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For 1st time, Boston's police oversight agency using its subpoena power. Will the officers comply? -- The subpoena vote came amid pressure from the public and growing tension between the Boston Police Department and the city's Office of Police Accountability and Transparency, or OPAT.

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In latest blow to Moderna, FDA refuses to review Cambridge biotech firm's new flu vaccine

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Vermont's Ryan Cochran-Siegle wins silver medal in Olympics super-G ski race

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Harry Lighton receives Coolidge Breakthrough Artist Award, praises 'stunning' theater

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RED SOX -- Herbie helps Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet overcome hesitation to add once-feared pitch to arsenal. Wait, Herbie? Who? -- The Red Sox lefthander, with guidance from Vanderbilt staffer Tyler Herb, turned his changeup into more of a splitter over the offseason.

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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' HOCKEY NOTEBOOK -- Seasoned ninth-graders piling up points for Acton-Boxborough and Waltham girls' hockey teams

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Some New Englanders say they're quitting takeout as food inflation continues

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Across Greater Boston, clinicians worry about pregnancy care for immigrants

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Britney Spears sells her song catalog

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Mass. homeowners are frantically trying to get rid of ice dams. Contractors can't keep up with requests. -- Heavy snowfall and a cycle of thawing and freezing have created ideal conditions for dams.

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Should you be worried about your roof this winter?

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Grand jury reportedly rebuffs Justice Department attempt to indict Democrats in video to troops -- Six Democratic lawmakers appeared in a video reminding active-duty members of the military and intelligence community that they were obligated to refuse illegal orders.

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Follow live updates on the Trump administration

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'Just resign': Bipartisan outrage grows over Commerce Secretary Lutnick ties to Epstein, including visit to island

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'Unnecessarily violent': Immigration chiefs dodge questions about excessive force during congressional hearing

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Explore the full results from the MassINC Polling Group/Boston Globe survey of NIH grant recipients

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Starting Point -- The Globe surveyed Massachusetts scientists about Trump's funding cuts. Here are 5 takeaways.

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FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, grounding all flights

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Neiman's no more. Copley Place's front door to get new look as luxury anchor closes.

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Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show was fourth-most watched in US

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Bracket: Vote for the Greatest Olympic movie of all time in the Reel Olympics

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Norwegian biathlon bronze medalist confesses to cheating on girlfriend in post-race interview

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Catching up with Tenley Albright 70 years after her figure skating gold medal at the 1956 Cortina Olympics

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Silver medal feels golden to Southborough curler Korey Dropkin after US mixed doubles team edged by Sweden in final

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Winter Olympics Day 6 primer: NHL players return for first time in 12 years, and Jordan Stolz toes the line for first time

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Mass. artists wonder: Is it tone-deaf to release new music right now?

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LOVE LETTERS -- Debating the etiquette of casual sleepovers

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Hey, how's your A1C?

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JEFF JACOBY - Who gets to tell Black history? A public library canceled a performance by a white actress who wanted to honor Harriet Tubman.

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IDEAS | THOMAS LEE -- ChatGPT helps me stay awake

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KEVIN ZHANG -- To the person who slashed my tires

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- Trump and the racism that binds him to his followers

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EDITORIAL -- Delgado-Garcia's death must lead to meaningful change in the State Police

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Will Campbell explains why he didn't speak to media after Super Bowl -- Seattle's pass rush steamrolled Campbell for 14 pressures on 53 dropbacks (26.4 percent), according to the NFL's Next Gen Stats.

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Everett officer will not face criminal charges for shooting, wounding alleged car jacker, prosecutors say -- Officer Daniel Wall was acting to defend himself during the chaotic confrontation in July 2025, prosecutors said Tuesday.

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Beacon Hill burglar facing new charges after DNA links him to multiple Chinatown incidents, officials say -- James Schaff, 59, is currently in jail for break-ins in Beacon Hill and Back Bay, prosecutors said Tuesday.

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INNOVATION BEAT - AI can make employees more productive but in harmful ways, new study finds - Conversing with AI about work spilled over into non-work hours and increased pressure to multi-task, two Berkeley researchers found.

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Boston Dynamics CEO steps down as robotics firm looks for new leader -- Robert Playter has run the company since 2019, when he took over for founder Marc Raibert as chief executive.

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PERSPECTIVE - Forgetful of names? You're not alone. And you can fight back. For most of my life, I've had a superpower: the ability to recall names. Now, at 52, it's my kryptonite.

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KEVIN CULLEN - An American dream morphs into a nightmare - Seamus Culleton, an Irish immigrant married to a US citizen last year and living in Boston for more than 20 years, has been held in squalor in Texas for five months.

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Hampshire College 'hopes to live.' Can it survive? -- Supporters of the beloved, iconoclastic school are hoping for the best while bracing for the worst.

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Massachusetts wants to bleed more horseshoe crabs. What if there was a better way? -- Scientists rely on the bright-blue blood of horseshoe crabs to test vaccines and other medical products for deadly contamination.

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You don't need the 20 seconds you gain by skipping the credits sequence

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Boston-born 'A Different World' star Jasmine Guy dishes on filming 'Good Will Dunkin'' ad with Ben Affleck

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Photos: See Ann Michael Maye, Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga, Tom Brady, and more stars at Super Bowl LX

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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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IDEAS | SEBASTIAN JUNGER -- Sebastian Junger on the seven lives lost aboard Gloucester's Lily Jean

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EDITORIAL -- The budgets for the bus go up and up

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- Some non-football, post-Super Bowl thoughts

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Grace Moreno, Zoila Gomez, and Claudia Quintero -- Healey draws a line against ICE overreach

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Eugene Scott -- Has Trump protected religion — or just politicized it?

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IDEAS -- Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' HOCKEY -- Eastern Mass. girls' hockey: Players of the Week, Feb. 3-9

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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' HOCKEY -- Globe Top 20 girls' hockey poll: A High 5 for two new entrants

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The Big Day -- Excuse me, I believe you have my stapler: How a borrowed item led to love and marriage

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KARA MILLER -- Want to get into a great college? Try being rich, male, and a champion squash player.

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PERSPECTIVE -- Taking the leap: Why more Black women are making the move to live abroad

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Some areas to see slick roads for morning commute. Scattered snow showers expected, highs to reach near 40.

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People have been going out on the frozen Charles River for over a century. Officials wish they wouldn't.

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Eight high school sports takeaways from Tuesday, including Nordic ski champions and 1,000-point scorers

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Ilia Malinin ready to jump to next level after dominating men's short program

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Leaving appliances or charging cords plugged in? 'Phantom power' may be costing you.

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The economy is booming. So why is the job market lagging?

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Google, Meta, push back on addiction claims in landmark social media trial

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Attorney General Bondi will face questions from lawmakers as fallout over Epstein files continues

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Netanyahu to urge expanded Iran talks during White House meeting as Trump says Tehran wants a deal

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Investigators searching a location in Arizona in disappearance of Nancy Guthrie

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A person has been detained for questioning in disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, sheriff's office says

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Shootings at school and home in British Columbia, Canada, leave 10 dead including suspect

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Iran commemorates 1979 revolution as nation is squeezed by anger over crackdown and tensions with US

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A lost Soviet moon lander from 1960s may have been found

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Students are AI natives. Why aren't their colleges?

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The brutal work, the tragic loss, and the indisputable call of the sea

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Male college students feel judged? Try growing up female.

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At 24, how do you know if someone is 'the one'?

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A $24 cup of coffee has landed in Boston. Is it worth the price tag?

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Eight restaurants to visit for Lunar New Year

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Laura Maioglio, whose restaurant was a theater district mainstay, dies at 93

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Harry Lighton on being taken hostage, his carsick brother, and Werther's Originals

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Fire at historic Castle Hill Inn prompts evacuation in Newport

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We went from 'Titanic vibes' to treasured memories. This is our Alaska family cruise comeback story.

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Photography in a flash

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The vivid, mournful dreams of Cuban painter Wifredo Lam, an artist ahead of his time, but at home in ours

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When keyboards are key

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Judges toss accuser's civil suits against Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer, citing jurisdiction

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Getting by with a little help — and sometimes, a lot of harm — from our friends

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The best local book events this week

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In 'Pillion', a shy bloke's heart belongs to daddy

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Hollywood braces for a new round of labor talks

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'Soul Power' tells the story of how the ABA helped create the modern NBA

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For Miguel, emotional complexity is still a 'sure thing' on his latest album

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Kate Hamill's 'Little Women' adaptation imagines a Jo March with more options

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Patrolling the dark corners of the web, at a steep personal cost, in Urban's 'The Moderate'

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Michael Keaton goes full Batman for Hasty Pudding's Man of the Year ceremony at Harvard

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They came to Massachusetts to cure disease. Now they're packing up their labs.

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Hair extensions found to contain dozens of hazardous chemicals, Newton study shows

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Fred Smith, who left Blondie for the band Television, dies at 77

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Trailblazing atmospheric scientist at Harvard was 'a titan in the scientific world'

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