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Dan Shaughnessy -- Bill Belichick's reputation was actually helped by Hall snub, but his feud with Krafts will never end, and other thoughts -- It was the Hall that was embarrassed, not the coach. And folks in Canton, Ohio, will probably fix the voting process to make sure Belichick is enshrined in the summer of 2027.

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Rookies were an important part of the Patriots' historic season. Here's a breakdown of their performances. -- The Patriots finished the season with all 11 of their 2025 draft picks on the 53-man roster. Let's assess how they performed.

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IDEAS | Eitan Hersh -- College students are less woke now. It's a chance to improve campus culture.

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Get ready to change the clocks again. Here's when we 'spring forward' to daylight saving time. -- We may lose an hour of sleep on March 8, but the upside is more sunlight in the evenings.

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BLOTTER TALES - A rooster runs loose, a man sings at a Burger King drive-through window, and people fight over a shovel - A stray rooster is taken into custody, a man serenades a fast food window, and other odd tales from local police and fire departments.

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Legacy -- Boston Legacy FC unveils inaugural home uniform, dubbed the 'First Light' kit -- It's the first of two kits the team will wear this season, with the release of the secondary kit set for Feb. 26.

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How communities help us get through trauma

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The Dropkick Murphys have left the Wasserman Agency, and more arts news you might have missed

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At Wayland curling club, more than the temperature is cool -- Broomstones vaulted into the curling spotlight this week when one of its alumni, Korey Dropkin, won a silver medal in mixed doubles at the Winter Olympics in Italy.

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Emily Chan and Spencer Howe of The Skating Club of Boston went through injuries, uncertainty to reach the Olympics -- Chan and Howe will compete Sunday in the pairs short program, with Howe being the first US Army World Class Athlete to join an Olympic figure skating team.

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Winter Olympics Day 8 primer: Ilia Malinin goes for second gold medal in Milan

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Mailbag: What happened in the Super Bowl, and how can the Pats improve for next season?

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Baseball's 'offseason' isn't what it used to be, and that's a good thing for Red Sox players eager to improve -- Besides an MLB-mandated "dead period" from mid-November through early January, several dozen players have been in Fort Myers from roughly the end of last season.

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Weymouth brewery shutters after financial struggles: 'It has been a crazy ride' -- Barrel House Z ceased business operations on Feb. 7, according to a social media post by its owner.

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Newly released documents detail ICE plans for warehouse facility in Merrimack, N.H.

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Follow live updates on the Trump administration

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Federal agents detain farm workers from bus near Skowhegan, Maine, immigration advocates say

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Forecast | Ken Mahan - Friday forecast: More sun than clouds to end the work week - Be careful on your walkways and driveways as daytime snowmelt refreezes overnight.

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Professors in the Epstein files say they hoped friendship would lead to research funding

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Retired Gloucester fire lieutenant dies six days after being struck by police cruiser in Lowell

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Curry College to absorb Labouré, which will close this summer after 134 years

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Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs to be arraigned Friday on assault, strangulation charges

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DINNER WITH CUPID -- Blind date: 'We've both tried working as Uber Eats deliverers'

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Bracket: Vote for the Greatest Olympic movie of all time in the Reel Olympics, Round 2

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Praying for that fool: 'Boyz N the Hood' turns 35

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Joseph Stiglitz and Mike Konczal - Trump's tariff fantasy collides with economic reality - The president claims an "economic miracle." The data tell a different story.

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Alex Beam -- AI's Claude is ubiquitous. But check out its brilliant namesake.

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EDITORIAL -- Can Wu end 50 years of failure at Roxbury site?

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IDEAS | CLEA SIMON -- My father was tight-lipped about his cancer. Would I be quiet about my own?

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- For better or worse, Wu's bet on White Stadium will define her legacy

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Even with Healey's requested $1.1 billion, MBTA could find itself in budget troubles in near future -- The T would find itself in a $219 million hole in fiscal year 2028, officials say, even if it gets what Governor Healey is asking the legislature to deliver.

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Experts say screening tips in Nancy Guthrie's disappearance is 'tremendous' and critical work -- More than 4,000 calls came into an Arizona sheriff's department within 24 hours after the release of videos of a masked person on Nancy Guthrie's porch.

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First Literacy receives $72k in grant funding from Boston's Neighborhood Jobs Trust -- The funding will go to the Boston-based nonprofit's scholarship program for adult education learners.

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Boston's police oversight agency issued subpoenas to officers with misconduct allegations. Only three complied. -- It remains to be seen how OPAT will respond to the officers who didn't comply with its subpoenas.

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Maura Healey unveiled her latest plan to tackle Massachusetts' housing crisis: Fewer staircases -- Fire codes have long required two staircases in mid-rise apartment buildings. But advocates worry that drives up construction costs. So the state will study doing away with one.

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Couple charged in prostitution bust at Westborough massage parlor where man died of heart attack, officials say -- There were at least two women who apparently lived at the spa, police said.

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Shirley Leung - Marty Walsh says homeless people dying outside South Station is a 'disgrace.' No one in power wants to own the problem. Ten years ago, a "gentleman's agreement" allowed people with nowhere to go on frigid winter nights to sleep in South Station. It's time to make that agreement formal.

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The Suffolk County sheriff runs a jail. Why did he launch a harbor patrol in Winthrop? -- The Legislature has asked Massachusetts' inspector general to investigate "questionable spending practices" by Suffolk and other sheriff's departments.

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THE FOOD CLUB - A popular Providence restaurant canceled reservations, cut staff, and abruptly shut down. What happened? Corporate owner Morin's Restaurant Group is "taking a step back to reassess" CRU PVD's concept.

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R.J. Palacio wrote 'Wonder' all alone in the middle of the night. She says the musical version 'elevated it, frankly.'

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They say the show must go on. But does it really have to?

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For all of our sakes, please make more new episodes of 'The Muppet Show'

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Lion dances, dumpling making, and more: Celebrate Lunar New Year at these Boston-area events

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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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Jacob Roberts -- Hasty Pudding, Harvard must reckon with new Epstein revelations

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IDEAS | THOMAS LEE -- ChatGPT helps me stay awake

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KEVIN ZHANG -- To the person who slashed my tires

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IDEAS -- Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

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Trump administration's roll back of climate regulations gives 'polluters a free pass,' Mass. critics say -- Mass. leaders, environmental advocates say rescinding the "endangerment finding," the basis for greenhouse emission regulations, will harm public health and the environment.

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Goldman Sachs' top lawyer resigns after emails show close ties to Jeffrey Epstein

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As electricity costs rise, everyone wants data centers to pick up their tab. But how?

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PERSPECTIVE -- Forgetful of names? You're not alone. And you can fight back.

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LOVE LETTERS -- Debating the etiquette of casual sleepovers

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THE BIG DAY -- Excuse me, I believe you have my stapler: How a borrowed item led to love and marriage

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KARA MILLER -- Want to get into a great college? Try being rich, male, and a champion squash player.

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Government plans to open network of ICE detainee warehouses by November

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This winter is Boston's coldest since 1977 right now. So how long will this welcome February thaw last?

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Burlington boys' hockey is ready to make postseason noise again, but knows the Devil is in the details

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Globe Top 20 boys' hockey poll: Reading the tea leaves

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Eastern Mass. boys' hockey: Players of the Week for Feb. 5-11

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DraftKings shares fall after 2026 forecast misses estimates

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Healey rolls out ChatGPT-powered AI assistant for state workers

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Rio Carnival parade will spotlight sex workers in effort to dismantle stigma

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Trump administration erases the government's power to fight climate change

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Second US aircraft carrier is being sent to the Middle East, AP source says, as Iran tensions high

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New astronauts launch to the International Space Station after medical evacuation

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Shooting at South Carolina State University residence complex kills 2 and wounds 1

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Actress Rose Byrne honored as Harvard's Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year with parade and roast

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Britain's High Court says government acted illegally in outlawing protest group Palestine Action

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US forces leave base in Syria used in fight against Islamic State group

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These Ukrainian drones don't just kill. They deliver oatmeal cookies.

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How Liz Walker found her higher purpose

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Why aren't Boston students completing required coursework?

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There's a massive Love Letters phone booth in the Boston Public Library

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How to entertain (or escape from) your children over February break

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I told my ex we should be friends

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A new Jumbo Seafood, an offshoot of the Chinatown location, opens near BU

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Jamie Bissonnette and team bring creative pizza to Beacon Hill; Citrus & Salt expands to Burlington

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At the world's only pencil sharpener museum, a quirky legacy can't be erased

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Escape from 2026! A Sturbridge hotel becomes a tropical portal to the past.

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'We're hurting. We need the Canadians.' US tourism agency tries to woo travelers back.

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Photography in a flash

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The vivid, mournful dreams of Cuban painter Wifredo Lam, an artist ahead of his time, but at home in ours

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When keyboards are key

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Among the ALA honors this year, a Boston-influenced swashbuckling tale of seafaring teens

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Local bestsellers for the week ended Feb. 8

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'Blue Moon,' 'Eternity,' plus more new movies and TV shows to stream this Valentine's Day weekend

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James Van Der Beek's embrace of the 'Dawson's Creek' meme captured his playful approach to celebrity

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In 'Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette,' travails of the very famous and beautiful

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Bad Bunny isn't the first performer to use the Super Bowl to speak out

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Stefon Diggs and Cardi B unfollowed each other on Instagram. Online sleuths ask: Did they break up?

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As AI accelerates and social media mushroooms, the perils of technology take center stage

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A waiting game in Lyric Stage's 'Penelope'

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History at Play revives Boston's 'Victorian Gossip Girl' for Valentine's

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'I feel reborn': A Providence program is using GLP-1 drugs to free people from addiction

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UMass Memorial Marlborough set to reopen after heating, water issues forced evacuation of 70 patients

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Battle over cancer clinicians: Brigham plans to dismiss Dana-Farber staff, but offers them jobs

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Gabor Boritt, refugee who became expert on Lincoln, dies at 86

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Laura Maioglio, whose restaurant was a theater district mainstay, dies at 93

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Fred Smith, who left Blondie for the band Television, dies at 77

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