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From left, Paige Clark, Arthur Gomez, Antonia Turilli and Jupiter Lê in Lyric Stage Company's production of "The Great Reveal." (Courtesy Mark S. Howard)

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At Lyric Stage, a gender-reveal party gets political

In the world premiere of David Valdes' “The Great Reveal,” a gender-reveal party and a cake become a political statement that sharpens the lines of friendship, theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair reviews.

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Boston Red Sox's Jarren Duran during a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Monday, April 7, 2025, in Boston. (Charles Krupa/AP)

Red Sox's Jarren Duran opens up about attempted suicide in Netflix documentary

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In this April 9, 1964 file photo, Boston Celtics, from left, Bill Russell, coach Red Auerbach, Tommy Heinsohn, Jim Locustoff and K.C. Jones celebrate in the locker room after clinching their eighth straight Eastern Division playoff title at the Boston Garden in Boston. (AP)

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The new HBO documentary, “Celtics City,” shows how the team really is Boston — all of it together, writes Khari Thompson. The Black. The white. The love and hate. The...

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People walking through UMass Boston's campus in 2018. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Feds revoke visas of students at BU, Harvard, Tufts, Berklee, UMass and more

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Housing and Economic Development Secretary Mike Kennealy speaks at a pandemic-era press conference on May 18, 2020. (Sam Doran/SHNS)

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Mike Kennealy serves as Gov. Maura Healey's first official challenger in the 2026 gubernatorial race.

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The Greater Boston Food Bank in Boston. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Greater Boston Food Bank faces federal funding cuts

The group says it’s losing nearly $2.3 million in emergency food resources due to reductions in U.S. Department of Agriculture funding.

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A sign at the federal courthouse in Tacoma, Washington is shown to inform visitors of the federal government's REAL ID requirement. (Ted S. Warren/AP)

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From left, Brayan Bello and Reese McGuire in a still from "The Clubhouse: A Year with the Red Sox." (Courtesy of Netflix)

Netflix's 'The Clubhouse' offers a savvy Red Sox brand relaunch

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Protesters rally in Boston as part of nationwide protest against Trump

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Rümeysa Öztürk. (Photo courtesy Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development at Tufts University)

Judge rules Tufts student's detention case to be heard in Vermont, not Louisiana

U.S. District Judge Denise Casper agreed with Öztürk's attorneys that a transfer to Vermont was warranted because that's where ICE agents had taken her at the time of that filing.

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Secretary of State William Galvin speaks during a press conference at the State House in September. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Galvin supports legal action against Trump's election order

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A volunteer removes garbage and debris from the Charles River in Cambridge in 2017. (Keith Bedford/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

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Vice President Mike Pence presides over the certification of the 2020 election at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

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Afghan children gather around House of Peace Director Carrie Schuchardt as she prepares dessert for Eid festivities. (Deborah Becker/WBUR)

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Judge considers whether Tufts student's deportation case should be heard in Mass.

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