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Cease-fire at risk with possible mines in Strait of Hormuz and Israel attacking Lebanon. Follow live updates.

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Trump's threats of potential war crimes against Iran surprised the world. Based on his history, they shouldn't have.

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Here's where Trump's five war goals stand after Iran cease-fire

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AI-generated explicit photos are flooding schools. Not much is being done to stem the tide.

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'Everyone knows it's not going to be the same.' Mass. high court weighs challenge to $325 million White Stadium project.

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Massachusetts drought eases as snowmelt, rains replenish state

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Forecast: Look for a rebound in temperatures on Thursday after a frosty start

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13 injured at explosion, fire at manufacturing plant in East Providence

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Rachael Rollins pulls papers to run for Suffolk DA, official says

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Beach, please: Mass. Senate backs Healey's plan to redefine when a beach becomes public

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'We don't have those resources anymore.' Wu's $4.9 billion budget proposal slashes many city grant programs.

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Two people face charges in Swansea after report of second-grader with gun at school

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North Andover police unions vote no confidence in chief after Kelsey Fitzsimmons acquittal last month

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Takeaways from the Gilgo Beach case as Rex Heuermann pleads guilty to 7 murders and admits to an 8th

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'Wow, that just flew open right next to me': Cape Air passenger recounts portion of door opening mid-flight

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Patriots coach Mike Vrabel responds to photos with NFL reporter that went viral

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ALEX SPEIER | ON BASEBALL - Top-heavy Red Sox rotation to this point will need other starters to get in line behind Garrett Crochet and Sonny Gray

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There's a scientific reason why some people sit in the car before or after a long day

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IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER - Trump should have listened to Obama about Iran - The war is the president's attempt to solve a problem of his own making.

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EDITORIAL -- Five years later, the state's police commission is proving its value

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RIGHT, LEFT, AND CENTER -- Can AI and good journalism coexist?

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IDEAS | Anjana Sankar -- War comes to the United Arab Emirates

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- Trump violated the laws of war. There is only one way to hold him accountable.

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Mass. House approves bill limiting social media use for children under age 14

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Pro-Markey super PAC launches ad accusing Moulton of not being progressive enough

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'Ketamine Queen' gets 15 years in prison for selling Matthew Perry the drugs that killed him

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Some White Mountain rock climbing routes in N.H. are closed until August for peregrine falcon nesting, officials said

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Blue-collar work has plateaued, narrowing options for young workers

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BETH TEITELL - Scammers, supercharged by AI, are coming for your password - Generative AI is making phishing worse than ever. But can we really keep our guard up 24/7?

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Shirley Leung -- As Croft School collapses, one question remains: Where was the board? -- The four people charged with overseeing the private elementary school with campuses in Boston and Providence claim they, too, were blindsided by its stunning implosion.

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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- Six tips for getting the most out of a public university education in Massachusetts -- While the appeal of a prestigious private college degree persists, there are perks to going the public route.

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A former Mass. lawmaker took campaign cash to fuel a gambling addiction. He says he still deserves his $800,000 pension. A Democrat who represented Lowell is asking a judge to reverse a decision stripping him of more than $800,000 in retirement payouts.

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

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What's 'Normal' for Bob Odenkirk? Constantly trying new projects, the actor says.

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'I think it is good to just say that word out loud': Local musicians perform at suicide-prevention festival

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Adriana E. Ramírez chronicles Colombia's history by mining her own family's

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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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Trita Parsi -- Trump's Iran blunder: How a day of threats backfired

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EDITORIAL -- After BPD shooting in Roxbury, questions swirl about body cam video

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

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Tewksbury Hospital patient charged with assaulting staffer -- The 59-year-old man will be summoned on an assault charge to district court, police said.

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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' LACROSSE -- Globe Top 20 boys' lacrosse poll: X-tremely battle-tested -- With the two most impressive losses of the season thus far, Xaverian moved up from No. 16 to No. 13 in the Globe's latest Top 20 boys' lacrosse poll.

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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' LACROSSE NOTEBOOK -- How coach Austin Costa elevated Milford boys' lacrosse from 0-18 to contenders in just five years -- Costa inherited a roster with 16 players, half of whom were freshmen. This year, 51 players came out for the 3-1 Scarlet Hawks.

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HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' LACROSSE -- Eastern Mass. boys' lacrosse: Players of the Week for April 1-7 -- Among a bevy of goals and assists, we highlight stars from Andover, Medfield, Nantucket, Winchester, Tewksbury, and Walpole.

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COLLEGE SPORTS -- NCAA committee to discuss streamlined, age-based eligibility rules, AP sources say

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HIGH SCHOOLS -- Twelve takeaways from one of the busiest high school sports days of the year

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Jeff Shell steps down as president of Paramount -- talkingpoints

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In an uncertain environment for corporate giving, Liberty Mutual Foundation launches $600 million endowment

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The College Issue -- The fate of a $125 million Tremont Street building hinges on one question: What was Rosalie Stahl thinking?

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THE BIG DAY -- Building skills for a happy relationship was part of their courtship

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KARA BASKIN -- Youth sports were good for kids. Then came the private club teams.

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SPRING TRAVEL -- Martha's Vineyard and Newport are wallet-busters in summer. Try shoulder season.

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A delightful spring weekend awaits across New England

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Michigan's win over UConn averages 18.3 million for most-watched NCAA men's final since 2019

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Pistons' Cade Cunningham registers double-double in return from collapsed lung

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Here's a closer look at the four most likely playoff opponents for the Bruins in Round 1

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Amazon and US Postal Service reach new deal on deliveries after year of talks

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When will prices come down for gas, air travel, and strawberries?

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After Trump's Iran ultimatum and a fragile cease-fire, Iranian Americans brace for what's next

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Iran and US disagree on terms of cease-fire as strikes continue in Lebanon. See how the day unfolded.

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Former NYPD officer faces sentencing in cooler throwing death

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Sean 'Diddy' Combs' lawyers appeal his conviction with First Amendment argument

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New deadline looms for US and Iran as truce wavers

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Cease-fire is threatened as Israel expands Lebanon strikes and Iran closes strait again

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Why don't Newton's most disabled schoolchildren have an accessible playground?

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Russia's desperate commanders resort to humiliating their soldiers

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What my son's college choice says about Jewish students today

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This simple springtime activity is surprisingly good for your brain

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Brendan Pelley, culinary force behind Krasi, to open his own restaurant in Chelmsford

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La Tavernetta opens in Eastie; Two Pence bets on Milton Village

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Grill 23 restaurant group will expand to the Seaport

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Spring break bills skyrocket for wealthy Americans vacationing at the beach

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Saunas are becoming the new social hot spot

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How many ways can you make a Bloody Mary?

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A controversial mural depicting a slain Ukrainian refugee is now on a Lebanese restaurant in Providence's Federal Hill

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Golden statues of himself, a 747 inside: Trump's presidential library rendering is unsurprising — and unlikely to become reality

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'How did I know my work was special?'

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There are many ways to fight racism, says Kellie Carter Jackson, whose forceful book demonstrates that writing history is one of them

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Local bestsellers for the week ended April 5

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On TV and the stage, fictional authors are creator stand-ins, and so much more

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In 'Nothing to See Here: Watts,' those affected by gang violence filmed their own documentary

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Netflix's 'Big Mistakes' keeps the big laughs coming

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Eric Overmyer made an impact on the stage, but a bigger one on the screen

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'He went from Mahatma Gandhi to General Zod like that': Kimmel, Colbert react to Trump's Iran comments, cease-fire deal

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How Jessye DeSilva's mid-life return to songwriting yielded an album of queer joy anthems

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UK bars Ye over antisemitism, despite scheduled festival performances

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A muddled script and reliance on cliches sinks 'The Outsiders'

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To be or not to be Hamlet?

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Lyric Stage's 'Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous' offers too much telling, and not enough showing

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Brockton Hospital forced to use paper records after cyber incident: 'Yes, it's similar to The Pitt'

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Tick season is back. Here are 5 things to know.

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Legendary mountaineer Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest, dies at 97

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Dodgers great Davey Lopes, an infield fixture and record-setting base stealer, dies at 80

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Nathan Farb, 85, dies; photographed hippies, Siberians, and mountains

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