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South Carolina Supreme Court overturns Alex Murdaugh's murder convictions in deaths of wife and son

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The Healey administration's plan to host World Cup watch parties is crumbling. And FIFA is to blame.

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- Trump's transportation secretary should be the next one to hit the road

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Watch the Globe's Health Equity Summit live

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Jason Collins, first active NBA player to come out as gay, dies at 47

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Mass. man among two charged with kidnapping and torturing N.H. woman, prosecutors say

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Judge allows property tax lawsuit against city to move forward

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CHRISTOPHER MUTHER - A record number of Americans are leaving the country and seeking to renounce citizenship - The Pew Research Center says an estimated 180,000 US citizens emigrated in 2025, the largest outbound migration of citizens in decades.

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Harvard officials enslaved more than 1,600 people, new research reveals -- So far, they have confirmed that at least 259 Harvard officials enslaved people — and they are still digging through records.

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Moped drivers dodge rain and traffic to deliver your takeout and make a living. Now some politicians want to change the rules. -- Food delivery on motorbikes has become so ubiquitous that some local politicians are now aiming to tighten the rules that affect their line of work.

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GLOBE MAGAZINE - In 1970s Boston, young hustlers made easy money selling smart term papers to college students - Long before there was generative AI, "Mr. Papers" and other young hustlers made a fast buck selling smart essays to students.

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Da'Vine Joy Randolph talks with Amy Poehler about the importance of her Boston accent in 'The Holdovers'

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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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Nikki Romanik and Ashish Jha -- The system didn't catch the hantavirus threat. Biology saved us.

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- Diana DiZoglio's quest to audit the Legislature gets some respect from the SJC

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Cathy Young -- The left's illiberal problem isn't over

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IDEAS | KRISTEN DILLON -- My daughter died when she was 2 1/2. I was stunned by how the medical system handled my grief.

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

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RI EDUCATION -- Providence schools eyeing more than 100 job cuts -- A projected drop in enrollment could be due partly to immigration enforcement, a school department official said.

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Gardening | Dave Epstein -- Dave Epstein: I went to war with my own garden. The garden won. -- Before you think about going to battle with your yard this summer, aim for a peaceful coexistence before firing the first volley.

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Bruins -- Do the Bruins have a potential No. 1 center already on their roster? -- "We all, in this room, recognize we don't have a true No. 1 C," Cam Neely admitted after Boston's playoff exit.

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Phillies at Red Sox | 6:45 p.m. (NESN) -- Game 42: Phillies at Red Sox lineups and notes -- Sonny Gray will be on the mound against Philadelphia.

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PWHL -- Boston Fleet takeaways: What players and coaches said about running it back after disappointing end to season

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LEGACY 2, PRIDE 1 -- Amanda Gutierres stoppage-time penalty kick gives Legacy a win over Orlando, extend unbeaten run to four games

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Meta launches WhatsApp 'incognito' mode to address privacy concerns for AI chats - Messages will be processed in a "secure environment" that even Meta can't access, won't be saved by default, and will disappear when exiting a session.

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US said to suspect Nvidia chips smuggled to Alibaba via Thailand

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UK's Starmer defiant as calls for his resignation grow and several ministers quit

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The NCAA Tournament is too big to fail, but that doesn't mean they should have made it bigger

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Boston Ballet shines brightly in 'Spring Experience'

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