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230 people are rescued as flash flooding hits Hawaii and officials warn 120-year-old dam could fail

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Here's what's in the 'PROTECT Act,' a Massachusetts House-backed bill to limit ICE activities -- Discover the details of the 'PROTECT Act' in Massachusetts aimed at limiting state and local help to federal immigration officers and protecting immigrants amid Trump's mass deportation push.

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It's back to court for Harvard after new lawsuit from Trump administration

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'It's laughable': Election officials pour cold water on MAGA midterm overhaul

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'There are just no dollars': Mass. towns consider cuts to cherished public institutions amid deepening budget crisis

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Celtics 117, Grizzlies 112 -- Celtics survive surprising battle from banged-up Grizzlies, need fourth-quarter rally for victory

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Croft School officials say founder allegedly forged $500,000 letter of credit. Then the tuition deadline moved.

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KEVIN CULLEN - A Boston police officer involved in a fatal shooting is being held accountable. In Minneapolis, it's a different story.

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Judge orders Voice of America be put back together again. What are the chances that will happen?

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Chuck Norris, martial arts master and actor whose toughness became internet lore, dies

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It's finally payday for former Boston Sports Clubs members

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Former circus coach convicted of sexually assaulting two students at his Whitman home

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Man armed with butcher knife taken into custody after struggle with police at Forest Hills T station

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Three indicted for fatal stabbing in Brockton

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Fans are unlikely to change their view of A-Rod, but Alex Rodriguez says he's returned to Boston a changed man

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LOVE LETTERS - Birthday expectations unmet - What does this mean for the relationship?

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IDEAS | JUDY KUGEL - Why are the men around me doing all the talking? The residents of my senior community are mostly women. But you wouldn't know it by the dinner conversations.

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Seth Moulton -- We can't let history repeat itself in Iran

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LETTERS -- Sour note reverberates as BSO leadership parts ways with its maestro

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Ruthzee Louijeune -- Heartbreak, hope, and a plea to save TPS for Haitians

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IDEAS | John Edward Huth -- I made Harvard students give up their clocks. The results were revelatory.

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MARK SHANAHAN - 'It's a game changer.' Zach Bryan buys Kerouac's 'On the Road' scroll for $12M, with plan to display it in Lowell. With the scroll as a centerpiece, there's little doubt that a Jack Kerouac Center in Lowell would attract visitors. "People will come from around the world."

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First Literacy to continue fund-raising for adult literacy with 36th Annual Spelling Bee -- The bee is the Boston-based nonprofit's largest fund-raiser and has raised over $4 million to support adult literacy in Massachusetts, First Literacy said.

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For a clear view of the Mass. GOP convention, media outlets will have to pay $500 -- To help cover the cost of hosting its nominating convention in April, the Massachusetts Republican Party is offering media outlets a spot on its new "media row" inside Worcester's DCU Center. It costs $500.

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Feds move to dismiss charges against officers accused of falsifying warrant in Breonna Taylor raid -- Judges have twice taken a felony charge against each officer and reduced it to a misdemeanor, saying there wasn't a direct link between the false information and Taylor's death.

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Worcester officials slam racist social media comments directed at girls high school basketball players -- "The Worcester community stands united in denouncing racism in all its forms," multiple officials said in a statement.

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Dan Shaughnessy - It may be March Madness to the rest of the country, but around here we're feeling a little left out, and other thoughts - Here in Massachusetts, March Madness is March Sadness. Or March Badness. Truly. We're darn near March Teamless. We have virtually no say in this national hoop-a-palooza.

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Love your job? We want to know about it. -- Nominations are open for the Globe's Top Places to Work awards.

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It's now easier than ever to search the Globe recipe archive

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'Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man,' 'SNL UK,' plus more new movies and TV to stream this weekend

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'André Is an Idiot' is a hilarious and heartbreaking plea for you to get a colonoscopy

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Buildings in darkness, lit from within: An exhibit called 'Sanctuary' is a haunting embodiment of current fears, and of hope

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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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JOAN VENNOCHI -- The BSO board — another bad boss

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IDEAS | ELIZABETH SVOBODA -- How book clubs and knitting circles can restore our democracy

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

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Methuen takes new steps to curb social media use by youths under age 16 -- The City Council this month approved a resolution to limit access to Facebook, TikTok, and other social media on school and city computers.

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18-year-old man facing murder charge in fatal Chelsea stabbing -- One man is dead after a violent altercation in Chelsea Thursday night in which multiple people were stabbed, officials said.

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Forecast | Ken Mahan - Warming trend continues into the weekend, with a pleasant Saturday - On Sunday, another system pushes into the region from the west during the late morning and afternoon.

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WNBA -- A landmark 7-year WNBA labor deal moves forward with a signed term sheet -- It will only take a simple majority of the players to approve the new CBA.

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NCAA women's basketball -- Holy Cross women bow out of NCAA Tournament against No. 2 Michigan -- The Crusaders (23-10) earned a NCAA bid for the third time in four years and exited with just their second loss in two months in an 83-48 setback to the Wolverines.

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NCAA Tournament -- International players playing key role in success of UConn women's program

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UConn 4, Boston College 3 (ot) -- UConn dumps Boston College in overtime, sets up surprise men's Hockey East final with Merrimack

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Judge sides with New York Times in challenge to policy limiting reporters' access to Pentagon -- The New York Times sued the Pentagon and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in December, claiming the credentialing policy violates the journalists' constitutional rights to free speech and due process.

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Conservationists warn allowing White Stadium project puts parks at risk statewide

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CBS News shutters its storied radio news service after nearly a century, ending an era

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

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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- New England's 50 fastest-growing companies for 2026

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PERSPECTIVE -- Trying to change someone's mind in an argument is pointless. Here's what to do instead.

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DINNER WITH CUPID -- Blind date: 'Finding out he was also a dog lover was pretty important '

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Pressley introduces bill to require DHS to turn over body cam footage, other materials

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Eighth-seeded Merrimack pulls another upset, knocks off No. 2 UMass to reach men's Hockey East final

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Among the Red Sox' promising pitching prospects, Anthony Eyanson stood out in Spring Breakout game

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Alex Cora talks about his Red Sox future, how managing has changed, and the 'soap opera' in Boston

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Merlin ends drought for Boston tech firms after listing this week on the Nasdaq exchange

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Airport screeners quitting instead of working without pay poses a longer-term problem for TSA

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US deploys more troops to Mideast as Trump considers 'winding down' military operations. Follow live updates.

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Trump said he was considering 'winding down' Middle East military operation even as US sent more troops to region. Here's what happened.

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'The Bachelorette' took a risk on Taylor Frankie Paul. It backfired.

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US attacks Iranian drones and vessels to try to open strategic shipping lane

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A Diary of war from an unlikely author: the son of Iran's president

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They were under siege by a Mexican cartel. Now these civilians fight back with AK-47s and grenades

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Could Maura Healey possibly lose?

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Wallowing in a mess of his own making, Trump concocts a war-boosting former president

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All-party primaries would fix Massachusetts' unproductive Legislature

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Small house, big mess: 12 ways for average people to get organized

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What to know about Taylor Frankie Paul's 'Bachelorette' controversy

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Common Craft opens in Southie; Nine Winters closes in Cambridge

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Globe launches recipe database: 2,000 dishes at your fingertips

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Lobster rolls approach $50, but Bostonians appear happy to shell out

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Rolex watches, socks, a Jim Henson puppet. Inside the massive Ala. store where things inside lost luggage get sold.

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How to make sure your belongings don't end up for sale at Unclaimed Baggage

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Calvin Tomkins, who narrated the rise of contemporary art, dies at 100

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A Klimt tree blooms in the Harvard Art Museums

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Blackface isn't dead. It isn't even past.

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Fab 5 Freddy, hip-hop pioneer and 'king of synthesis,' has written a 'Fly' memoir

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Coolidge Corner Theatre workers vote to authorize strike as contract negotiations deadlocked, union says

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Good guys wore black: A tribute to Chuck Norris

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Chuck Norris, Hollywood action star, has died at 86

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'Deadwood' delivered one of the best #!@$* first episodes of all time

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A new PBS doc explores how politicians use race to make Americans 'White with Fear'

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BTS is back. But the K-Pop landscape has changed.

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Electronic music, dance, opera, martial arts: FKA twigs says 'this is just my makeup'

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A cause worth fighting for, and singing about, in 'Suffs'

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In post-apocalyptic 'The End is Nigh,' game-show contestants play for mortal stakes

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Suzy Eddie Izzard wanted a chance to take on Shakespeare. She's now playing every role in 'Hamlet.'

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Massachusetts to track Alpha-gal syndrome, a growing threat from tick bites. Here's what to know.

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The curious case of sepsis — and what may really be driving its skyrocketing cases in Mass.

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This diet beats out 5 others when it comes to cognitive health, study finds

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Alvin Greene, a no-show senate nominee who won primary, dies at 48

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Christopher A. Sims, 83, dies; awarded Nobel for modeling economic policy

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