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Local Iranian-Americans are cut off from families and worried by ongoing protests in home country

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Forecast | Ken Mahan - Scattered showers to spoil the warmest day of the week, a January high of 50 - By evening, two developing storms will bring more rain across Southern New England.

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These maps show how parallel storms Wednesday will impact New England

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Drought deepens across Massachusetts despite winter rains

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Stoughton's former deputy chief, Robert Devine, appeals loss of law enforcement certification over misconduct allegations

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Federal authorities apologize for deporting Babson College freshman in violation of court order. Next steps remain unclear. -- Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, 19, was arrested by ICE agents at Logan International Airport on Thanksgiving morning.

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Ex-prosecutor distances himself from Öztürk, Mahdawi cases as he seeks confirmation to Vermont Supreme Court -- Michael Drescher, who sought to keep the high-profile immigrants detained, is now distancing himself from President Trump's immigration crackdown.

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Six prosecutors reportedly quit over push to investigate ICE shooting victim's widow

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Supreme Court seems likely to uphold state bans on transgender athletes in girls and women's sports -- The legal fight is playing out amid a broad effort by President Trump to target transgender Americans.

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Follow live updates on the Trump administration

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BEN VOLIN ON FOOTBALL -- Truly an end of an era with the departures of longtime coaches John Harbaugh and Mike Tomlin -- Tomlin, who stepped down Tuesday after leading the Steelers for 19 seasons, followed the firing of Harbaugh after 18 years in charge of the Ravens.

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Jeremy Swayman posts his first shutout of the season in Bruins' win over Red Wings

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ALEX SPEIER | ON BASEBALL -- No matter how they slice it, the loss of Alex Bregman is another free agency failure for the Red Sox -- Craig Breslow and the Boston braintrust once again let another big talent slip out of their grasp — a numbingly recurrent pattern in recent years.

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IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER - Seizing Greenland would shock the world. It shouldn't. The United States has often violated international law when that suited its purposes.

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EDITORIAL -- Mitt Romney puts a spotlight on Social Security's looming shortfall

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JEFF JACOBY -- When America votes in the UN General Assembly, it ratifies a charade

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- Impeaching Trump should be a focus of Democrats' midterms strategy

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- Trump picked a bad time to threaten Jerome Powell

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Some 33 North Atlantic right whales spotted Saturday in Cape Cod Bay, researchers say -- The center said 54 total right whales have been spotted in the area since November.

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Former Lawrence, Mass., coach sentenced to federal prison after raping student in 'textbook' case of grooming -- The former basketball coach sent a car to pick the girl up from school and deliver her to his hotel in New Hampshire, where he got her drunk and sexually assaulted her, prosecutors said.

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Texas police officer, N.H. native killed during confrontation with gunman -- Elijah Garretson, 27, was fatally shot in Copperas Cove, a city in central Texas.

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SHIRLEY LEUNG - Boston has given out 64 new free liquor licenses. Here's how they're changing the city. The flood of licenses has unleashed a wave of creativity among restaurant owners and entrepreneurs.

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Is $3 million enough to expand mental health services in school? Advocates say no. -- One in six teens experiences a major depressive episode each year.

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GLOBE MAGAZINE - Welcome to the Stroller Wars - How a Massachusetts baby stroller company is dealing with crippling tariffs — and flashy European competition.

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'A national treasure': Catherine D'Amato is retiring from Greater Boston Food Bank after 30 years -- On Tuesday, GBFB announced that D'Amato, one of Boston's most prominent nonprofit leaders, will be retiring later this year.

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10 NEW AND RETURNING SHOWS TO WATCH THIS WINTER

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Sign up for Season 3 of Winter Soup Club

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From Nikki Glaser's monologue to Amy Poehler's historic win, watch all the top Golden Globe moments

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A Dickensian saga set in modern Pakistan

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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 -- Medical needs cross state lines. Licenses should too.

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Mary Thompson-Jones -- Greenland isn't the prize. NATO is.

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- The cruel irony of 'life is unfair,' from JFK to Caroline Kennedy

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Pardis Mahdavi -- A 'Koorsoo' moment for Iran

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EDITORIAL -- Congress must draw its red line to protect Greenland

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IDEAS -- Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

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In an era of LED imitators, local neon diehards say nothing beats the real thing -- "It's kind of like Impossible Burgers," said one local enthusiast. "They're good. It's like, wow, we've come a long way. But it's still not beef."

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Shirley Leung -- Michelle Wu has a plan for Madison Park, no matter what the neighbors think -- The Wu administration is once again trying to rush through a project that is upsetting the Black community.

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Bald eagles are making a comeback in N.H. -- The species is no longer considered among those in greatest need of conservation.

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COMMENTARY | Sam Salganik and Elena Nicolella -- Protecting health care is paramount as cuts eliminate coverage for tens of thousands of R.I. patients -- If the state can commit to reinvesting Medicaid expenditures, we can still provide lifesaving care, write two state health care advocates.

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KEVIN PAUL DUPONT | ON HOCKEY -- There's no doubt Pavel Zacha is at the center of Bruins' recent turnaround -- Coming off six straight losses, the veteran pivot has picked up his game, and his shooting accuracy, helping Boston win six of its last seven contests.

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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' HOCKEY NOTEBOOK -- Burgeoning success of Norwell/Scituate/Abington girls' hockey program is a cooperative effort

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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' HOCKEY -- Eastern Mass. girls' hockey: Players of the Week, Jan. 6-12

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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' HOCKEY -- Globe Top 20 girls' hockey poll: Rinse and repeat . . . A new week, a new No. 1

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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- A working mom summons her ChatGPT superpowers -- How parents are discovering AI's potential to help organize a hectic household.

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At Massachusetts stores, the demise of the penny is adding up to one big headache

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Luxury retailer Saks Global files for bankruptcy as it prepares to restructure

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The Parenting Issue -- Parenting tip: Avoiding stress can actually make you — and your kid — more anxious

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Higher Education -- 'We are in class five rapids right now.' New England's liberal arts colleges are in crisis. Can their model survive?

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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- Five simple, healthful recipes anyone can make (really)

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In State of the State speech, R.I. governor outlines 'Affordability for All' agenda

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Phillis Wheatley to be honored on Black Heritage Stamp in event at Old South Meeting House

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Morgan Geekie back in Bruins' lineup against Red Wings after he and wife Emma welcome son Max

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Tuesday's HS sports takeaways: A midseason coaching retirement, and a new scoring leader

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Time Out Market, massive Fenway food hall, will close later this month, sources say

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FDA wants suicide warning removed from weight-loss drugs

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Expanded apprenticeship tax credit covers jobs with AI credentials

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Vance to meet Danish and Greenlandic officials in Washington as locals say Greenland is not for sale

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Mark Brnovich, Arizona attorney general during Trump's push to find 2020 election fraud, has died

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Prosecutors want 20-year sentence for ex-South Carolina lawmaker for sharing child sex abuse videos

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Actor Kiefer Sutherland arrested for allegedly assaulting a ride-hail driver, police say

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'Like a military occupation': Clashes rise with federal agents in Minneapolis

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A construction crane falls onto a moving train in Thailand, killing at least 29 people

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Iran signals fast trials and executions for protesters as death toll in crackdown goes over 2,500

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Prosecutors seek death for South Korea's former leader over martial law attempt

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May I have a word: People who aren't your friends yet

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A Donroe to Trump: 'Keep my family's good name out of' your doctrine

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Parents' cries finally heard in US audit of Mass. special education

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From Tinder to true love: Their Copley Plaza wedding revealed a heartfelt fib eight years earlier

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Submit your story to the Love Letters podcast

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At-home STD tests offer new options for screening and treatment

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What it's like to eat at Cafe Sushi Nisei (once again)

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Where there's smoke, there's fire: a steakhouse love story

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Need some thermal pampering? It's a new era of wellness in Banff National Park.

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It's a great year to go play in the snow

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I climbed a glacier-topped volcano . . . and survived!

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After John Axelrod's death, a view of his most cherished art

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Here's looking at you, Boston: Downtown buildings sport googly eyes as part of winter public art exhibition

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A new gem among the MFA's studiously historic galleries: Modern art

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'Henry David Thoreau' argues the writer was more than his most famous work

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In Gabriel Tallent's new novel, climbing through life with grit and rage

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Rachel McAdams sends for help, Alexander Skarsgård in a leather-filled love story, and more winter movies

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'28 Years Later: The Bone Temple': Beware of false prophets

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Ralph Fiennes boosts moral through music in 'The Choral'

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Director Timothy Busfield turns himself in to face child sex abuse charges in New Mexico

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Celebrated recording artist John Forté dies at his home on Martha's Vineyard

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K-pop megastars BTS to make Gillette Stadium debut this summer as part of new world tour

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Bob Weir, the most relatable member of the Grateful Dead, didn't 'have any thorns in his personality, anywhere'

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Past and present build to powerful effect in 'Great Privation'

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Tina Packer, who brought the Bard to life for audiences in Lenox and beyond, dies at 87

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For professional ballet dancers, pursuing motherhood can still feel risky

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Flu is 'very high' in most New England states in one of the worst influenza seasons in recent memory

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Tom Brady is newest face of GLP-1s, joining telehealth startup

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Reopening Norwood Hospital is top priority for the town, and state may take it by eminent domain

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Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on bus at start of civil rights movement, has died

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Scott Adams, 'Dilbert' creator who shifted into racist, far-right commentary, dies

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