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Boston Harbor is once again a fishing mecca. Yes, the harbor downtown.

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Duck boat lands on its side in Cambridge, injuring 11 on board, authorities say

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PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL -- Jake Bennett has been everything the Red Sox could have hoped for when they traded for him in the offseason

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JOHN POWERS | ON SOCCER -- Savory matchups, high stakes in World Cup knockout rounds

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We asked for your favorite Boston steakhouse. This was the winner.

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GLOBE MAGAZINE - Kheyberk Fharah is a fixture in the addiction recovery community. But is he who he says he is?

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'The stone will look like someone cares.' This laid-off ironworker now brings life back to aging gravestones.

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To mark America's 250th, Congress is burying a time capsule. Here's what New England contributed.

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What's driving New England's tick boom? Tracing key moments that led to the surge.

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Iran attacks Bahrain, Kuwait following US strikes, threatens to end talks to end war

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5-year-old boy killed, infant sister and father injured in crash in Down East Maine

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3 firefighters killed, 2 injured while tackling wildfires on the Colorado-Utah border

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50 years ago, the Globe predicted what life would be in 2076. We're halfway there. How are we doing?

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Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes -- Celtics have their work cut out to repair relationship with Jaylen Brown

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Grab a pint at the 11 best breweries in Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville

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Boston's 17 best places to grab a bite for $25 or less

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We sampled ice cream across Boston. These 12 shops churn out greatness.

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More from the Boston Globe's Best of the Best

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RENÉE GRAHAM - Trump's slimy, swampy eyesore in Washington, D.C. And the Reflecting Pool isn't looking too good either.

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IDEAS | HILARY BURNS -- The viral novel 'Yesteryear' shows how bad Harvard's public image is

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EDITORIAL -- Back Bay blight: The city should do more to address crumbling buildings

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IDEAS | JULIA HOTZ -- Can robots end our loneliness crisis?

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Robert Kuttner -- A housing fix that doesn't fix housing

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How much have airfares risen with high jet fuel costs?

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What to know about the Venezuela earthquakes and rescue efforts

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'She'll be known as a Bostonian': Family and friends mourn woman killed in Mattapan carjacking crash

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NASA races to save satellite with telescope aboard with daring rescue mission

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New England could soon get its first-ever surf park. In Middleborough?

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Texas has a new way to teach history: In chronological order

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We checked out Trump's Great American State Fair. It is, and isn't, what you'd think. The Great American State Fair kicked off a 16-day extravaganza on the National Mall on Thursday with a mix of the wholesome, the partisan, and the just plain bizarre.

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How Kristin Cabot, made famous by Coldplay jumbotron, is navigating life post-anonymity - Cabot talked with the Globe about teaming up with a nonprofit that helps people facing online harassment, her newfound friendship with Monica Lewinsky, and getting back into dating.

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PARENTING UNFILTERED -- Goodbye to the last great mom-blogger -- Swampscott native Jill Smokler, better known as Scary Mommy, blazed a trail.

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SPOTLIGHT -- A state official gave a grant to two young developers who sold him a house. Then came the shoddy work and fake invoices. -- The state official in charge of giving out grants gave the largest share of the money to two men who had recently sold him a house.

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Jenny Jackson's 'The Shampoo Effect' may be the most Ipswich book ever

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The best things to do in and around Boston this weekend

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'Supergirl' needed to buy more Krypto

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MIT Museum obtains I.M. Pei's architectural archive

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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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Ideas | Miles Howard -- Getting to Gillette Stadium is expensive. So I walked instead.

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EDITORIAL -- How to prevent another crisis in the public defender system

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- Hillary Clinton no longer cares what you think about her

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JOAN VENNOCHI -- Is sliding down the Cop Slide a good idea for grown-ups?

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IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER -- A glimmer of hope in the Ukraine war

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

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Sunday's Child - Trendiva, 9, is resilient and kind - Sunday's Child is a weekly column featuring a child currently in foster care awaiting adoption.

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Plum Island Beach in Newburyport is closed to swimming after rains cause damage to sewer force main -- The beach is closed to swimming until further notice due to the active discharge.

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Yankees at Red Sox | 7:20 p.m. (NBC) -- Game 82: Yankees at Red Sox lineups and notes -- Sonny Gray looks for his tenth win against Carlos Rodón and the Yankees.

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Kevin Paul Dupont | On Second Thought -- Maja Chwalinska, a joy to watch reach the French Open final, swings into Wimbledon as an unqualified success -- A month ago, Chwalinska was in Paris scrambling to afford a hotel room for the season's second major. Now, she's set for the third, looking to contend.

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HIGH SCHOOLS -- Five high school sports takeaways, from new coaches to D1 college commitments to major transfers

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NHL -- Blues get Brandon Carlo from Maple Leafs, Hurricanes trade for John Carlson's rights at NHL draft

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GOLF -- Viktor Hovland flips script on Scottie Scheffler, takes lead at Travelers Championship

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Ukrainian strike sets fire to oil refinery in southern Russia

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

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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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FIFA Fan Festival ends fun 16-day run on Boston's City Hall Plaza

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Boston Globe Rhode Island wins 34 R.I. Press Association awards

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Red Sox get the better of the Yankees yet again, making it three straight wins at Fenway Park

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In Red Sox win over Yankees, Jarren Duran has incident with heckler in eighth inning

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Red Sox' Isiah Kiner-Falefa started swinging as hard as possible. It almost broke his arm.

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Meet 3 members of Albania's 'Flamingo Revolution' trying to torpedo Kushner-linked development

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US lags other countries on social media restrictions for kids as reform push grows

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Renewed strikes threaten setback to shipping recovery in Persian Gulf

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Representative Julia Letlow, endorsed by Trump, will win the GOP primary for Senate in Louisiana, AP projects

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Trump says he is nominating former Oklahoma state trooper Lance Schroyer as ICE director

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America split from monarchy 250 years ago. Trump's presidency is testing how far it's come.

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France records around 1,000 additional deaths amid extreme heat wave leading to European records

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Old people aren't the problem. We all are.

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The Supreme Court cherry-picks on gun control

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Religious freedom stops at the prison gate

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Scratching that bug bite might feel good but science explains why it's a bad idea

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Are Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce getting married at Madison Square Garden?

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Boston nightlife is in the midst of a grand social experiment. Can the good vibes last?

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Hooters closes its last locations in Massachusetts

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A promising Boston pizzeria has abruptly closed

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Going with the flow in New Hampshire's Lakes Region

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Celebrate America's 250th by land and by sea

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Cruise line refuses to cover the costs for a canceled river cruise

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At the Griffin: Can crowbars be atmospheric?

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Big Freedia, Butch Tavares among performers for Providence's 2026 PVDFest

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The Cape Ann Museum starts a new chapter Tuesday

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The best local book events this week

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Lauren Hough wants all of us to log off social media and start talking to our neighbors

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When Supergirl was Super Campy

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'Avatar: Fire and Ash,' plus more new movies and TV shows to watch this weekend

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A Christmas for the (dark) ages: As 'The Bear' winds down, 'Fishes' remains a chaotic TV milestone

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'Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness' gives Larry David a bigger canvas, but he's still Larry

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Solid Sound kicks off with a stroll down 'Mermaid Avenue'

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Boston professional musicians' union mishandled elections, federal complaint alleges

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David Clayton-Thomas, powerhouse lead singer of Blood, Sweat & Tears, dies

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A 'Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune' that Terrence McNally would admire

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The uproarious, head-spinning 'Delirium' proves that pervasive dread can be fun

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

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MassHealth officials knew thousands would lose coverage under Trump requirements. It's worse than they initially thought.

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Brigham and Women's Hospital nurses announce strike date

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Boston's homeless population is falling. Some leaders question if data reflects genuine improvement.

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Om Malik, whose blog shaped how Silicon Valley saw itself, dies at 59

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Jerry Moriarty, painter whose brushstrokes elevated comics, is dead at 88

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