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Red Sox spring training report -- Sunday's Red Sox game report: Jarren Duran goes 2 for 3 with two doubles

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Celtics 111, Lakers 89 -- Payton Pritchard embraces spotlight, leads Celtics past Lakers -- Pritchard made 10 of 13 shots and 6 of 9 3-pointers and finished with 30 points, 7 assists, and 4 rebounds.

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With an Olympic performance worthy of gold, US goaltender Connor Hellebuyck proved he can do it when it matters most

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FORECAST | DAVE EPSTEIN and Ken Mahan -- Blockbuster nor'easter to paralyze New England with blizzard conditions late Sunday to Monday. Here's the latest. -- Forecast snowfall totals have climbed ahead of this monster storm, on track to bring whiteout conditions, with heavy, blowing snow coming down at 2 to 3 inches an hour at times.

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Blizzard warnings send East Coast scrambling

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Forecast | Ken Mahan -- Maps show how this massive winter storm could impact New England -- Several inches of snow will be on the ground by sunrise Monday for Boston and much of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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Healey declares state of emergency for Massachusetts ahead of potential historic snow storm

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Is your child's school closed on Monday?

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Here's a checklist of what to do ahead of the storm

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'I feel like he's following us': Johnny Gaudreau's memory surrounded Team USA during run to Olympic gold

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See how the game unfolded

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'Here we go again': Jack Hughes lost teeth before his Olympic gold-winning goal

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Another unforgettable golden moment: Jack Hughes, Connor Hellebuyck lift US men's hockey team over Canada in overtime

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From their Brighton practice facility, the Bruins cheered on teammates, countrymen

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Youth hockey games resume after Pawtucket rink shooting, and a community comes closer together -- "It was tough for all of them. They know a lot of those kids, they grew up playing with them," one coach said. "Honestly, this is the best community around. Rhode Island high school hockey, everyone is tight."

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'GRWM' to meet the governor: How Mass. politicians are turning to friendly influencers to spread their messages -- Massachusetts politicians are increasingly embracing online creators to expand their reach beyond traditional press, including offering them one-on-one interviews or inviting them to events.

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Do grandparents have a legal right to visit their grandchildren? -- A high-profile Family Court trial in Rhode Island is shining a spotlight on a growing legal debate taking place across the nation.

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Dr. John Goodson, MGH primary care advocate who distilled his work into poems, dies at 76

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AKA sorority returns to Boston with focus on service -- More than 4,500 AKA members representing chapters from Maine to Washington, D.C., gathered for the first regional conference in Boston in nearly 30 years.

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Scituate 6th grader makes her own history on Alaska's Iditarod Trail

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Red Sox batting order has similar look to regular season lineup

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RENÉE GRAHAM - Colbert vs. Trump: The late-night TV wars take on a whole new meaning - The talk show host's public battle with the administration is a fight for the First Amendment.

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IDEAS | MEGAN MARSHALL -- Telling — and defending — the full story of America

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JEFF JACOBY -- Nativism is a bipartisan American temptation

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IDEAS | VIVIANE CALLIER -- Will China be able to poach scientists from the West?

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LETTERS -- Traffic cameras give us safer, calmer streets

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Inside Iran's preparation for war and plans for survival -- In early January, the nation's supreme leader turned to a trusted and loyal lieutenant to steer the country.

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During month-long Olympic break, Boston Fleet ensured no shortage of competition -- While seven Fleet players competed on the biggest stage at the Milan Olympics, those back home were engaging in their own Olympiad.

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US tells partners to honor tariff deals as Trump recalibrates -- The trade deals, which the administration made with China, the European Union, South Korea and others, remain in place, a top official said Sunday.

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Celtics at Lakers preview: Boston and Los Angeles renew rivalry -- Boston is coming off a dominant win against the Warriors in San Francisco.

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For the annual Cupid's Undie Run, nearly 200 brave the cold in their skivvies - The short midday run is a fundraiser for the Children's Tumor Foundation.

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KEVIN CULLEN -- To chase away those bleak midwinter blues, I went to the movies. Bad idea. -- The documentary "Melania" perfectly captures the decline of a once serious nation.

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ON OLYMPICS -- US wins most medals at a Winter Games outside of North America -- What's been most intriguing about the US performance in Milan and Cortina has been the back stories, some of them the conclusion to a continuing series.

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'We Had a World' — of monotony

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'Wuthering Heights,' the novel, is weirder (and kinkier) than you remember

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'Is it a bar, or is it a Seger bar?': Watertown man goes viral for asking Boston-area bars to play Bob Seger songs

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Two Boston-area theaters revive plays from the '50s with very modern resonances

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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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Jill Abramson -- How Trump's attempts at cancel culture could backfire, fueling Talarico's rise

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- Talking honestly about gender, mental health, and violence

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IDEAS | GABRIEL WU -- I won't let AI dominate my Harvard education

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EDITORIAL -- Massachusetts needs a statewide water plan

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IDEAS -- Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

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Former Maine senator George Mitchell facing backlash over alleged links to Jeffrey Epstein -- The Portland-based Mitchell Institute, a nonprofit named for the former lawmaker, said its board had accepted his resignation as honorary chair of the group.

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NASCAR -- Tyler Reddick wins at Atlanta to give Michael Jordan second straight NASCAR Cup victory -- For the second consecutive Sunday, the basketball great and his racing team celebrated in victory lane with Reddick.

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GOLF -- Jacob Bridgeman barely holds on at Riviera for first PGA Tour title -- The 26-year-old made a nervy par putt on the 18th hole for a one-shot victory in the Genesis Invitational.

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OLYMPICS -- Twin Milan and Cortina Olympic cauldrons are extinguished, signaling the end of Winter Games

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DHS reverses suspension of PreCheck as it takes shutdown steps

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Health care firm: Job postings for proposed ICE warehouse in Merrimack, N.H., are 'speculative'

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On the cover -- Ultraprocessing. Dyes. Sugars. An expert helped me navigate the grocery store.

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KARA BASKIN -- The GLP-1 dream is over. What now, for patients who've relied on it for weight loss?

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THE BIG DAY -- When a wedding column takes a tragic turn

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THE HEALTH ISSUE -- A rare illness haunts generations of Massachusetts families

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Timeline: Here's when the nor'easter will hit your area

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Macron asks Trump to lift sanctions on European officials

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Hollywood merger threatens movie theaters just as they recover

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JPMorgan concedes it closed Trump's accounts after Jan. 6 attack

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Armed man shot and killed after entering secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, Secret Service says

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Homeland Security suspends TSA PreCheck and Global Entry airport security programs

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TSA shuts down Global Entry as the partial government shutdown drags on

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New law puts Kansas at vanguard of denying trans identities on driver's licenses, birth certificates

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NASA will return its moon rocket to hangar for repairs

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Mexican army kills leader of powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel during operation to capture him

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Canadian towns compete fiercely, and expensively, for family doctors

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The US deported a gay asylum-seeker to a third country where homosexuality is illegal

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My child's circus school is bracing for ICE. This is the toll of authoritarianism.

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Perinatal disorders need better prevention, treatment, and understanding

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Jesse Jackson was always brilliant

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When posting becomes its own style of politics

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Long after the afterglow: How love keeps unfolding

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Is 'brain rot' real? How too much time online can affect your mind.

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Three ways to make nearly-any-vegetable coconut soup

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In Wrexham, Wales, raise a glass to Ryan Reynolds. He bought the soccer team, and tourism took off.

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At CambridgeSide's Gato Exotico, affordable escapism fueled by margaritas and mischief

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Escape winter's bitter grip at these cozy local hotels

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A tale of mosques, markets, and megacities on a cruise to the Persian Gulf

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Meanwhile, in Portmeirion, a circa 1967 cult classic draws them in

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In Portland, Ming Smith makes light cascade and darkness abide

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A historic refuge for Black artists in Boston celebrates, with its future in doubt

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At MIT, a deepfake film about a moon disaster that's both frightening and weirdly inspiring

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The best local book events this week

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Caroline Light wants to reclaim the phrase 'stand your ground'

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Tom Noonan, actor renowned for onscreen menace, dies at 74

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Oscar nominated documentary shorts focus on Gaza, Ukraine, school shootings ... and donkeys

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On 'Grey's Anatomy,' Eric Dane achieved the impossible as McSteamy

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Jennifer Garner's mystery thriller, a new 'Predator,' plus more movies and shows to stream this wintry weekend

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Willie Colón, architect of urban salsa music, has died

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Why music is so key to figure skating's popularity — and how that music is changing

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Andrew Ranken, whose drumming powered the Pogues, dies

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'I was in excruciating pain': ART sued by Black actor who alleges the theater caused lasting damage to her hair

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Shoveling snow can trigger a heart attack, doctors warn

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Retired judge: Feds must investigate DCF over treatment of disabled children

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Jo Ann Bass, matriarch of Joe's Stone Crab in Miami Beach, dies at 94

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