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After Scott Pelley firing, a look back at the flurry of media shakeups during the second Trump administration

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Wellington lines up acquisition of Hartford Funds in $1.9 billion deal -- The nearly 400 people who work for Hartford Funds will join Wellington Management's 3,000-person workforce.

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CBS' Bari Weiss defends Scott Pelley's firing, says the 'foundation' of 'trust and mutual respect' was broken

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Republicans won the redistricting battle. Now voters will decide whether they win Congress.

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If this cross-country car race had ended differently, would we all be driving Shawmuts now?

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Peabo Bryson, known for duets from Disney's 'Aladdin' and 'Beauty and the Beast,' has died at 75

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Escalating their feud, Wu endorses state Senator Nick Collins' primary challenger

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Mayor Wu endorses compromise rent control proposal, saying it would 'avoid a messy ballot initiative'

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Read the letter firing Scott Pelley from '60 Minutes' — and his response

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A small group of 'superdodgers' insist they've never had COVID. Here's why they may be wrong.

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Gary Washburn - 'What was written was so untrue': Ex-BC men's basketball coach still looking for answers since being fired in 2010

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Former UMass Amherst chef accused of killing wife is moved from state psychiatric hospital to jail

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WCVB reporter Matt Reed is the latest broadcast journalist to announce he's leaving TV news

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Newport man allegedly touched 16-year-old girl on flight from Florida, officials say

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Pentagon hires convicted Jan. 6 Capitol attacker for sensitive counterterrorism job

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DEVRA FIRST -- This new food hall might be Boston's best

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Boston's Haitian community celebrates World Cup qualification, team captain with Mass. roots

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Boston bartenders really don't want bars to stay open later during the World Cup

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Ambitions were high after the last men's World Cup in the US. Here's what's happened to the home team since.

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'Maybe we'll never, ever take it down': Trump compares UFC cage to the Eiffel Tower

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Rubio insists that any US-Iran deal will be 'better' than Obama agreement. Follow live updates.

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Spencer Pratt, a missing congressman, and a rare Trump setback: Here's what to know about the primaries

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Rihanna, A$AP Rocky party with Jaylen Brown in Back Bay

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At the Coolidge Corner Theatre's Bleak Week, fans are watching cinema's most devastating works

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EDITORIAL - Sheriffs need to stick to their limited job — with a limited budget - Reining in this vestige of colonial rule may take years.

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- For women, Platner vs. Collins is a tough choice because of abortion rights

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Ideas | Abdallah Fayyad -- Trump's corruption is hurting you

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Peter Laffin -- Whatever happened to the New England Democrat?

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Embrace Boston acquires buildings for a 'vibrant social and cultural hub' in Downtown Crossing

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N.H. voting laws, school budgets, and nuclear power: The final compromises of 2026

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Videos showing groups of people entering NYC sewers at night baffle residents and investigators

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R.I. State Police arrest 8 people in child sex trafficking investigation

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Public health officials to conduct tests at Uxbridge High School after several teachers were diagnosed with breast cancer

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NASA declares its Mars Maven spacecraft dead after more than decade of observation

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The most Seth Moulton-like candidate running to replace him just may be a Republican - A half-dozen Democrats want to fill Seth Moulton's seat, but Micah Q. Jones, a onetime-Democrat-turned-Republican, may strike the strongest comparison to the incumbent.

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The rats of the sky are coming for your beach lunch -- And there's nothing you can do about it.

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odie henderson - All of Steven Spielberg's movies, ranked - As the director's latest film, "Disclosure Day," heads to theaters, here's how the other 34 stack up.

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Boston and Philadelphia are fighting again. Here's why. -- Most Philadelphians don't feel that the revolutionary battles outweigh what happened inside the walls of Independence Hall.

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Fighting words — the Revolutionary kind

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'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' will soon have a dedicated YouTube channel

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Who gets to decide what kids read? Gloucester Stage's 'Bad Books' delves into the discourse.

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Ming Min Hui steps down as Boston Ballet's executive director

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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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Barbara McQuade -- The worst part of Trump's 'anti-weaponization' fund

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Eugene Scott -- More musicians are refusing to 'shut up and sing'

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ALAN WIRZBICKI -- Rhode Island cut wrong-way crashes dramatically. We can too.

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

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WEEKEND FORECAST | DAVE EPSTEIN - Friday will be a spectacular beach day before another somewhat gloomy weekend. Here's your New England forecast. Showers will again, unfortunately, dampen the weather picture at some point this weekend.

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Green Line trolley service resumes after power issue at Reservoir Yard in Brookline, MBTA says -- The downed wire knocked out train service for hours, officials said.

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Orioles at Red Sox | 6:45 p.m. (NESN) -- Game 60: Orioles at Red Sox lineups and notes -- Payton Tolle will be on the mound when the Red Sox take on Baltimore at Fenway Park.

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Patriots -- Patriots' schedule of three preseason games announced -- The Patriots will face the Colts at home Aug. 13, the Eagles at home Aug. 22, and the Browns on the road Aug. 27, ahead of roster cutdown day Aug. 30.

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Bruins -- Bruins might have some tough decisions to make about Pavel Zacha this summer -- Zacha is due for a hefty pay raise after the 2026-27 season.

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HIGH SCHOOLS -- MIAA postseason guide: Everything you need to know, including quarterfinal and semifinal schedules

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French Open -- Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka loses in French Open quarterfinals

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Trump administration seeks new path forward with tariffs after first attempt hit legal roadblocks -- The administration this week has proposed slapping double-digit tariffs on products from dozens of major US trading partners.

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CBS News fires Scott Pelley of '60 Minutes'

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PERSPECTIVE -- Despite how you feel about Trump spite-taxing elite schools, you might be missing the bigger issue

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LOVE LETTERS -- How do I maintain the peace I've created for myself and still date?

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Your Home | Summer Living -- How a Chilmark home became their year-round getaway with a dreamy kitchen

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CONNECTIONS -- My family can't say a four-letter word starting with 'L.' I'm OK with that.

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Former postal worker sentenced to one day in prison for stealing medications sent by mail, prosecutors say

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Tropical Storm Amanda is the first of the Pacific hurricane season, meteorologists say

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Trading for A.J. Brown was the right move for the Patriots, but there's a lot not to like about it

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Ford recall for seat belt issue and a do-not-drive order for some Bronco Sport and Maverick vehicles

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With huge IPOs on the horizon, how much is Musk's SpaceX really worth?

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Out of time to delay, House to vote on directing an end to the war in Iran

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Shia LaBeouf pleads guilty to simple battery for punching bargoers during Mardi Gras

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Latest Luigi Mangione hearing shrouded in secrecy as judge shuts out press and public

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Ukrainian drones hit St Petersburg oil terminal before the Russian city hosts economic forum

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Fire sweeps through a New Delhi building, killing at least 21 people

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Kenyan court deals new blow to plans for US Ebola unit

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Travel bans aren't enough to stop Ebola's spread

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Grade inflation is damaging students. Graduation standards need to push back.

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How Harvard radicals inspired the conservative legal movement

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Under Notre Dame cathedral, a 'dig of the century' unearths 1,700 years of history

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Can marriage improve your health? Here are the benefits that experts see.

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Boston's inaugural Diaspora Food Festival slated for June

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This Boston couple bought a vineyard in France. Finally, their wines are available to buy.

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These nut butters are out of this world, literally

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Keep your political agenda off my boarding pass

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Yes, you can do London in a long weekend. Here's how to make the most of it.

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Thom Sesma on his pilgrim credentials, Trader Joe's trail mix, and never checking a bag

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With blinding lights and bone-rattling rumbles, an artist examines a dam's destruction

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Local bestsellers for the week ended May 31

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Irish writer Maggie O'Farrell writes a love letter to her home and its language

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Inside the real-life weather forecast depicted in the movie 'Pressure'

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Feeling a little bleak about the world? There's a film festival for that.

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'Cape Fear' has changed names, locales, and formats. Now, it's an Apple TV series.

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Trump said he got a 'perfect score' on another cognitive test. These late-night hosts have a few follow up questions.

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Only two songs with 'Boston' in the title have charted on the Hot 100. Stella Lefty just added a third.

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Performances and shoutouts to the importance of theater abound at Norton Awards

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Elliot Norton Award winners announced, with honors to Gloucester Stage, Front Porch Arts Collective, others

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As FDA misses deadline on electric shock ban, disability advocates speak out

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Moderna receives $50 million in push for Ebola vaccines

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Rick Adelman, Hall of Fame NBA coach, dies at 79

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Dennis Hull, who starred for the Blackhawks and helped Canada win the '72 Summit Series, dies at 81

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