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Trump gathers Cabinet as he looks to seal deal to end war that some backers worry will embolden Iran

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Trump will meet with his Cabinet as talks end war in Iran remain in flux. Follow live updates.

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Your summer reading guide featuring 75 books to keep you reading all season long

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Starting Point -- Swim, tan, read: Our summer books

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'He gave me a voice': Roscoe Baker remembered as basketball star, community icon, champion of Boston's young dreamers

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NYC offers discounted World Cup tickets: Should Boston follow suit?

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Tara Sullivan -- An over-the-top gathering: Welcome to the World Cup, American style

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Mayor Wu cancels plans to deliver remarks to graduates at Harvard Law School, university says

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To merge or die? Experts say hundreds of colleges face a difficult choice.

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Cornyn crushed: Seven takeaways from Tuesday's runoffs in Texas

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Former US attorney Rachael Rollins among slate of candidates qualifying for district attorney races statewide

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Federal judge orders ICE to release Brazilian father who was detained while fishing off Martha's Vineyard with son

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'Mayday, mayday, mayday': Radio calls show urgent response to blaze that led to death of Boston firefighter

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Graham Platner took on the Red Sox in a since-pulled ad. Then, came the political 'Jiu Jitsu.'

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POWER PLAY -- Can a new tagline help Boston get its swagger back?

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'A leap of faith' saved Lowell Fire Department from layoffs in city budget

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Forecast | Ken Mahan -- Warmer weather holds on, with possible isolated showers Wednesday

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Woman and adult son found dead in Dover, N.H., in apparent murder-suicide, officials say

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With an assist from Noah Kahan, Vermont cracks down on ticket scalpers by capping resale prices

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Clover restaurants to close down after more than 17 years

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Celtics' Joe Mazzulla named NBA Coach of the Year

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IDEAS | DAVID SHRIBMAN - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney quietly builds an alternative to American power - What the world's "middle powers" can do.

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EDITORIAL -- Development would bring needed health care, housing to former Carney Hospital

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Marcelo Suárez-Orozco -- Pope Leo on centering human dignity in the age of AI

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- Trump's obsessive ballroom blitz

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Alt-rock meets the Boston Pops: St. Vincent will perform at Symphony Hall

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Evidence is 'very strong, if not overwhelming': Farwell ordered held pending trial in death of Sandra Birchmore

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'My face of determination and belief': The story of Boston's valedictorians is a story of defying the odds

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ACLU settles lawsuit against Pawtucket over 2019 arrest of 13-year-old honors student

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Winthrop man charged with manslaughter in wife's death says shooting was an accident, gun 'just went off'

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Boston community groups protest Mayor Wu's $4.9 billion budget proposal over cut grants

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CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK | MURRAY WHYTE - It's easy to hate the new big open patch of concrete at Copley Square. Like it or not, there are reasons for it. The much-maligned redesign, with its hard concrete plaza, has inspired a great deal of indignation. But it solves important issues, and it has room to grow.

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Worried your college could close? Higher ed watchers say to look for these warning signs. Students and faculty are often caught by surprise when a school shutters.

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A BEAUTIFUL RESISTANCE -- Ride a unicorn, save the arts -- Jeneé Osterheldt on riding unicorns and the radical joy of "View Master" by Derrick Adams at the ICA.

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

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80 fun concerts, festivals, shows, and more to check out around Boston this summer

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ART's 'Black Swan' brings the movie's saga of dance and ambition to the stage

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What's your 'type'? Because this man's type is ... very specific.

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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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Sally Kornbluth -- America built the world's greatest research engine. Now it's shrinking.

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IDEAS | DAVID SEDARIS -- 'You are awesome,' she wrote on my Starbucks cup. Go to hell, I thought.

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EDITORIAL -- Trump's monument to nothing now a Memorial Day insult

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

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STATE OF THE TROPICS | KEN MAHAN -- A warm Gulf could spark an early start to hurricane season close to the US -- Most tropical activity in June develops close to the US coast.

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COMMENATRY | William E. Smith -- The R.I. Senate should vote to reform statutes of limitations for victims of clergy sexual abuse -- The Senate needs to stop hiding behind the fig leaf of concern about constitutionality, writes a retired federal judge.

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COLUMN | DAN MCGOWAN -- The hard lessons of the Providence schools takeover -- There isn't an objective way to determine whether the state's takeover of Providence schools was a success or a failure because, in some ways, that story won't be written for years.

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Baseball -- Vermont high school prospect Kaiden McCarthy finds valuable resource in ex-Sox pitcher Rick Porcello -- The righthander developed his arm strength by long-tossing with his older brother, Dylan, a Division 1 pitcher.

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HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL -- Eastern Mass. softball: Players of the Week, May 19-25

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HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL NOTEBOOK -- Central Catholic handling the pressure of being unbeaten entering the postseason

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HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL -- Globe Top 20 softball poll: From start to (regular-season) finish, the undisputed No. 1

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Kara miller | the big idea - Female doctors are quitting medicine. What's driving them away? Among physicians, women tend to quit practicing medicine at younger ages and at higher rates than men.

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Southern California officials lift all evacuation orders for residents near damaged chemical tank

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MEMORIAL DAY -- Eight sons at war: The untold story of a Melrose family's WWII sacrifice

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REAL ESTATE -- Ocean views, rural peace: The Massachusetts communities where home prices have jumped the most

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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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PERSPECTIVE -- My youngest is graduating from high school. I am ready for her — and me — to launch.

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The World Cup is supposed to be a big party. Why doesn't it feel like one?

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Garrett Crochet says his latest step in comeback is 'definitely a relief'

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Golden Knights sweep Avalanche, advance to third Stanley Cup Final in nine seasons

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Red Sox surge early, but ninth-inning rally against Braves falls short in fourth straight loss at Fenway Park

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Peabody man agrees to plead guilty to $125,000 in pandemic loan fraud

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Matthew Perry's assistant is last to be sentenced over his ketamine death

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1 killed, 9 others missing and feared dead in Washington state chemical tank implosion

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Minneapolis police chief resigns after interfering with an investigation, mayor says

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Israel says it killed new Hamas military leader in Gaza

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Iran threatens to renew strikes against US amid push for diplomatic deal

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Evolving warfare connects the conflicts in Ukraine and Iran

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The math — and mind-set — of retiring early

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Balancing growth: Everett's right-sized approach to data centers makes sense

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What 'The Devil Wears Prada 2' gets right about women

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Dan Shaughnessy had to take over Love Letters for this one

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'Whimsy,' a new trend, may be a life raft for Zillenials

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My parents are gone. My husband still has his.

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You made dinner. Your kids ordered Chipotle.

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This restaurant replaced a Boston icon. After an uneven start, it's finally coming into its own.

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Why is the road trip considered quintessentially 'American'?

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This well-known Metrowest hotel is a castle on the street, but modern in the sheets

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She freed herself from slavery by fleeing George Washington's house. Now some are defying efforts to bury her memory.

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Mural being painted in Nashua's Renaissance Park features nod to city's French-Canadian heritage

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A Nobel Prize-winning author admitted she uses AI. What's the literary world coming to?

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Inside the real-life weather forecast depicted in 'Pressure'

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'Pressure' investigates the winds of war

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Colbert's sudden return to late night? It happened on public access.

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This week's TV: The American Music Awards, Nicolas Cage in 'Spider-Noir,' and more

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Pop hitmaker Khalid sets his 'Location' to Boston for the first time in seven years

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Remembering Sonny Rollins, a dominant, towering presence in jazz

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'Debbie Downer' is enjoying an upswing

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How do theater companies pick the plays they put on?

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Eli Lilly will buy three vaccine developers

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'We could have communicated it better.' Officials admit missteps on Tewksbury Hospital security.

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Clarence B. Jones, who helped shape 'I Have a Dream' Speech, dies at 95

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Rafe Pomerance, who helped sound the alarm on climate change, dies at 79

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