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Peter Abraham | On baseball - Time to face facts: There's no hope for these Red Sox

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Less than 10,000 N.H. residents without power following severe storms -- Officials urged residents to take safety precautions and call utility providers every 24 hours until power is restored.

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World Cup -- Christian Pulisic trains separately for fourth straight day, could miss US World Cup game against Australia -- US coach Mauricio Pochettino said Pulisic is in a "much better" spot than he was last Friday, when he came off at halftime of the Americans' 4-1 victory over Paraguay.

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Canada 6, Qatar 0 -- Jonathan David's hat trick propels Canada to its first World Cup win over Qatar

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Car-free and carefree: Five New England summer excursions without filling the tank

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Boston and Scotland's bond will stretch beyond World Cup as Glasgow set to become our new 'sister city'

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In elaborate joke, Governor Healey appears to legalize Scotland's national dish in Mass.

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World Cup fever hits Quincy, with watch party, family-friendly soccer events planned for weekend

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Green water and peeling paint: We checked in on DC's troubled Reflecting Pool

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JD Vance has a new memoir out. Some Boston booksellers hope customers will buy a different book — with the same name.

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MBTA boss Philip Eng, accused of pulling employee's hair in 2024, says it was 'insensitive interaction'

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Could the postal center next to South Station move at last? The US postmaster may be open to it.

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Mass. high court rules proposal to slash income tax can't appear on November ballot

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Federal officials announce arrests of 15 people in alleged $1.4 million benefit fraud scheme

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Baystate's CEO, who wrote book on how to fire employees, lays off workers at Greenfield hospital, union says

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Former Emmanuel College admissions director sentenced 12 years in prison for soliciting underage applicant for sex and cyberstalking

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Tan suits abound at Obama's presidential museum opening. You know the one.

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Obama's presidential library opens today. Take a look inside.

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Forecast | Ken Mahan - Friday sees sunshine return in wake of severe weather, with dry air

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Pregnant woman searching for two people shoots hotel guest before taking her own life in Sturbridge, authorities say

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'I Will Find You': In Netflix's new Boston-set mystery, a Revere dad and a former Globie search for the truth

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A former Celtics player's Brookline mansion is on the market for $15m. See inside.

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Splurging on a lobster roll? These 7 spots are the best in the Boston area

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When you're feeling fancy, these 13 restaurants around Boston are worth the splurge

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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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More from the Boston Globe's Best of the Best

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EDITORIAL - Small development, big problems in Boston's housing pipeline - Monastery demolition latest attempt to appease the Boston housing gods.

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- The Second Amendment is for potheads, too

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

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- More than a decade after their murders, the Charleston Nine remain an example of Christian compassion and inclusion

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Ideas | Deborah Cramer -- The horseshoe crab has protected our health for decades. Now it's time to return the favor.

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'It's a cornerstone of the community': Alewife station daycare to close after MBTA declines to renew lease

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Seth Moulton says he's moving at least $1m in defense sector investments into blind trust

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Teenager dies after being thrown from horse-drawn carriage in NYC's Central Park

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Daveigh Chase, 'Lilo & Stitch' voice actor and 'The Ring' villain, dies at 35

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Man, 86, attacked by three dogs in Dedham; police seek public's help to identify owners

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Kenyan McDuffie concedes D.C. mayoral primary to Janeese Lewis George

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He's worked concessions at Fenway Park for 50 years. He showed us what it takes.

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Warning of layoffs, Wu moves to reverse City Council cut to transportation staff in $4.9 billion budget plan -- Wu wrote Wednesday that the council's move to cut the transportation department's personnel budget "would require layoffs across multiple divisions."

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Gotta go? Boston's updated public bathroom map is here, and not a moment too soon. -- Dozens of commodes dot the downtown area as well as various Boston neighborhoods.

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Larry Edelman | Trendlines - MIT trained them. San Francisco just made them fabulously rich. Cursor's four cofounders launched the AI coding startup while still going to school in Cambridge. Elon Musk's SpaceX on Tuesday agreed to buy their San Francisco-based company for $60 billion.

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Get to know four artists opening for legacy acts this summer

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Woody, Buzz, and Jessie discover the evils of tech in 'Toy Story 5′

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You can't actually eat at the 'Widow's Bay' restaurant. But these North Shore joints come close.

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Jane Lynch and Megan Hilty added to Boston Pops July 4 show

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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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Laura Goldstein -- Before it's too late, let my husband choose how his story ends

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Jane Swift -- What my husband's death taught me about assisted suicide

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IDEAS | JOE KEOHANE -- The garbageman philosopher behind the best-selling book 'Trash!'

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IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD -- The fundamental flaw in Bernie Sanders's AI plan

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Eugene Scott -- My family didn't fit the conservative ideal. It helped me thrive.

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

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RED SOX NOTEBOOK -- Isiah Kiner-Falefa filling in nicely for shorthanded Red Sox infield -- Thursday marked the 25th consecutive Sox game in which he's played, during which he's been a strong offensive contributor (.312/.384/.429 after going 1 for 3 with a homer) with impressive defense at second, short, and third.

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A city's push for facial recognition on public buses ignites debate over security and privacy -- Supporters and opponents alike view the effort as a major litmus test for tapping the AI-powered software on a US public transportation system.

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FDA advisory panel endorses Moderna mRNA flu vaccine that was subject of controversy

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Stocks rise on Wall Street, erasing much of their loss from a day earlier

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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- Maine's Wabanaki Nations want sovereignty. They got iGaming instead.

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LOVE LETTERS -- My roommate's 'situationship' is making things awkward

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THE BIG DAY -- 'In my head I knew I wasn't going anywhere'

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Tartan Army takes over Providence with a parade, a party, and a lot of joyful noise

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Possible tornado causes damage in small Vermont town during Thursday's intense storms

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Tornado watch has been dropped for New England

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Yan Liu of China shoots 66 in chilly and windy conditions to take LPGA Tour lead

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A Gatorade Player of the Year, major college commitments and more high school sports takeaways

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Bernie Sanders pitches $1,000 annual payout from public ownership of AI

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Massachusetts taking its (tax) cut from World Cup performers

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The discount for student loan payers who enroll in autopay just went up

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Iran to invite watchdog inspection of nuclear sites, Trump envoy tells US lawmakers. See how the day unfolded.

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US lifts blockade of Iran and Iranian supreme leader endorses direct talks with American officials

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Supreme Court narrows law banning drug users from owning guns

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Obama Center opens in Chicago with a call to defend democracy and a celebrity crowd

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Mass. reports 66 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 0 deaths in a week. See the latest data.

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18-year-old dies in fall from horse carriage in Central Park

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The Major Oak, ancient tree of Robin Hood legend, has died

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US and Iran sign initial deal to end war, ease sanctions and open strait as nuclear talks continue

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Police arrest a man for attempted murder after toddler ends up in crocodile enclosure at English zoo

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Is Elon really the bad guy here?

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Moulton turns up the heat on Markey

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Massachusetts schools should not take that No. 1 education rating for granted

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How do I kick him out?

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Teddy Kennedy III and Rose Esselstyn tie the knot in countryside ceremony

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Trump's name is off the Kennedy Center, but a tarp is hiding the proof

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Mass. is famously strict with its drinking laws. But starting Friday, Boston will open outdoor drinking zones during World Cup.

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Will New England ever have a Waffle House?

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Explore these Pacific Northwest hotspots during the World Cup

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United changes passenger's flight but no notification is received

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Brookline's rainbow turkey may miss some of Pride Month for damage repairs

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Obama Center's opening draws former presidents, music legends and A-list celebrities

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Massachusetts museums use AI to bring history to life

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Patricia Park performed standup comedy to research her latest YA novel

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Local bestsellers for the week ended June 14

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Love is love — and also death — in 'Leviticus'

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'The Death of Robin Hood' ruins a perfectly good legend

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'Girls Like Girls': Love in the time of AOL Instant Messenger

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'Matlock' writer sues CBS, claiming hostile environment for Black employees

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Take it from Lisa Kudrow: Ross was a bad boyfriend on 'Friends'

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State Senator invokes Noah Kahan in push for ticket pricing overhaul

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Over 250 pieces of Smiths memorabilia coming to Worcester for the 40th anniversary of 'The Queen Is Dead'

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Why are there so many Ionesco productions in Boston these days?

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At Gloucester Stage, 'Bad Books' makes a case for 'shelf'-defense

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For Black puppeteers, the hardest part wasn't the craft, it was finding each other

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Massachusetts Senate passes bill to overhaul primary care

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John Reinstein, ACLU attorney who expanded abortion protections and other civil rights, dies at 83

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Carlo Ginzburg, who told the history of the obscure, dies at 87

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Wes Gardner, 65; Sox reliever-starter was part of major 1985 trade with Mets

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