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Israel threatens a surge in attacks on Iran as Britain condemns Tehran targeting a US-UK air base

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'It's laughable': Election officials pour cold water on MAGA midterm overhaul

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Congress could be headed for a tipping point, irreversible decline

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The Red Sox have a new starting second baseman: Marcelo Mayer

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Ben Volin | Sunday football notes -- Dolphins forced to play Moneyball after wasting salary cap dollars like no team in NFL history

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Fifteen Boston-area towns set big goals to build out of the region's housing shortage by 2030. They're nowhere close.

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Mass. lawmakers are promising billions in savings from utility bills. But does the math add up?

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'We hold people accountable:' Prosecutors send message with swift arrest of BPD officer, experts say

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It's finally payday for former Boston Sports Clubs members

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Croft School officials say founder allegedly forged $500,000 letter of credit. Then the tuition deadline moved.

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'There are just no dollars': Mass. towns consider cuts to cherished public institutions amid deepening budget crisis

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Trial of Natick engineer accused of exporting US technology to Iran postponed amid war

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Judith Rapoport dies at 92. Her best-selling book introduced readers to OCD.

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How 'Jury Duty' kept its high-wire act secret for another season

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On the wrestling mat, East Boston High Schoolers won before the match even started

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LOVE LETTERS - Birthday expectations unmet

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Alexander von Hoffman - To restore the American dream, Greater Boston needs to build more single-family homes - The only way to meet the urgent longing of young households for a place to call their own is to build houses they can afford to buy.

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IDEAS | JUDY KUGEL -- Why are the men around me doing all the talking?

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Seth Moulton -- We can't let history repeat itself in Iran

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Ruthzee Louijeune -- Heartbreak, hope, and a plea to save TPS for Haitians

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IDEAS | John Edward Huth -- I made Harvard students give up their clocks. The results were revelatory.

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'The Bachelorette' took a risk on Taylor Frankie Paul. It backfired. -- Unlike the women who led the show's previous 21 seasons, Paul had no history with ABC's "Bachelor" franchise, among the longest running in reality television.

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For a clear view of the Mass. GOP convention, media outlets will have to pay $500 -- To help cover the cost of hosting its nominating convention in April, the Massachusetts Republican Party is offering media outlets a spot on its new "media row" inside Worcester's DCU Center. It costs $500.

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Feds move to dismiss charges against officers accused of falsifying warrant in Breonna Taylor raid -- Judges have twice taken a felony charge against each officer and reduced it to a misdemeanor, saying there wasn't a direct link between the false information and Taylor's death.

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Worcester officials slam racist social media comments directed at girls high school basketball players -- "The Worcester community stands united in denouncing racism in all its forms," multiple officials said in a statement.

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Dan Shaughnessy - It may be March Madness to the rest of the country, but around here we're feeling a little left out, and other thoughts - Here in Massachusetts, March Madness is March Sadness. Or March Badness. Truly. We're darn near March Teamless. We have virtually no say in this national hoop-a-palooza.

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Pressley introduces bill to require DHS to turn over body cam footage, other materials -- Relevant materials outlined in the bill include body camera footage, audio recordings, written reports and communications, and disciplinary records of the officers involved.

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Love your job? We want to know about it. -- Nominations are open for the Globe's Top Places to Work awards.

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It's now easier than ever to search the Globe recipe archive

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'Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man,' 'SNL UK,' plus more new movies and TV to stream this weekend

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'André Is an Idiot' is a hilarious and heartbreaking plea for you to get a colonoscopy

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Buildings in darkness, lit from within: An exhibit called 'Sanctuary' is a haunting embodiment of current fears, and of hope

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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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Danielle Allen -- All-party primaries would fix Massachusetts' unproductive Legislature

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- The BSO board — another bad boss

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IDEAS | ELIZABETH SVOBODA -- How book clubs and knitting circles can restore our democracy

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

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Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes -- Robert Parish's take on this Celtics group centers on teamwork and the return of a strong defensive identity -- The Hall of Famer did not think this year's team would beat his 1986 Boston Celtics though, citing Bill Walton as the biggest difference-maker.

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Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes -- Who will be MLB's 2026 awards winners? The Globe's predictions include a pair of Red Sox in the running for top honors.

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Bruins at Red Wings | 8 p.m. (ABC) -- Bruins at Red Wings preview: Two teams with the same record square off

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As golf season tees off, area courses spring to life. But weather swings can make it tricky out on the links.

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The oil prices you see don't tell the market's real story -- The global Brent benchmark has jumped more than 50% to around $112 a barrel as the near-complete closure of the Strait of Hormuz choke supplies.

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Stryker cyberattack delays surgeries for some patients

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Alex Speier -- Venezuelan players are integral to the Red Sox' success. Turmoil back home is never far from their minds.

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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- New England's 50 fastest-growing companies for 2026

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PERSPECTIVE -- Trying to change someone's mind in an argument is pointless. Here's what to do instead.

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DINNER WITH CUPID -- Blind date: 'Finding out he was also a dog lover was pretty important '

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'Feels like we've gone back in time.' Pride flags were removed from Boston University offices. Professors are alarmed.

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It's back to court for Harvard after new lawsuit from Trump administration

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Celtics survive surprising battle from banged-up Grizzlies, need fourth-quarter rally for victory

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A landmark 7-year WNBA labor deal moves forward with a signed term sheet

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Holy Cross women bow out of NCAA Tournament against No. 2 Michigan

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Soaring gas prices will hit drivers and US automakers hardest

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Iranian navy guided Indian tanker through Strait of Hormuz, crew member says

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US allows sale of stranded Iran oil to cap fuel-price rises

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Israel says attacks on Iran to ramp up as Trump mulls 'winding down' military operations. Follow live updates.

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Summer heat hits Southwest in March and records are shattered

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Trump said he was considering 'winding down' Middle East military operation even as US sent more troops to region. Here's what happened.

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These people used AI to help find their lost pets

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A massive border wall expansion is underway

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It's not just vaccines — parents are refusing other routine preventive care for newborns

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BTS returns with comeback concert in Seoul after 4-year hiatus

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Zombie ship posing as LNG carrier appears to transit Hormuz

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Once transfixed by the Gardner's Rembrandt, he feels its loss today

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Could Maura Healey possibly lose?

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Wallowing in a mess of his own making, Trump concocts a war-boosting former president

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Small house, big mess: 12 ways for average people to get organized

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Common Craft opens in Southie; Nine Winters closes in Cambridge

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Globe launches recipe database: 2,000 dishes at your fingertips

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Lobster rolls approach $50, but Bostonians appear happy to shell out

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Airport screeners quitting instead of working without pay poses a longer-term problem for TSA

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Rolex watches, socks, a Jim Henson puppet. Inside the massive Ala. store where things inside lost luggage get sold.

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How to make sure your belongings don't end up for sale at Unclaimed Baggage

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Calvin Tomkins, who narrated the rise of contemporary art, dies at 100

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A Klimt tree blooms in the Harvard Art Museums

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Horror novel 'Shy Girl' pulled over suspected AI use

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'It's a game changer.' Zach Bryan buys Kerouac's 'On the Road' scroll for $12M, with plan to display it in Lowell.

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Blackface isn't dead. It isn't even past.

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Coolidge Corner Theatre workers vote to authorize strike as contract negotiations deadlocked, union says

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Good guys wore black: A tribute to Chuck Norris

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Chuck Norris, Hollywood action star, has died at 86

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'The Bachelorette' season canceled after leaked video of assault

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'Deadwood' delivered one of the best #!@$* first episodes of all time

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A new PBS doc explores how politicians use race to make Americans 'White with Fear'

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BTS is back. But the K-Pop landscape has changed.

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Electronic music, dance, opera, martial arts: FKA twigs says 'this is just my makeup'

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A cause worth fighting for, and singing about, in 'Suffs'

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In post-apocalyptic 'The End is Nigh,' game-show contestants play for mortal stakes

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Suzy Eddie Izzard wanted a chance to take on Shakespeare. She's now playing every role in 'Hamlet.'

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Massachusetts to track Alpha-gal syndrome, a growing threat from tick bites. Here's what to know.

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The curious case of sepsis — and what may really be driving its skyrocketing cases in Mass.

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This diet beats out 5 others when it comes to cognitive health, study finds

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Jane Lapotaire, British actress who won a Tony for 'Piaf,' dies at 81

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Alvin Greene, a no-show senate nominee who won primary, dies at 48

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