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Jonah Karafiol and Jeffrey Miron -- Rent control would hurt the people it intends to help

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The next recession could be a middle-class massacre

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Greenfield family killed in Virginia bus crash remembered for generosity, close bonds with community

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Bus driver involved in Virginia crash that killed five from Mass. charged with involuntary manslaughter

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Investigation underway into fiery crash in Virginia that killed five from Mass., including family of four

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RED SOX 9, GUARDIANS 1 - Caleb Durbin shows signs of progress as the Red Sox pull away from the Guardians

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Trump vents about judge in Kennedy Center ruling and fumes over his legal setbacks

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Trump to headline 'Great American State Fair' for nation's 250th anniversary after artists drop out

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Markey wins Democrats' endorsement at party convention, easily topping Moulton in Senate primary fight

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A loud boom rattled and rolled across the Boston area. Here's what likely caused it.

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Graham Platner's wife told campaign of his past explicit texts to other women, according to report

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Strong winds hit Boston area Saturday, causing power outages, National Weather Service says

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See a map of power outages in Southern New England

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'You OK? You alright baby?' At Alvin Campbell rape trial, graphic videos play pivotal role.

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Mpox cases in Boston are on the rise despite a national decline

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YVONNE ABRAHAM -- Boys don't need looksmaxxers and alpha males. They need men who show up.

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Ben Volin | Sunday football notes -- NFL stadium conversions from turf to grass for World Cup soccer proves challenging, especially at indoor venues

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Claude Lemieux's brain is being donated to Boston University's CTE Center, his family says

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CONNECTIONS -- My family can't say a four-letter word starting with 'L.' I'm OK with that.

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Why are so many arena and stadium tours getting canceled? Blame 'blue dot fever.'

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IDEAS | ELIZABETH SVOBODA - The future of philanthropy is female - More donors and foundation heads are women than ever before — and they're giving in new ways.

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Cailin Marcel Manson -- Classical music is bigger than its elite institutions

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Heather Hopp-Bruce -- Oh crap, the garden catalogs are here

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Kara Bettis Carvalho -- Tipping culture is out of control. The World Cup might offer a fix.

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Trump's physician says the president is in 'excellent health' and is 'fully fit' to serve

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WHO chief lands in eastern Congo's Ituri province, epicenter of Ebola, as outbreak outpaces response

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Former Patriots coach Jerod Mayo lands job with Boston-based venture capital and private equity firm

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Worcester County sheriff offers to help Rutland host its Fourth of July celebration

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Tests reveal former Bruins enforcer Lyndon Byers had CTE at time of his death

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The Hilltop Steak House family is selling their eclectic 1970s house. Take a look inside. The children of Route 1's famous Hilltop Steak House founders Frank and Irene Giuffrida are selling their Lynnfield home.

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Trapped in The Dark Web -- Her boyfriend created illicit images of her teen daughter. In Massachusetts, that's not a crime. -- Massachusetts is one of five states where it's not against the law to use AI to create illicit images of children.

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Ready to get into summer reading? Here are 75 books to keep you reading all season long.

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80 fun concerts, festivals, shows, and more to check out around Boston this summer

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

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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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RENÉE GRAHAM -- Jim Crow 2.0 is already working as the Supreme Court's conservatives intended

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- At the Supreme Court, a small victory against racial discrimination

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- Auchincloss vs. Platner is about more than a tattoo

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RIGHT, LEFT, AND CENTER -- The millionaires tax is thriving. So why are residents still leaving?

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IDEAS | WILSON BAILEY -- True believers in academic freedom are becoming harder to find

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

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GOLF -- Soo Bin Joo thrives in the wind, builds four-shot lead in the ShopRite LPGA -- The South Korean closed with a long two-putt birdie on the 18th hole, then watched her lead grow to four shots by the end of a taxing Saturday.

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SATURDAY'S TOURNAMENT ROUNDUP -- Saturday's tournament roundup: No. 12 Franklin girls' lacrosse sets the tone vs. No. 5 Bishop Feehan -- Senior captain Izzy Cross was the driving force, tallying six goals, and sophomore Clara Blongastainer scored twice, putting her two goals shy of 100 for her career.

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SUN 84, SPARKS 81 -- Aneesah Morrow's fourth straight double-double powers Sun past Sparks to snap three-game skid

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DIVISION 6 TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP -- Ayer Shirley girls pick up where they left off, Abington boys twinning at Division 6 track championships

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AI helped a musician with Parkinson's finish his new album when he could no longer play guitar -- Artificial intelligence is helping a London-based singer-songwriter continue writing and recording music after Parkinson's disease largely took away his ability to play guitar.

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The world capital of french fries has a problem: too many potatoes -- A thousand tons of potatoes were stacked 15 feet high in a warehouse on Kris D'haeyere's farm for months. Even though he offered to sell them for just a couple of euros per ton, no one wanted to buy them.

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A Maine newspaper took a bold step in opening a cafe. Here's how it's faring a year after opening.

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Trump ponders whether to move forward with Iran deal but hasn't yet decided

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Your Home | Summer Living -- A backyard shed so charming they call it 'the teahouse'

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PERSPECTIVE -- Unpaid internships trace back to a 1947 Supreme Court ruling. It's long past time to move beyond them.

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DINNER WITH CUPID -- Blind date: 'She takes circus classes and does historically accurate medieval fencing'

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THE BIG DAY -- 'On the same wavelength': From their first date in Harvard Square, they felt the chemistry

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'There's no catching up:' Online child abuse is spreading faster than anyone can imagine

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Massachusetts man climbs Mount Everest in under 10 hours, sets new speed record

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For 54 years, the Boston Shootout has been a fixture in the New England basketball scene

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Coco Gauff's French Open title defense ends while Naomi Osaka's fashion show continues in Paris

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Eric Cole gets another shot at first PGA Tour win after 63 in third round at Colonial

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How a chemical tank disaster struck at the heart of a Washington state mill tow

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Piece by piece, the Citgo sign is coming down to move on up

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After backlash from patients, CVS restores coverage of popular weight-loss drug Zepbound

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'What's the word?' New Jersey voters look for answers about Tom Kean Jr.'s absence from Congress.

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ICE agents to leave site of volatile protests at detention center

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NJ governor sends state police to set up protest zone outside contested immigration detention center

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Israeli launches strikes near ancient heritage castle site in southern Lebanon

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The Russian drone that hit Romania also hit European confidence

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WHO chief visits epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo as cases outpace response

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Gray area makes a mess of well-intended broker fee law

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Don't lay school cuts at the feet of teachers' contracts

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Experiencing 'phantom loyalty' to an ex

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Your 20s are weird. Here's what actually matters when you turn 30.

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Is your Google calendar gaslighting you?

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A first look inside Kowloon's new tiki bar, opening next week in Revere

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This Michelin-winning chef wants to put the South End on the fine-dining map

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What our food writers wish were going into the old Eastern Standard spot instead of a bland Italian joint

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Yes, you can do London in a long weekend. Here's how to make the most of it.

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Thom Sesma on his pilgrim credentials, Trader Joe's trail mix, and never checking a bag

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Aer Lingus issues one voucher and leaves another in limbo

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'From Iran' presents stunning and heroically scaled images of events for which there are no visual records

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It's easy to hate the new big open patch of concrete at Copley Square. Like it or not, there are reasons for it.

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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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From gnome shopkeepers to teen leaders in the Oval Office, 10 AAPI children's books to read all year

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AI companies used their work. Local authors are fighting back.

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Nantucket Book Festival celebrates its 15th anniversary this June

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Viktorina Kapitonova lights up Boston Ballet's 'The Sleeping Beauty'

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Casting a US president in a movie or TV show can result in some wild choices

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Five TV shows and movies to stream this weekend

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HBO's 'Perry Mason' was a reboot steeped in noir, complete with a bedraggled LA antihero

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Actor and Harvard undergrad Mattea Conforti on coming of age through Hulu's 'The Testaments'

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Mystery downtown Providence billboard sparks buzz with Reddit comment on 'Real Housewives of Rhode Island'

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What to know about the artists backing out of the Trump-linked Freedom 250 concerts

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James Blake on A-list collabs, the 'Sinners' soundtrack, and asking to be removed from the credits of a Ye song

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Bruce Springsteen calls out the White House and announces a protest festival

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CHUANG Stage's 'My Home on the Moon' delivers plenty to chew over

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'The Lost Boys' star Ali Louis Bourzgui changed my mind about movie-turned-musicals

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How two actors manage 30 costume changes over the course of one show

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UnitedHealth insurer defrauded MassHealth out of $100 million, AG lawsuit alleges

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'Devastating impacts': Mass. scientists urge state to invest millions to help offset federal cuts

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Blood pressure wearables flood the market after FDA relaxes oversight, concerning experts

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Manny Fernandez, bulwark of Dolphins' defense, dies at 79

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Claude Lemieux, feisty winger and four-time Stanley Cup champion, dies at 60

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Bob Horner, powerful slugger in Atlanta and Japan, dies at 68

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