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RI POLITICS -- Former Speaker Shekarchi lands interview for R.I. Supreme Court seat -- Former Common Cause Rhode Island director argues that the state's revolving door prohibition makes Shekarchi, who just stepped down, ineligible at this time.

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COMMENTARY | Marc Parlange -- A public medical school is not a luxury — it is necessary to help solve R.I.'s health care crisis -- To move forward with creating a public medical school at URI, it will require a long-term commitment from the state, writes the university's president.

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YVONNE ABRAHAM -- A man lay at the bottom of a moving escalator for 23 minutes. Would you have helped? -- You want to think you'd do more.

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Starting Point -- What to know about Ebola's surge -- Hantavirus this, hantavirus that. Have we focused on the wrong virus? Catch up here.

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COLLEGE BASEBALL -- Boston College baseball, coming off one of its best seasons ever, enters ACC Tournament with big hopes -- The Eagles were picked to finish last, but roared to fourth place in conference play, and now set their sights on bigger prizes.

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While Bostonians soak up the sun, Mass. urges caution amid high temperatures

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Takeaways from Tuesday's primaries: Massie's loss leaves no doubt about Trump's power over the GOP

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Follow live updates on the Trump administration

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Analysis | James Pindell -- In Texas, Trump made one of the dumbest political decisions of his presidencies

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Five takeaways from Graham Platner's New York Times interview

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The median price of a single-family home in Greater Boston surges north of $1 million (again)

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Power Play -- How Boston's World Cup organizers blew a sponsorship deal with Airbnb

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With less than a week until the United States reveals its World Cup roster, here's where things stand

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Tara Sullivan -- Jaylen Brown often rubs people the wrong way, but that doesn't mean he's not making some good points

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Father, teen son fishing off of Martha's Vineyard detained by Coast Guard, transferred to ICE custody

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Boy pulled unresponsive from Andover pond, flown to Boston hospital

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Cambridge City Council votes to nix controversial gunshot detection service

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Defense at Alvin Campbell's rape trial grills accuser about text message

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KEVIN CULLEN -- He murdered his family 33 years ago. Now he wants to be released.

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Mass General Brigham Home Care clinicians clear the way for a possible strike

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Cape Cod judge charged with domestic assault told accuser he was 'untouchable,' court papers show

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Man in custody after making 'unwanted overtures' at mother, tickling 3-year-old's feet, on Green Line train

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Canada man living in Saugus charged with illegally voting in elections since at least 2016, prosecutors said

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'There must be free beer': Lines stretch down the block at Boston's outdoor bars and breweries

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How will the Bruins attack the offseason? Let's examine ways they could enhance their forward group.

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BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL -- NFL's shift to streaming is drawing ire from fans, the government, and Trump. But is it wrong?

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EDITORIAL - As online sexual exploitation grows, laws need to catch up - Feds catch a Massachusetts teacher, but state laws remain sadly behind the times.

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Karen Stabiner -- Friendship without age limits

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IDEAS | RACHEL BRODSKY -- Hollywood picks up on the OnlyFans moment

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- Bill Cassidy traded his conscience for capitulation to Trump. He still lost.

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Myriam Michel -- Boston wants an inclusive World Cup, but time is running out

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San Diego mosque shooters met online and left writings expressing hate, FBI says

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Two firefighters, two residents, injured in 5-alarm house fire in Western Mass.

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In a rare rebuke, Governor Healey's latest Parole Board pick faces uphill battle

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O'Brien officially out as Healey appoints new Cannabis Control Commission members

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Three people stabbed at Narragansett Town Beach

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Supreme Judicial Court rules that victims of sexual harassment can sue individuals in academia

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Chad Finn - Here's why the Celtics should trade Jaylen Brown for Giannis Antetokounmpo - Brad Stevens said himself the roster is not good enough as currently constructed. He needs a big swing and the Bucks' two-time MVP could be it.

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Rhode Islanders and 'Real Housewives' are obsessed with this snack. So why hasn't anyone in Mass. heard of it? -- Rhode Islanders know not to bring pizza to the beach, because no one wants to deal with "cheese in the sun."

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Tensions mount in Sudbury schools over LGBTQ+ policy and effort to oust School Committee -- The School Committee faces a no-confidence vote at a Special Town Meeting on May 20.

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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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ALAN WIRZBICKI -- Questions after a tragedy at Davis

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IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD -- Massachusetts primaries are broken. Here's how to fix them.

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IDEAS | MIKE MARIANI -- The NBA is in crisis

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Khameer Kidia -- What RFK Jr. gets right – and wrong – about mental health

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

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High Schools -- As Masters Academy International gears up for its first year, here's what we can expect, now and in the future -- Its mission is to become the "IMG of the North" by offering a better education, more comprehensive training, and a driven student body.

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HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL -- Globe Top 20 softball poll: With major tests, there's a few minor shakeups

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She tried unionizing a Bellingham Amazon facility. Then she was fired. -- The push for union representation at Amazon has divided workers and sparked a rigorous union-busting campaign by the e-commerce giant, employees said.

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New life for the Carney? Developers plan $850M revamp of shuttered Dorchester hospital. -- HYM and My City at Peace expect to file plans soon with Boston officials about their proposed redevelopment of Dorchester's shuttered Carney Hospital.

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TALKING POINTS -- Google changes its search box for the first time in 25 years

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CONNECTIONS -- I first scaled Mount Washington in 1954 at age 4. I kept going back.

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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- Could patient portals be less baffling and more helpful? A cartoon explainer.

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DINNER WITH CUPID -- Blind date: 'We talked a lot about her dog, Clementine, a sheepadoodle'

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GLOBE MAGAZINE -- In 1970s Boston, young hustlers made easy money selling smart term papers to college students

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More heat and storms headed our way Wednesday

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Staying patient through tough times paying off for Bellingham softball

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Eastern Mass. softball: Players of the Week for May 12-18

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Jarren Duran's home run breaks the game open as the Red Sox finish with a rout of the Royals

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Wilmington-based Analog Devices to acquire Empower in $1.5 billion transaction

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Health worker shortage will worsen with federal loan limit, 25 states say in suit

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Massachusetts finally banned broker fees. Why are renters still stuck paying them?

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'A tough New Englander.' Meet the South Natick carpenter's son frustrating Trump as a federal judge.

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Platner earns backing of influential, big-spending Democratic veterans group in Maine Senate race

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South Carolina House backs congressional map favoring GOP but bill faces a more skeptical Senate

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GOP supporters back Trump, but a third want a new direction for the party

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Xi and Putin highlight their friendship and cooperation on energy and other issues in Beijing visit

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Trump's portrait hits New Delhi traffic as US Embassy rolls out 'Happy Birthday America!' rickshaws

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Taiwan's Lai says he would tell Trump he hopes to continue arms purchases from the US

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Time for DiZoglio, Campbell to move on from audit fight

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A new book points to one of the biggest questions of our time

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Massachusetts should expand education and screening for serious newborn illness

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A mop, a broom, and a calmer mind: Why some find mental health benefits in everyday tasks

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Would you pick lint off someone else's sweater?

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In the Seaport, where the babies have good hair and the dogs have veneers, the socializing has gotten competitive

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Ice cream in Boston is so unhinged right now

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These luxuriously creamy chocolates are studded with adventurous flavors

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Beginning in June, Logan passengers can check bags and go through TSA screening remotely

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JetBlue to pull out of N.H.'s largest airport amid 'capacity crisis,' officials say

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A piece of New England hotel history gets a multimillion-dollar makeover. Take a peek inside.

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

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In art history, 'nude' almost always meant nude women, painted by men. An MFA exhibit documents a contemporary rebuttal.

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Unearthly light: Abstraction Expressionism's Gloucester connection

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The quiet man whose comic strips spoke to and for a generation

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Jill Lepore adds a Pulitzer to her laurels, but she's nowhere near ready to rest

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Judith Barnard, of best-selling 'Judith Michael' fame, dies at 94

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Sorry to bother you! 'I Love Boosters' is lots of fun

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The Mandalorian, Grogu ... and Martin Scorsese?

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'The Sheep Detectives' is a lamb good movie

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PBS gears up for the 250th with a rebroadcast of 'The American Revolution'

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New PBS documentary captures 'Rebel' W.E.B. Du Bois in all his complexity

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This week's TV: A Wanda Sykes comedy special, Tatiana Maslany in 'Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed,' and more

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When is an orchestra not an orchestra? By any label, Handel and Haydn's ensemble shined at Old South Church.

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Felicity Lott, elegant soprano in opera and song, dies at 79

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Guitar gurus Joe Satriani and Steve Vai unite as the SATCHVAI Band

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A gripping update to Greek tragedy in Huntington's 'Oedipus El Rey'

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Chris Fleming, used to 'scheming in the shadows,' is adjusting to wild success in the spotlight

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Drug companies spurned by Supreme Court on price negotiation law

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AI startups can succeed in Massachusetts. This billion-dollar deal shows why.

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Blue Cross, Point32Health insurers rebound after years of GLP-1 drug-related losses

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Greg Hyman, co-creator of Tickle Me Elmo, dies at 78

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Mark Fuhrman, former LA police detective convicted of lying during testimony at OJ Simpson murder trial, has died

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