex

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This new Cambridge restaurant's best ingredient is actually a server

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Where to find late-night World Cup afterparties in Boston

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Boston is teeming with exciting restaurant pop-ups right now

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Car-free and carefree: Five New England summer excursions without filling the tank

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Paige McNamara on 'Les Misérables,' embracing your inner cheesy tourist, and going unplugged

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David Hockney, iconic British artist known for his colorful landscapes and pool scenes, has died

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For the 250th, Rixy paints a mural of The Midnight Ride, but with a new hero

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Julio Le Parc, op art master whose sculptures moved, dies at 97

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'Spawning Season' ponders queer parenthood, the life cycle of fish, and how to go on after the biggest disappointment of all

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Local bestsellers for the week ended June 7

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The naturalist whose sharp eye was matched by his deep conscience

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Some unsung heroes get their flowers at this year's Roxbury Film Festival

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With 'Pennies from Heaven,' Steve Martin challenged audiences — and himself

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'Barney Miller' had an immortal theme song and much more

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'Real Housewives of Rhode Island' spotlight menopause bill in R.I.

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Here's why Scottish soccer fans in Boston are singing the 'Cheers' theme

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Taylor Swift becomes the youngest woman inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at age 36

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Squash is coming to the Olympics in two years. But first, it's coming to Symphony Hall.

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At Gloucester Stage, 'Bad Books' makes a case for 'shelf'-defense

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For Black puppeteers, the hardest part wasn't the craft, it was finding each other

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ART's 'Black Swan' has a powerhouse lead performance and a show that can't live up to it

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The impending MassHealth work requirements are going to be more complicated than anyone imagined

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Mass General Brigham and CVS primary care partnership moves closer to reality

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Too sick to work, but can they prove it? New Medicaid rule worries patients.

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Chloe Smith, who dedicated her life to riding and training horses, dies in a riding accident at 25

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Duane Michals, photographer with stories to tell, dies at 94

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