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Judge sides with New York Times in challenge to policy limiting reporters' access to Pentagon

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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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Legacy -- What would make a successful season for Boston Legacy FC in Year 1? -- Players, coaches, league executives, analysts, and fans have different ideas, but the common refrain among stakeholders is that this is the year to build a foundation for the future.

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Red Sox Notebook -- Red Sox make some pitching plans, including pushing Brayan Bello back to start the fifth game of the season -- The righthander will stay back when the Sox break camp and pitch in a minor league game Wednesday before rejoining the team in Cincinnati.

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Trump administration sues Harvard over antisemitism allegations -- The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Massachusetts, is the second the Justice Department has filed against Harvard in little more than a month.

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Read the Trump administration's lawsuit against Harvard

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

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For media, a premium view at the Mass. GOP convention comes at a cost: $500

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High oil prices knock down stocks and erase Wall Street's hopes for a cut to interest rates. Follow live updates.

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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 lost luggage doesn't end up for sale

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

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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

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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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Conservationists warn allowing White Stadium project puts parks at risk statewide

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

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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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Worcester officials slam racist social media comments directed at girls high school basketball players

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It's finally payday for former Boston Sports Clubs members

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Wu administration tells department heads it's freezing some spending amid budget crunch

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Forecast | Ken Mahan - Showers to linger into the evening amid warming trend this weekend

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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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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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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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Man serving life sentence for fatal shooting outside Lynn nightclub granted parole -- The state Parole Board voted unanimously on March 12 to grant release to Darkens Bonnett, 34, within two weeks.

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Cambridge man charged with threatening girlfriend of FBI Director Kash Patel -- The man appeared in US District Court in Boston where he pleaded not guilty to a single count of transmitting a threat in interstate commerce.

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Marshfield man arrested for allegedly recording people in Cohasset library bathroom -- Staffers contacted police after locating a hidden recording device inside a unisex restroom at the Paul Pratt Memorial Library, police said.

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Is the millionaires tax driving wealthy residents from Mass.? There's new data, but still no clear answer. Newly released government data found that nearly 30,000 more people left Massachusetts than came into it from 2022 to 2023, one of the highest numbers in the country.

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DINNER WITH CUPID - Blind date: 'Finding out he was also a dog lover was pretty important ' Will his fondness for canines help seal a second date?

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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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Geomagnetic storm to bring northern lights to New England Friday night, but clouds could likely play spoiler -- If the lights do appear, hopefully there will be enough of a break in the rain (or snow up north) for us to catch a quick glimpse

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FORECAST | KEN MAHAN -- Weekend forecast: Mild weather with some rain on the way as we transition into spring -- Temperatures are expected to warm into the 50s amid some unsettled weather, with a soggy Friday and Saturday night on tap.

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Red Sox spring training report -- Friday's Red Sox spring training report: Offense (five singles) shut down by Rays -- The Sox did not advance a runner beyond second base in a speedy (2:10) game.

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Bruins -- Bruins teammates are quick to credit speedy Lukas Reichel for providing a spark in his debut

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Men's college hockey -- Previewing Saturday night's Atlantic Hockey America men's championship game between host Bentley and Sacred Heart

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CBS News shutters its storied radio news service after nearly a century, ending an era -- Blaming challenging economic times as the world moves on to digital sources and podcasts, CBS News shuts down it's radio services.

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

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Beyond 'Centerfield': The ultimate playlist for baseball lovers

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Celtics at Grizzlies preview: Boston heads to Memphis after sweeping homestand

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

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

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White House urges Congress to take a light touch on AI regulations in new legislative blueprint

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The weather is getting wilder, and some see a dire signal in the data

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Feds move to dismiss charges against officers accused of falsifying warrant in Breonna Taylor raid

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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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White House looks for ways to soothe American jitters over surging oil prices

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Trump's next decision: Whether to retrieve Iran's nuclear fuel, whatever the risk

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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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Birthday expectations unmet

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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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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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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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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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