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Trump says 'there will likely be more' US service members killed in Iran before conflict ends. Follow live updates.

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Positional analysis | Quarterbacks -- The Patriots' future revolves around Drake Maye, who could use another offseason of offensive investment -- Despite playoff struggles, Maye provided plenty of reason for Patriots optimism moving forward.

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She was a link between the governor and immigrant communities amid Trump's crackdown. Then she was sidelined by it. -- Valentina Amaro Bowser, a multicultural media director for the Healey administration, is caught up in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

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Forecast | Dave Epstein -- Return to winter's grip Monday with arctic cold under mostly sunny skies -- The commute into the city Monday will likely be spent in the single digits, so bundle up.

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Celtics Notebook -- Celtics guard Baylor Scheierman isn't going to let a fractured thumb keep him off the court -- Scheierman suffered the break late in the first half of Friday's win over the Nets when he collided with Brooklyn's Egor Demin.

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MIAA ALL-STATE WRESTLING -- A late reversal propels Winchester senior Kai Napadow Baquero into All-State wrestling semifinals -- Napadow Baquero rallied against two-time D2 champion Johnny Moraes. West Springfield sophomore Beckett Leclair also took out a reigning finalist.

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MIAA BOYS' HOCKEY TOURNAMENT -- Sal Camera's shutout carries Marshfield boys' hockey to upset of Xaverian in Division 1 second round

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RI BUSINESS -- The Providence Place mall is up for sale. But is the age of the indoor mall over?

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Snow-buried schools approach limits of their calendars as days out pile up

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Snow showers arrive Sunday across New England

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Photos: See Mindy Kaling, Timothée Chalamet, and more stars hit the Actor Awards red carpet

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Actor Awards: Keri Russell wins best actress in a drama series. See the list of winners.

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Israel and Iran continue attacks amid fears of widening war

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The CIA helped pinpoint a gathering of Iranian leaders. Then Israel struck.

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Trump says he's 'eventually' willing to talk to Iran leaders

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Trump stays out of public view after US assault on Iran

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Big change seems certain in Iran. What kind is the question.

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Megan Keller, Hilary Knight show off Olympic golds (and crack some jokes) on Saturday Night Live -- Keller and Knight appeared on SNL alongside men's hockey gold medal winners Jack and Quinn Hughes.

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FIGURE SKATING -- Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu brings her joy, inspiration to figure skating exhibition at Skating Club of Boston -- "I just want my art to inspire other art," said Liu.

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On Baseball -- Jarren Duran's place in baseball world is much different in his return to WBC -- The Red Sox outfielder was a largely unproven big leaguer when he played for Mexico in the 2023 World Baseball Classic. Now, Duran joins Mexico as one of its stars.

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For Wilyer Abreu, World Baseball Classic means time with his Venezuelan idol: Miguel Cabrera

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Sunday's Red Sox spring training report: Opportunity to beat Orioles left behind

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People under 21 can't have a handgun license in Massachusetts. A push to change that is now before the state's highest court. -- The case is the latest turn in the generations-long legal tug of war around Massachusetts gun laws, among the most strict in the nation.

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Refugees, advocates challenge new DHS policy that could expand detention -- The lawsuit targets what advocates say is a Trump administration reinterpretation of immigration law permitting warrantless arrests of certain refugees after one year in the United States.

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In Western Mass., environmentalists fear that solar farms are fire hazards -- In the Hilltowns of Western Massachusetts, solar proposals have surged. Some residents are fighting back.

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How to come up with a down payment in the Boston area: 'Things have never cost more' -- Loans from MassHousing and One+Boston and grants from state and city programs are some of the ways Boston-area buyers can break into the market.

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An update: Did a Brooklyn couple kill a neighbor's trees for a better view in Maine? -- Nearly five years after the couple was accused of killing a neighbor's trees in Rockport, Maine, the state approved a settlement and $3,000 fine — but no admission of guilt.

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Cher's son charged with simple assault and trespassing at New Hampshire private school -- Police say Cher's son was arrested on Friday after acting belligerently at a New Hampshire private high school, of which he has no association.

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JOHN POWERS | ON OLYMPICS -- France is on the clock for 2030 as we take an early look to the next Winter Olympics

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Eugene R. Fidell - Another strike on Iran, another constitutional breach - Trump's latest use of force bypasses Congress and tests the limits of executive war-making power — while legislators fail to assert their authority.

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IDEAS | ELLEN JOVIN -- What I've learned from helping strangers with their grammar

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EDITORIAL -- Anatomy of yet another State Police scandal

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IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER -- Donald Trump's doomed war in Iran

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EDITORIAL -- With Iran attack, Trump abandons a core tenet of his foreign policy

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This Tuesday, a 'blood moon' will be followed by a rare sky spectacle -- An eclipse happens when one planetary body blocks sunlight from reaching another.

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It's a cruel world. The lasting damage from a Tinder sting gone wrong at Assumption University -- We live in an era that sets our worst moments in stone, to be scrutinized and judged forever.

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Pentagon assault on Anthropic sends shockwaves across Silicon Valley -- President Trump ordered government agencies to "immediately cease" using Anthropic's technology, in a post on Truth Social on Friday.

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Jo Ann Bland, child activist in civil rights struggle, dies at 72 -- At age 11, she was a veteran of the Civil Rights Movement, arrested many times, when she and her sister participated in the 1965 "Bloody Sunday" protest for voting rights in Selma, Ala.

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A Supreme Court case over whether marijuana users can own guns is creating unusual alliances -- Should marijuana users be able to own guns?

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Seneca Boston, a Nantucket legend whose 18th century home still stands - For historians and archaeologists, Seneca Boston's Nantucket home offers something rare: continuity.

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GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL - Celtics, sitting in a top playoff position in the East, focus on self-improvement and integrating Nikola Vucevic - The Celtics aren't necessarily scoreboard watching, and Vucevic enjoyed his best game since coming over in a trade in Friday's win over the Nets.

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Life expectancy for Bostonians is increasing, but not for Black residents, new report shows -- Black men had the lowest life expectancy of any major demographic group at 72 years, more than nine years lower than men of other racial groups.

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GLP-1 weight loss drugs help drive another year of historic losses at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mass. -- The $380.5 million operating loss demonstrates just how challenged the health care market has become amid soaring spending.

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

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Free March events: St. Patrick's Day, Women's History Month, and more

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A Black and Indigenous sculptor used an old form to tell subversive stories

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When the Oscar feels more owed than deserved

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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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Alex Beam -- Why hasn't the United States been banned from international sports?

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EDITORIAL -- Is Mass. really an educational leader when reading scores lag behind Mississippi?

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- Trump gives the court the cold shoulder

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ALAN WIRZBICKI -- It's not you. Headlights really are more blinding.

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RIGHT, LEFT, AND CENTER -- Boasting, bashing, and lying: Three writers on Trump's State of the Union address

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IDEAS -- Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

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NHL -- Slumping Kings fire coach Jim Hiller, name D.J. Smith as the interim replacement

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Shirley Leung - He's invested billions in Boston. Now one big real estate investor is hitting the brakes. Here's why. Pension investor says Wu's policies and the specter of rent control make other markets more appealing for the money he manages.

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What's at stake for oil markets as Trump strikes Iran -- (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump's decision to strike Iran creates new risks for a significant chunk of the world's oil supply.

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Trump's Iran strikes risk hitting American pocketbooks if they last

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ON THE COVER -- Assumption University students tried to set up a sting on Tinder. It all went terribly wrong.

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EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT -- Larry Bird was left out of pickup games in French Lick. He nearly slipped away entirely.

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THE BIG DAY -- How Dan and Vicki overcame a big red flag, fell in love fast, then took their time getting married

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PERSPECTIVE -- I've always been a Boston sports fan. But the women's hockey team is something different.

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Jeycen brings joy wherever he goes

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Marco Sturm tries to make time to coach up the Bruins following teachable moments

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Playing with pace, Brockton boys' basketball pulls away from Arlington in Division 1 first-round win

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Wall Street turns to 'haven-first' strategies amid Iran attacks

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Bitcoin stages tepid recovery as Iran strikes stir uncertainty

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Trump's Medicaid work mandates are meant to save money. But first states will have to spend millions.

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Who leads Iran now? An uncertain path to new supreme leader after Khamenei's death.

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Suspect in Texas shooting wore 'Property of Allah' clothing and Iranian flag emblem, AP source says

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How the AP decided to describe joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran, and Iran's retaliation, as a war

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Shooting at Texas bar was possible terrorism, FBI says

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Protesters try to storm US Consulate as thousands in Pakistan protest Iran strikes

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In Epstein fallout, aim for accountability, not guilt by association

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Being one of many in the crowd

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A litmus test Democrats should face in the midterms and 2028

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What counts as a 'rebound' relationship?

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Swanky suits and silly hats: 'Love Story' sets off 'JFK Jr. effect'

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Signs of spring: Sullivan's Castle Island opens for the season Saturday

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SJ's: Eat like we did before remote work was a thing

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Soggy fries and lettuce shortages fueled Sweetgreen's $5 billion stock wipeout

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Maine's mobile merriment: How one woman turned a bus into an experience

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Have you suddenly become Canadian? You're probably going to need a new picture.

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'It's therapeutic.' Meet some of the members of skiing's 100 Days Club.

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An obscure printmaker in the chaos of mid-19th-century Paris has a message for us: Stand up to the lies

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At the Gardner, when person meets 'Persona'

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The best local book events this week

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He was gay, she was straight. They fell in love anyway.

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Justin Garcia, of the Kinsey Institute, says humans need sexual novelty and emotional intimacy

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Everything you need to know about Sunday's Actor Awards

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Connor Storrie hosts 'Saturday Night Live,' Mumford & Sons perform

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Triple threat Thomas Adès illuminates his own music with BSO

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Neil Sedaka, the singer-songwriter behind dozens of hits of the 1960s and '70s, has died

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FKA twigs sues Shia LaBeouf, alleging abusive relationship

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Hub Theatre Company's 'The Bald Soprano' hits the high notes, but 'The Lesson' flunks

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'We Had a World' — of monotony

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Two Boston-area theaters revive plays from the '50s with very modern resonances

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From obscurity to legacy: Henrietta Lacks's immortal cells reshaped research ethics

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Mass. reports two residents diagnosed with measles. Blizzard may have helped prevent spread.

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State revives long-stalled plans to redevelop Shattuck Hospital site at Franklin Park

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, hard-line cleric who made Iran a regional power, dies at 86

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Lauren Chapin, youngest child on 'Father Knows Best,' dies at 80

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Penguin Press founder Ann Godoff, a powerhouse editor of bestsellers and prize winners, has died

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