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Forecast | Dave Epstein -- What can we learn from 1983? There's still time to rack up the hot days and heat waves. -- Summer's sizzling hot weather isn't over and is likely to make a return soon, and could top last year's 19 days of intense heat.

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Professional scab or essential backstop? Replacement nurses become a flashpoint in Brigham strike.

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Boston transportation planner fatally struck by car near Roxbury Crossing, family says

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Violent weekend in Boston reopens old wounds: 'The antidote can't be revenge'

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Tufts grad, son of man killed by ICE in Houston, reflects on father's passion for education

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Rideshare passenger attacked by driver at Logan Airport, State Police say

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Trump will let bipartisan housing bill become law without signing in protest over GOP voter ID law. Follow live updates.

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High schoolers are placing sports bets online. Experts warn of growing risks of addiction.

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Focus shifts to murder counts as Lindsay Clancy's trial nears

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These 70 Mass. beaches are closed on Friday, per state data

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Legal recreational weed might go away in Massachusetts. Tell us your thoughts.

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DAN SHAUGHNESSY -- Jaylen Brown trade far from alone in the annals of 'obviously unpopular' Boston deals, and other thoughts

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Frank Ribaudo, founder of Club Café and champion of Boston's LGBTQ community, dies at 81

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Life aboard the Romanian Mircea, headed to Boston's tall ships celebration

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The best places to watch the tall ships parade

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What you need to know about parking for the tall ships

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Boston Legacy's Sophia Lowenberg goes out on loan to Super League club

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CONNECTIONS -- I'm not your typical birdwatcher, but this Concord wildlife refuge lures me back every season

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DINNER WITH CUPID -- Blind date: 'We both were vegetarian and both didn't drink'

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The 11 best spots to satisfy your seafood and sushi cravings

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A roller skating rink, a wildlife preserve, and nine other fun places to take your kids this summer

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Get into the groove with live music at these nine venues in and around Boston

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More from the Boston Globe's Best of the Best

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EDITORIAL - Are the feds trying to kick sick people off Medicaid? The new interpretation of work requirements creates too many administrative hurdles.

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JEFF JACOBY -- A note to readers from a longtime columnist

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Renée Loth -- Massachusetts needs to fix the ballot question process

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- The progressive establishment made Graham Platner. Then it broke him.

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- Who are the Supreme Court's true originalists? Not who you think.

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Warehouse developer looks to consolidate Logan Airport concessions services into one building

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Heartbreak and anger: With Platner out, unmoored Democrats in Maine confront conflicting emotions and a messy future

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Alleged union-busting, P.I. snooping, and forced urine tests: What is going on at Medford City Hall?

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Unclaimed airstrikes target Iran after US attacks, raising questions of who launched them

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Man shot in Downtown Crossing, police say

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Family of Mississippi teen who died after July 4 trip to call for transparency, deeper investigation

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These two North Shore friends bought a sunken pontoon. What they turned it into became a viral sensation. It was probably a bad idea. But the journey amassed a large following.

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Brigham nurses reported for their shifts after a 24-hour strike. The hospital didn't let them in. -- The last day at the Brigham was tense as nurses protested while 1,300 temporary nurses took their places caring for patients.

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CHRISTOPHER MUTHER - Traveling to France during this summer's heat wave? Men might want to think twice before going shirtless. Traveling to Europe this summer? Be sure to keep your top on in France, Spain, and Italy.

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'Sell your house fast in any condition': Should you sell to a flipper for cash? -- It's not for everyone, but some sellers can alleviate the headache of the real estate process by taking a price cut from a home flipper.

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'Paranormal Activity' brings the scares to Boston ahead of Broadway debut

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From Gloucester with love: Rothko, Avery, and Gottlieb's summer bond shines at the Cape Ann Museum

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In 'The Westies,' an upstart Irish-American crime family takes on the Mafia

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In 'Rose of Nevada,' a boat becomes a sinister time machine

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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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WORLD CUP -- Eight World Cup teams are coming to Boston. Here's a look at their playing style and their predicted finish. -- Some of the world's best — Kylian Mbappé, Harry Kane, and Erling Haaland — will play at Gillette Stadium. Learn about each team's local connections, how they got here, and more.

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IDEAS | KELLY HORAN -- New Yorker staff writer Rachel Aviv on mothers, daughters, and the mysteries between them

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Roland Merullo -- America's oldest habit: Fearing the stranger

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IDEAS | JEREMIAS ENGELMANN -- Why the Celtics actually won the Jaylen Brown trade

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Dave McGlinchey -- Why is one sewage spill an emergency and another routine?

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EDITORIAL -- Can NATO be saved from presidential petulance?

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IDEAS | Yifan Xu Miller -- Who's actually running that robot?

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NH POLITICS -- N.H. child advocate vacancy imminent: 'I do worry it's going to leave the office in a really, really bad place' -- When state budget cuts took effect just over one year ago in New Hampshire, four of the nine jobs in the Office of the Child Advocate were eliminated. The remaining team members have since taken on more work to support the independent watchdog's mission. But further upheaval is on the horizon.

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Forecast | Ken Mahan -- Weekend relief ahead as Boston faces one more hot day -- A cold front could spark possible showers or an isolated thunderstorm in the afternoon.

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Red Sox at Mets | 7:15 p.m. (Apple TV) -- Game 92: Red Sox at Mets lineups and notes -- Sonny Gray will be on the mound when the Red Sox look to extend their winning streak to seven games at New York. The game will be on Apple TV.

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Gary Washburn | On basketball -- 'He made me a better coach': Joe Mazzulla offers his gratitude to Jaylen Brown after stunning trade -- "The way he pushed me. The way he pushed himself. The way he pushed the locker room made me a better coach," Mazzulla said.

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high school sports - Boston Globe All-Scholastics: Meet the top athletes of the 2026 spring high school sports season

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Boys' volleyball All-Scholastics for Spring 2026

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Girls' rugby All-Scholastics for Spring 2026

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Kia launches new recall for 463,000 Telluride SUVs due to fire risk, urges owners to park outside -- The recall, announced this week by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, replaces a prior one Kia initiated in 2024.

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'No boundaries and no recourse.' For Boston's City Council staff, their jobs carry few protections or guarantees.

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Whoop nabs longtime Nike veteran as it aims to become a bigger consumer brand

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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- How a Boston doctor built a following as a 'loud and unafraid' voice in the Trump era

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THE BIG DAY -- Their romantic storyline runs through community theater

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LOVE LETTERS -- She's 22. Her boyfriend is 44. She gets embarrassed to reveal the age gap to friends.

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PERSPECTIVE -- I found a Pandora's box in family counseling. Should I open it?

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The World Cup transformed Boston this summer. Here's what went well and what didn't.

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Trump administration fires members of independent election group

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Mexican man killed in Houston ICE shooting was not the target of operation, lawmaker says

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Many US Jewish adults have experienced assault or harassment over the past year, poll finds

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Lawyers for man charged with killing Charlie Kirk question reliability of evidence

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Wildfire devastates an expat community in southern Spain, killing at least 12 with 23 missing

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Museum covers floor in peanut butter to honor late artist

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Call it what you like, but when candidates meet, it's not a debate

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Getting to the heart of how hate has been normalized

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Tomorrow's classical music audience is waiting for instruction

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Chris Evans is coming to Boston this summer. Here's how you can meet him.

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Is this a slow burn?

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'Honey, what's the code?' Two-factor authentication is driving us bonkers.

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An Italian sandwich sensation is expanding in Boston

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Boston finally found its nightlife groove. Now comes the fight to keep it.

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'Slick season' is more like it. Lessons from our Noah Kahan pilgrimage to Vermont.

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Dublin's great pubs are immortal. Sadly, their caretakers are not.

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'White Lotus' star Murray Bartlett's favorite places in Provincetown

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'Punchline II' is an exhibition meant to embrace the absurdity of an absurd world

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At the MFA, the past and present converge in a fractious moment

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In Markland's 'Men Like Us,' a fresh look at the brothers Kennedy

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Finding the line between abuse and complicity

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In her debut story collection, novelist Sigrid Nunez demonstrates her capacity to shock and delight readers

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Hollywood's Greek revival, from 'Hadestown' to 'Odyssey' and everything in between

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New TV shows and movies to stream this weekend

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'One of the great voices of rock': Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rod Stewart, Kevin Bacon, and more mourn the death of Bonnie Tyler

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Bonnie Tyler, who topped the charts with epic 'Total Eclipse of the Heart,' has died at 75

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A far-from-great 'Gatsby' at the Opera House

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Watch them whip. Gen Z is leading a line dance revival in Boston.

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West Nile Virus detected in Jamaica Plan mosquito sample, health officials say

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ARPA-H launches $160 million effort to develop custom gene editing drugs

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Wally Funk, who set an age record for space travel, dies at 87

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Louise Lasser, star of TV's 'Mary Hartman,' is dead at 87

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Mike Wallace, who wrote a radical history of New York, dies at 83

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