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Trump administration won't seek new bids to repair Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

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Two dead, 11 injured overnight in separate shootings across Boston after Fourth of July celebrations

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Why EV sales have slowed in Massachusetts, even as gasoline prices climbed

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IDEAS | Abdallah Fayyad - The Founding Father you've probably never heard of - James Wilson hated the idea of the Senate and the Electoral College. What would he think of America today?

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EDITORIAL -- Important issues linger heading into last month of legislative session

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Ideas | Ted Widmer -- The Declaration of Independence has a Boston accent

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Democrat Mallory McMorrow suspends her Michigan Senate campaign and scrambles the pivotal race

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Trump administration rolls back dozens of gun regulations

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Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular: How to watch and everything you need to know

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Early New England had its own robust musical style. Then a Boston composer helped suppress it.

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'Widow's Bay,' 'Half Man,' and more of the best TV of the year so far

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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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WORLD CUP -- Eight World Cup teams are coming to Boston. Here's a look at their playing style and their predicted finish. -- Some of the world's best — Kylian Mbappé, Harry Kane, and Erling Haaland — will play at Gillette Stadium. Learn about each team's local connections, how they got here, and more.

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PODCAST | SAY MORE -- Liberals have a patriotism problem

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR -- Breaking down that birthright citizenship ruling

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David Mastio -- Trump, crypto, and a test of political ethics

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IDEAS | Sarah M.S. Pearsall -- The Boston Tea Party's international roots

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

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Lament in Danvers: 'There's poison in the soil' -- Residents live with Superfund site decades after discovery

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Golf -- Padraig Harrington gets off to hot start and repeats as US Senior Open champion -- Harrington became the fourth golfer to defend his US Senior Open title, shooting a final-round 66 to win by four shots at Scioto Country Club.

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PGA Tour -- Chris Gotterup wins John Deere Classic with a 62 and late help from Ben Kohles -- Gotterup next week defends his title in the Scottish Open, where he began his remarkable run to reach the top 10 in the world.

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Tour de France -- Tadej Pogacar gifts victory to teammate Isaac Del Toro on second stage of Tour de France, Vingegaard keeps lead

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WIMBLEDON -- Naomi Osaka into Wimbledon quarterfinals after overpowering win over top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka

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An AI Alexander Hamilton? JFK's blank check? Museum of American Finance shows off the history of money. -- The Museum of American Finance opened Friday in the Seaport. The museum features an AI-interactive exhibit of Alexander Hamilton, where visitors can ask questions about finance.

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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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Cape Verde's soccer team returns home to huge welcome after impressive World Cup performance

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After monthlong break, Boston Legacy FC battles back to earn a draw with Bay FC

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Folarin Balogun can play for United States vs. Belgium after one-match ban suspended

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In backing President Trump's policies, Justice Alito finds his moment

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Mourners chant 'revenge' at funeral prayers for Iran's slain supreme leader

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Boston museum displays an original copy of the Declaration of Independence

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The father-daughter wedding dance gets an upgrade

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Judge Rya W. Zobel, first woman to serve on federal bench in Massachusetts, dies at 94

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Courtney Sale Ross, founder and funder of a quirky school, dies at 78

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Artur Dmitriev, two-time Olympic Pairs skating champion, dies at 58

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