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NASCAR -- Denny Hamlin beats teammate Chase Briscoe at Dover for second NASCAR All-Star Race win -- Hamlin led the final 30 laps for his third consecutive win on the 1-mile oval track.

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Eastern Mass. tennis: Players of the Week for May 10-15

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AI startups can succeed in Massachusetts. This billion-dollar deal shows why.

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Boys thrive in vocational schools. Should we build more?

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'SNL': Will Ferrell hosts season finale, Paul McCartney performs

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The best of Maine, on the cheap. (Yes, it's possible.)

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'That's home to me': Marcelo Mayer to practice at shortstop as Red Sox mull position change

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Boston police Commissioner Cox: Cambridge shooter sentence 'does not match the seriousness of the offense'

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For kids in public housing, connections to higher-income neighbors can lead to increased earnings

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Wellesley father remembers slain children at funeral service

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Fired Mass. immigration judge sues Trump administration, alleges wrongful termination

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Forecast | Dave Epstein - A little cooler on Monday, but record heat is on the way

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A buoyant mood, and some dark humor, at soon-to-close Hampshire College's commencement

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2 injured in Dorchester shooting, police say

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For Trump, soaring prices test voters' finances and patience

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7 Republicans voted to convict Trump. Most are no longer in office.

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QUICK BITE -- A new Waltham taqueria serves 'some of the most authentic' Mexican food around

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La CASA opens its doors with a weekend of bomba, salsa, and art

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RENÉE GRAHAM - Women aren't 'under-babied' The Trump administration's obsession with America's fertility rate is racist, delusional, and misogynistic.

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EDITORIAL -- 'Ghost networks' make finding mental health care harder

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IDEAS| Miles Howard -- Why aren't there more COVID-19 memorials?

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IDEAS | Perri Klass -- My mother always said Mother's Day was a racket — my inbox agrees

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IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER -- In foreign policy, the best modern presidents have been Republicans — present company excluded

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Volunteer firefighter killed in Maine mill explosion 'wanted to do everything,' says former chief

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Harvard's endowment chief begins plans to depart from fund

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NY governor pleads with unions to resume talks amid commuter rail strike

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Bulgaria wins the 70th Eurovision Song Contest with upbeat party anthem 'Bangaranga'

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NHL PLAYOFFS | GAME 6: Sabres 8, Canadiens 3 - Sabres rally to beat the Canadiens to force Game 7

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Accused serial rapist Alvin Campbell, brother of state Attorney General Andrea Campbell, faces trial

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Trapped in the dark web - Online child exploitation is spreading like a 'tidal wave.' Police can't keep up. Threats once confined to the physical world are now on children's laptops, their gaming systems, and the phones they carry in their pockets — and investigators can't keep up.

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When a man got stuck at the bottom of an MBTA escalator, people who saw him did almost nothing. He ended up dying. -- "I'll be honest, I have never had such a lack of faith in humanity ever," Steven McCluskey's sister said.

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After more than 50 years, a WPI student finally walks the commencement stage -- Kerry Lynn is graduating 50 years after when he was first supposed to from WPI. He got his degree in computer science when AI is taking over and making jobs for students difficult. He worked in the technology industry for years.

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Dan Shaughnessy - Joe Morgan, the greatest interim manager in baseball history, knows what Chad Tracy is dealing with, and other thoughts - "I never considered that there was much difference from managing at Triple-A," Morgan said.

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It's now easier than ever to search the Globe recipe archive

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80 fun concerts, festivals, shows, and more to check out around Boston this summer

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ART's 'Black Swan' brings the movie's saga of dance and ambition to the stage

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What's your 'type'? Because this man's type is ... very specific.

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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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IDEAS | ARINDRAJIT DUBE -- How to save the middle class

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Renée Loth -- Remote work made life easier. It also made us rusty.

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Jeffrey S. Flier and John Tomasi -- Keep politics out of commencement speeches

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- Trump crashes out over perceived Supreme disloyalty with a court-packing threat

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- Is Susan Collins's health fair game in the Maine Senate race?

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

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Black bears are wandering through Massachusetts towns this spring. Here is what to do if you see one. -- "I guarantee it's happening right now, somewhere in Massachusetts," said Dave Wattles of MassWildlife. "There's a bear in someone's yard because of all the food that people have around their homes."

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Braves 8, Red Sox 1 -- Red Sox go quiet in Atlanta, drop series to Braves -- Brayan Bello allowed seven earned runs over five innings of work in another loss.

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Patriots -- Ranking the Patriots position groups from least to most concerning as OTAs approach -- Cornerback should be a strength for New England. Offensive line? Not so much.

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Red Sox at Braves | 1:35 p.m. (NESN) -- Game 46: Red Sox at Braves lineups and notes

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Michigan community college student to be 1st woman to represent US at world welding competition

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Harvard and MIT sold edX for $800m five years ago. How are they spending the money? -- Axim operates almost like an early-stage venture capital firm for education, investing in promising ideas and inspiring leaders who are working to improve student outcomes.

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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- In 1970s Boston, young hustlers made easy money selling smart term papers to college students

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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- Could patient portals be less baffling and more helpful? A cartoon explainer.

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DINNER WITH CUPID -- Blind date: 'We talked a lot about her dog, Clementine, a sheepadoodle'

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PERSPECTIVE -- I'm a single mom. Here's why I can't wait to be an empty-nester.

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Korben enjoys being around others

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Globe Top 20 boys' and girls' tennis polls: Newton South roaring up the ranks

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Is this the best Lexington boys' tennis team ever? The postseason will determine that.

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Drone strike sparks fire at UAE nuclear power plant in latest blow to Iran ceasefire

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Hormuz tracker: Gridlock persists while blocked tanker sails on

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To critics, Trump remarks reveal a billionaire out of touch

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Thousands flock to National Mall in Washington for prayer rally

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Hawaii's worst flooding in 20 years leaves farmers struggling and fewer veggies at the market

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A young socialist mayor in Seattle, Starbucks, and tension over soaking the rich

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Trump administration pushes to speed oil permitting in Alaska

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Researchers stunned by a forgotten medieval book in Rome hiding the oldest English poem

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Researchers stunned by a forgotten medieval book in Rome hiding the oldest English poem

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The empty nest is calling — and I'm ready

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Social workers can tell you how to solve the mental health care gap

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What chaplains really see inside immigration detention centers

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Graduates boo commencement speech about AI in Florida

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Adults relive the camaraderie of youth at band camps for grown-ups

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When generations collide down the aisle

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After a suspenseful search for Swirly, Flour Bakery welcomes new-ish mascot

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This week's most notable new restaurant openings around Boston

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Scholars bar in Downtown Crossing to close after 15 years. But a replacement is on the way.

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JetBlue to pull out of N.H.'s largest airport amid 'capacity crisis,' officials say

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A piece of New England hotel history gets a multimillion-dollar makeover. Take a peek inside.

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Mural being painted in Nashua's Renaissance Park features nod to city's French-Canadian heritage

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In art history, 'nude' almost always meant nude women, painted by men. An MFA exhibit documents a contemporary rebuttal.

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Unearthly light: Abstraction Expressionism's Gloucester connection

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Judith Barnard, of best-selling 'Judith Michael' fame, dies at 94

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The best local book events this week

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Author Ann Patchett urges a 'breath' for books as PEN gala raises $2M amid ban surge

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Koji Suzuki, sometimes called the Stephen King of Japan, dies at 68

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Five new movies and TV shows to stream this weekend

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Between love and madness lies 'Obsession'

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The 'Battlestar Galactica' reboot was a timely show about terrorism. It was also just good TV.

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Inside the 'Lincoln' symphony that Philip Glass pulled from Trump's Kennedy Center

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A gripping update to Greek tragedy in Huntington's 'Oedipus El Rey'

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Chris Fleming, used to 'scheming in the shadows,' is adjusting to wild success in the spotlight

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Blue Cross, Point32Health insurers rebound after years of GLP-1 drug-related losses

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Here's what the Supreme Court ruling on mailing mifepristone means for Massachusetts

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Claudine Longet, singer and actor at center of a notorious manslaughter trial, dies

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