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Anthropeum is the new online game for art history lovers

If you are an art history lover and also enjoy online games like Wordle or GeoGuesser, then Anthropeum is for you.

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'Star Wars,' 'World of Warcraft' partner with 'Dungeons & Dragons' in play for new audiences

But despite its increasing cultural cache, Dungeons & Dragons revenue still pale in comparison to Hasbro's other big property, the trading card game "Magic: The Gathering."

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'The Dreamers and I' documentary follows immigrant entrepreneurs in a 'hacker house'

A new documentary from filmmaker Kenji Yamamoto tells the stories of immigrant entrepreneurs navigating the cut-throat world of the American start-up in Silicon Valley.

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'Regime change': How Trump transformed the presidency

Co-author Maggie Haberman talks about the new book "Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump," which reveals a president transformed from term one: more willing to take risks and operating almost entirely on instinct alone.

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How accurate is Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey'?

Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of “The Odyssey” is raking in an epic box office haul.

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Brazil denies visas to U.S. officials ahead of election

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is accusing the U.S. of trying to interfere in his country’s elections — a claim Washington strongly denies.

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Women's pro baseball league begins

This weekend marks the first time in 70 years that the best women baseball players in the world will compete on a professional stage.

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How thrifting got so expensive

Goodwill reported a record $7 billion in revenue last year.

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Trump shifts focus from Senate fight and bad polls to Gaza

Trump on Friday said Hamas has agreed to disarm.

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Federal government releases plan for Colorado River water

Seven western states will share water from the drought-stricken Colorado River.

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Republicans are pushing back against a ban on purging voter rolls ahead of elections

There’s a ban on most states systematically purging voter rolls within 90 days before Election Day.

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Trump announces breakthrough in Hamas and Israel negotiations through his Board of Peace

Under the terms, Hamas would disarm, and Israel would withdraw its forces from Gaza.

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The latest on the Colorado River water-sharing plan

The federal government is releasing a plan to intervene, and it could include major curbs for big cities down river.

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Leader of neo-Nazi group to pay fine, perform community service after targeting Concord café

Under the terms of the settlement, Christopher Hood, the founder of NSC-131 who is from Massachusetts, will pay $2,500 and perform 250 hours of community service after admitting he violated the state’s antidiscrimination laws.

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More than 100 white South Africans to resettle in Vermont, as door remains closed for other refugees

President Trump suspended the nation’s refugee program early in his second term, but created a controversial carveout for for white Afrikaans-speaking South Africans. Vermont is expected to resettle more than 100 Afrikaners before the end of September.

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Bostonians are getting extra time this year to submit ideas on how to spend $2 million

The city of Boston is extending the monthlong window for residents to submit ideas for its third-ever round of participatory budgeting an extra week — until Aug. 7.

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Half of all nursing homes in Massachusetts are understaffed

Many Massachusetts nursing homes fail to meet state staffing requirements, leading to poor care. Five years ago, state health officials set minimum staffing levels to help improve care. A New Bedford Light analysis of federal data found that staffing levels in Massachusetts nursing homes are worse now in some ways.

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After cyclist's death, Wu shakes up 'Streets Cabinet' leadership

The mayor's office also announced dates for new neighborhood meetings on a controversial center bus lane plan for Blue Hill Avenue

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Bad air and hot days: Summer camps grapple with climate change

Summer camps are all about embracing the outdoors. But as climate change fuels dangerous heat and unhealthy air, the outdoors is becoming something camps must protect children from.

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‘Les Misérables’ was always more than a musical for my family

“Though Adam and I were only three years apart, the gap felt wider because he had Down syndrome,” writes Alyson Pomerantz. “We didn’t fight, like other siblings, or confide our deepest secrets. One thing we did share was a love for ‘Les Miz.’”

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From Chelsea to the Green Monster, the story behind Fenway Franks

We take a tour of the 117-year-old Kayem Foods to learn about the Polish immigrants who founded it in Chelsea.

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Teach us how to Dougie

Long before TikTok dances, there was the Dougie. In 2010, Cali Swag District’s “Teach Me How to Dougie” went worldwide, and for the decade-plus since, people have been trying to learn the viral moves. More than 15 years later, a Korean TikTok creator went viral for doing t...

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When heartland rock ruled the airwaves

In the 1980s, artists like John Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen sang swelling anthems about working people, family farms and factory towns. But heartland rock is also deeply political -- and often misunderstood.

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Meet Jimmy Cash, Worcester's funniest janitor

WBUR's All Things Considered host Lisa Mullins talks with comedian Jimmy Cash about elementary school gossip, sobriety and his journey to the comedy stage. 

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At Clancy murder trial, first responders tell a jury what they found

First responders offered jurors a firsthand account Thursday of what they found after Lindsay Clancy killed her three children and tried to end her life, during what her lawyers argue was an episode of postpregnancy psychosis.

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Spice up a dish in no thyme: Summer herbs are having a mo-mint

If you have a sunny apartment window, fire escape or small patio that gets a few hours of sunlight, you can grow herbs. You don’t need a huge yard or a large garden.

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Military expert says renewed Iran war will strain diminished missile inventory

A military expert says resuming strikes on Iran could force the U.S. military to "take more risks" because its missile supply is depleted. 

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States are battling the federal government over prediction markets

Earlier this week, a federal judge blocked a Minnesota state law that would have banned most prediction markets from operating and advertising in the state.

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A Massachusetts town rejected free lighting offer in order to protect fireflies. Why do they matter?

Rockport, Massachusetts, residents worried that the new, brighter lights would harm fireflies and other wildlife, which depend on dark skies for survival.

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Border buoys compound Texas flood safety risks

About 600 metal border buoys floated free in the water and recent flooding.