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IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG - The Iran failure is peak Trump - When the president launched a misbegotten war in the Middle East, commentators called it a betrayal of Trumpism. In fact, it was a perfect encapsulation.

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IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD -- Rümeysa Öztürk is a symbol of what American universities have lost

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- Red states are putting the Ten Commandments in classrooms. Will the Supreme Court say thou shalt not?

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Wellesley woman allegedly told relative she killed her children -- Janette MacAusland appeared via video in Rutland Superior Court in Rutland, Vt. She faces two counts of murder in connection with the deaths of her children.

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BREAKING -- Wellesley woman allegedly told relative she killed her children, then tried to kill herself, police report says

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'I was left unprotected': Star golfer accuses school administrators of failing to remedy harassment from male teammates

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Washington media dinner shooting suspect is set for his first court appearance on federal charges

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Trump and the media were expected to clash at the D.C. dinner. We got something else entirely.

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Melania Trump criticizes Jimmy Kimmel over 'expectant widow' joke, urges ABC to 'take a stand'

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Peter Abraham | On Baseball -- One thing is crystal clear after the Alex Cora firing: The spotlight now turns to Craig Breslow

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Red Sox make additions to coaching staff

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Gary Washburn | On Basketball -- Payton Pritchard continues to prove he's a bargain for the Celtics

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Here's what Marco Sturm said about Jeremy Swayman yelling at the Bruins bench in blowout loss

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There's a pattern of child sexual abuse at Mass. group homes and experts fear many cases go unreported

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Report calls for stricter statewide limits on collaboration between local police and ICE

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Tufts nurses say they have no confidence in leader's ability to manage operating room 'safely and appropriately'

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Iran wants Strait of Hormuz reopening tied to US ending the war, officials say. Follow live updates.

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Three students injured in Brown shooting sue university, alleging security failures

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Two drivers seriously injured in Cambridge crash

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Nedra Talley Ross, the last surviving member of the 1960s bee-hived pop band the Ronettes, dies

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Mass. ran out of this obscure British breakfast cereal, thanks to TikTok

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Matthew Rhys, 'Widow's Bay' stars on why Massachusetts was the perfect place to film Apple TV's new series

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L. Rafael Reif -- Transformative AI has arrived. It demands urgent global action.

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Lilly to buy local biotech for up to $2.3 billion in cancer-drug push

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Boston Medical Center - South health care workers delay strikes as negotiations progress

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Amtrak resumes normal operations between NYC and Boston after pieces of highway ramp fall onto R.I. railroad tracks

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After years on the sidelines, Cambridge is embracing Porchfest

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R.I. reports second case of measles this year, unrelated to the first, officials say

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Suffolk County corrections officer charged with human trafficking and child rape in several towns

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PERSPECTIVE - How to protect your mental health yet stay informed about the suffering of others so you can help - We need to stay informed, but watching real-life, uncensored trauma online can be dangerous.

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Christopher L. Gasper -- Mike Vrabel also needs to apologize to the female sports reporters he has long championed -- They trusted Vrabel as an ally. He let them down.

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

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'Adam's Apple' spotlights a trans New Hampshire teen and a family that leads with love

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Noah Kahan talks new album, recreating 'Fever Pitch' scene at Fenway on Fallon

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'The O.C.' star Ben McKenzie wants you to know: 'Everyone Is Lying to You for Money'

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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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EDITORIAL -- A way out of super PAC madness?

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IDEAS | Mary Ziegler -- Republicans were once afraid to touch birth control — not anymore

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- The most deadly place for women and children: a family home

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Lawrence K. Altman -- Why the 25th Amendment won't remove Trump

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

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Dust devil is no match for R.I. youth soccer game -- During a calm, clear day, the swirling, scary-looking dust devil caught many by surprise at a Warwick playing field.

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Patriots -- Four things to know about Patriots sixth-round pick Dametrious Crownover -- Crownover received a basketball scholarship to Baylor before pursuing his journey on the gridiron.

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Patriots -- Five things to know about Patriots fifth-round pick Karon Prunty -- The speedy cornerback is an under-the-radar pick.

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Red Sox -- What Chad Tracy said after his first win as Red Sox manager -- Tracy acknowledged the mixed emotions that came with Saturday's news, considering the firings that cleared the way for him to join Boston's club

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Red Sox at Blue Jays | 7:07 p.m. (NESN) -- Game 29: Red Sox at Blue Jays lineups and notes

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Larry Edelman | Trendlines - Judge Subramanian, please hear my plea: break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster - Any other remedy would leave the rapacious company with a death grip on the live events industry.

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Mass. and Cass -- 'You are always just a kiss away from me my beautiful boy.' Their family members vanished near Mass. Ave. They won't stop searching.

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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- How much can we really control who we become?

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PERSPECTIVE -- Charlie Baker has opinions on Gronk, 'Princess Bride,' and more. And loves to share them on X.

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DINNER WITH CUPID -- Blind date: 'He traveled an hour to get to the date! I felt so bad because I just walked down the street.'

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Actors, business leaders, and astrophysicists. Here's who is speaking at area college commencements.

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Rich Shertenlieb joins WEEI to co-host new afternoon show

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Your guide to the Boston Fleet in the PWHL playoffs: How they got there, how they match up, and how to watch

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The Bruins were no-shows in a must-have Game 4 against Sabres

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US stocks are mixed as their record-breaking rally slows, while oil prices rise

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College students are changing course in search of 'AI-proof' majors. But no one knows what they are.

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New video shows Vance, Trump rushed off stage at White House Correspondents Dinner

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How to use habit-stacking to reach your health and wellness goals

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Washington shooting prompts discussions about a state visit from British royals

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Israel and Hezbollah trade strikes in Lebanon, as Iran talks remain on hold

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Iran's foreign minister returns to Pakistan as Islamabad races to save negotiations with US

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Doing doctoral research, we seemed to have stumbled into the Winter Hill Gang

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Why I'm skipping the new film about Michael Jackson

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Harvard is already fighting antisemitism. The Trump lawsuit should be dismissed.

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Finishing college, never had a boyfriend

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Love Letters Classics: John vs. Rafael

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Love Letters Classics: Should I be paying his child support?

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How Montreal's churches are being reborn as libraries, gyms, concert halls, and more

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Rhode Island's TF Green airport to add flights to Cabo Verde in May

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Christopher Lowrey on 'incredibly granular flight searches,' Phuket, and savoring airplane food

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When Mother Nature and art collide: Seeing weather through a different lens

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Derrick Adams and the hard work of Black repose

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At Yale: looking at faces of the 20th century, the body in decline, and a great architect's career

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The best local book events this week

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Jenny Bartoy on her new anthology, 'No Contact,' and the complexities of family estrangement

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Boston's Megan Kate Nelson peels back the layers of western frontier myths

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This week's TV: 'Widow's Bay,' 'The House of the Spirits,' and more

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Elizabeth Warren says it's time to 'put an end to this war right now' during 'Late Show' appearance

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After his cheating scandal, can Dave Grohl reclaim his 'nice guy' image with the new Foo Fighters album?

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John Turturro, Paul Giamatti, and Tatiana Maslany to star in ART's revival of Ionesco's 'Rhinoceros'

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In 'Gem of the Ocean,' a second chapter in the fight for freedom

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Boston Theater Critics Association reveals list of Elliot Norton nominees

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Jack Thornell, AP photographer who captured assassination attempt on James Meredith, dies at 86

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David Krempels, who overcame tragedy to aid those with brain injuries, dies at 76

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