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Ebola outruns containment in eastern Congo as contact tracing falters -- Ebola is spreading faster than responders can track it in eastern Congo, where health workers managed to follow up with barely one in five identified contacts in a single day.

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Memorial Drive shooting victim sees long recovery ahead as he recalls terrifying encounter with gunman

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This apex predator shark is seeing a historic comeback in Cape Cod waters

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Bowdoin College is trying to create a 21-acre campsite. Here's where it stands.

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Roxbury's Black Market began with a promising vision but will close at month's end

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Iran and the US are close to a deal aimed at ending the war, officials say

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The fight on Beacon Hill over the legislative audit is a messy one. Here's what to know.

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A second Ebola treatment center is set ablaze in eastern Congo, with 18 suspected cases fleeing

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Kyle Busch died after pneumonia progressed into sepsis, his family says

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Man arrested for Dorchester shooting that injured one person, police say

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A Nobel Prize-winning author admitted she uses AI. What's the literary world coming to?

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Prom is crazy expensive. This fairy-prom mother gives students their storybook dance for free.

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Chad Finn | Sports Media -- ESPN's Stephen A. Smith the only one who benefits from ongoing feud with Celtics star Jaylen Brown

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AS I SEE IT -- 'Great thanks, Bruce Springsteen'

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Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes -- Former Red Sox CF Jackie Bradley Jr. has taken his circus-catch act to Banana Ball's Indianapolis Clowns

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Elissa Ely - The geography of belonging - My village accumulates through haircuts, conversations, soup deliveries, and shared grief over aging dogs.

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Alex Beam -- The World Cup: all hype, all drama, all worth it

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IDEAS | Caitlin Shetterly -- A pew of one's own

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IDEAS | Abdallah Fayyad -- Don't dismiss Nicholas Kristof's reporting on Israeli prisons

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EDITORIAL -- The clock is ticking: Boston and the T need to sort out the World Cup safety plan

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40,000 people under evacuation orders for a chemical tank leak in Southern California

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Woman struck, injured by duck boat in downtown Boston while in the crosswalk

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EPA clears a weedkiller, saying it won't push protected species to extinction

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PARENTING UNFILTERED - This Bravo TV star has Boston roots, and a brand-new movie that skewers momfluencers - Jill Kargman's "Influenced" comes to West Newton this weekend.

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Larry Edelman -- Massachusetts extended strong hiring gains in April, new data show -- Employers added jobs at a rapid clip for the second straight month, recording the best back-to-back job gains in more than four years.

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AI's impact on jobs? It's all over the map. MIT researchers created an interactive view that lets you see how vulnerable your role might be.

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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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JOAN VENNOCHI -- So much for the sisterhood. Shannon O'Brien is out as chair of the Cannabis Control Commission.

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EDITORIAL -- As online sexual exploitation grows, laws need to catch up

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ALAN WIRZBICKI -- Questions after a tragedy at Davis

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RIGHT, LEFT, AND CENTER -- The MAGA stranglehold over Republican voters

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EDITORIAL -- A new lawsuit forces the state to confront racial segregation in schools

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

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Pilgrim interpreters move into newly completed Plimoth Patuxet replica home -- The new home will teach visitors to the Plymouth museum about the roles of the Alden and Winslow families in the American Revolution, the museum's director said.

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RI COURTS - R.I. attorney general sues Kalshi, Polymarket alleging prediction market operators skirted sports betting laws - Kalshi has filed a federal lawsuit against Rhode Island officials, arguing the company is only subject to federal regulations.

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LATIN ACADEMY 3, ENGLISH HIGH 2 -- Nuri Gutman's return inspires Latin Academy baseball to end English's three-year Boston City League run -- In his first start back from injury, the senior lefthander told his teammates he needed two runs of support. They provided that and he struck out eight in a two-hit complete game.

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LATIN ACADEMY 12, O'BRYANT 0 (5 inn.) -- Dominant freshman delivers 22nd straight Boston City League softball title to Latin Academy -- Camryn Collier admitted to nerves before the game, but settled in quickly, striking out 11 in five shutout innings as the Dragons breezed past O'Bryant.

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Scott Remer, the only full-time spelling bee coach, charges $180 an hour. Champs say he's worth it.

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Kevin Paul Dupont | Sunday hockey notes -- NHL sends message loud and clear with punishment to John Tortorella, Golden Knights

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Iran Peace Deal Push Intensifies as Fragile Ceasefire Holds

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MEMORIAL DAY -- Eight sons at war: The untold story of a Melrose family's WWII sacrifice

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REAL ESTATE -- Ocean views, rural peace: The Massachusetts communities where home prices have jumped the most

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SUMMER TRAVEL -- Here are five summer travel experiences you've probably never had before in New England

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PERSPECTIVE -- My youngest is graduating from high school. I am ready for her — and me — to launch.

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'Why is he the one enduring this pain from a criminal?' Man shot on Memorial Drive released from hospital, sister says.

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Babson College student mistakenly deported appeals dismissal of immigration case

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Mavericks' firing of Jason Kidd part of their vision of building for future

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OTAs produce interesting story lines across the NFL involving quarterbacks getting involved — or staying away

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Game 51: Twins at Red Sox lineups and notes

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Bill Winters 'lower-value human' apology not enough for unions

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SpaceX Starship deploys mock satellites in successful test

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Airline miles may not go as far as the Iran war drives up fuel costs and summer fares

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Trump doubles down after a bad week as he pushes ahead on politically unpopular ideas

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In a rarity, Republicans stand up to Trump

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Republicans are rushing to redraw districts before midterms. Here's where things stand.

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In #MeToo cases, has 'believe women' lost its power in courtrooms?

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What to know about the crisis at the California chemical plant

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Serbian protesters clash with police after anti-government rally in Belgrade

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What is lost without a 'consoler-in-chief'

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What to know about what's coming next at the Supreme Court

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'Whimsy,' a new trend, may be a life raft for Zillenials

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My parents are gone. My husband still has his.

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A beloved North End breakfast spot is expanding to Southie

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Podcast: The biggest names in Providence's restaurant industry get candid

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Why is the road trip considered quintessentially 'American'?

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She freed herself from slavery by fleeing George Washington's house. Now some are defying efforts to bury her memory.

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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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A history of LGBTQ music, with heart, humanity, and a propulsive beat

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What happened to the summer blockbuster?

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Eight new movies and TV shows to watch this Memorial Day weekend

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Karen Allen on her history with the Berkshire Film Fest and how she got cast in 'The Glass Menagerie'

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Matthew Perry's family trusted his assistant to help keep him sober. He instead helped him overdose.

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Stephen Colbert bids farewell to 'The Late Show' with help from Paul McCartney and surprise guests. See highlights.

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The myth of the tortured artist comes to a head in 'Frank'

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What's the best road trip song? A case for 'Roadrunner' by the Modern Lovers.

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RFK Jr. is revamping an expert panel that sets cancer screening guidelines

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Carlo Petrini, whose slow food movement transformed how we eat, dies at 76

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Barney Frank's funeral set for Faneuil Hall on June 8

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