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Tim Flaherty and E. Denise Simmons -- What Cambridge got wrong about ShotSpotter

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NATO allies bewildered by Trump's about-face on US troop moves in Europe

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Boston still runs on Dunkin'. But a new coffee culture is taking hold.

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Dan Shaughnessy -- Offering up a toast to New England sports fans. It's different here, for the better, and other thoughts.

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A beloved North End breakfast spot is expanding to Southie

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Trump heads to a competitive New York district to sell his tax law as voters sour on the economy. Follow live updates.

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She spent seven years in a Maine prison and was transformed. Now, she's trying to succeed on the outside.

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Teenager with gun detained after threatening students outside Kingston prom

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AI's impact on jobs? It's all over the map.

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Nashua, N.H., woman charged in teen's drowning death on Lake Winnipesaukee

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Danvers native Meghan Duggan named general manager of PWHL's Hamilton franchise

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IDEAS | Abdallah Fayyad - Don't dismiss Nicholas Kristof's reporting on Israeli prisons - Israel is threatening to sue The New York Times for an article exposing the sexual abuse and torture of Palestinians. But the new allegations fit a long, disturbing pattern.

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EDITORIAL -- The clock is ticking: Boston and the T need to sort out the World Cup safety plan

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RIGHT, LEFT, AND CENTER -- The MAGA stranglehold over Republican voters

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Alan Wirzbicki -- Advice for Harvard students on how to survive your first A-minus

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Former head of Mission Hill health center sentenced to 6 months in prison for absconding funds from facility

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Matthew Perry's family trusted his assistant to help keep him sober. He instead helped him overdose.

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Man fatally shot in Dorchester, police say

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Man injured during confrontation with police in Milan, N.H., officials say

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Man who allegedly threatened to kidnap mother's three-year-old boy on Green Line held without bail

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CHRISTOPHER MUTHER - What's the worst way to spend your vacation time and money? It's called obligation travel. Many people would rather deep-clean their house or give up alcohol for a year than travel for family obligations.

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QUICK BITE - Back Bay's new Peruvian restaurant feels like a party - The pasta is a must-order.

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With exclamation points and indignation, a federal judge from South Natick infuriates Trump -- Richard Leon's rulings have made him one of several judicial enemies of a president pushing the bounds of executive power.

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

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80 fun concerts, festivals, shows, and more to check out around Boston this summer

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ART's 'Black Swan' brings the movie's saga of dance and ambition to the stage

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What's your 'type'? Because this man's type is ... very specific.

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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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JOAN VENNOCHI -- So much for the sisterhood. Shannon O'Brien is out as chair of the Cannabis Control Commission.

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EDITORIAL -- As online sexual exploitation grows, laws need to catch up

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ALAN WIRZBICKI -- Questions after a tragedy at Davis

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

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POWER PLAY -- Can Whoop's 'DurkDaddy' lead a Boston tech turnaround? -- Why Whoop executive Ryan Durkin is bullish on a tech resurgence in Boston.

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RI POLITICS -- Rhode Island's Future, 20 years later: Political bloggers turned leaders, on the advice they'd give their younger selves -- Twenty years ago, an irreverent political blog called Rhode Island's Future was the talk of the town, providing a mix of gossipy political chatter while becoming one of the best online organizing tools for Rhode Island's left.

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Twins at Red Sox | 7:10 p.m. (NESN) -- Game 50: Twins at Red Sox lineups and notes -- Payton Tolle will be on the mound when the Red Sox open a three-game series with Minnesota at Fenway Park.

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Red Sox -- 'Kind of a letdown': Roman Anthony doesn't know when he'll be back from injury, but hopes to turn it around -- Discomfort has persisted for Anthony, 22, who landed on the IL on May 7 and has yet to return.

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Patriots mailbag -- Patriots mailbag: Are there alternatives if a trade with the Eagles for A.J. Brown can't be worked out?

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World Cup -- There are 20 days until the World Cup. Just tuning in? Here are 20 things to know to get caught up.

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CONNECTIONS -- I first scaled Mount Washington in 1954 at age 4. I kept going back.

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DINNER WITH CUPID -- Blind date: 'We talked a lot about her dog, Clementine, a sheepadoodle'

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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- In 1970s Boston, young hustlers made easy money selling smart term papers to college students

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Here's the latest Memorial Day weekend forecast

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A horse is rescued, a boy gets stuck, and kids cause a commotion at a strip mall

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Is there any way to upgrade the Bruins in goal? Not when you've got Jeremy Swayman in net all season.

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Eastern Mass. baseball Players of the Week for May 14-20

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Walpole junior Luca Digiulio melds an elite right arm with a mental toughness forged in late innings

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Summer camp isn't free from teen career anxiety

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Pushed to the limit, Republicans show rare defiance to Trump's demands

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Mass. reports 114 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1 death in a week. See the latest data.

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Experimental drug yields dramatic weight loss

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WHO chief says Ebola outbreak in Congo is 'spreading rapidly' and upgrades risk assessment

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US says 'slight progress' in Iran talks amid uncertainty on whether war will resume

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A new lawsuit forces the state to confront racial segregation in schools

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At the Supreme Court, it's not just liberal vs. conservative

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Where were the good Samaritans?

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This Bravo TV star has Boston roots, and a brand-new movie that skewers momfluencers

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Should I see my ex one more time?

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A eulogy for Schlitz, the cheap beer that made me a beer lover

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Why is the road trip considered quintessentially 'American'?

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She freed herself from slavery by fleeing George Washington's house. Now some are defying efforts to bury her memory.

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Mural being painted in Nashua's Renaissance Park features nod to city's French-Canadian heritage

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In art history, 'nude' almost always meant nude women, painted by men. An MFA exhibit documents a contemporary rebuttal.

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A Nobel Prize-winning author admitted she uses AI. What's the literary world coming to?

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Karen Allen on her history with the Berkshire Film Fest and how she got cast in 'The Glass Menagerie'

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Stephen Colbert bids farewell to 'The Late Show' with help from Paul McCartney and surprise guests. See highlights.

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ArtsEmerson announces new season of programming

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FDA plans rare advisory hearing to debate Moderna's flu shot

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Mass General Brigham says it is saving more lives. Some doctors aren't so sure.

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Barney Frank's funeral set for Faneuil Hall on June 8

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