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Patriots owner Robert Kraft not selected to Pro Football Hall of Fame -- The news comes just one week after reports surfaced that Bill Belichick fell short of being a first-ballot Hall of Famer.

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Eugene R. Fidell and Steven J. Lepper -- The JAG Corps is not a Justice Department reserve

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Trump is trying to kill electric cars. A coalition is emerging to fight back.

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Federal judge blocks Trump administration from ending protections for Haitians

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Epstein wanted his lawyer to represent Kraft in Florida case, according to newly released documents -- "I'm trying to have him hire you," Epstein wrote his lawyer in 2019, referring to Robert Kraft.

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Bill and Hillary Clinton agree to testify in House Epstein inquiry

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N.H. inventor on leave from the nonprofit he founded, after longstanding ties to Epstein surface

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Speaker Johnson labors for support ahead of vote to end partial shutdown. Follow live updates.

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Dan Shaughnessy -- Super Bowl week is seldom about the game when it involves the Patriots -- Can't New England's Flying Elvises just show up and play a football game?

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Commissioner Roger Goodell: Hall vote out of the league's hands

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Christopher L. Gasper -- Patriots coach Mike Vrabel takes the modern approach of trusting his players with social media

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At Super Bowl Opening Night, Drake Maye talks everything from shoulder to marriage to superstitions

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What's the median income in your Mass. city or town? Here's what the data show. -- Explore the data for your city or town.

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Forecast | Ken Mahan -- Boston breaks the freeze with 'warm' temperatures expected again on Tuesday

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Coast Guard identifies seven people aboard Gloucester fishing vessel that sank off Cape Ann -- "It's painful to read these names and think about what has transpired here," State Senator Bruce Tarr said at a press briefing Monday.

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Why are South Station's fare gates turned off and wrapped in plastic? -- Keolis, the T's commuter rail operator, points to harsh winter weather.

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MassDevelopment sells off parcel to build 12 manufactured homes in Devens

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'You are his witnesses': At funeral for homeless man, many didn't know him — but still came to mourn -- Carvell Curry, 62, had no known relatives. But he built community even as he faced a sometimes daily struggle to survive, loved ones said.

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In a tense battle throughout, BU bests Northeastern in a shootout to advance to Beanpot final vs. BC

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Starting Point -- Kicking off the Olympics

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Your guide to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina

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Two runners from Massachusetts are taking on the World Marathon Challenge

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Jill Abramson - Don Lemon's arrest was wrong, but his reporting raises questions - Journalists should not be openly showing favoritism.

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EDITORIAL -- A threat to Haitian workers is a threat to the Massachusetts economy

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IDEAS | John Mac Ghlionn -- Conservatives see the bogeyman of communism everywhere

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- Amid economic warning signs, Healey talks Trump

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Disney parks chief Amaro named to succeed Bob Iger as CEO -- Disney has named its parks chief Josh D'Amaro to succeed Bob Iger as the entertainment giant's top executive.

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Two people linked to Brockton homicide arrested in Maine, authorities say -- Michael Thompson, 35 and Dayana Slade, 25, were arrested Monday in Lewiston, officials said.

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Zipcar cutting ties to Boston, laying off 126 people -- Avis Budget Group, the owner of the car-sharing service, will move its headquarters to New Jersey.

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Lowell 19-year-old sentenced to prison directing robbery of mail carrier in Nashua, N.H. -- Tyler Savinon was sentenced to 18 months in prison for directing other teens to rob a mail carrier in New Hampshire, officials said.

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Could Springfield have a downtown renaissance? Developers who are invested here tick off the amenities: a cluster of museums, a symphony orchestra, walkability, and affordability.

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KEVIN CULLEN -- How a gas station's demise represents a changing Boston -- The venerable gas station in Jamaica Plain, a Boston institution, is about to go the way of, what else, housing.

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THE FINE PRINT -- It's tax prep time. Here's what you need to know about filing this year. -- New for 2026: SALT deductions are quadrupled, and "Trump accounts" are introduced.

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Boston classical music wins big at Grammys

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Watch Bad Bunny's speeches, Trevor Noah's monologue, plus more memorable moments from Sunday's Grammys

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Watch: 'Friends,' Seinfeld' stars join Ben Affleck in teaser for Dunkin's 2026 Super Bowl commercial

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Catherine O'Hara could always land the joke

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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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EDITORIAL -- Wu, City Council should make sure police watchdog has bite

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Mariel Garza -- California's proposed billionaire tax has ultrarich in full panic mode

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IDEAS | ZOE YU -- Hinge is the new LinkedIn

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- The domestic terrorist in the White House

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IDEAS -- Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

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A disrupted polar vortex is sending more bursts of extreme cold our way - Sudden stratospheric warming is expected to keep a weakened vortex splintered, plunging the region back to record-breaking cold.

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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- Affirmative action in college admissions is dead. So everything's perfectly fair now? -- A 2023 Supreme Court decision barred colleges from considering race in deciding who gets in. But what has resulted is anything but equitable.

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STUDENT PHOTOJOURNALISM PROGRAM -- High school sports photo gallery: Making a splash amid the snow

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Olympics -- Nantucket's Ashley Wagner will share her figure skating expertise as part of NBC's 'Gold Zone' Olympics coverage

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Tara Sullivan -- For Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold, his NFL journey has not been without its scary moments

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MAHA says you can make a meal for $3 under its new food guidelines. Is that possible? -- Trump administration officials have been promoting the new guidelines as healthier than previous versions as well as budget-friendly.

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How the sale of a brand-new, empty office building in Cambridge will reshape real estate market

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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- Youth sports were good for kids. Then came the private club teams.

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VALUE BATTLE -- Does Market Basket have the best sub deal? Is Starbucks worth it? We put them to the test.

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Excerpt -- Coretta Scott King spoke out against the Vietnam War at a time when many leaders didn't dare dissent

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Dinner With Cupid -- Blind date: 'It's a red flag ... when it comes to a conversation about exes on a first date'

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There are no simple answers to R.I.'s health care crisis. But if we plan now, we can avoid chaos.

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A reprieve for Haitian immigrants welcomed but uncertainty remains

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Three firefighters injured in explosion at Nashua, N.H., building

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Eastern Mass. girls' basketball: Players of the Week, Jan. 26-Feb. 1

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How wedding professionals and couples are grappling with economic uncertainty this year

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Millions are turning to AI for medical information. Is it bad for our health?

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Paris prosecutors raid X offices as part of an investigation into child porn, deepfakes, and more

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GOP leaders labor for support ahead of key test vote on ending partial government shutdown

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Don Lemon says a dozen agents were sent to arrest him even though he offered to turn himself in

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Trump seeks $1 billion from Harvard hours after initial concession of payment demand

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Authorities believe 'Today' show host Savannah Guthrie's mother was taken against her will

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NASA targets a March launch of the moon rocket after test run reveals fuel leaks

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Russia fires 450 drones and 70 missiles at Ukraine, a day before US-brokered talks

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Iran's president seeks 'fair and equitable negotiations' with the United States

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Palestinians allowed in to Gaza and patients are evacuated to Egypt as the Rafah crossing reopens

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This looks like the year to unseat Senator Susan Collins in Maine

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US can't isolate itself from the world of science

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When your 'honeymoon' includes studying for finals

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Do you need to control your cortisol? Probably not, doctors say.

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How big is Ann Michael Maye about to get?

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Need a restaurant with comfortable seats? We've got your back.

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It's cold. Let's make black bean and orange soup.

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The cold, very ugly truth about winter hats

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Stuck in the winter doldrums? These photos will put you in a Key West state of mind.

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Is it possible to find Zen within a sprawling family resort?

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From an age of reason and tumult, came the fantastical and occult

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The PRC kicks off its 50th anniversary with 'Your Work Here 2026'

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Marian Goodman, eminent New York art dealer, dies at 97

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X.J. Kennedy, prize-winning poet and educator, dies at 96

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What can we learn from the trees that witnessed our history?

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The best local book events this week

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Kinnane Brothers go Hollywood with Kevin James' 'Solo Mio'

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Here are 5 clips of Catherine O'Hara at her best

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This week's TV: A new Henry Louis Gates Jr. docuseries, Keke Palmer in 'The 'Burbs,' and yes, the Super Bowl

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Alexander Skarsgård hosts 'Saturday Night Live,' Cardi B performs

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An electrifying 'Some Like It Hot' at the Opera House

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Onstage and in her new special, Janet McNamara wants to win you over

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Hasty Pudding postpones Woman of the Year ceremony and parade

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Thermo Fisher to close Franklin plant, lay off 80 workers

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Mass General Brigham cancer clinicians push for unionization vote

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Massachusetts home hospital programs face another shutdown

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Linda Wilson, final president of Radcliffe as a separate college, dies at 89

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Joe Montgomery, who made bicycles lighter, dies at 86

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