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YVONNE ABRAHAM -- Trump's oil obsession will cost New England. We all need to sacrifice, right?

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Healey targets airlines profiting from ICE deportations

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Former GLP-1 users regain lost weight after about 18 months, study says

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College student who died in Needham house fire remembered by friends and family as a 'bright light' -- Kayla Corrigan, 21, a senior at Syracuse University, was killed in a devastating fire at her family's home on Christmas Eve.

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Reading man pleads guilty to trafficking parts of endangered animals, including orangutan skulls -- Prosecutors said he ordered the wildlife parts from Cameroon and Indonesia.

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Boston's TD Garden transformed for bull riding -- 750 tons of dirt, 90 bucking bulls, and 40 cowboys came to Boston for the first Professional Bull Riders event in the city.

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NWSL -- Track Boston Legacy FC signings: See which players have joined the inaugural roster

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GBH to launch 'The Curiosity Desk' radio show as 'Boston Public Radio' returns to two hours

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Drunken-driving charge dropped against former Cranston mayoral candidate who asked police, 'You know who I am, right?'

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Flames at Bruins: Boston opens five-game homestand after long road trip

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Woman killed by ICE agent was a mother of 3, poet, and new to Minneapolis

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Woman killed by ICE was a prize-winning poet. Read one of her poems.

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'What we saw today is a murder': AOC slams ICE officer who shot Minneapolis woman

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Tara Sullivan -- Why did the Patriots (and the NFL) so easily move on from allegations against Stefon Diggs and Christian Barmore? -- The system continually reminds us that its primary objective remains protecting the almighty NFL shield above all else.

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Patriots' Kayshon Boutte details battle with gambling addiction in Players' Tribune essay

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2026 Golden Globes: 15 nominated films you can stream this weekend

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House heading toward vote to extend health care subsidies in a rebuke of GOP leadership

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SJC upholds conviction of Wayland man in slaying of former high school girlfriend, rejecting mental illness defense -- "Not every defendant with a mental illness lacks criminal responsibility for his or her acts," the court ruled.

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'Nightmare trying to find a place': New campaign seeks to end pet discrimination in Mass. rentals -- Renting with pets forces some to choose between a roof over their head and keeping their animal companions.

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Police identify suspect allegedly involved in thefts at Boston City Hall, officials say

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Boy, 14, dies after medical emergency at Mission Hill community center, police say

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Boston music doesn't need to be resuscitated. It needs a rebrand.

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Joe Keery, Joy Behar, and more arts news in Boston you might have missed

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PODCAST | SAY MORE - 'Nothing ever happens here': Dennis Lehane says his Boston is a vanished world - The author of "Gone Baby Gone" and "Mystic River" reflects on his new Apple TV show "Smoke," what makes good writing, and which movies have the worst Boston accents.

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IDEAS | BILL MCKIBBEN -- We can't 'stop' climate change. But we can stop it short.

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- Transgender athletes get their day at the Supreme Court. It probably won't go well for them.

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Eugene R. Fidell -- Why Pete Hegseth's case against Mark Kelly is doomed to fail

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LETTERS -- A killing in Minneapolis. By a federal officer.

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Quincy grandmother goes viral after posting selfie in newly knitted sweater -- Susan Pithie, 77, didn't know her social media post was getting attention until her grandchildren told her.

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red sox - How Globe writers voted on the 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot - There is no right way or wrong way to vote. The six Globe writers who cast ballots this year offered proof of that.

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Developers once planned a 20-story tower at the Motor Mart Garage. Six years later, the project is up for sale. -- The century-old garage, once the world's largest parking structure, spans a full block where Bay Village meets Back Bay.

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KEVIN CULLEN - Putting some manners on the Boston City Council - Liz Breadon's surprising election Monday as president of the Boston City Council is good for the city.

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Sign up for Season 3 of Winter Soup Club

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Celebrity Series of Boston becomes Vivo Performing Arts

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Back to 'Blackstar': This show memorializes the decade since David Bowie's death

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Debut novel 'Lost Lambs' has a keen eye for the grotesque, and an ear for euphemism

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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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RENÉE GRAHAM -- An insurrection, an impeachment, and the same rogue president five years later

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EDITORIAL -- Liz Breadon's challenge as City Council president

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Eugene Scott -- Trump acts like a strongman because Americans want one

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Isaac Kohane -- Your AI doctor may be working for someone else

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EDITORIAL -- Stadium deal in Everett is a win for the Krafts and Wu

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IDEAS -- Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

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Forecast | Ken Mahan - A warm Friday with showers entering the region late - The concern for Friday morning will be widespread freezing fog that will hang around for the early hours and commute into work.

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Men's college hockey notebook -- The BU men's hockey team has been boosted by midseason additions before. Will Tynan Lawrence be the next one? -- For Lawrence, an NHL prospect whose stock is soaring, the plan was to enroll at BU for the 2026-27 season, but after recording 17 points in 13 games for Muskegon, the time is now.

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GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL -- Hopefully the Celtics take Wednesday night's loss to the Nuggets as a lesson about how teams will now try to defend them -- This 114-110 setback will be damaging if the Celtics don't learn from how the Nuggets beat them, otherwise more defeats will surely follow.

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NWSL -- Boston Legacy FC announce signing of Ugandan striker Fauzia Najjemba

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Larry Edelman | Trendlines - The first Friday, explained: Why the jobs report is more important than ever this year - The monthly employment roundup is perhaps the most significant economic indicator compiled by the government or private sector.

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Mass. marijuana repeal initiative faces new challenge as opponents allege fraud

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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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CONNECTIONS -- We offered refuge to a Brown University student on that night of horror. She brought light to the darkness.

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LOVE LETTERS -- What to do about visiting in-laws who offer unwanted advice, and won't leave

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The Big Day -- A joyful 'romantasy' wedding at Hammond Castle for Harvard Law grads from different cultures

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Warming trend carries into the weekend with springlike highs. Some unsettled weather on the way.

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Minneapolis protesters vent their outrage after an ICE officer kills a woman

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'The Masked Singer': Red Sox legend is first celebrity unmasked in season premiere

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Mass General Brigham to acquire insurer Fallon Health

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How viral photos of Maduro's capture put a Maine apparel company in the spotlight

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'A little bit more certainty': After shaky years, Mass. life science companies find glimmers of hope

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Senate votes to limit Trump's power to conduct further attacks on Venezuela. Follow live updates.

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Minnesota investigators say they can't access ICE shooting evidence after FBI takes case. Follow live updates.

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Two killed in shooting in Mormon church parking lot in Salt Lake City

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Wisconsin man accused of killing parents to fund Trump assassination plot set to enter plea deal

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Harvey Weinstein says jurors were bullied into convicting him. A judge is set to rule.

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Australia's leader announces a royal commission into antisemitism after Bondi mass shooting

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US cements control over Venezuelan oil, seizes Russian-flagged tanker

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Fear grips Caracas as a new wave of repression is unleashed in Venezuela

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In Trump's words, 'we're in the oil business'

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Another shared ill of robber barons and tech titans: climate destruction

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As Patriots chase a title, assault charges raise difficult questions

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Some gifted dogs can learn new toy names by eavesdropping on owners

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Making male friends over 50 seems impossible

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Si Cara opens in South Boston; First Watch brings brunch to Back Bay

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Five simple, healthful recipes anyone can make (really)

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Are 'Instagrammable' restaurants and food dying in 2026?

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'It's not a trick. It's a skill.' Jason Ladanye on card handling, Richard Branson's island, and $800 boxers

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Passenger gets stonewalled by Expedia after flight cancellation

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You may now be a Canadian citizen

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

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Janet Fish, painter of luminous still lifes, dies at 87

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In one of the best collections of drawings in the country, here are five you shouldn't miss

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Local bestsellers for the week ended Jan. 4

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The best local book events this week

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Cynthia Zarin never expected to write novels. Now she's not sure she'll stop.

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It's only forever, not long at all: 'Labyrinth' turns 40

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'One Battle After Another' dominates SAG's Actor Awards with 7 nominations

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Greg Davies and Alex Horne on taking 'Taskmaster' on the road and who their most enthusiastic contestant was

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Why TV loves hospital shows — and why 'The Pitt' is the best one ever

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Bruno Mars to make Gillette Stadium debut as part of new 'Romantic Tour'

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'It is America's first music': Conductor Everett McCorvey on the importance of preserving Negro spirituals

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Outstanding ensemble and a light touch give ART's 'Wonder' heart and depth

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Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump name added to building

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'The Snow Queen,' 'Dead Outlaw,' and more theater to stream

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Mass. unveils $250 million in new Obamacare subsidies to protect residents from premium hikes

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What's beef tallow? And five other things to know about Kennedy's new food pyramid.

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Aldrich Ames, CIA turncoat who helped the Soviets, dies

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John Axelrod, 'an inspiration' to the MFA and Boston's art world, dies at 79

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Representative Doug LaMalfa of California dies, reducing GOP's narrow control of the House

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