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Trump says he'll place 25 percent tariff on autos from EU, accusing it of not complying with trade deal

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How do you stop people from driving into Boston? Charge them.

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'Our taxpayers are not an ATM': Cranston City Council rejects mayor's budget that sought 7 percent tax levy hike -- "A lot of little cuts is not going to get us where we need to be," a spokesperson for Mayor Kenneth Hopkins said Thursday.

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RI COURTS -- Whitehouse warns GOP it will regret sidestepping confirmation of US attorneys -- "The net result... is that we transferred our power on this committee — individual senators' power on this committee — to the executive branch," Senator Whitehouse said. "And we've never gotten it back."

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Meet Dr. Nicole Saphier, Trump's new surgeon general nominee -- Saphier, a radiologist and former Fox News Channel contributor, has promoted several aspects of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again agenda.

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Suffolk County correction officer charged with child rape, trafficking ordered held

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DHS slams federal judge in R.I. over release of suspect, but did not inform the court he was wanted for murder

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How a Market Basket bagger rose to become president of the grocery chain

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Meet the Boston Globe's All-Scholastics: Honoring the best athletes and coaches of the 2025-26 winter sports season

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Disgusting and beloved: Remembering Boston punk haven The Rat

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Tonight's Flower Moon is the first of a rare celestial double feature

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Dan Shaughnessy -- Red Sox fans have more questions than answers about their last-place team, and other thoughts

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Chad Finn: Craig Breslow shouldn't have been the one to fire Alex Cora

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Cambridge's S&S Deli to close after 107 years

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Power Play - A major new twist in the income tax debate - The debate over lowering the Massachusetts income tax could take a turn after new findings from state analysts.

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Trump says he's 'not satisfied' with Iran's newest peace plan. Follow live updates.

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Trump says he's still considering a taxpayer-funded deal to bail out Spirit Airlines

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8-month-old Taunton boy dies, investigation underway

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Massachusetts hiring rebounded in March, new data show

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GBH to merge with Springfield-based New England Public Media

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No more teachers: AI school pitched for Boston

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Disconnected SNAP calls contribute to thousands losing food assistance

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Snow in May? Here's where winter just won't quit.

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GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL -- Adjustments? What adjustments? Another pathetic effort in a closeout game leaves Celtics on the brink of losing series.

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For $399,000, call this 450-square-foot Maine beach cottage your 'Sweet Pea'

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Movies and TV to stream this weekend

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IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG AND CARLOS AGUILAR - 'Michael' and the ethics of the biopic - Does pop culture have any moral responsibility?

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Renée Loth -- A billion-dollar mistake: The case against slashing Mass Save

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Eugene Scott -- My father found joy in parenthood. Why I chose a different path.

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EDITORIAL -- Can Baystate save struggling Mercy Medical Center?

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Mark L. Wolf -- How Trump's attacks on lawyers endanger US democracy

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Gas prices in Massachusetts now average $4.23 per gallon after sharp rise this week

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Boston University names Vertex CEO as 2026 commencement speaker

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Florida sheriff identifies body found in Tampa Bay as 2nd missing student from Bangladesh

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Maine 18-year-old charged in death of paddleboarder ruled competent to stand trial

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In bid to stay afloat, Roxbury's Black Market raises money, and eyebrows

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All lanes reopen on Route 128 after two crashes snarled morning commute

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Worried about the death of print media? Look to Yankee Publishing for hope. The CEO of Yankee Publishing, which owns Yankee magazine and the Old Farmer's Almanac, spoke to the Globe about print, AI, and its employee-owned model.

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One Special Thing - At PEM, Edmonia Lewis's Death of Cleopatra in cardboard - All you'll see at the Salem museum is a cardboard cut-out. But it invokes a marble wonder that moldered in a saloon and a bulk mail center for years before being rediscovered.

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Boston's next fire commissioner lives in Canton, but 'will comply' with city's residency mandate, officials say -- For decades, the city's municipal code has required that city workers live in Boston as a condition of their employment, but the rule is often disregarded or only selectively enforced.

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12-year-old Mass. soccer fan wins art competition, and his picture will be displayed on World Cup team buses -- The sixth grader has a passion for art and loves to play soccer with his friends during recess.

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B.J. Novak talks Boston's fashion reputation and why his L.L. Bean coat is 'the coolest thing' he owns

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Delayed visas and 'hostile economic forces' postponed Dry Cleaning's tour. Now they're back in Boston.

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'Rest in power': Ayo Edebiri talks chaotic Fung Wah Boston bus rides, Celtics pride with Seth Meyers

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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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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- The Voting Rights Act and the values my parents taught me

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- How Mike Vrabel is surviving the Dianna Russini scandal

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RIGHT, LEFT, AND CENTER -- The Trump problem in Massachusetts

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- Can police get your phone location data if you jog by a crime scene?

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

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Bruins -- Bruins' Jeremy Swayman credits last year's struggles for turning him into a Vezina finalist -- Swayman's 2025-26 resurgence came after a rough first full campaign as Boston's No. 1 goaltender.

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Sabres at Bruins | 7:30 p.m. (NESN, ESPN) -- Sabres at Bruins Game 6 preview: Boston looks to force Game 7 -- After managing to keep their season alive with an overtime win in Game 5, the Bruins will attempt to send the series back to Buffalo.

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Astros at Red Sox | 7:10 p.m. (NESN+) -- Game 32: Jake Bennett set to make MLB debut as Red Sox host Astros

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Stefon Diggs hearing scheduled for Friday, with trial for alleged assault, strangulation slated for Monday

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HIGH SCHOOLS -- Boys' hockey All-Scholastics for Winter 2025-26

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Top Places to Work deadline extended

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Summer Travel -- Here are five summer travel experiences you've probably never had before in New England

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SUMMER TRAVEL -- With new direct flights to Milan, there's never been a better time to go

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PERSPECTIVE -- How to protect your mental health yet stay informed about the suffering of others so you can help

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Spirit Airlines prepares to shut down, according to multiple reports

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'Mormon Wives' star Taylor Frankie Paul and ex-partner ordered to stay 100 feet apart

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Some Black Southerners say voting rights ruling 'missed the mark'

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Man jailed after being charged with attempted murder in stabbings of Jewish men in London

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Iran's supreme leader vows to protect nuclear and missile capabilities

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Iranians live with pain and powerlessness, beneath a smooth veneer

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Encore podcast: Uncovering Green Book locations in New England

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Congestion pricing? Don't freak out, Boston.

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Drones are blowing up old assumptions about US foreign policy

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What moms (and those who care about us) need to know about maternal mental health

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We broke up, but still love each other

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US infant formula supply is 'safe,' FDA says after looking for potential contaminants

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This Watertown restaurant isn't glossy or trendy. Instead, it's got heart.

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It's a big week for Boston restaurant openings

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Tracing the footsteps of the Old West at Pecos National Historical Park

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Airbnb freezes account because of user's Ukraine address

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At Yale: the commercial empire within the British empire

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When Mother Nature and art collide: Seeing weather through a different lens

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Derrick Adams and the hard work of Black repose

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Gaelynn Lea is an artist and a disability advocate, in perfect harmony

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Male loneliness and political angst take center stage in Strout's latest

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Where to see film festivals around New England all summer long

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'Mulholland Dr.' routinely shows up on lists of the best films of the 21st century. But what's it about?

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The Cold War came home in smart, sexy style with 'The Americans'

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How beards and mustaches make the man on TV

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David Allan Coe, who wrote 'Take This Job and Shove It,' and other country hits, dies

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Acclaimed Weymouth-born ballet star Matthew Neenan is back in Boston with new choreography for Alvin Ailey

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At 20, he helped launch a theater company. Now, Jaime José Hernández is onstage at The Huntington

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Meager rations aboard the ship in 'The Secret Sharer'

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Massachusetts' only birth center is struggling to survive

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Healthy workers are ditching company insurance to save $1,000 a month

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Biogen beats estimates as Alzheimer's drug gains momentum

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J. Craig Venter, scientist who decoded the human genome, dies at 79

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Lester Wright, the fastest known centenarian, dies at 103

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Nick Pope, UFO sleuth who chased the truth, dies at 60

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