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Headed to the tall ships parade? Here are the top places to watch.

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Sail250 launches with opening ceremony ahead of tall ships' arrival in Boston

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What life aboard Romanian Mircea, one of the tall ships headed to Boston, looks like

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Here are the best places in New England to see hydrangeas this season - When it comes to these quintessential New England treasures, it's a whole summer of different blooms, different varieties.

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Trump lets Warren's bipartisan housing affordability bill become law

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11 wounded in overnight Russian strikes on Kyiv; Ukraine attacks Russian vessels

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YVONNE ABRAHAM - The horribly familiar story behind the whole Graham Platner debacle - Being lost in all the politics is a human story, and an achingly familiar one for survivors.

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TARA SULLIVAN -- Women's rugby vs. Quinnipiac anything but a game in Title IX fight against diminishing sport to club status

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Chad Finn | Sports Media -- Host of ratings and viewership data show this World Cup to be a winner across the United States

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The World Cup transformed Boston this summer. Here's what went well and what didn't.

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RED SOX 6, METS 2 -- Sonny Gray dazzles again, moves to 11-1 as Red Sox dump Mets to extend win streak to seven

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RI POLITICS - How Dan McKee became one of America's most endangered governors - Polls show Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee 20 percentage points behind in a Democratic primary rematch amid political fallout from the Washington Bridge closure.

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GARDENING | DAVE EPSTEIN -- Harsh winter aside, this summer's prized hydrangea blooms are bursting with color

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'Systemic failure': Crash that killed Boston transit planner sparks furor over road safety efforts

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'We had to do something': How Chelsea brothers uncovered the story of Black inventor behind modern lightbulb

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Brigham sends striking nurses cease-and-desist letter over 'excessive noise, disruptive activities' while picketing

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A woman won $4 million playing the lottery. Then, her divorce case went to the Rhode Island Supreme Court.

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Photos: Noah Kahan fans bring the energy to Fenway Park Friday night

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Trump threatens Iran after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral saw open calls for his killing

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Times journalists subpoenaed as Trump escalates pressure on media

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Weather mailbag: A look at humidity levels this summer and our wildfire risk as drought deepens

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DINNER WITH CUPID -- Blind date: 'We both were vegetarian and both didn't drink'

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NFL -- Mac Jones opens up about his tumultuous time with the Patriots

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BOOKS -- The best local book events, July 12-18

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The 11 best spots to satisfy your seafood and sushi cravings

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A roller skating rink, a wildlife preserve, and nine other fun places to take your kids this summer

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Get into the groove with live music at these nine venues in and around Boston

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More from the Boston Globe's Best of the Best

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Elissa Ely - Bring back the potholes - They accomplished what warnings and signs could not.

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EDITORIAL -- As ballot questions mount, so do problems with them

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Iris Liao -- Using AI to cheat has become too easy

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IDEAS | JEREMIAS ENGELMANN -- Why the Celtics actually won the Jaylen Brown trade

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JEFF JACOBY -- A note to readers from a longtime columnist

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Judge reinstates GOP candidate to Mass. primary ballot despite 'substantial evidence' of fraud

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Three more MBTA workers charged as prosecutors expand Red Line inspection, overtime fraud case

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Immigration Unmasked - ICE is logging more arrests than ever in Mass. and beyond

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Lost AirPod, AI fakes and secret garden: How fans experienced Taylor Swift's private wedding

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Passenger partly sucked out of window soon after takeoff from Greece but others pull him back in

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Mass. joins lawsuit to block cuts to school mental health grants

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A carpeted '70s time-capsule house went under contract in weeks. What's the appeal? Though its interior is straight out of the "Brady Bunch" era, 205 Mountain Road in Cheshire, Connecticut, was built a bit earlier in 1959.

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Heartbreak and anger: With Platner out, unmoored Democrats in Maine confront conflicting emotions and a messy future -- Graham Platner's rapid fall just months before the midterms has left Maine Democrats with little time to process their emotions as they try to go about picking their candidate to face Senator Susan Collins.

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CHRISTOPHER MUTHER - Traveling to France during this summer's heat wave? Men might want to think twice before going shirtless. Traveling to Europe this summer? Be sure to keep your top on in France, Spain, and Italy.

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These two North Shore friends bought a sunken pontoon. What they turned it into became a viral sensation. -- It was probably a bad idea. But the journey amassed a large following.

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New TV shows and movies to stream this weekend

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'Paranormal Activity' brings the scares to Boston ahead of Broadway debut

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From Gloucester with love: Rothko, Avery, and Gottlieb's summer bond shines at the Cape Ann Museum

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In 'The Westies,' an upstart Irish-American crime family takes on the Mafia

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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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WORLD CUP -- Eight World Cup teams are coming to Boston. Here's a look at their playing style and their predicted finish. -- Some of the world's best — Kylian Mbappé, Harry Kane, and Erling Haaland — will play at Gillette Stadium. Learn about each team's local connections, how they got here, and more.

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Dave McGlinchey -- Why is one sewage spill an emergency and another routine?

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EDITORIAL -- Can NATO be saved from presidential petulance?

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IDEAS | Yifan Xu Miller -- Who's actually running that robot?

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Kevin Paul Dupont | On Second Thought -- The Wimbledon title goes to the men's final winner, but London's own Arthur Fery won The Championships -- Fery's fortnight at the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club needs to be summed up as something more than his loss to Alexander Zverev in Friday's semifinal.

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Celtics 83, Raptors 80 -- Celtics grind out overtime win vs. the Raptors in summer league opener and other observations

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RED SOX NOTEBOOK -- Red Sox CF Ceddanne Rafaela named as AL All-Star replacement for injured Aaron Judge

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US demands Iran publicly state that Strait of Hormuz is open and Tehran won't attack ships anymore

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Apple files lawsuit accusing ChatGPT maker OpenAI of stealing trade secrets

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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- How a Boston doctor built a following as a 'loud and unafraid' voice in the Trump era

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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- An outsider's view of Boston after 30 years in Texas

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PERSPECTIVE -- I found a Pandora's box in family counseling. Should I open it?

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Rideshare passenger attacked by driver at Logan Airport, State Police say

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Travel issues kept Red Sox stuck in Chicago until Friday afternoon, pushed first pitch of Mets series opener

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Amanda Gutierres, Nichelle Prince lead Boston Legacy to third win of NWSL season

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Victor Wembanyama, Spurs agree on five-year, $250 million deal

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You're freezing in your office building. Here's why.

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'We are heartbroken': UMass Lowell mourns soccer player killed in Ohio crash

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New York construction scare highlights the challenges of converting offices into housing

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US demands Iran guarantee Strait of Hormuz is open and stop attacks, officials say. See how the day unfolded.

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Mexican builder fatally shot by an ICE officer is mourned after making a life in the US

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A July 4 boat trip, an 18-year-old's death and a family's search for answers in the Deep South

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UK police release man arrested over killing of former politician Ann Widdecombe

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The progressive establishment made Graham Platner. Then it broke him.

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America's oldest habit: Fearing the stranger

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New Yorker staff writer Rachel Aviv on mothers, daughters, and the mysteries between them

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Should you be able to plan a great date at 18?

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Frank Ribaudo, founder of Club Café and champion of Boston's LGBTQ community, dies at 81

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An Italian sandwich sensation is expanding in Boston

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Boston finally found its nightlife groove. Now comes the fight to keep it.

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'Slick season' is more like it. Lessons from our Noah Kahan pilgrimage to Vermont.

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Dublin's great pubs are immortal. Sadly, their caretakers are not.

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'White Lotus' star Murray Bartlett's favorite places in Provincetown

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'Punchline II' is an exhibition meant to embrace the absurdity of an absurd world

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At the MFA, the past and present converge in a fractious moment

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In Markland's 'Men Like Us,' a fresh look at the brothers Kennedy

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Finding the line between abuse and complicity

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In her debut story collection, novelist Sigrid Nunez demonstrates her capacity to shock and delight readers

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Hollywood's Greek revival, from 'Hadestown' to 'Odyssey' and everything in between

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In 'Rose of Nevada,' a boat becomes a sinister time machine

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McDreamy for Senate wasn't hard to imagine. It would have been another step in pop culture's political takeover.

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What's up with those creepy board games in 'Widow's Bay'?

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'Widow's Bay' has the Bay State to thank for Emmys success

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'One of the great voices of rock': Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rod Stewart, Kevin Bacon, and more mourn the death of Bonnie Tyler

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Bonnie Tyler, who topped the charts with epic 'Total Eclipse of the Heart,' has died at 75

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A far-from-great 'Gatsby' at the Opera House

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Watch them whip. Gen Z is leading a line dance revival in Boston.

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State introduces new rules for assisted living homes ahead of fatal Gabriel House fire anniversary

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Professional scab or essential backstop? Replacement nurses become a flashpoint in Brigham strike.

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Wally Funk, who set an age record for space travel, dies at 87

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Louise Lasser, star of TV's 'Mary Hartman,' is dead at 87

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Mike Wallace, who wrote a radical history of New York, dies at 83

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