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TARA SULLIVAN - Game 7: The best two words in sports, until they're the most dreaded. For these Celtics, it's both ways. They should be the best two words in sports. And usually, they are. But not now, not with this team, not in this series, not against this 76ers team.

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GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL -- Adjustments? What adjustments? Another pathetic effort in a closeout game leaves Celtics on the brink of losing series.

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Now it's a fight to the finish as the Celtics stumble and 76ers force Game 7

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An AI-powered school promises students will 'crush' academics — no teachers required

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Dan Shaughnessy -- Red Sox fans have more questions than answers about their last-place team, and other thoughts

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Chad Finn: Craig Breslow shouldn't have been the one to fire Alex Cora

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Starting Point -- I'm only writing this to get on the wall at Five Guys

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In bid to stay afloat, Roxbury's Black Market raises money, and eyebrows

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Sandra Birchmore's manner of death changed from suicide to 'undetermined,' medical examiner says

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R.I. brothers admit to staging KKK video that drew nationwide media attention

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Republicans say they will defer to Trump on Iran war despite arrival of 60-day deadline

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Follow live updates on the Trump administration

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Court records identify ICE agent accused of choking a Fitchburg man in front of his daughter

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'This is going to be a potential battle.' Court decision gutting voting rights law could reshape map-making in Massachusetts.

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Hampshire College 3.0? 'Hampshire Next' is mobilizing to make it happen.

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Forecast | Ken Mahan - May begins as rainy weather clears out for a sunny, warmer Friday

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Boston's next fire commissioner lives in Canton, but 'will comply' with city's residency mandate, officials say

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Boston FBI office recovers stolen 17th-century Italian reliquary urn

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Mayor Wu renews push for tax on high-dollar real estate sales

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The devil may wear Prada, but B.J. Novak wears his Boston pride on his sleeve

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DINNER WITH CUPID -- Blind date: 'We joked how middle children are becoming extinct'

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Renée Loth - A billion-dollar mistake: The case against slashing Mass Save - Some members of the Legislature want to slash the energy-efficiency program's budget. But Mass Save is exactly the wrong thing to be cutting if the goal is lower utility costs.

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EDITORIAL -- Can Baystate save struggling Mercy Medical Center?

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Mark L. Wolf -- How Trump's attacks on lawyers endanger US democracy

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IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG AND CARLOS AGUILAR -- 'Michael' and the ethics of the biopic

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Maine Governor Janet Mills suspends her campaign for Senate

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Man killed in one-car crash in Wellesley

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City of Quincy reaches new deal to buy campus of Eastern Nazarene College

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Evening walk in Brookline turns tense as coyotes surround woman and her dog

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Britney Spears charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs

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'Mormon Wives' star Taylor Frankie Paul and ex-partner ordered to stay 100 feet apart

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Olivia Wilde on her 'really formative years' in Andover, bringing 'The Invite' to the Coolidge - The Coolidge Corner Theatre rolled out the red carpet for Wilde on Wednesday, as her new movie closed out this year's IFFBoston.

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Camberville & beyond -- What you flush goes here. You won't believe what it smells like. -- Following what goes down the drain and the toilet, our Cambridge/Somerville editor went to the big wastewater treatment plant out on Deer Island to see how it works.

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Even with $100 fines, many in no-tow Cambridge aren't moving their cars for street sweeping - Parking violations surged when the city ended towing for street sweeping violations. Doubling the cost of a ticket hardly made a dent.

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Larry Edelman | Trendlines -- Fidelity is bringing workers back to the office all week, every week. More Boston companies should do it. -- Will more companies follow suit now that finding a job is a lot tougher than a few years ago and employees have less leverage to push back?

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

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'Rest in power': Ayo Edebiri talks chaotic Fung Wah Boston bus rides, Celtics pride with Seth Meyers

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Jon Hamm tells Amy Poehler that he 'was making fun of' Ben Affleck with his Boston accent in 'The Town'

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A Shakespearean scholar spent a year in Stephen King's private archive. Now she's sharing what she found.

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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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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- The Voting Rights Act and the values my parents taught me

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- How Mike Vrabel is surviving the Dianna Russini scandal

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RIGHT, LEFT, AND CENTER -- The Trump problem in Massachusetts

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- Can police get your phone location data if you jog by a crime scene?

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

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Tonight's Flower Moon is the first of a rare celestial double feature -- This full moon will reach peak illumination during the day, but you can catch a nice glimpse as it rises over the eastern horizon at sunset.

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BLOTTER TALES -- A bald eagle is rescued, a drone gets stuck, and a senior scooter is saved -- An eagle is rescued, a drone gets stuck in a tree, and other odd tales from police and fire departments.

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COMMENTARY | Joshua McCabe -- R.I. governor's plan for a refundable child tax credit comes as cost of living soars -- Governor McKee's proposal would extend meaningful support to the vast majority of families, writes social policy director.

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Red Sox -- Mirabelli made it, Tim Wakefield pitched great, the Red Sox beat the Yankees, and a legend was born.

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Ducks 5, Oilers 2 -- Carlsson, Terry lead Ducks to win in Game 6, eliminating the 2-time conference champ Oilers

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Timberwolves 110, Nuggets 98 -- Jaden McDaniels leads Timberwolves on both ends of the court in clincher to oust Nuggets in 6

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Worried about the death of print media? Look to Yankee Publishing for hope.

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Trump gives go-ahead to major new Canada-US oil pipeline

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Summer Travel -- Here are five summer travel experiences you've probably never had before in New England

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SUMMER TRAVEL -- With new direct flights to Milan, there's never been a better time to go

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LOVE LETTERS -- I want to take a break from life with my boyfriend to move to Boston

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PERSPECTIVE -- How to protect your mental health yet stay informed about the suffering of others so you can help

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Disconnected SNAP calls contribute to thousands losing food assistance

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Eastern Mass. baseball: Players of the Week for April 23-29

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Natick baseball's walkoff win over Braintree was emblematic of how far it has risen in two years

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Globe Top 20 baseball poll: A return engagement at No. 1

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Weekly US jobless claims fall to 189,000, lowest in more than 5 decades

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Trump pulls Casey Means' stalled surgeon general nomination. His new pick is radiologist Nicole Saphier.

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The Onion's bid to take over Alex Jones' Infowars is in limbo as new court battles emerge

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Prosecutors release video of armed man storming correspondents' dinner

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Some Black Southerners say voting rights ruling 'missed the mark'

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Weinstein rape accuser wrote a note to herself. It ended up in evidence.

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What to know about May Day demonstrations as workers face rising energy costs due to Iran war

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Iran's supreme leader vows to protect nuclear and missile capabilities

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Iranians live with pain and powerlessness, beneath a smooth veneer

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Congestion pricing? Don't freak out, Boston.

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Drones are blowing up old assumptions about US foreign policy

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The soldier who infiltrates neo-Nazi groups

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We broke up, but still love each other

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US infant formula supply is 'safe,' FDA says after looking for potential contaminants

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This Watertown restaurant isn't glossy or trendy. Instead, it's got heart.

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It's a big week for Boston restaurant openings

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Here's what's moving into the former Tiny Bar space in Providence

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Airbnb freezes account because of user's Ukraine address

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Mother's Day is coming up. Why not take her somewhere? Here are some ideas.

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The first direct US-Venezuela commercial flight in 7 years lands in Caracas

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At Yale: the commercial empire within the British empire

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When Mother Nature and art collide: Seeing weather through a different lens

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Derrick Adams and the hard work of Black repose

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Gaelynn Lea is an artist and a disability advocate, in perfect harmony

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Local bestsellers for the week ended April 26

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Male loneliness and political angst take center stage in Strout's latest

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Where to see film festivals around New England all summer long

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Movies and TV to stream this weekend: 'Wuthering Heights,' 'The Departed,' and more

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How beards and mustaches make the man on TV

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Apple TV's New England horror comedy 'Widow's Bay' strikes the perfect tone

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David Allan Coe, who wrote 'Take This Job and Shove It,' and other country hits, dies

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'Daughter of the Regiment' is several gunpowder barrels' worth of laughs

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A Beatles 'butcher' cover, an iconic Ramones portrait, and more are on display in 'Cover Stories'

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Acclaimed Weymouth-born ballet star Matthew Neenan is back in Boston with new choreography for Alvin Ailey

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At 20, he helped launch a theater company. Now, Jaime José Hernández is onstage at The Huntington

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Meager rations aboard the ship in 'The Secret Sharer'

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Massachusetts' only birth center is struggling to survive

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Healthy workers are ditching company insurance to save $1,000 a month

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Biogen beats estimates as Alzheimer's drug gains momentum

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J. Craig Venter, scientist who decoded the human genome, dies at 79

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Lester Wright, the fastest known centenarian, dies at 103

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Nick Pope, UFO sleuth who chased the truth, dies at 60

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