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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- Maine's Wabanaki Nations want sovereignty. They got iGaming instead.

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The World Cup group stage was supposed to be a feeding frenzy. So far, not so much.

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'We want to be respectful to your country.' Keeping Boston clean during the World Cup has been a total team effort.

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MATTHEW GILBERT -- My father's second death

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Find your next treasure at these eight thrift stores and vintage shops

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'Total strangers were reaching out.' Fund to support families of Gloucester fishing boat tragedy exceeds $1 million

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Employers want more AI-fluent workers. It's testing young graduates' loyalties.

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Commercial jet was forced to abort landing at Boston Logan airport to avoid possible collision, FAA says

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Trump says Reflecting Pool will be drained and claims vandalism

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Volunteer rescuer seriously injured Friday helping unresponsive teenage hiker in NH

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Vance meets top Iranian officials as US looks to get negotiations back on track

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The latest in college pricing: Tuition at 10% of your income

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In Taylor Swift's beach town, every clue becomes a wedding rumor

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On the centennial of her birth, it's time to give Marilyn Monroe's acting career the respect it deserves

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Splurging on a lobster roll? These 7 spots are the best in the Boston area

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When you're feeling fancy, these 13 restaurants around Boston are worth the splurge

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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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More from the Boston Globe's Best of the Best

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IDEAS | BOB CRAWFORD - A father, a son, and lessons in character - How one president shaped another.

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EDITORIAL -- Don't follow Trump's example

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IDEAS | Bob Brody -- Dad, wannabe hero

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LETTERS -- The value of garbage collectors, the burden of our trash

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The Scots and World Cup tourists drank Boston bars dry. But what do they think of American craft beer?

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Six years after closing during the pandemic, this Irish pub is eyeing a return to Mission Hill

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'Toy Story 5' rakes in biggest box-office debut of the year with a franchise-best $160 million

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Wrong-way driver dies in head-on crash in Millbury after allegedly fleeing police

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Hyde Park resident identified as driver arrested in fatal Mattapan crash

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'A true national holiday': Boston celebrates Juneteenth in Franklin Park - Many of the people who filled Franklin Park for a Saturday afternoon Juneteenth celebration said the holiday held an extra layer of importance on the 250th anniversary of America's founding.

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A cutting-edge electric aviation company has a surprising secret weapon: Vermont - In less than a decade, South Burlington-based Beta has emerged as an unlikely frontrunner in the race to create an entirely new industry: electric airplanes that take off and land like a helicopter.

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Dan Shaughnessy -- Eddie Andelman gave us sports talk radio gold with his no-holds-barred interview of Wade Boggs in 1989 -- Ever embroiled in controversies, Wade Boggs was a favorite Eddie target and didn't like Boston's favorite blab-master.

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Larry Edelman | Trendlines -- MIT trained them. San Francisco just made them fabulously rich. -- Cursor's four cofounders launched the AI coding startup while still going to school in Cambridge. Elon Musk's SpaceX on Tuesday agreed to buy their San Francisco-based company for $60 billion.

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What to watch this weekend: 'Project Hail Mary,' plus more movies and TV shows to stream

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'I Will Find You': In Netflix's new Boston-set mystery, a Revere dad and a former Globie search for the truth

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Watch: Matt Damon goes full 'Odyssey,' sneaks onto 'Kimmel' in a mini Trojan horse

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Woody, Buzz, and Jessie discover the evils of tech in 'Toy Story 5′

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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 -- Small development, big problems in Boston's housing pipeline

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

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- More than a decade after their murders, the Charleston Nine remain an example of Christian compassion and inclusion

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Ideas | Deborah Cramer -- The horseshoe crab has protected our health for decades. Now it's time to return the favor.

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Laura Goldstein -- Before it's too late, let my husband choose how his story ends

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

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Woman fatally struck by allegedly stolen vehicle on Blue Hill Avenue, police say -- Police said the driver had been involved in an earlier crash on Woodhaven Drive, a few blocks north, after which he left his vehicle and carjacked another one.

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Red Sox at Mariners | 4:10 p.m. (NESN) -- Game 75: Red Sox at Mariners lineups and notes -- Payton Tolle will start for the Red Sox, who are looking to sweep the Mariners.

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NBA -- AJ Dybantsa could be the first No. 1 pick in NBA Draft from Massachusetts in 41 years -- Dybantsa is at the top of most experts' lists entering Tuesday's NBA Draft, and if his name is called first, he'll join Patrick Ewing in 1985 and Jimmy Walker in 1967 as the only Massachusetts products to be selected No. 1 overall.

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RED SOX 5, MARINERS 1 -- Connelly Early, Red Sox hold Mariners to two hits in another win

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Coach says Iran still being treated poorly by US at World Cup ahead of second match

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AUTO RACING -- Shane van Gisbergen captures the pole for inaugural NASCAR race at Naval Base Coronado

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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- I let my Fitbit be the boss of me. I regretted it.

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CONNECTIONS -- Pulling into the cemetery for my dad's funeral, I remembered one of his classic dad jokes

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DINNER WITH CUPID -- Blind date: 'First dates should be more about just getting to know the person than to force chemistry'

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Sunday marks the longest day of the year. Here's what to know about the summer solstice.

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Richard, 14, cares deeply about others

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We're in the heart of tomato-growing season here, so why not take a cue from — thousands of miles away?

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Curacao's Eloy Room makes 15 saves, secures first World Cup point in draw with Ecuador

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Wyndham Clark turning the US Open into a runaway. Scottie Scheffler still has hope for a slam.

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Germany coming to Foxborough after winning Group E behind two goals from substitute Deniz Undav

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Fatal Missouri skydiving plane crash renews concerns about safety loophole

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Egg prices are way down. And many farmers are not happy.

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Iran closes Strait of Hormuz ahead of talks with US

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Vance, Iranian negotiators in Switzerland to work on details of deal. See a recap.

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Secret vetting and blocked promotions: Inside Hegseth's war on diversity in US military

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Vermont's Governor Scott vetoes Legislature's latest attempt at healthcare reform

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Pope Leo XIV exalts first American saint Cabrini as a model for Christians for her care of migrants

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Zelensky returns Poland's highest honor after Polish president revokes it in a spat over history

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A century later, Roger Ackroyd still gets away with murder

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Make sure a high school diploma means something

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Becoming my parents? I should be so lucky.

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Is my husband defensive because he's guilty?

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Anne Hathaway is pregnant with her third child

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One of Greater Boston's most exciting local restaurant scenes is now in ... Groton?

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This summer, take a boat out to Peddocks Island to camp under the stars. Here's what it's like.

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Walk this way. Here's how to make the most of the Rose Kennedy Greenway this summer.

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Best-selling author and West Roxbury native John Kenney on getting lost and having good friends on the Cape

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Barack and Michelle Obama surprise first visitors to newly opened presidential center

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With 'Where's Boston? Fifty Years Later,' the Athenaeum looks at a city looking at itself.

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Trump is pushing his 250th vision of America. Boston's MFA and ICA are pushing back.

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Natalie Lemle digs into debut novel 'Artifacts'

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Patricia Park performed standup comedy to research her latest YA novel

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James Burrows, master of the TV sitcom, dies at 85

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James Burrows, director of classic TV comedies including 'Cheers' and 'Friends,' has died

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In the sitcom world, everyone knew 'Cheers' co-creator James Burrows's name

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Taylor Swift wedding speculation heats up (again) near her R.I. mansion

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The bands Geese and Goose are performing in Mass. this month. What's the difference?

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State Senator invokes Noah Kahan in push for ticket pricing overhaul

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Why are there so many Ionesco productions in Boston these days?

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At Gloucester Stage, 'Bad Books' makes a case for 'shelf'-defense

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For Black puppeteers, the hardest part wasn't the craft, it was finding each other

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Baystate's CEO, who wrote book on how to fire employees, lays off workers at Greenfield hospital, union says

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FDA advisory panel endorses Moderna mRNA flu vaccine that was subject of controversy

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Massachusetts Senate passes bill to overhaul primary care

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François Englert, Nobelist who helped predict the 'God particle,' dies at 93

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Danny Simmons, painter and activist from a creative family, dies at 72

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