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Retailers remove more Taylor Farms lettuce after recall in 27 States

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Alex Speier | On baseball -- Red Sox pitching has been a pillar in their dominant 12-game win streak

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What permanent daylight saving time would mean for New England and our weather

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The 10 best movies of the year (so far)

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In sign of the times, brand-new office building in Cambridge sells for $1

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Katherine Gergen Barnett - Primary care reform can't come at the expense of safety net hospitals - Massachusetts should invest more in primary care, but lawmakers must also protect the hospitals that care for the state's most vulnerable patients amid looming federal cuts.

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Ilya Somin -- Trump big lie isn't about 2020

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MARCELA GARCÍA -- Sorry, Messi: Why Latinos are rooting against Argentina

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Mike Ross -- This tiny store has no clerks — and no theft

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'Show up': Dan Shaughnessy reflects on career at Boston Globe while accepting Red Smith Award

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One of Boston's most notorious landlords purchased their building. What happens now?

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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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Ballot stuffer: Mass. officials say record-tying nine questions slated to go before voters in November

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South Shore football coach charged after leaving baby home to drive drunk, police report shows

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Second juvenile arrested in connection with armed robbery of lemonade stand in South Boston

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GARDENING | DAVE EPSTEIN - Hydrangea season is here, and this summer's blooms are bursting with color - When it comes to these quintessential New England treasures, it's a whole summer of different blooms, different varieties.

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An ousted maestro, an angry orchestra, an uncertain financial future. The BSO faces the music. The fight over the future of a preeminent orchestra is not going well.

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BETH TEITELL -- Cape Cod homeowner sues, says bank should not have given him mortgage for $5.5m mansion at risk of collapse -- A Cape Cod homeowner is suing JPMorgan Chase to void his mortgage, claiming he bought the mansion in a "manic psychosis." A legal scholar says the argument will face a high bar.

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CHRISTOPHER MUTHER -- These New England cities and towns are among the most overrun tourist destinations in the US -- Who among us has not tried to wedge a beach towel into the only remaining rectangle of sand at a Cape Cod beach?

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

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

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

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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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WORLD CUP -- Eight World Cup teams are coming to Boston. Here's a look at their playing style and their predicted finish. -- Some of the world's best — Kylian Mbappé, Harry Kane, and Erling Haaland — will play at Gillette Stadium. Learn about each team's local connections, how they got here, and more.

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Byron Williams -- The promise and paradox of the Declaration of Independence

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EDITORIAL -- AI poses real dangers. Massachusetts needs strong safety guardrails now.

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IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD -- I'm a birthright citizen

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James Aloisi -- 'The time has come': Blue Hill Avenue deserves proposed bus transit upgrades

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IDEAS | CAREY GOLDBERG -- Sorry, we just can't cover those effective drugs

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Provincetown investigating vandalized tombstones -- Several tombstones lay on the ground, including a monolith that had been tipped over.

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Two ex-wives of ICE agent tied to deadly Maine shooting say he showed violent and threatening behavior -- One of the ex-wives asked a judge on Thursday that she be granted full custody of their 11-year-old daughter. A judge denied her request.

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World Cup final preview -- Lionel Messi and defending champion Argentina to play Spain for the World Cup soccer crown -- Soccer's best player and soccer's dominant team are set to collide Sunday in a World Cup final worthy of the sport's grandest stage.

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World Cup -- Bukayo Saka's hat trick lifts England past Kylian Mbappé, France in wild World Cup third-place match

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AUTO RACING -- Ryan Blaney looks to stay hot as NASCAR heads to North Wilkesboro for first points race in 30 years

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Red Sox Notebook -- Red Sox aiming for Ranger Suarez to return on homestand this week

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BOLD TYPES -- Healey's housing secretary tells business leaders to keep pushing for more housing

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Taylor Farms to remove some products after link to Cyclospora cases

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Your Home | Small Spaces -- A Vermont couple builds an 800-square-foot home on a budget

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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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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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Severe thunderstorms are possible as air quality worsens in Boston

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'I experienced a persistent pattern of abuse': Read the statement from ex-wife of ICE agent involved in Maine shooting

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Oh, baby! Sam Burns takes the lead in a British Open he planned to miss

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Tadej Pogacar wins 14th stage of the Tour de France, extending commanding lead

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The US plans to auction off sections of water around American Samoa in a push for deep-sea mining

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Lettuce at Taco Bell in 5 states confirmed as a source of diarrhea-causing parasite

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Court temporarily reinstates Pentagon's escort policy for journalists

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Trump shifts his tone on Jimmy Carter while grappling with Iran, inflation, and his own legacy

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Trump brings full weight of government to bolster false election claims

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DHS secretary vows to chase voter fraud after Trump revives debunked election claims. See how the day unfolded.

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Trump celebrates the World Cup as a US victory as he prepares to present trophy to the winning team

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Small tribes say they lack the clout to secure federal recognition

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US military launches new airstrikes to 'swiftly punish' Iran for deaths of US troops

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The road to nowhere has a new stop

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Louisa Gag's death demands a full investigation — and an end to Wu's slowdown on bike lanes

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Bloodshed, death, outrage: another act of immigration policy

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A local politician opens the restaurant of her dreams

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An early look at Aldeia Coffeehouse, a Portuguese-inspired café in Barrington, R.I.

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A pitstop in Cherry Land. If you're fond of a certain red stone fruit, don't miss this.

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Author, lecturer, and world traveler Lawrence Millman on being a Luddite and that unforgettable Siberian souvenir

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Logan's Terminal C is getting a billion-dollar makeover. Take a look at the changes.

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

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Patricia Lockwood wins Gabe Hudson Prize for a dark, comic COVID-19 novel

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Why would a wealthy English aristocrat secretly help American colonists argue for independence?

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'Cool Machine' completes Whitehead's Harlem Trilogy with thoughts of justice denied

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Brenda Fricker, the first Irish actress to win an Oscar for 'My Left Foot,' dies at 81

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Father and daughter to unite on the Tanglewood stage

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At Leader Bank Pavilion, Bob Dylan proves he's still painting his masterpiece

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DOGE cuts threatened a series of plays made with the NPS. Company One stepped in to fill the gap

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Ken Marino comes to Boston with touring 'Death Becomes Her' this January

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Advocates push to make alpha gal the 10th major food allergen

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'This is just the beginning.' What a new Alzheimer's drug could mean for the future of treatment.

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Judge Rya Zobel, gender barrier-breaking federal judge, dies at 94

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