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Starting Point -- Why are so many getting this 'rare' tick-borne disease?

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The Cape Ann Museum starts a new chapter Tuesday

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Nobody comes out unscathed in Teddy Wayne's latest novel, 'The Au Pair'

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'In the Hand of Dante' is a new circle of hell

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Mayor Wu presents fourth annual 'Dear Summer' compilation of Mass. musicians

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Gun rights advocates want to convince voters to undo a sweeping Mass. firearms law. They hope it spurs something bigger.

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AG Campbell defends handling of ballot questions in six lawsuits. 'We got three wrong. I think that's a great record.'

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Inside the 'simple job' in government that Graham Platner held before challenging Susan Collins

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With housing costs sky high, Congress finally puts aside partisanship and acts to increase supply

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A Kennedy scion loses in a crowded, pricey New York City congressional primary

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Takeaways from Tuesday's primaries

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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- Tracing New England's escalating tick boom

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Teen bicyclist dies after being struck by vehicle in Franklin, police say

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As high court tosses out rent control ballot measure, tenant groups lose on Beacon Hill again

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Boston taxi drivers can now accept Uber, Lyft ride requests under terms of new pilot program, city says

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Avenue of Broken Dreams -- Blue Hill Avenue has been neglected for decades. Why should its residents trust officials now?

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AJ Dybantsa goes No. 1, N.H.'s Ebuka Okorie makes history, and the Celtics grab a big man: NBA Draft Round 1 recap

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Celtics select University of Houston's Chris Cenac Jr. No. 27 overall in NBA Draft

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Gary Washburn | On Basketball -- Appeasing Jaylen Brown after trade offer fell through a priority for Celtics

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AJ Dybantsa's dream fulfilled, his selection at No. 1 a victory both for Brockton and all his hard work

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John Powers | On Soccer -- With its place in the second round secure, how should the US men's soccer team approach Thursday's group finale vs. Turkey?

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For journalists covering the World Cup, there's a fine line between national pride and the job at hand

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Harry Kane's first visit to Foxborough doesn't result in any Tom Brady-like heroics

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Kevin Paul Dupont | On hockey -- Bruins legend Patrice Bergeron reflects on whirlwind of number retirement, Hall of Fame announcements: 'It's been wild'

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Eight Boston-area restaurants where the steak is actually affordable

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Why luxury steakhouses are such big business in Boston - New, ever-pricier steakhouses keep opening in Boston. Can they all survive in this city?

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Boston is brimming with steakhouses. One restaurant is clearly the best.

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Tell us: What's your favorite Boston-area steakhouse, and what's your order?

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Find plant-based bliss at the seven best vegetarian restaurants in the Boston area

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Find your next treasure at these eight thrift stores and vintage shops

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Stay caffeinated at 11 of the Boston area's best coffee shops

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More from the Boston Globe's Best of the Best

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IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER - A glimmer of hope in the Ukraine war - Europe weighs a step it has long resisted.

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EDITORIAL -- With energy costs rising, Massachusetts should make solar simpler

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- The White House's latest weapon of mass distraction: Biden's mental state

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JP THOMAS -- Rolling back this Massachusetts gun law would only be the beginning

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UN nuclear agency boss says inspectors will visit Iran's nuclear sites under Iran-US interim deal

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Troubled Reflecting Pool faces fresh scrutiny over vandalism claims and duck deaths

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Tiger Woods speaks at Conn. golf event; first public appearance since crash, DUI arrest

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City councilors propose extending Orange Line beneath Blue Hill Avenue

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Student travel company penalized $500,000 for paying public school teachers to choose their firm for school trips

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Auburn man indicted on murder charge in death of boy injured as toddler

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Roughly 350,000 jobs in Greater Boston are vulnerable to AI. These charts show which ones are most exposed. Is AI taking your job? That's not an easy question, but AI is definitely better at some tasks than others.

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BETH TEITELL - The Real Housewives of Rhode Island touched down in Boston. What happened next was surprising. At a $55 meet-and-greet with reality stars, a sold-out event built on performance and spray tans gave way to something rarer.

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Jacob Wirth, the storied Boston restaurant that sat dark for eight years, is set to reopen in a rare revival -- After years of uncertainty and two devastating fires, one of Boston's oldest restaurants is finally on a path to reopening.

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'Don't give AI the bomb': A 'Boston brain trust' seeks papal backing in new push for nuclear disarmament -- Organizers believe a show of support by the American-born pontiff has the unique potential to galvanize interest in a resurgent nuclear threat.

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Comics Come Home announces lineup for 30th anniversary show. See who's coming to Boston.

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Nantucket Film Festival celebrates Paul Feig, Rashida Jones, and more

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BAMS Festival looks to keep its 'Momentum' during a year away from Franklin Park

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'I Will Find You': In Netflix's new Boston-set mystery, a Revere dad and a former Globie search for the truth

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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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Timothy Snyder -- Trump handed Iran a victory

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IDEAS | FREDDIE DEBOER -- No, despite what everyone says, American schools aren't failing

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Samuel Moyn -- Old people run America. And that's a problem.

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GLOBE OPINION -- Are boomers to blame for everything? We asked our staff.

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IDEAS | Yifan Xu Miller -- Who's actually running that robot?

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At the bicentennial, the Globe predicted what life would be at the tricentennial. Halfway, how'd we do? -- In 1976, we took a jokey swing at a future world. Some of it hit the mark. Some didn't age well.

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EMMA HEALY | ON WOMEN'S HOCKEY -- The Fleet couldn't replace Alina Müller in the PWHL Draft. So, who's going to score goals next season? -- Boston lost two of its top three scorers — Müller (Hamilton) and Jessie Eldridge (Montreal) — and most of the elite free agents signed elsewhere.

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BASEBALL -- Rafael Devers apologizes to Giants manager Tony Vitello after emotional outburst Sunday

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NHL -- Sabres get fourth pick from Chicago for Bowen Byram, Capitals grab Blues' Jordan Kyrou in pre-draft deals

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Chinese supercomputer displaces US machines as world's fastest for first time since 2017

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Overhauled assisted living regulations take effect in July

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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- Maine's Wabanaki Nations want sovereignty. They got iGaming instead.

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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- I let my Fitbit be the boss of me. I regretted it.

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CONNECTIONS -- Pulling into the cemetery for my dad's funeral, I remembered one of his classic dad jokes

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DINNER WITH CUPID -- Blind date: 'First dates should be more about just getting to know the person than to force chemistry'

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Clearing skies to bring sunshine and warmth on Wednesday

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Two men sentenced to prison for manslaughter in fatal 2023 Dorchester shooting

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Sonny Gray was the rock in Denver on Tuesday, as Red Sox recovered from catastrophic loss behind a stellar start

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Top auto regulator opens special probe after a Tesla slams into a Texas home, killing a 76-year-old

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Boston chip companies may not have Bay Area buzz of AI, but they're having a good year

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State fines MGM casino $25,000 for offering bets on Northeastern college baseball in 2025

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How Americans are feeling about the country's 250th anniversary, according to new polls

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Jill Smokler, a Swampscott native who blogged as Scary Mommy, dies at 48

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Appeals court allows Trump to resume expedited deportations nationwide

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A shooter kills 2 at a Northern California library and an 18-year-old suspect is arrested

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France records its hottest day ever as Europe withers in early heat wave

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Iranian singer sentenced to 74 lashes for performing without hijab

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Did an antiracism shift break Boston's best charter schools?

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What Kaiser Wilhelm has to do with your grocery bill

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On being a dad

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FIFA called Haitian jerseys 'too political.' Haitian fans showed up anyway.

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'It would totally destroy the industry': Cambridge bar, restaurant owners fuming over newly proposed liquor rules

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Globe readers name their favorite Boston steakhouse

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New and coming soon: 27 new restaurants and bars in R.I. to try this summer

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'Where are you going?' Audio details close call at Logan Airport between arriving and departing planes.

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Going to a national park this summer? Here's what to expect.

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This summer, take a boat out to Peddocks Island to camp under the stars. Here's what it's like.

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Canadian claims top prize at Hampton Beach sand sculpting event

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Barack and Michelle Obama surprise first visitors to newly opened presidential center

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A literary exploration of the lives of girls and women, from a writer more Americans should read

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The best local book events this week

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Representative Ayanna Pressley talks about why she chose to take part in a documentary about her life

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Clyde Best, Ade Coker appear at Roxbury International Film Festival to address young athletes

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Elizabeth Banks to play Ms. Frizzle in 'Magic School Bus' live-action film

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Before 'Cheers,' there was 'Park St. Under'

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Oliver Tree, the eccentric American musician and comedian, killed at 32 in a Brazil helicopter crash

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Clive Davis, music industry starmaker, has died

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As a Berkeley native, 'Eureka Day' made me feel seen (but not othered)

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'In Old Age' is a gracefully choreographed pas de deux between two skilled actors

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Loophole in patent law brings 'miracle drug' to patients who can't afford it

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Health equity researchers fear unseen level of scrutiny under White House proposal

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AbbVie to buy Waltham's Apogee Therapeutics in nearly $11 billion deal

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Tom Dreesen, comic who kept Sinatra's crowds laughing, dies at 86

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Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, architect of Cuba's surveillance state, dies at 94

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