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Tall ships take over Boston Harbor as part of Sail250 celebration. Follow live updates.

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Photos: Thousands of people turn out to seen majestic tall ships in Boston

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Headed to the tall ships parade? Here are the top places to watch.

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See details and history behind 7 of the tall ships

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

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'I just want to be able to run my business': Boston food-cart program leaves vendors frustrated

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State Police trooper, motorist injured Saturday morning by wrong-way driver, police say

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New housing law takes effect. See what it could mean in Massachusetts.

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Trump lets Warren's bipartisan housing affordability bill become law

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'Systemic failure': Crash that killed Boston transit planner sparks furor over road safety efforts

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Acushnet man, New Bedford woman dead after motor vehicle crash in Dartmouth

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A decorated historian's research comes under fire

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RI POLITICS -- How Dan McKee became one of America's most endangered governors

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A woman won $4 million playing the lottery. Then, her divorce case went to the Rhode Island Supreme Court.

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

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The best places in New England to see hydrangeas

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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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Elissa Ely - Bring back the potholes - They accomplished what warnings and signs could not.

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EDITORIAL -- As ballot questions mount, so do problems with them

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Iris Liao -- Using AI to cheat has become too easy

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

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

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Trump, Iranian leaders trade threats as the interim deal falls apart

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Three more MBTA workers charged as prosecutors expand Red Line inspection, overtime fraud case

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Judge reinstates GOP candidate to Mass. primary ballot despite 'substantial evidence' of fraud

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Weather mailbag: A look at humidity levels this summer and our wildfire risk as drought deepens

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Passenger partly sucked out of window soon after takeoff from Greece but others pull him back in

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How to stay safe and enjoy produce during outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite

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Immigration Unmasked - ICE is logging more arrests than ever in Mass. and beyond - Immigration arrests by ICE are ramping up in Massachusetts and across the country, even if the activity is garnering fewer explosive headlines than previously.

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Heartbreak and anger: With Platner out, unmoored Democrats in Maine confront conflicting emotions and a messy future -- Graham Platner's rapid fall just months before the midterms has left Maine Democrats with little time to process their emotions as they try to go about picking their candidate to face Senator Susan Collins.

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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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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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New TV shows and movies to stream this weekend

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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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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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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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Tall ships arrive in Boston -- Tall ships began making their way into Boston this morning for the finale of the Sail 250 celebration.

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Wimbledon -- Jannik Sinner regained his timing on a hard court before his demolition of Novak Djokovic on Wimbledon's grass -- Sinner altered his practice ground and found his game, dismantling Djokovic.

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Red Sox at Mets | 4:10 p.m. (FS1, NESN) -- Game 93: Red Sox at Mets lineups and notes -- The Red Sox called up Eduardo Rivera to start Saturday's contest, opposing Freddy Peralta and the Mets.

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Chad Finn | Sports Media -- Host of ratings and viewership data show this World Cup to be a winner across the United States -- The joy and entertainment that the World Cup has delivered in a broad way has been reflected in staggering viewership numbers for its broadcast partners.

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Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes -- All-Star charity game in 1917 predates official exhibition, and it happened 'One Day in September' at Fenway Park

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World Cup -- South Africa World Cup midfielder Jayden Adams dies at the age of 25

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Ben Volin | Sunday football notes -- Meet Bedford's Ryan Paganetti, a former NFL coach bringing analytics from the headset to the masses

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Amid criticism, Meta reins in AI tool that accessed public Instagram images -- The move on Friday came less than a week after the parent of Instagram and Facebook rolled out Muse Image, its first image-generation mode.

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Times journalists subpoenaed as Trump escalates pressure on media

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Brigham sends striking nurses cease-and-desist letter over 'excessive noise, disruptive activities' while picketing

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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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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- An outsider's view of Boston after 30 years in Texas

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

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

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Harsh winter aside, this summer's prized hydrangea blooms are bursting with color

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The horribly familiar story behind the whole Graham Platner debacle

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Michael DiPietro's afoot and ready to be the Bruins' backup plan behind clear No. 1 goalie Jeremy Swayman

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How can an aging Paul George contribute to the Celtics? If healthy, the return for Jaylen Brown can be a deep threat.

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Women's rugby vs. Quinnipiac anything but a game in Title IX fight against diminishing sport to club status

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US demands Iran publicly state that Strait of Hormuz is open and Tehran won't attack ships anymore

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Apple files lawsuit accusing ChatGPT maker OpenAI of stealing trade secrets

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You're freezing in your office building. Here's why.

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Trump administration taps climate science critic to oversee flagship report

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'Every book I own, I need': a tenant's eviction story

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More than 200 people at a summer camp helicoptered to safe as Missouri faces flooding

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These animals were righties long before hands even evolved

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Bayeux Tapestry arrives in London after maximum-security operation

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Inside London's Sweaty scramble for outdoor swimming

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The progressive establishment made Graham Platner. Then it broke him.

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America's oldest habit: Fearing the stranger

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New Yorker staff writer Rachel Aviv on mothers, daughters, and the mysteries between them

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Lost AirPod, AI fakes and secret garden: How fans experienced Taylor Swift's private wedding

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Should you be able to plan a great date at 18?

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

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

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An Italian sandwich sensation is expanding in Boston

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Historical whiplash in Sicily, where past is always present

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

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McDreamy for Senate wasn't hard to imagine. It would have been another step in pop culture's political takeover.

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What's up with those creepy board games in 'Widow's Bay'?

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'Widow's Bay' has the Bay State to thank for Emmys success

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Shakira brings her hits (and twirling hips) to TD Garden at first Boston show in 20 years

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Photos: Noah Kahan fans pack Lansdowne Street outside Fenway Park Friday night

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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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State introduces new rules for assisted living homes ahead of fatal Gabriel House fire anniversary

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

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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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