Massachusetts Republican Party Chairman Jim Lyons was a vocal antiabortion legislator on Beacon Hill before he lost reelection in November.

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Mass. GOP accuses abortion rights activists of supporting ?infanticide?

An attempt by Democrats on Beacon Hill to expand abortion access in Massachusetts has run into harsh blowback from the state Republican Party.

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A Massachusetts congresswoman is calling for US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to resign, saying she used a racist study to justify revoking a 2014 policy that aimed to combat discrimination in school discipline.

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Los Angeles police are seeking a 29-year-old man who they believe shot and killed Nipsey Hussle outside the rapper?s clothing store.

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Massachusetts? sizable populations of immigrants, college students, and renters make it one of the most difficult states to count during the census every 10 years. Boston, for example, has among the lowest census return rates in the nation.

This painting by Brookly street artist KAWS was auctioned for $14.8 million to an unidentified buyer at a Sotheby?s auction in Hong Kong.

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Art buyers in hoodies: Millenials drop $28m on artwork inspired by the Simpsons

?Their tastes are very different from their parents,? a Hong Kong art advisory specialist said.

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The company now employs about 1,500 people, and its valuation has nearly doubled since last year.

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Nonprofits are being squeezed out of Boston offices as rents surge

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts was hit with a 45 percent rent hike when its downtown Boston lease was up. It is now looking for new space.

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The town made Massachusetts history Monday as the first municipality to sanction an electric-powered scooter rental program on its streets.

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With an extraordinary empathy for the vulnerable, Massachusetts State Police Detective Lieutenant Tom Quin was born to be a police officer.

Case of measles is confirmed in Boston area

A person living in the Boston area was diagnosed with measles Sunday, health officials said. The person visited a number of public places last week that put those people who are not immunized at risk of exposure.

Gaming Commission hearing on Wynn Resorts begins Tuesday

The Encore Boston Harbor is scheduled to open June 23, with a workforce of roughly 5,000 people.

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The gaming panel opens three days of scheduled public hearings on Tuesday to review whether Wynn remains fit to hold a Massachusetts casino license.

FOR FUTURE TARA SULLIVAN STORY Maya Brady, of Oaks Christian, rounds the bases after hitting a home run during a game against Thousand Oaks High School in Thousand Oaks, Calif. on Tuesday, March 26, 2019. (Matt Sayles for The Boston Globe)

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Maya Brady is good. Really good.

Tom Brady dubbed her the most athletic member of the family. She is the No. 2 softball recruit in the nation. For this UCLA-bound stud, ?the best is yet to come.?

4-1-19: Boston, MA: The Celtics bench erupts as Al Horford emphatically slams home two second quarter points. The Boston Celtics hosted the Miami Heat in a regular season NBA basketball game at the TD Garden. (Jim Davis /Globe Staff).

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Celtics hold off Heat, keep pace with Indiana

In Dwyane Wade?s likely final game in Boston, the Celtics found themselves in another fight late, but stayed tied for fourth in the Eastern Conference.

Gary Washburn | On basketball

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The Celtics have three major tests in five days, with games at Miami and Indiana, and a home contest with Orlando

Boston Red Sox pitcher David Price, right, reacts after the final out of the third inning a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics in Oakland, Calif., Monday, April 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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Red Sox can?t shake slump in Oakland

David Price allowed three home runs, Heath Hembree one, bumping the staff total to 15 in five games.

Boston Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts, left, speaks at a news conference next to agent Scott Boras before a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics in Oakland, Calif., Monday, April 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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Signing Xander Bogaerts was right move by Red Sox

Letting Bogaerts play out his contract was a big risk, and now the Sox know who?s going to be playing shortstop through 2025, potentially 2026.

Jacquie Bishop (left) and her wife Kelley Ready posed for a portrait with their boiler at their home in the Dorchester.

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First comes love, then comes marriage. Then comes the ?If I go first. . .? conversation

Passwords, the remote control, and instructions for the boiler. The surviving spouse needs a how-to guide to go on living.

Stephanie Carter stood behind her husband, Ash Carter, as he was sworn in as Defense Secretary.

Biden again defends his interactions with women

Questions over Joe Biden?s long history of physical expression have risen in recent days, prompting him to forcefully push back amid his expected presidential run.

JOAN VENNOCHI

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I believe Lucy Flores, but does that make Joe Biden unfit to be president?

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Opinion | Martha M. Walz and Juana B. Matias

What Lawrence Public Schools can teach Boston about education

In a state with dramatically varied educational outcomes, a lot can be learned from the turnaround of Lawrence Public Schools.

Opinion | Martin J. Walsh, Liz Malia, and Evelyn Murphy

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Pay transparency will help close the pay gap.

EDITORIAL CARTOON | DAN WASSERMAN

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Call it a healthcare gap, if you will.

Globe launches marijuana newsletter exclusively for subscribers, ?The Daily Rip?

We?re excited to announce that The Boston Globe?s Marijuana section is launching a new newsletter for subscribers only.

Mr. Bellino won the Heisman Trophy in 1960, while he was a halfback at the Naval Academy. He was the Naval Academy?s first Heisman recipient.

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Joe Bellino, Winchester halfback who became Navy?s first Heisman winner, dies at 81

Joe Bellino, of Bedford, played for the Boston Patriots in the 1960s and was a close friend of Bill Belichick.

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The Globe sits down with leaders in the city?s business community to talk about their career paths, work, and accomplishments, as well as their vision for Boston?s future. First up is Joanne Chang of Flour bakery cafes.

Munch Madness 2019

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Flour Bakery + Cafe, Toro, Island Creek Oyster Bar, and Sarma are battling it out in the Munch Madness semifinals. Cast your vote now!

Love Letters: The Podcast

Season Two: How do you meet someone?

Dating in 2019 is?complicated. Frustrating. Sometimes completely exhilarating. In Season 2 of the podcast, Meredith Goldstein goes deep on one of her most-asked questions.

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The new leader of the FBI?s Boston Office, Joseph R. Bonavolonta.

The new Boston FBI leader has high-tech sector security on his mind

Joseph Bonavolonta says the region is of great interest to those working furtively and illegally to obtain trade secrets, and to rogue hackers determined to infect computer networks.

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Students stage global protest to speak out on climate change inaction

Students worldwide skipped classes Friday to protest their governments? failure to act against global warming as part of the ?Fridays for Future? movement.

Spring House Hunt

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If living on the South Shore is your goal, battling traffic on Route 3 doesn?t have to be your penalty. There?s always the Greenbush commuter rail line.

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Participating in an Alzheimer?s trial ?was being part of something bigger,? said one patient, and losing that ?hurt in some ways more than anything else.?

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