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When will the Iran war end? Trump's responses are all over the place.

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Longtime US Representative Bennie Thompson defeats young Democratic challenger in Mississippi primary

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ADRIAN WALKER - Robert Kraft can fix Boston's World Cup woes. He needs to get to work. We're barely three months out from World Cup 2026, a huge international soccer tournament in Foxborough, and it's an understatement to say nothing is going as planned.

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'Can't seem to get their act together': Boston's bold dream of hosting World Cup is on shaky ground

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Wu announces millions in funding for immigrant organizations in Boston -- The funding includes more than $1 million from the city of Boston, and more than $3 million in public and private partnerships with philanthropies.

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Boston's top election official quietly left post while department was in state receivership -- Secretary of State William F. Galvin placed the city's elections department under state oversight through this fall's elections after finding the city had "unacceptable" problems during the 2024 presidential vote.

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Cohasset man trying to shoot coyotes from second-floor window kills his wife's dog instead, police say

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Healey wants Trump administration to pay $1,745 refunds to Mass. households because of tariffs

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Trump administration to restart Global Entry program

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Developer behind 26-story Davis Square tower says he'll do what it takes to get neighbors' support. It may take a lot. Finding compromise on a plan to build big in the neighborhood is proving to be a very tall order.

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Ben Volin | On football -- Agreeing to terms with free agent receiver Romeo Doubs is nice, but the Patriots still need to trade for A.J. Brown -- Brown doesn't have any money due until the first game of the 2026 season, giving the Patriots six months to try to pry him free.

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Ravens back out of trade agreement with Raiders for star pass rusher Maxx Crosby

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See how Day 2 of NFL free agency unfolded

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After waiting out winter for a sunny day, Boston finally got one Tuesday

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Bam Adebayo scores 83 points, second-best in NBA history in Heat win over Wizards

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Italy 8, United States 6 -- Greg Weissert strikes out Aaron Judge to save Italy's upset win over Team USA in World Baseball Classic -- Former Red Sox prospect Kyle Teel hit one of three Italy homers in the game, as the US will hope for another Italy win Wednesday against Mexico to help guarantee their spot in the quarterfinals.

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Bruins 2, Kings 1 (OT) -- After absorbing a hard hit, Charlie McAvoy's parting shot in overtime vs. Kings extends home win streak to 13 games -- McAvoy delivered winner 39 seconds into OT of Bruins' 2-1 victory Tuesday night at TD Garden.

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INNOVATION BEAT -- 'I don't even look at the gas prices anymore': EV drivers zip by gas stations, ignoring price spike -- With the Middle East conflict driving volatility in oil and gas prices, electric vehicle drivers who charge at home are reaping rewards.

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RENÉE GRAHAM - US likely bombed an Iranian school. Don't expect Trump to admit it. This lawless administration seems unlikely to abide by the rules of engagement in war.

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Linda J. Bilmes -- The real cost of the war with Iran

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EDITORIAL -- More shrinking pains at BPS

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IDEAS | JONATHAN WILSON -- Donald Trump wants to be emperor of the World Cup

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'Out-of-control behavior' has become the norm at the St. Patrick's Day parade. Officials say they have 'zero tolerance' for it. -- Officials cited an "unacceptable atmosphere" at the parade in recent years.

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Boston police warn against drink spiking ahead of St. Patrick's Day parade

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Matthews Arena demolition underway at Northeastern University -- Crews recently began knocking down the arena, which opened in 1910. It will be replaced with a modern athletic facility.

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Gillette will build new headquarters next to South Boston campus with nearly $1 billion investment from Procter & Gamble -- Procter & Gamble announced on Tuesday that it has ended its search for a new Gillette corporate office by picking a site next door to its sprawling South Boston campus.

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Man died after Salem fire; second house fire death in Mass. this week -- The 62-year-old man's death Tuesday came one day after a woman suffered fatal injuries in a house fire in Southbridge, fire officials said.

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Out of public view: Governor Healey significantly scaled back official events in 2025, Globe analysis finds -- Healey did 20 percent fewer official events last year than she did in 2023 when she first took office, according to data from her office.

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THE BIG DAY - She shoveled her car out of 2 feet of snow on her wedding day - An epic January snowstorm left Abigail and Colin without a venue. But quick thinking saved the day.

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

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'You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World!' is on a small stage, but it has big ideas

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Oscars 2026: How to stream all 10 best picture nominees

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Boston Ballet's 2026 'Winter Experience' is a program for all seasons

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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 | STEVEN ONOFUA -- Boston's 'zombie labs' delusion

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EDITORIAL -- Wu backed off bike lanes last year. Now what?

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Ashish K. Jha and Irene Papanicolas -- Hospital bills are too high. Price caps are the answer.

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Andrew Zimbalist -- The questions Bostonians should be asking about White Stadium

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JEFF JACOBY -- Beacon Hill can't stand it when voters change the law

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IDEAS -- Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

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Some MBTA commuter trains out of South Station delayed due to signal issue -- Several commuter rail trains departing from and bound for South Station experienced delays on Tuesday night.

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Fleet 2, Goldeneyes 1 (OT) -- Shay Maloney's individual effort backs Aerin Frankel, extends Fleet's win streak to six in Vancouver -- Neither team scored until the third period, much of Tuesday's game a showpiece for Frankel and Goldeneyes backup Kristen Campbell. Each had 25 saves.

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HIGH SCHOOLS -- Six takeaways from Tuesday's high school basketball semifinals, plus NEPSAC football decision day

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Spurs 125, Celtics 116 -- With Jaylen Brown ejected, Celtics could not overcome Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs

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MASCONOMET 50, POPE FRANCIS 48 -- With a second-half surge, Masconomet answers last year's collapse to reach Division 2 championship

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Why some airport security screeners will continue to get paid during the government shutdown -- Because contractors' pay comes from a federal contract, it often continues even when the government shuts down.

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Inflation likely to spike in coming months after tame February reading -- Consumer prices are forecast to have risen 2.5 percent in February from a year earlier when the Labor Department reports last month's figures Wednesday, according to a survey of economists by data provider FactSet.

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TALKING POINTS -- Beta Technologies selected for federal pilot program, set to fly in Vermont this year

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USA Today names Jamie Stockwell as next top editor

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Spring Arts -- What's happening this spring? Shake off winter with these 30 events in theater, books, museums, and more.

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Transit Police report 13 percent reduction in major crime on MBTA system, officials say

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Cooler with a chance of scattered showers Wednesday, with a wintry mix and snow up north

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Fool's Spring in Boston? Locals flock outside anyway

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Bishop Fenwick girls ride dynamic senior captain duo past Medway into Division 3 basketball final

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With big man Ryan Mutschler running the show, Hanover hoop outmuscles Greater Lawrence in Div. 3 semis

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Culture at Columbia shielded sexual assault by physician, report finds

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Whoop is launching $299 blood testing service aimed at women

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It's not just oil. Here are the other essential goods the Iran War is disrupting.

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Iran keeps up pressure on oil infrastructure as concerns of global energy crisis grow

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Iran fires at Gulf states as US says it destroyed 16 mine-laying vessels. Follow live updates.

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Trump-backed Fuller and Democrat Harris move to Georgia runoff to succeed Marjorie Taylor Greene

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A Florida woman has been charged in a shooting at Rihanna's Los Angeles home

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NASA satellite is expected to burn up as it falls to earth

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Canada's Liberals closer to a majority government after another opposition defection

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Russia and Ukraine both claim front-line progress with US-brokered talks on hold

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US showers Iran with bombs in most intense strikes of the war, Pentagon says

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The hidden danger on our plates

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An unwelcome passing of the baton at the BSO

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Students should not be left to navigate their way through loan repayment

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Here's what to eat to sleep a little better every day

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It's difficult to date as a busy single dad

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Does a lab-grown diamond mean he loves me less?

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Boston pubs and restaurants that make you feel like you are in Ireland

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From porchetta to parm, these are the dishes Boston restaurants can't take off the menu

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At Raffles' Blind Duck, Nancy Nguyen sees the future of cocktails

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How will rising oil prices affect airfares? Here's what to know.

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My mom missed her chance to see Elvis. On a whirlwind Memphis trip, we did the next best thing.

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United will ban passengers who don't wear headphones. Here are other behaviors airlines should target.

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A Whitney Biennial for the forlorn

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Big shoes, goofy costumes, and a lot of makeup: Professional clowns gather in Boston for annual convention

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Revolutionary doings at the Athenaeum

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Needham native Amy Littlefield hunts for the 'Killers of Roe' in a book of journalism that pays homage to Agatha Christie

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Boston-area authors recognized in Jewish Book Awards, LA Times Book Prizes

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As things fall apart, Yeats' 1919 poem 'The Second Coming' seems as timely as ever

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Oscar predictions: Here's who should win, and who will win, on Sunday night

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Why are so many pop culture characters named Kevin?

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You'll be able to watch the UK version of 'Saturday Night Live' on Peacock

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'Brady Bunch' house, used in exterior shots for the popular sitcom, gets LA landmark status

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Tommy DeCarlo, who became longtime singer of Boston after a Myspace tribute, dies at 60

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'Antiquities' questions what the future of AI might hold for us

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In a time of isolation and division, The Jar uses art to pursue the 'most basic human thing,' connection.

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After tensions, Dana-Farber and Brigham say they will collaborate on physician assistants

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Removing race from kidney function algorithm helped more Black patients access transplants

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Alexander Butterfield, the Nixon aide who disclosed Watergate tapes, dies at 99

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Country Joe McDonald, whose antiwar song became an anthem, dies at 84

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