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Federal agency approves concept for Trump's plan for a Triumphal Arch in Washington

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WEATHER FOCUS | KEN MAHAN - Odds of a 'super' El Niño grow and some experts predict the most powerful in over a century - We've seen only four Super El Niños since the 1980s, so how could this one be different?

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A $16,000 contest signals the start of spring on this northern Vermont pond -- Winter officially ended Thursday at 6:21 a.m., according to organizers of the Joe's Pond Ice-Out Contest.

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MARATHON FORECAST | KEN MAHAN -- Here's your latest Boston Marathon forecast

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Wu appoints Rodney Marshall as Boston's first Black fire commissioner

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They run child care programs from their homes in N.H. It's not as easy as you might think.

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The rise of a college influencer, from side hustle to six-figure career -- This Amherst College student is part of a new generation of online creators turning campuses into content factories.

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How Bobbi Gibb, the first woman to run the Boston Marathon, transformed her sport into art

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New Hampshire's 'Ali on the Run' had already beaten cancer. Then it came back.

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Fifty years later, Jack Fultz recalls conquering the field, and the heat, in the 1976 'The Run for the Hoses'

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Marathon Memory - An unforgettable and torturous first, the 1976 Boston Marathon

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Police say former Virginia lieutenant governor, wife dead in murder-suicide

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UMass Amherst professors question chancellor's commitment to campus after residency questions surface

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Forecast | Ken Mahan - Severe thunderstorms possible Thursday, bringing damaging winds, isolated tornado threat

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Boston will study an unlikely heating and cooling source for its buildings: the harbor

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Healey wants to curb public access to birth and death records in bid to 'prevent fraud'

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Second suspicious death this week under investigation in Laconia, N.H.

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4-year-old listed as stable after falling from 7th-floor window in Worcester

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They wanted visas to stay in the US, feds say. So they staged fake robberies.

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More than 10,000 troops are working to enforce blockade of Iranian ports, Pentagon officials say. Follow live updates.

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Mounting fear of ICE disrupts early childhood education centers

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Will this be the year Massachusetts bans plastic grocery bags?

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What we know about the Dianna Russini-Mike Vrabel controversy and fallout

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The ongoing education of Roman Anthony, who is adjusting to his first season as face of the Red Sox

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La Peste opened for the Ramones. Ric Ocasek mentored them. But they released only two songs — until now.

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Why 'Malcolm in the Middle' star Erik Per Sullivan turned down the reboot

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IDEAS | JOHN HALPIN AND RUY TEIXEIRA - We built a publication that urged Democrats to change their ways. They wouldn't listen. What the closure of The Liberal Patriot says about a party that can't stop #Resisting.

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Renée Loth -- Mark Twain saw this coming

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EDITORIAL -- House budget proposal reflects austere times

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US strikes another vessel and kills 3 men it says were trafficking drugs in the Eastern Pacific

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Pope blasts 'tyrants' ravaging the Earth during his visit to Cameroon

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In a potentially competitive primary, R.I. Senator Ryan Pearson's $275k loan to his campaign is a show of force

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Mass. House leaders unveil $63 billion state budget plan amid looming 'dysfunction'

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Vandals destroy food farm plants, causing thousands in damage at Ipswich greenhouse, group says

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The End of Normalcy - 'I hope they blow your head off': Violent threats pour into congressional offices, and it's getting worse - The Globe asked the offices of New England lawmakers for examples of the threats they've received. The response was chilling.

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A college president paid 'excessive' attention to one student. She sought a no-contact order against him. -- John Cox had an unprofessional relationship with a 23-year-old female student, according to an external investigation commissioned by the college and obtained by the Globe.

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A pair of sandals and a visit to the Encore casino: How investigators tracked man arrested in Beverly estate heist -- A prosecutor provided details on how the robbery unfolded inside a gated $18 million mansion perched above the Atlantic Ocean.

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

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At local museums, the countdown continues to July 4 and the 250th

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Boston Theater Critics Association reveals list of Elliot Norton nominees

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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 -- Why is Mike Vrabel skirting the fallout of those Page Six photos?

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Peter Laffin -- He can build aircraft engines. Massachusetts won't let him install a toilet.

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Eugene Scott -- Will the press stand up to Trump at the correspondents' dinner?

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

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Concord-Carlisle schools reach agreement with DOJ over antisemitism review, school officials say -- The agreement with the Justice Department includes "no finding of liability or wrongdoing by the district," Concord-Carlisle school officials said.

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Meet Bobbi Gibb, the first woman to run the Boston Marathon -- In 1966, Bobbi Gibb was the first woman to run the Boston Marathon. Sixty years later, she's transforming her sport into art.

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CELTICS -- The 76ers and Celtics took different paths to the playoffs. Here are the keys to their first-round series. -- After Philadelphia defeated Boston in the season opener, the Celtics got hot while the 76ers scuffled through the season and had to win a play-in to get to the first round.

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Dave Epstein -- When thinking about ideal running conditions, one marathon year in particular stands out

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What to know about the Live Nation verdict and how it could affect concertgoers -- The lawsuit accused Live Nation of smothering competition and blocking venues from using multiple ticket sellers.

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Trump to promote tax breaks in Las Vegas, where residents feel the pinch of high gas prices

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THE BIG DAY -- Their goal: The nicest, lowest-cost wedding possible in Newport

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The College Issue -- The fate of a $125 million Tremont Street building hinges on one question: What was Rosalie Stahl thinking?

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Just tuning in to see the Bruins in the playoffs? Let us catch you up on how they got here.

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Another week, more proof Massachusetts is losing its edge

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In Rhode Island's messy cannabis rollout, worker-owned stores have yet to materialize

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ChatGPT maker OpenAI shifts its focus to business users amid Anthropic pressure

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Younger adult colon cancer deaths are concentrated in people with less education, study says

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Astronomers measure the mind-blowing power and speed of black hole jets for the first time

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What to know about Atlanta-area attacks that killed 2, including a federal worker

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Russian missiles and drones bombard Ukraine at night, killing at least 16 people

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Pakistani mediators arrive in Iran in bid to keep peace talks alive

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Ship 'spoofing' in Strait of Hormuz may compound confusion

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Lessons from Hungary for the midterms and beyond

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Hampshire College closes the right way

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Student and influencer Grace Nah shares a day in her life and how she balances school and business

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A small but growing movement wants you to put down your phone

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Raspberries for $18 a pound? $10 for strawberries? Here's why produce is so expensive in Mass. right now.

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She was Time Out Market's only vegan vendor. Now she's leaving after being asked to serve dairy.

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New England oysters are dying over the winter. N.H. scientists are trying to figure out why.

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Airbnb charges customer for a nonexistent Beverly Hills rental

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The Eric Carle Museum takes a look at an overlooked genre: Picture books with actual photographs

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Zoo animals eat famous flowers from Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

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Barbara Gordon, who wrote memoir of pill addiction, dies at 90

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Pawtucket stadium to host summer music festival, with headliners including Sublime and The Roots

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US hospitals are emerging from bankruptcy only to falter again

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Boston Marathon wheelchair racing legend Bob Hall remembered as a visionary who shaped the sport

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Dave McGinnis, former Cardinals head coach and longtime NFL assistant, dies at 74

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