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Blind man says Boston officer struck by vehicle was helping him cross 'very dangerous intersection' in North End -- Scott Hartmann credits the officer with saving his life in a notoriously busy and dangerous intersection as he walked home with his guide dog.

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Red Sox 9, Yankees 7 -- Wilyer Abreu, Masataka Yoshida rally Red Sox in the eighth inning of come-from-behind win vs. Yankees -- Abreu tied it with his pinch-hit RBI double then Yoshida put the Red Sox ahead to stay with a 2-RBI single to highlight a three-run outburst in the eighth of a Fenway Park electrifying 9-7 victory over the Yankees.

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One down, seven to go: China wins first diving gold as it pursues unprecedented sweep of all eight -- China won its first gold medal in diving on the first full day of competition in the Paris Olympics, a perfect start for the team of Chang Yani and Chen Yiwen.

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French train networks partially restored after line sabotage ahead of Olympics -- SNCF said its agents worked through the night in adverse weather conditions to improve the TGV traffic from the north, east and west to Paris. As of Saturday morning, normal service had resumed on the Eastern high-speed line.

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Olympic cauldron to rise into Paris skies each night

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China wins the first gold medal of the 2024 Olympics in mixed team air rifle shooting

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Those 'childless' women JD Vance speaks of? There's 46 million of them. -- A growing number of American adults are childless, survey data show.

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Four policy questions Harris must answer ASAP to avoid being defined by Trump

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In R.I., Ocasio-Cortez backs Harris, cites climate

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Bernie Sanders: Kamala Harris will struggle to win unless she speaks to the 'long-neglected working class'

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Here's what we do and don't know about the Steward closures

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More coverage of the Steward Health Care crisis

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North End restaurant owner pleads guilty to shooting at neighbor -- Patrick Mendoza was accused of firing a gun at a neighborhood foe, missing the man but hitting the front window of Modern Pastry last year.

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Israel orders the evacuation of an area designated as a humanitarian zone in Gaza

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The River Seine is open to Olympic swimmers. Could that work in the Charles? -- For decades, the Charles has been a punch line, its "Dirty Water" memorialized in the rock song and known as something most would consider jumping in only on a dare.

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Red Sox reacquire lefthander James Paxton to bolster starting pitching

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Peter Abraham | On baseball -- It was no secret Alex Cora's 'dream job' was to remain as manager of the Red Sox -- "We all fell in love with the city and we all fell in love with everything that comes with the territory," Cora said, after signing a three-year, $21.75 million extension through 2027.

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In a growing trend, some Boston students are getting paid to attend summer classes -- For many teens in low-income households, the obstacle in taking part in summer classes comes down to economics: They need to earn a paycheck, often to help out with their family's income.

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CONNECTIONS -- What I learned living abroad that college couldn't teach me -- My gap year at a Swiss vineyard wasn't what I expected.

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Tara Sullivan -- Paris navigates many challenges to put on an Opening Ceremony honoring sports and culture -- The years of planning, the months of rehearsal, the money, the manpower, the belief, all of it came together in the extraordinary effort to stage the first Opening Ceremony outside of the traditional stadium setting.

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Photos from the opening ceremony

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See highlights from the opening ceremony

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See this weekend's Olympics schedule

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How to watch

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New England athletes

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Get text updates from Globe reporters

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Weather mailbag: We're talking summer wind, mountain tornadoes, and more

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Training camp observations: Patriots offense is producing few fireworks so far -- Fans mostly sat on their hands Friday as the quarterbacks struggled to move the ball, but the coach has an explanation.

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Drake Maye is doing a good job of turning rookie mistakes into learning experiences

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IDEAS | STEPHEN O'CONNOR - Thoreau's cellphone - If the Concord writer had owned one, would we have "Walden" today?

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Catherine D'Amato -- Our neighbors are going hungry. Here's how to care for them.

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Katherine Gergen Barnett -- The cost of high food prices — obesity

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MARCELA GARCÍA -- Why mothers often can't win

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Michael Walsh and Dorie Seavey -- Heat pumps are the pathway to energy affordability

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At the best comedy clubs in Boston, big laughs sometimes come in small spaces

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Boston's best restaurant deals: 22 places to feast for $20 or less

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The six best lobster rolls served around Boston

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➔ More from The Boston Globe's Best of the Best

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Black bear and cub destroy car in Connecticut after getting trapped inside -- Trapped inside a car, the adult black bear and cub thrashed about. The horn was blaring and the radio blasting. Outside the car, a second cub ran around in apparent distress by the home in Winstead, a town in the state's northwest corner, not far from Massachusetts.

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Justice Dept. claims TikTok collected US user views on issues like abortion and gun control -- TikTok employees used Lark to send sensitive data about US users, information that has wound up being stored on Chinese servers and accessible to ByteDance employees in China, federal officials said.

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Mexican kingpin's arrest likely to set off violent jockeying for power -- A new era is coming for Mexico's powerful Sinaloa cartel in the wake of the capture by US authorities of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, the last of the grand old Mexican drug traffickers.

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How the US captured one of Mexico's biggest drug lords

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Rhode Island man, an ex-Marine, sentenced for white supremacist plot to destroy energy facility, feds say -- Liam Collins, 25, of Johnston, who was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, was a frequent poster to a neo-Nazi internet forum sought members of paramilitary group he referred to as "a modern day SS," prosecutors said.

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Two 15-year-old boys facing charges after allegedly robbing 9-year-old at Dorchester park -- The two teens were arraigned Friday in West Roxbury Juvenile Court on robbery charges and for making threats to commit a crime. They were ordered held, pending dangerousness hearings.

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Boy, 16, shot in Lawrence, injuries non-life threatening -- The boy was found injured in the area of Howard Street, where officers responded Friday afternoon to a report of shots fired, the department said.

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Around New England with Kevin Cullen - In Maine, a case of poisoned trees brings angry phone calls and a quest for criminal charges - Fear and loathing in vacationland: Maine's poisoned-tree case has brought angry phone calls and a quest for criminal charges.

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A turkey badly damaged a Boston woman's car. A video of the attack has gone viral: 'Without proof, it sounds insane.' -- For about a year, Alicia Mastroianni and the wild turkeys of Boston lived together in peace. That ended last week.

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Where have the students gone? New reports lay out causes of Boston's enrollment losses. -- Boston has lost more than 20 percent of its students across all school sectors over the last three decades.

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Off the field, media interns at the Cape Cod Baseball League are the heavy hitters -- Just like the players, the media interns are all college students who flock to the Cape for unpaid roles every summer to run the media operations of all 10 teams — and gain key experiences for a dream career in sports journalism.

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Boston Book Festival to kick off with Malcolm Gladwell

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At the Farnsworth, a rare look at Andrew Wyeth's forays into abstraction

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Going for the gold and also going for some laughs

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Matt Damon belts out 'Sweet Caroline' in 'Tonight Show' duet with Jimmy Fallon

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Where do the 2023-24 Celtics stand among the greatest teams in NBA history? -- Data show that these Celtics are truly extraordinary, a team of uncommon prowess on both ends of the court

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HIGH & DRY -- Priced out: How Boston's broken liquor license system drives chefs from the city -- A stubbornly high price tag for serving alcohol hurts thousands of hospitality workers, aspiring restaurateurs, and the city itself.

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Interactive map -- Pothole season is upon us. See which neighborhoods have the most reports -- Boston's 311 data provides a day-by-day look at the condition of the city's streets and sidewalks, which neighborhoods are hit hardest, and just how fast repairs are made.

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Nightmare in Mission Hill -- The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

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Mike Rombach -- Protect consumer choice on electric suppliers

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Daniel J. Swift -- Why Wu's business tax hike plan is bad policy

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IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG -- Anointing Kamala Harris was a mistake

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SCOT LEHIGH -- Trump's and Netanyahu's myopic stance on the Iran nuclear deal has left the world in a worse place

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IDEAS -- Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

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Nigeria women's basketball team denied entry to opening ceremony boat by federation, AP source says -- Once the team made it to the area where it was supposed to board the boat for the ceremony, the group was denied entry by a Nigerian official who told the players and coaches there were too many people on board.

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Simone Biles will serve as the anchor on three of four events for the US during Olympic qualifying

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Justice Dept. defends TikTok law that forces app's sale or ban -- The Justice Department argued in a court filing Friday that TikTok should be required to sell its American operations to resolve national security concerns about its Chinese parent company, ByteDance.

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RI BUSINESS -- IGT Gaming to be purchased by Apollo Global Management in $6.3b deal

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LOVE LETTERS -- I feel like the odd one out: I have celiac disease and I'm single

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PERSPECTIVE -- I'm a die-hard Boston sports fan. Can the WNBA get me to root for New York?

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Best of the Best -- Have a blast at Boston's best bowling, pickleball, mini golf, and more

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Cooking -- Shake up your burger game. Try chicken, quinoa, or a beef-pita version with crisped cheese.

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Wildfire smoke from Pacific Northwest and Canada may cause some hazy skies in New England

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Brief court hearing held for Lindsay Clancy, Duxbury woman charged with killing her three children

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Olympic organizers apologize for introducing South Korean athletes as North Korea

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Rain overnight postpones first skateboarding event at Paris Olympics

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French train traffic improves after sabotage as Olympics start

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Steward closing hospitals in Boston, Central Mass.

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EV charging company picks Boston for East Coast headquarters

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Trump returns to Minnesota with Vance to try to swing Democrat-leaning state

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Trump botches Kamala Harris's first name, again and again and again

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Silent no more, Harris seeks her own voice without breaking with Biden

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Marvel returns to Comic-Con with hotly anticipated panel about its post-'Deadpool & Wolverine' plans

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California's largest wildfire explodes in size as fires rage across US West

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Judge strikes down a North Carolina abortion restriction but upholds another

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Grappling with maritime disputes and Myanmar crisis, ASEAN top diplomat meetings joined by US, China

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Arson attacks paralyze French high-speed rail network hours before start of Olympics

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The hottest, coolest summer movie ever

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A peaceful farewell for pets

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Kinzinger for vice president?

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I love my dogs more than my (ex-)husband

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Five ways to have a 'brat' summer in Boston

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Meet Tyler George, our very own local KIDZ BOP star

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Where to eat like you're at the Olympics (without leaving home)

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We can all scream now: The Massachusetts Ice Cream Trail is officially live

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Imitation beef? Wahlburgers sues California barbecue company, claiming trademark infringement.

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What's new on Martha's Vineyard: From burgers to boutiques

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JetBlue to fly out of N.H. and R.I., officials said, increasing flights in New England

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Southwest Airlines plans to start assigning seats, breaking with a 50-year tradition

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He heard America singing: A show at Harvard's Carpenter Center celebrates Harry Smith

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In East Boston, Atlantic Works Gallery artists share immigration stories, community

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How college radio taught me to be a writer

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Beacon celebrates Baldwin, Massachusetts Book Awards expand, and a new bookstore for romance

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Five things to do around Boston, July 29-Aug. 11

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Writer-director Sean Wang gets personal with his feature debut, 'Dìdi'

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Can 'Deadpool & Wolverine' bring back the old Marvel box-office magic?

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'Presumed Innocent' is guilty of excess

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Jennifer Aniston condemns JD Vance for his 'childless cat ladies' comments

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What viewers watch can say a lot about their politics

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'The soundtrack of our lives': Voices of Black Boston reunite to celebrate the legacy of WILD 1090 AM

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Commonwealth Shakespeare Company embraces the discord in 'The Winter's Tale'

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Shakespeare & Company presenting world premiere of 'The Islanders'

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Ethan Slater plays Marcel Marceau, brings work in progress to Williamstown Theatre Festival

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What consumers should know about the FTC's upcoming lawsuit against CVS over how it negotiates drug prices

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What's next for Roger Williams Medical Center? CEO warns Boston University could terminate affiliation, court docs show.

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Fatal overdoses drop in R.I. for the first time in five years

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Martin S. Indyk, diplomat who sought Middle East peace, dies at 73

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Bernice Johnson Reagon, a musical voice for civil rights, is dead at 81

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Lewis Lapham, editor who revived Harper's magazine, dies at 89

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