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Faneuil Hall kickstarted downtown Boston once before. Can it do so again?

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Boston was on track to overspend its snow-removal budget, data show. And the snow didn't stop.

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Parent who bought $160,000 in Croft School bonds sues founder, accuses him of running Ponzi scheme

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Trump administration opens two new investigations into Harvard

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Harvard braces for another legal battle with Department of Justice

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Trump raises hopes for war to wind down as Iran denies negotiations. Follow live updates.

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Senate confirms Markwayne Mullin to lead embattled Department of Homeland Security

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Ex-community activist Monica Cannon-Grant ordered to pay more than $224,000 in federal fraud case

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Trader Joe's massive recall expands as millions of pounds of frozen meals may contain glass

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Logan fliers brace for delays as shutdown lingers

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Forecast | Ken Mahan - New England dries out Tuesday with sunny skies, seasonal temps. Here's when our next storm hits.

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Stories of survival emerge from deadly New York airport collision as officials investigate its cause

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Trump administration to pay $1 billion to energy giant to cancel wind farms

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Two people remain hospitalized after floor collapses at N.H. wedding venue

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Lawmakers question ballot campaign to repeal recreational cannabis sales

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'Kelsey, don't do it.' Trial begins for Kelsey Fitzsimmons, former North Andover police officer shot by colleague.

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IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG - A DNA test ruled him out. He was convicted of murder anyway. A shooting outside a Providence nightclub opens a window on one of the most insidious — and least understood — problems with America's justice system.

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EDITORIAL -- A local nonprofit crossed Wu. Then its permit for a fund-raiser was denied.

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- Maura Healey goes hunting for the hunting vote

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Alexander von Hoffman -- To restore the American dream, Greater Boston needs to build more single-family homes

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Ashish K. Jha and Thomas C. Tsai -- Doctors should be paid to keep patients healthy

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Massachusetts home sales down more than 10 percent to start 2026

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Some state officials say shifting mail ballot deadline will complicate plans for November elections

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Teen held without bail in October shooting death of 61-year-old woman in Roxbury

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Essex County victims of crypto-ATM scams refunded $20k, prosecutors say

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Fire chief in Fitchburg placed on leave; investigation underway

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Jury finds that Bill Cosby sexually assaulted woman, awards her $19 million

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AS I SEE IT - Freeman Johnson of Centerville is the oldest living survivor of Pearl Harbor. We went to his 106th birthday party. Johnson was a 21-year-old from Waltham serving as a Navy machinist on the USS St. Louis on Dec. 7, 1941.

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Your TV GPS -- This week's TV: Riz Ahmed in 'Bait,' behind the scenes with BTS, and more -- Plus, Julio Torres drops a new comedy special.

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

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'It's a game changer.' Zach Bryan buys Kerouac's 'On the Road' scroll for $12M, with plan to display it in Lowell.

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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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RENÉE GRAHAM -- How Cesar Chavez hid his sexual misdeeds

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IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD -- Democrats are going big on tax cuts. It's a bad idea.

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EDITORIAL -- Cops and the mental health crisis: Reset needed

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IDEAS | WHITNEY ELLENBY -- Why I always announce my son's autism

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RIGHT, LEFT, AND CENTER -- Could Maura Healey possibly lose?

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

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Hyde Park man who was allegedly armed with a butcher knife at Forest Hills MBTA station ordered held on multiple charges -- Micah Martin, 29, of Hyde Park, is charged with 15 counts of multiple charges, including six assault and battery on a police officer.

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Bruins -- Bruins sign Boston College star James Hagens to amateur tryout agreement -- Hagens, 19, was selected by the Bruins with the seventh overall pick of the 2025 NHL Draft and will report to Providence Tuesday.

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NCAA Women's Tournament -- Fudd's 34 points, eight 3-pointers lead UConn past Syracuse and into Sweet 16 for 32nd straight time -- Fudd tied her career highs in points and 3-pointers and added five assists and four steals.

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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' LACROSSE NOTEBOOK -- Lexi Davos has Norwell looking for a repeat title campaign, and her mother will be on the sideline -- Lexi Davos had 43 goals last season as the Clippers won the Division 4 state title, and her mother, Jess, will be the team's interim coach this season.

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PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL -- With last moves made, let's analyze the Red Sox' Opening Day roster

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Red Sox Notebook -- Andruw Monasterio, Connor Wong, and Ryan Watson on Red Sox roster; Payton Tolle among those sent to minors

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COLLEGES -- Another crop of Boston College NFL hopefuls get a chance to shine at Eagles' annual Pro Day

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Workers' job market gloom has increased dramatically over the past few years, Gallup survey finds -- A new Gallup survey finds that Americans' outlook on the job market is increasingly pessimistic.

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Record number of student loan borrowers are in delinquency and default

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PERSPECTIVE -- Robo-umps are here for the major league season. Baseball won't be the same.

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CONNECTIONS -- I never wanted to be a single mom. Then I met her.

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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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Monday's Red Sox spring training report: Johan Oviedo hit hard in defeat as team sure to finish Grapefruit League season with losing record

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Bruins relish their day with Rhode Island champion Blackstone Valley Co-op boys' hockey team

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AP: Seahawks, wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba agree to record four-year deal, with $120 million guaranteed

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Starbucks founder leaves Washington state with millionaire tax rattling the rich

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Voice of America journalists sue, saying Trump officials interfered in coverage

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Senators consider deal to fund Homeland Security but not ICE enforcement as airport lines snarl

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Pentagon will remove media offices after judge's ruling

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Arson hits ambulances of Jewish volunteer service in London, police say

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In Denmark's election, how will the woman who took on Trump fare?

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A choice of deadly drones is only a few clicks away for Ukrainian troops

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Why is everybody suddenly playing Mahjong?

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I feel like I've chosen husband over family

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The best guide to the AI revolution may be Victorian fiction

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'My family, my heart, everything is in Boston': 'Selling Sunset' star Emma Hernan feels right at home in the Hub

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Recipe: For the Passover Seder, try this delicious flourless almond orange cake made with whole fruit

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

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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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The media may have unmasked Banksy — again. That's angered some art fans but not ruffled dealers

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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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Horror novel 'Shy Girl' pulled over suspected AI use

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

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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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Remembering KiKi Shepard, an Apollo Legend

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'SNL UK' could use some sharper teeth

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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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Pfizer's Lyme vaccine shows efficacy, but misses key statistical hurdle

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'We're sick of these discrepancies': MGB cancer clinicians say they're underpaid, face battle to unionize

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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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Patriarch Filaret, Orthodox Christian leader who defied Russia, dies at 97

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Nicholas Brendon, beloved sidekick on 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' dies at 54

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Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who investigated Russia-Trump campaign ties, dies

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