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SENATORS 6, BRUINS 2 -- Bruins embarrassed by Senators, hear it from frustrated Garden crowd -- In one of their worst showings of the season, Marco Sturm's squad were easily beaten by Fabian Zetterlund and Atlantic Division rival Ottawa.

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This week's TV: Christina Aguilera's Christmas special, Kate Winslet's directorial debut, and more

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DAN SHAUGHNESSY -- After Drake Maye's electric fourth quarter in Patriots comeback, consider the torch passed from Tom Brady -- The Patriots are poised to be AFC East champs, going to the playoffs and, in the words of Kevin Garnett, "Anything's possible."

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TreVeyon Henderson among long list of Patriots injured in Sunday night battle with Ravens

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Authorities used license plate readers to find the Brown suspect's car. Some want them removed.

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'Unreal': Portuguese New Englanders shocked by violence from Brown shooter -- The fatal incidents have left New England's tight-knit Portuguese immigrant community reeling.

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Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. After a fight, she was the one expelled. -- The episode highlights the nightmarish potential of AI deepfakes. They can, and do, upend children's lives — at school, and at home.

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Trump announces he's appointing Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry to serve as US special envoy to Greenland -- President Trump in the early months of his return to the White House repeatedly called for US jurisdiction over Greenland, and has not ruled out military force to take control of the mineral-rich, strategically located Arctic island.

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Follow live updates on the Trump administration

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Forecast | Dave Epstein - A blustery Monday sends wind chills into the teens. Snow arrives Tuesday. Our next storm could bring anywhere from a half inch to 2 inches of snow, starting after the morning commute in the Boston area.

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King Philip girls' hockey coach Ken Assad dies unexpectedly at age 60 -- Assad was a state champion in hockey as both a player and assistant coach for the Franklin boys. King Philip canceled Monday's girls' game vs. Bishop Feehan.

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US Coast Guard pursues oil tanker linked to Venezuela

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The year in arts

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The 20 biggest Boston pop culture moments of 2025

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Odie Henderson's 10 best movies of 2025

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The top 10 (ish) television shows of the year

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10 MEMORABLE MUSICIANS, MOMENTS, AND MISCELLANEOUS MARVELS IN 2025

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IDEAS | JACOB SMAGULA AND ZOE YU - Young people can't afford a home. So they're day trading and investing in crypto. The risk-reward calculation is different if you think you can't get ahead through hard work and careful saving.

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EDITORIAL -- Fewer meetings, more housing

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- When daytime TV used rape as a precursor to a romance

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Noah Rothman -- What we really learned from Suzie Wiles

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Katherine Clark -- Mike Johnson's war on women

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Globe Santa brings gifts but also creates memories

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Police investigating Springfield officer's fatal shooting of man 'exhibiting psychiatric behavior' -- The officer fired and struck the man, who received medical aid but died at the scene, according to the Springfield Police Department.

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Two injured, five displaced after car crashes into Abington home, officials say -- Two men were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a car crashed into a home in Abington early on Sunday morning, officials said.

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Two injured in Sunday afternoon stabbing in downtown Boston -- One person suffered life-threatening injuries and another had non-life threatening injuries.

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Police identify victim killed in crash after police chase in Stoughton, officials say -- Police have released the identity of a man killed in a crash in Stoughton on Saturday morning, who was struck by a man fleeing the police, officials said.

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Driver killed after striking guardrail on Route 140 in Freetown, officials say -- A Lakeville man was killed in a crash in Freetown on Saturday night, according to officials.

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Folk songs about climate change? Yup, people in Maine are listening. -- Singing about climate change can be a tough sell. But it seems to be working with the group GoldenOak gaining a following.

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Same old 'Avatar', this time with 'Fire and Ash'

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'Heated Rivalry' is a love story, but often a sad one

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'Fallout' is still all about the retro-cool tunes. Here's what to know about five songs that open the season

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Boston Music Awards 2025: Dropkick Murphys, ISHA!, and more win big. See the full list.

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Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Hope -- The Boston Globe explores the legacy of Boston's busing era.

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A Boston Globe Spotlight Team report on Steward Health Care -- A Boston Globe Spotlight Team review found the Steward Health Care hospital system plagued by staggering neglect at the hands of executives.

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Explore the project: Snitch City -- In a nation addicted to drugs, local police are addicted to informants.

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Nightmare in Mission Hill -- The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

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IDEAS | Andrea Fleck Clardy -- What I learned by taking care of my husband

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John Yoo -- Trump blurs the line between crime and war

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IDEAS | ALYSSA ROSENBERG -- Hollywood rediscovers dads

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IDEAS -- Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

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Colleague of slain MIT professor remembers him as 'approachable, and always welcoming.' Here's how Sunday unfolded. -- People in three New England states and beyond are trying to make sense of the terrifying and frantic events that happened last week.

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A month after tragic trench collapse in Yarmouth, an unlikely hero recalls the frantic call to action -- Peter M. Burch, the only Yarmouth town worker who can operate a vacuum truck, played a key role in the Nov. 18 rescue and recovery effort.

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LIVE UPDATES -- Patriots beat Ravens, 28-24, to clinch playoff berth as Drake Maye throws for career-high 380 yards. Here's how it happened. -- The Patriots are one week removed from a loss to Buffalo in which the Bills scored touchdowns on five straight drives to come back from a 21-point deficit.

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PENGUINS 4, CANADIENS 3 (SO) -- Sidney Crosby breaks Mario Lemieux's scoring record, Penguins beat Canadiens in shootout to end eight-game skid

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Ben Volin | Instant Analysis -- Patriots clinch playoff berth behind Drake Maye's first fourth-quarter comeback, and other observations from win over the Ravens

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WSJ's parent firm on trial in Hong Kong, accused of dismissing reporter over union role -- A former Hong Kong reporter at the Wall Street Journal began testifying Monday against the newspaper she accused of terminating her due to her union activities in a trial.

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'60 Minutes' pulled a segment. A correspondent calls it 'political.'

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Is Gen Z the key to a manufacturing revival? Fall River thinks so.

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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- First responders, university presidents, and others who exemplified courage

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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- How my father escaped Nazi Germany and later rescued his own parents

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DINNER WITH CUPID -- Blind date: 'It turned out we both went to Harvard (albeit some years apart)'

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PERSPECTIVE -- Prop bets in sports are dangerous. Officials in Massachusetts were warned of the risks.

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Boston Public Schools' bus insurer refused to renew coverage before fatal crash

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New Jersey police chief arrested in alleged Back Bay hotel assault

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The winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, arrived Sunday

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After concentrating on pitching, Red Sox finally add a bat in trade for Cardinals first baseman Willson Contreras

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Fleet get back on track with win over expansion Torrent

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Patriots, with big hand from TreVeyon Henderson, have had explosiveness on display for a change

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Universities are in the spotlight. So what is it like in a UMass politics class right now?

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A nightmare on Hope Street, a frantic manhunt, and the tip that broke open the case

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Paraplegic engineer becomes the first wheelchair user to blast into space

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US says talks with Ukraine, Europe on ending war with Russia 'constructive'

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A 'timeout box' in an elementary school draws outrage: 'This is not OK'

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How the Supreme Court's mail-in ballot ruling could affect voters

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Top Trump administration official defends partial release of Epstein files as Democrats cry foul

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Police allege suspected gunman in Bondi Beach shooting trained with father, Australian media reports

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Israel's Cabinet approves 19 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank

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As US guns pour into Canada, the bodies pile up

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Rob Reiner and the fading clout of Hollywood liberalism

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What happened to Boston's golden goose?

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The heroes we live with and the assumptions we make

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When was Christmas first celebrated? And when did Santa come into the picture?

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Welcome to the O'Leary Cousins party, a Christmas extravaganza since 1970

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In the middle of a friend breakup

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How to toast the holidays, from seafood to latkes

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Two sisters run Luna's, a friendly pastry and coffee shop in Newton Centre

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Sixty people upstairs: How a Providence restaurant owner sheltered dozens during the Brown shooting

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Seals, surf, and solitude: Walking in Thoreau's footsteps on Cape Cod

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Where travelers can (for now) evade tariffs: at the duty-free store

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Newton native Tess Primack on 'The Sound of Music,' staying hydrated, and staying present

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At a time of masked agents and racist talk from the president, a massive painting of ominous Klan figures at Mass MoCA

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Photographer Lorna Simpson receives the ICA's annual $100,000 Meraki Artist Award

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Frank Gehry, architect behind MIT's Stata Center and Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, has died

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Barack Obama's favorite music and books of 2025 lists include a Boston-born singer and a Harvard professor

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Local bestsellers for the week ended Dec. 14

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The best local book events this week

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'One Battle After Another,' 'Ne Zha II,' plus more new films and TV shows to stream this weekend

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'The White Lotus,' 'The Beast in Me,' and more: the best TV scenes of 2025

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When tragedy strikes, should the show go on?

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She was caught on the Coldplay concert kiss-cam. Then came the public shaming.

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'The Snow Queen,' 'Dead Outlaw,' and more theater to stream

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2025 BROUGHT EXCELLENCE IN DANCE, AND CHANCES FOR AUDIENCES TO JOIN THE PARTY

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On Boston stages this year, infinite variety was found in the simplest of formats: the family drama

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MGB bolstered its bottom line this year. Other state hospital groups have reported multi-million losses.

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Tufts, UMass hospitals both face significant operating losses. How do they plan to do better with looming federal cuts?

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How the Trump administration's virtual ban on gender-affirming care for minors will affect Mass.

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Dr. Lyle Micheli, a pioneer of youth sports medicine at Boston Children's Hospital, dies at 85

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George Altman, slugger in Negro Leagues, MLB, and Japan, dies at 92

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James B. Hunt Jr., N.C. governor who kept state blue, dies at 88

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